(581) PRAKASHBHAI BALDEVBHAI PATEL AND ANOTHER Vs. CANARA BANK[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 13-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 & 227 — Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 — Section 17 & 18 — Alternate Remedy — Petitioners had approached Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT) under Section 17 of SARFAESI Act, challenging the demand notice and consequential India Law Library Docid # 2440892
(582) SAMBANDURAM (N) HEIKHAM (O) TILOTAMA DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. MOIRANGTHEM SUNILKUMAR SINGH AND OTHERS[MANIPUR HIGH COURT] 13-03-2026 Impleadment Application — Delay in filing — Application filed nearly a decade after gift deed and when trial was about to commence, despite donee's knowledge of suit from inception — High Court viewed this as an attempt to delay proceedings. India Law Library Docid # 2442298
(583) JAG RAM AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 12-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302/34 and 307/34 — Criminal Appeal against conviction — Death of two accused during pendency of appeal — Appeal survives for remaining two appellants — Prosecution failed to establish beyond reasonable doubt the participation of surviving appellants — Evidence suffered from material infirmities, India Law Library Docid # 2440725
(584) SAHAB DAS Vs. ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER JUDICIAL LUCKNOW DIVISION AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 12-03-2026 U.P Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 — Section 122-B (4-F) — Agricultural labourer belonging to Scheduled Caste — Occupation of Gaon Sabha land — Right to be admitted as Bhumidhar with non-transferable rights — Supreme Court held that Section 122-B (4-F) not only protects possession but also confers positive right of Bhumidhar with non-transferable rights, obviating the need to approach Gaon Sabha India Law Library Docid # 2440726
(585) AMBALAL SARABHAI ENTERPRISES LIMITED Vs. DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, CIRCLE 1, VADODARA[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 12-03-2026 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 35DDA — Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) — Gratuity and leave encashment are not part of VRS and are allowable expenses — Expenses incurred on VRS are spread over five years, but gratuity and leave encashment are post-retirement benefits based on actual service rendered and should be treated India Law Library Docid # 2440895
(586) ASHOKBHAI BHAKABHAI RABARI Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 12-03-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 108, read with Section 45 — Abetment of suicide — Essential ingredients — Accused must have mens rea to instigate the deceased to commit suicide — Act of instigation must be of such intensity that it is intended to push the deceased to such a position under which he or she has no choice but to commit suicide — Such instigation must be in close proximity to the act of committing suicide — India Law Library Docid # 2440897
(587) YUVRAJSINH RAJENDRASINH RATHOD AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 12-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — High Court should not quash FIR if allegations prima facie disclose a cognizable offence — Court cannot conduct a mini-trial or assess truthfulness of allegations at preliminary stage — Investigation should be allowed to proceed — FIR not quashed as it disclosed a prima facie case. India Law Library Docid # 2440898
(588) JAMILBHAI FIROZBHAI VAHORA Vs. ILMA IRFANBHAI VAHORA[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 12-03-2026 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Section 7 and Section 2 — Jurisdiction of Family Court to declare marital status in cases of mutual consent divorce (Mubarat) under Muslim Law — Family Courts have jurisdiction to declare marital status even without a written agreement for Mubarat, based on mutual consent. India Law Library Docid # 2440899
(589) SANJAY GUPTA AND ANOTHER Vs. PREM KUMAR[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 12-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — High Court can quash proceedings if allegations in complaint and evidence do not disclose commission of any offence, but inherent powers cannot be used to stifle proceedings. India Law Library Docid # 2441008
(590) UT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND OTHERS Vs. DR. JYOTI GUPTA[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 12-03-2026 Civil Services — Fixed Tenure Posts — Appointment on Academic Arrangement Basis — Extension beyond Tenure — Rule 4 of the Jammu & Kashmir Medical and Dental Education (Appointment on Academic Arrangement basis) Rules, 2020 (Academic Arrangement Rules, 2020), permits appointment on academic arrangement basis for a maximum of six years — However, this rule cannot extend the tenure of a India Law Library Docid # 2441009
