(541) RINZING SHERPA Vs. STATE OF SIKKIM[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 29-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 376(2)(l) — Rape of a specially-abled woman — Consideration of victim's testimony and corroborative evidence — While a victim with intellectual and developmental disabilities may not articulate the incident coherently, her testimony, if it inspires judicial confidence, holds legal weight, India Law Library Docid # 2443714
(542) TT ENERGY PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. THE PRINCIPAL CHIEF ENGINEER CUM SECRETARY, ENERGY & POWER DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF SIKKIM[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 29-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 8 — Arbitration Clause — Writ Petition maintainability — A writ court can exercise its extraordinary jurisdiction even if an arbitration clause exists in the contract; however, factual disputes are best resolved through arbitration rather India Law Library Docid # 2443715
(543) TNGEN MURUH AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MEGHALAYA[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 29-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 302 — Appeal against conviction for murder — Appellants convicted by Sessions Judge and sentenced to life imprisonment — Held, prosecution failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt due to inconsistencies and lack of corroboration between eye-witness testimonies and medical evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2443722
(544) SRI SANTOSH KUMAR MISHRA Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 29-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125(4) — Maintenance — Wife living separately by mutual consent — Onus of proof — Petitioner failed to prove that parties were living separately by mutual consent — The proceeding under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, filed for divorce by mutual consent, was dropped — The averments in the joint petition, in absence of a final decree and India Law Library Docid # 2443835
(545) PARTAP SINGH Vs. HARBHAJAN SINGH (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS. AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-04-2026 Specific Performance — Agreement to Sell — Suit for specific performance of an agreement to sell was decreed by the trial court and affirmed by the first appellate court — The present appeal was filed by the third defendant who was a subsequent purchaser of the property. India Law Library Docid # 2444019
(546) JOGINDER SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. KESAR SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-04-2026 Hindu Law — Joint Family Property — Alienation by Karta — Requirement of Legal Necessity — The court found that the father (Karta) had mortgaged and sold ancestral property, and that these transactions were for legal necessity, including marrying his daughters, redeeming previous mortgages, and purchasing agricultural India Law Library Docid # 2444020
(547) TEJ KAUR (DECEASED) THROUGH HER LRS AND ANOTHER Vs. GURDEV SINGH (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal Scope — While regular second appeals are filed under Section 100 CPC, in Punjab and Haryana, they are treated as appeals under Section 41 of the Punjab Courts Act, 1918; therefore, no question of law needs to be framed for adjudication. India Law Library Docid # 2444021
(548) STATE OF HARYANA Vs. PANNA LAL[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-04-2026 Punjab Civil Services Rules, Vol .II, Rule 3.17A(d) and Rule 4.19(a) — Resignation from public service — Entails forfeiture of past service and no pension is payable. India Law Library Docid # 2444022
(549) BALBIR KAUR AND OTHERS Vs. SATINDERPAL SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 27 — Additional Evidence — Application for additional evidence to rectify clerical discrepancy in Khasra numbers in revenue records was rejected as it did not bear material significance for adjudication of the controversy and the issues could be determined without it. India Law Library Docid # 2444023
(550) GAGANDEEP KAUR AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 306 and 107 — Abetment of suicide — Essential ingredients for offence — Prosecution must establish instigation, conspiracy, or intentional aiding — A proximate and active role is necessary to establish criminal liability — Mere marital discord or emotional distress does not India Law Library Docid # 2444024
(551) HARKOMAL PREET KAUR Vs. AMRITPAL SINGH @ BEANT AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-04-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Compensation for injuries — Functional disability assessed at 100% due to severe injuries like amputation, leading to complete loss of earning capacity, despite medical certification of 70% physical disability. India Law Library Docid # 2444025
(552) RAM CHAND AND OTHERS Vs. SH. ATMA PRAKASH AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-04-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166 and 168 — Compensation for death in motor accident — Assessment of income — Tribunal correctly considered salary certificate and land records showing agricultural income to arrive at deceased's monthly income. India Law Library Docid # 2444026
(553) NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. JOGINDER KAUR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-04-2026 The appeal has been preferred by the appellant-Insurance Company against the Award dated 28.10.2016 passed by the learned Tribunal in the claim petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, whereby the claim petition filed by the respondent No.1 to 5/claimants was allowed and the appellant-Insurance company was held liable to pay the compensation to respondent No.1 to 5/claimants to the tune of Rs.24,45,108/-along with interest @ 6% per annum on the ground that the compensation is India Law Library Docid # 2444027
(554) JHALAK CONSTRUCTIONS AND OTHER Vs. ULHASNAGAR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 29-04-2026 Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act, 1966 — Section 51 — Revocation of development permission — Developer obtained permission by misleading authorities with incorrect documents and plans — Held, fraud vitiates all orders and permissions obtained through fraud are null and void. India Law Library Docid # 2444163
(555) LRS OF SUNNY Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 29-04-2026 Administrative Law — Regularization of service — Judicial precedent — Supreme Court judgments on regularization of long-serving temporary employees, emphasizing fairness and preventing exploitation, are to be followed and not mechanically applied in a manner that denies legitimate claims. India Law Library Docid # 2444670
(556) RAVINDER KUMAR CHOPRA Vs. STATE C.B.I.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 28-04-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) — Demand and acceptance of illegal gratification — Burden of proof on prosecution — The prosecution must prove the essential ingredients of demand and acceptance of illegal gratification beyond reasonable doubt — Where the evidence of the complainant is inconsistent regarding the amount demanded, lacks corroboration, and is contradicted by other evidence, the prosecution's case is weakened — The court found that the complainant's own t India Law Library Docid # 2442777
(557) DEVI SINGH Vs. STATE[DELHI HIGH COURT] 28-04-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 8 — Offence of accepting gratification to induce public servant — Essential ingredients are acceptance of gratification by accused and that such gratification was to induce a public servant by corrupt or illegal means to perform or India Law Library Docid # 2442778
(558) SADACHARI SINGH TOMAR Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-04-2026 Administrative Law — Judicial Review — Limits and Scope — Courts cannot substitute their own decisions for those of administrative authorities regarding transfers and assessments — Judicial review is limited to the decision-making process, ensuring fairness, not the correctness of the conclusion — Allegations of mala fides must be supported by concrete evidence, not mere conjectures. India Law Library Docid # 2442800
(559) STATE BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. DOHA BANK Q.P.S.C. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-04-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 5(8) — Financial Debt — Corporate Guarantees — A liability arising from corporate guarantee for money borrowed against interest qualifies as financial debt — The execution of corporate guarantees, even if challenged on grounds of timing or non-disclosure, are considered valid and enforceable if their execution is admitted or demonstrably proven, making India Law Library Docid # 2442801
(560) LUCKNOW PUBLIC SCHOOL, ELDICO AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-04-2026 Right to Education Act, 2009 — Section 12 — Uttar Pradesh Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2011 — Rule 8 — Neighbourhood School Obligation — A neighbourhood school has a constitutional and statutory duty to admit students forwarded by the State Government without delay, as mandated by Article 21A of the Constitution and relevant provisions of the RTE Act and UP RTE India Law Library Docid # 2442802