(281) VIKASH KUMAR RAY AND OTHER Vs. DIRECTORATE OF REVENUE INTELLIGENCE (DRI) THROUGH THE DIRECTOR/DEPUTY DIRECTOR REGIONAL UNIT[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 24-03-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Section 42 vs — Section 43 — Search and seizure in a public place or in transit — Compliance requirements — When a search and seizure is conducted in a public place or in transit, Section 43 of the NDPS Act applies, which does not require the officer to record India Law Library Docid # 2442382
(282) PREM Vs. LATE SH. NARATA RAM THROUGH HIS LRS AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 21 Rule 32(1) — Enforcement of injunction decree by civil imprisonment — Mandatory requirement of opportunity and wilful disobedience — For enforcing an injunction decree by civil imprisonment, the executing court must determine that the judgment debtor had an opportunity to obey the India Law Library Docid # 2441793
(283) VISHAL (MINOR THROUGH HIS MOTHER) AND ANOTHER Vs. SMT. KRISHNA DEVI AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 54 — Sale — Consideration — Allegation that sale consideration was not paid before Sub-Registrar — Sale Deed is registered and attesting witnesses admitted passing of sale consideration — Court may not infer that sale is without consideration on mere discrepancy in plaint averment, especially when evidence proves otherwise. India Law Library Docid # 2441794
(284) LAKHBIR SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. HINDU SABHA SOCIETY AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 51 Rule 3 — Impleading legal representatives — Application for impleading legal representatives of a deceased appellant was moved due to the death of appellant No — 2 — It was stated that no other legal heirs were left by the deceased — An advocate appeared and had no objection to the India Law Library Docid # 2441795
(285) MANMOHANPAL SINGH Vs. U.T. CHANDIGARH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 406, 498-A, 420 — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Sections 3/4 — Cruelty and misappropriation of dowry articles — Complainant alleged husband and in-laws subjected her to physical and mental torture for dowry, including misappropriation of her stridhan and being thrown out of the house — India Law Library Docid # 2441796
(286) ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. RAMANJIT KAUR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Compensation for death in vehicular accident — FIR not a sine qua non for claim — Standard of proof is preponderance of probabilities — Claimants proved accident and rashness/negligence of driver through eyewitness testimony, medical reports, and adverse inference due to driver's failure to India Law Library Docid # 2441797
(287) DHYAN FOUNDATION GOUSHALA Vs. STATE OF TRIPURA AND OTHERS[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Animal Protection — Transportation of Cattle — Right to transit permit — The court directed the State to issue transit permits for transporting rescued cattle from Tripura to Jharkhand, emphasizing the welfare and safety of the animals. India Law Library Docid # 2442118
(288) SHRI BHAGIRATH DEBBARMA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF TRIPURA[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Sections 20(b)(ii)(c)/25/29 — Bail Application for accused father — Contention that grounds of arrest were not communicated in understandable language and violated Article 22(1) of Constitution and Section 47 of BNSS — Arrest memo and detailed grounds of arrest document were prepared and furnished to accused, signed by him — India Law Library Docid # 2442119
(289) DISTRICT MAGISTRATE AND DISTRICT ELECTION OFFICER AND COLLECTOR, GWALIOR, M.P. Vs. NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-03-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 2(30), 173, 174 — Compensation — Liability for accident during requisition of vehicle — Bus owned by a school was requisitioned by the appellant (District Magistrate) for election purposes — Accident occurred while the bus was under the control of the appellant — Issue of shifting of liability from the insurance company to the requisitioning authority — Held, when a India Law Library Docid # 2441129
(290) INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD. Vs. DEEPAK SHARMA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-03-2026 National Green Tribunal (NGT) — Adjudicatory Function — NGT cannot abdicate its powers and entrust its adjudicatory functions to a committee, even an expert committee — The role of such a committee is only to assist the NGT, not to decide the case. India Law Library Docid # 2441130
(291) CHAYA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14, 15(1), 16, 309 — Relaxation in qualifying examination (TET) marks for reserved category candidates — The provision of relaxation in qualifying marks in TET enables reserved category candidates to enter the zone of consideration and does not affect their inter se merit in the main selection process (TAIT) — Migration to the open category is permissible if recruitment rules do not expressly prohibit it or are silent on the matter — Decisions India Law Library Docid # 2441131
(292) STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS Vs. SANTHOSH KUMAR C[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-03-2026 Karnataka Recruitment of Gazetted Probationers (Appointment by Competitive Examinations) Rules, 1997 — Rule 11(1), 11(3) & Rule 4(3) — Selection process for Gazetted Probationers — Vacancy arising from non-joining candidate — Claims of next eligible candidate — Held, select list is not an open-ended reservoir of candidates but is prepared for notified vacancies & operates within statutory India Law Library Docid # 2441132
(293) M/S.LAMBA EXPORTS PVT. LTD Vs. M/S.DHIR GLOBAL INDUSTRIES PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-03-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Section 12A — Withdrawal of CIRP — Order of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and Civil Suit — Supreme Court expresses no opinion on the merits of proceedings under IBC or the pending civil suit, leaving all rights and contentions open to be urged before the competent forum. India Law Library Docid # 2441133
(294) M/S ABS MARINE SERVICES Vs. THE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ADMINISTRATION[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-03-2026 Contract Law — Interpretation of clauses — State as a party — Non-negotiable principles of Rule of Law apply — Clause providing that one party's decision is final and unchallengeable in any court or arbitration is unsustainable if it leads to a vacuum in legal remedies or violates the principle of natural justice that no one can be a judge in their own cause. India Law Library Docid # 2441134
(295) SANTOSH PANDEY Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374(2) — Appeal against conviction — Withdrawal of appeal by accused — An accused has the right to withdraw an appeal filed against an order of conviction, as an appeal is a statutory right and not a duty, and no one is compelled to continue it. India Law Library Docid # 2441135
(296) VISHAL SHARMA Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANOTHER[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Companies Act, 2013 — Section 439(2) — Complaint by Deputy Registrar of Companies — A Deputy Registrar is included within the definition of "Registrar" and is therefore empowered to file a complaint under Section 439(2) of the Companies Act, 2013, making the complaint maintainable. India Law Library Docid # 2441136
(297) THE DIVISIONAL MANAGER, M/S. NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD Vs. KRUSHNA CHANDRA DIXIT AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Jurisdiction — Held, the Tribunal has power to award compensation under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, for death because of motor vehicular accident. India Law Library Docid # 2441137
(298) MINAL HAGUE Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Bail Application — Non-compliance with Section 48 of BNSS — Petitioner arrested and produced before court without furnishing grounds of arrest to his wife — No grounds of arrest mentioned in the notice issued to wife — Trial court did not ensure compliance when petitioner was unrepresented — Arrest rendered illegal in India Law Library Docid # 2441138
(299) SMTI NGUYUM TAIPODIA BASAR AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF AP[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) — Section 528 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Amicable settlement between parties in a case arising from marital discord — Court can quash criminal proceedings even for non-compoundable offences if they are private in nature, do not have a serious impact on society, and there is a settlement between the victim and the offender India Law Library Docid # 2441139
(300) KALAM SAHU Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374(2) — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of interference — Appellate Court can interfere only if the findings of the Trial Court are perverse or arrived at by ignoring relevant material and considering irrelevant material — In this case, the Trial Court’s judgment was based on proper appreciation of evidence and no illegality was found — Appeals dismissed. India Law Library Docid # 2441140