(481) M/S ANJANADRI STONE CRUSHERS Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 — Non-forest activities on forest land — Prior permission from Central Government is mandatory. India Law Library Docid # 2443445
(482) SUKHARI RAM AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 307 and 34 — Attempt to murder — Essential elements require proving intention or knowledge to cause death and overt act towards its execution — Mere intention or preparation is insufficient — Conviction requires establishing definite intention and an act that clearly demonstrates commencement of the India Law Library Docid # 2443666
(483) SUKHARI RAM AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 307/34 and 323 — Appeal against conviction for attempt to murder and voluntarily causing hurt — Prosecution case rested on testimonies of victim and his nephew, with limited support from another witness — Court noted inconsistencies regarding manner of occurrence, visibility, and prior enmity — Medical evidence, while showing grievous injury, also admitted possibility India Law Library Docid # 2443673
(484) SAHDEV SINGH @ SAHDEO SINGH Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Amendment of petition — Court allowed amendment to include prayer for quashing of charge framing order due to subsequent developments, finding it necessary to prevent prejudice to the petitioner. India Law Library Docid # 2443762
(485) ISMAIL SOREN AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 — Sentencing Reform Act, 1958 (Probation of Offenders Act), Section 4 — Conviction for offences under Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Witch (Daain) Practices Act — Appellants were first-time offenders with clean criminal antecedents — Trial Court rejected benefit of Probation of Offenders Act solely based on seriousness of offences — High Court extended benefit of India Law Library Docid # 2443763
(486) BALWAN BHAMA Vs. STATE OF MEGHALAYA[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (now Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023) — Section 482 — Pre-arrest bail — High Court jurisdiction — While the law provides concurrent jurisdiction for pre-arrest bail applications to both High Courts and Sessions Courts, and it is generally encouraged to exhaust the remedy before the Sessions Court first, the High Court retains the discretion to entertain such India Law Library Docid # 2443721
(487) BIBHUTI BHUSAN MOHANTY AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Burmah Oil Company (Acquisition of Shares of Oil India Limited and of the Undertakings in India of Assam Oil Company Limited) Act, 1981 — Sections 11(2) and 12(3) — Employees in service before appointed date — Protection of rights to pension and other benefits — Nationalisation of Oil India Ltd — — Petitioners India Law Library Docid # 2443828
(488) SARADA PRASANNA NANDA Vs. M(MALICHITI) PADMINI KUMARI PATRA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41, Rule 27 — Additional evidence at appellate stage — Application for adducing additional evidence is not maintainable if the court can pronounce judgment without it — No vested right to adduce additional evidence as a routine matter — Appellate court is not expected to conduct a fresh India Law Library Docid # 2443829
(489) BIJAYALAXMI DAS Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 154 — Registration of FIR — If information received discloses a cognizable offence, registration of FIR is mandatory — No preliminary inquiry is permissible in such a situation. India Law Library Docid # 2443830
(490) BABU @ SANJOYA BEHERA @ SANJOY KUMAR BEHERA Vs. STATE OF ORISSA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 341, 506, 307 — Conviction for wrongful restraint, criminal intimidation, and attempt to murder — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Prosecution case: Appellant had made objectionable comments against victim, threatened victim's family for marriage proposal, and subsequently assaulted India Law Library Docid # 2443831
(491) LAXMAN SOREN Vs. STATE OF ORISSA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374(2) — Appeal against conviction under Section 354 IPC — Delay in FIR — While delay in lodging FIR in sexual offence cases is not always fatal, a convincing explanation for such delay is necessary, and its absence can be a factor in assessing the prosecution's case. India Law Library Docid # 2443832
(492) SUJAYA KUMAR MOHANTY Vs. REPUBLIC OF INDIA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 374(2) — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Appellant convicted for offences under Section 477-A of the Indian Penal Code and Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act — Co-accused acquitted — Appellant contended false implication and weakened prosecution case India Law Library Docid # 2443833
(493) RUDRA MADHAB MOHAPATRA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF ODISHA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Non-compliance with statutory safeguards during arrest — Sections 47 and 48 of BNSS Act, 2023, and Article 22(1) of the Constitution of India mandate informing the arrestee of the grounds of arrest and notifying their relatives or friends — Failure to comply with these provisions can render the arrest and subsequent remand illegal, entitling the arrested person to be set free. India Law Library Docid # 2443834
(494) SHEKHAR AND OTHERS Vs. RAJESH AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(d) — Court Fees Act, 1870 — Section 7(iv)(c) — Rejection of plaint — Non-payment of Court fee — Petitioners sought declaration that an Agreement to Sell was illegal, null, void, and not binding, along with a permanent injunction — The trial court rejected the plaint for non-payment of ad valorem court fee — The High Court found that since the petitioners were not India Law Library Docid # 2444011
(495) RAM GOPAL Vs. SUMIT KUMAR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 115; Constitution of India — Article 227 — Civil Revision Petition — Interference with interlocutory orders — High Court's power of superintendence is to be exercised sparingly to ensure justice, not to act as an appellate court, and minimum interference is the rule. India Law Library Docid # 2444012
(496) NISHAN SINGH (DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS. Vs. SMT. SHIBBAN AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 11 and Order 23, Order 2 Rule 2 — Bar of suit — Previous suit withdrawn without liberty to file fresh suit — Plea of bar under Section 11 and Order II Rule 2 CPC held unsubstantiated when the appellant fails to produce complete pleadings and the final order of the earlier suit. India Law Library Docid # 2444013
(497) RAMOUTAR Vs. HARI SINGH (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS. AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 & Order 41 Rule 31 — First Appeal — Duty of Appellate Court — While it is desirable for the appellate court to meticulously examine evidence and deal with all aspects, if the appellate court agrees with the trial court's findings, a general agreement with the trial court's reasoning may suffice, without restating all evidence and reasons, as per Supreme Court judgments — India Law Library Docid # 2444014
(498) HISAR HOUSE BUILDING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED Vs. MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE, HISAR[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Municipal Law — Vesting of open spaces in Municipal Committee — Resolution earmarking roads, streets, and parks as public streets — Does not automatically include other open spaces — Onus on Municipal Committee to prove vesting of other open spaces with evidence — Mere averment or possession insufficient. India Law Library Docid # 2444015
(499) KARNAIL SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 323, 324, 326 read with Section 34 — Criminal Revision — Conviction for causing hurt and grievous hurt — Appeal partly allowed acquitting co-accused — Revision dismissed against petitioners — Concurrent findings of trial and appellate courts upheld — No illegality or perversity found. India Law Library Docid # 2444016
(500) PARAMJEET Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 read with Section 34 — Cheating and Forgery — Conviction affirmed — Accused used forged documents, including salary certificate and property documents, to obtain a car loan — Despite co-accused's acquittal, petitioner's conviction upheld as documentation was in his name and India Law Library Docid # 2444017