(591) FAZAL HUSSAIN S Vs. STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 12-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 161 — Statement to police — Discrepancies between statement recorded during investigation and deposition in court — Such variations, if material and unreconciled, can render prosecution case doubtful. India Law Library Docid # 2441010
(592) MUDASIR AHMAD BHAT Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 12-03-2026 Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 — Section 8 — Preventive Detention — Writ of Habeas Corpus — Detention declared illegal and quashed due to significant discrepancies and lack of application of mind by detaining authorities, raising concerns about adherence to constitutional principles in exercising preventive India Law Library Docid # 2441076
(593) SUBASH RAINA Vs. STATE OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 12-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Petition — Maintainability against Shrine Board — Although the Shrine Board is constituted under a statute, in the absence of government control (financial, functional, administrative), it is not a 'State' under Article 12, thus writ petitions for enforcement of fundamental rights are not maintainable — However, writ jurisdiction under Article 226 extends to "any India Law Library Docid # 2441013
(594) DUJAI LAL Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail Application Pending — Supreme Court requests High Court to expedite disposal of bail application filed by an octogenarian petitioner who has been in custody since September 2024, preferably within one month of the order's communication. [Paras 1-2] India Law Library Docid # 2441494
(595) SARAVANAN Vs. THE STATE REP BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-03-2026 Evidence Act, 1872 — DNA Evidence — Reliability of DNA evidence is not infallible and its probative value varies from case to case, depending on the facts and circumstances and other corroborative or contrary evidence on record. India Law Library Docid # 2441614
(596) VIBHUTI GUDDA MINES PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. REDDY VEERANNA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-03-2026 Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 — Section 11 — Mineral Concession Rules, 1960 — Grant of mining lease — High Court erred in quashing recommendation and approval of mining lease based on an erroneous interpretation of evaluation report and statutory provisions — The State Government and Central Government's decisions were based on due consideration of all applications as per prescribed procedures — Supreme Court allowed appeals, setting aside High Court's judgment and af India Law Library Docid # 2441616
(597) P. PRAKASH Vs. STATE[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 12-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 374, 313 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Section 6 r/w Section 5(n)(l) — Appeal against conviction and sentence — While sexual assault on a minor by a relative is a grave offence, the court must be sensitive to the trauma of the victim; India Law Library Docid # 2441662
(598) TRANSMISSION CORPORATION OF ANDHRA PRADESH LIMITED (A.P. TRANSCO) Vs. HARYANA MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES FACILITATION COUNCIL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-03-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Awards passed by Facilitation Council under MSME Act — Challenges to awards failed before ADJ, High Court, and Supreme Court — Execution proceedings initiated by decree holder — Facilitation Council's order for securing interest amount and restricting payments held to be passed without providing opportunity to appellant, violating principles of natural justice — High Court rightly set aside the order and remanded the case — Supreme Court dire India Law Library Docid # 2441685
(599) CONVENT OF OUR LADY PROVIDENCE HIGH SCHOOL AND OTHERS Vs. RATNA MITTER AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-03-2026 Educational Institutions — Disciplinary Proceedings — Inquiry — De novo inquiry — Supreme Court held that the High Court's interpretation of a previous Supreme Court order directing a "de novo inquiry" was erroneous — The previous order clearly indicated that proceedings should resume from the stage of serving the inquiry report, not from the beginning — Therefore, a de novo inquiry was not permissible. [Paras 9 to 10] India Law Library Docid # 2441692
(600) GUNESHWAR YADAV AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 12-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 201, 304B, 498A — Dowry death — Cruelty or harassment not proved to be "soon before death" — Prosecution failed to prove that the deceased was subjected to cruelty or harassment by the accused in connection with dowry demand soon before her death — Essential ingredients of Section 304B India Law Library Docid # 2441892