(881) GHULAM MOHAMMAD RAH AND OTHERS Vs. UT OF J&K & OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 04-03-2026 Land Acquisition Act, Samvat 1990 (1934 AD) — Sections 18 and 32 — Reference to Court and Payment of compensation — Requirement for invoking Section 18 is that the interested person must have notice of the award and must have received compensation "under protest" — To dispute the right of reference, it must be established that the notice of award was issued, the claimant had knowledge, and India Law Library Docid # 2441080
(882) MEHRAJ-UD-DIN PEER AND OTHERS Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 04-03-2026 Land Allotment and Rent Fixation — Government orders and terms of allotment — Shopkeepers dislocated due to road widening were allotted land on rent basis subject to terms and conditions — Appellants undertook to pay rent as per prevailing market rate assessed by Rent Assessment Committee — Appellants estopped from challenging rent fixation due to undertakings and acceptance of allotment. India Law Library Docid # 2441081
(883) DHARMENDRA VALLABHBHAI RAMANI Vs. JETPUR SWAMINARAYAN TRUST AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 03-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — High Court’s limited jurisdiction to interfere with findings of fact by the first appellate court, unless such findings are erroneous, contrary to mandatory provisions of law, or based on inadmissible or no evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2440918
(884) DILIPBHAI PARSHOTTAMBHAI PATEL AND OTHERS Vs. THE GUJARAT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKET PARDRA[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 03-03-2026 Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 (Tenancy Act) — Section 43 — Agreement to Sell restricted tenure land — Such agreements are illegal and invalid — Suit for specific performance of such agreements is not maintainable and deserves to be rejected as the suit is hit by Sections 43 and 63 of the Tenancy Act.[Paras 111 India Law Library Docid # 2440919
(885) SHAMJIBHAI LALJIBHAI KOLI (GOHIL) Vs. DISTRICT COLLECTOR AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 03-03-2026 Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1958 — Section 79A — Forfeiture of Land — Proceedings under Section 79A for forfeiture of land were initiated after an unexplained delay of 34 to 35 years from the first transaction — Such delay is considered unreasonable and vitiates the proceedings — Such suo motu powers must be exercised within a reasonable period and cannot be exercised after a lengthy delay, India Law Library Docid # 2440920
(886) SHAM LAL Vs. STATE OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 03-03-2026 Electrocution — Negligence of PDD Lineman — Petitioner, a welder, was asked by Lineman 'B' to remove a bird from a high-tension electric wire, with assurance that power was disconnected — Petitioner climbed the pole, received an electric shock due to live wire, leading to severe injuries and amputation of both hands, resulting in 100% permanent disability — FIR registered against Lineman Bishamber Dass for negligence. India Law Library Docid # 2441024
(887) OMESH SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE (NOW UT) OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 03-03-2026 Land Revenue Act, Svt — 1996 — Section 5 — Reorganization of administrative units — Government Order cannot supersede statutory notification (SRO) — Inclusion of Village Dhanmasta into Tehsil Ramsoo without proper application of mind and consideration of convenience of residents — Impugned order quashed. India Law Library Docid # 2441025
(888) MURUGESH Vs. THE STATE REP BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 03-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374 — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Accused convicted for offence under Section 302 IPC and sentenced to undergo life imprisonment — High Court to consider evidence and submissions — Eyewitness testimonies and postmortem report relied upon — Appeal partly allowed. India Law Library Docid # 2441653
(889) MD. THOUFIK HOSSAIN Vs. SMT. KAZI JASMA BEGAM AND OTHERS[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 03-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125(4) — Maintenance entitlement of wife — Wife not entitled to maintenance if she has voluntarily separated from husband without sufficient reason — Petitioner failed to prove that respondent-wife wilfully withdrew from husband's society. India Law Library Docid # 2442131
(890) DINESH SAHU Vs. SMT. PADMA SAHU[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 03-03-2026 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Section 19(1) and Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 27 — Admissibility of additional evidence in appeals — The High Court, while hearing an appeal under Section 19(1) of the Family Courts Act, 1984, possesses incidental and ancillary powers to make its appellate jurisdiction effective, including the power to admit additional evidence, even in the absence of an express provision in the Family Courts Act applying Order 41 of the CPC. Such power is derived f India Law Library Docid # 2440588
(891) SMT. GUDIYA NAGESH AND OTHERS Vs. NILL[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 03-03-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 2(2) and Section 13B — Scheduled Tribes — Applicability of Act to members of Scheduled Tribes — Parties married according to Hindu rites, including saptapadi — Husband member of Scheduled Tribe, wife non-tribal — Family Court rejected mutual consent divorce application holding Act inapplicable to Scheduled Tribe members — Held, Section 2(2) is a measure of protection, not exclusion India Law Library Docid # 2440589
(892) S. KIRAN KUMAR Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 03-03-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) and 7(c) — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 120-B read with Section 34 — FIR registered for offences of corruption and criminal conspiracy — Quashing of proceedings — Allegations of abuse of official position by public servants in issuing pattadar passbooks for encroached endowment land — Court held that FIR prima facie discloses cognizable India Law Library Docid # 2441352
(893) GADEELA RAGHUVEER REDDY Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 03-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — High Court's inherent powers to quash FIR are to be exercised sparingly and only in exceptional circumstances where allegations, even if taken at face value, do not constitute any offence, are improbable, legally barred, or manifestly mala fide — The FIR is not expected to be an encyclopedia of facts, and criminal proceedings should not be scuttled India Law Library Docid # 2441353
(894) BABUBHAI RAYAJIBHAI SOLANKI Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 02-03-2026 Gujarat Essential Commodities (Licensing of Fair Price Shops) Order, 2025 — Clause 17 — Validity — Challenge to Clause 17 of the 2025 Order, which saves previous actions under the 2004 Order, on grounds of inconsistency with the Central Government's 2015 Order — Held, Clause 17 is not ultra vires — The 2004 Order India Law Library Docid # 2440921
(895) THAKORBHAI BHANABHAI AAHIR AND OTHERS Vs. COMPETENT AUTHORITY AND SPECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 02-03-2026 Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (2013 Act) — Section 30(3) — Additional compensation @ 12% — Calculation of market value — The additional compensation payable under Section 30(3) of the 2013 Act is to be computed on the total market value determined under Section 26, which includes both the market value determined under India Law Library Docid # 2440922
(896) GHELUBHA JUVANSINH ZALA Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 02-03-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Inherent powers of High Court to quash FIR — Applicant sought to quash FIR, charge-sheet, and consequential proceedings under IPC and Gujarat Money Lenders Act, 2011 — Applicant advanced money to complainant's father, issued blank cheques as security, which were dishonoured, leading to earlier criminal complaints — FIR lodged after India Law Library Docid # 2440923
(897) RAHIM UDDIN AND OTHERS Vs. MD. ALA UDDIN AND OTHERS[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 02-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Interference by High Court — Lower Appellate Court appreciated evidence correctly and applied correct legal principles — No reason to interfere with the judgment. India Law Library Docid # 2442130
(898) D. VIMALA Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 02-03-2026 Service Law — Compassionate Appointment — Married Daughter Eligibility — The eligibility of a married daughter for compassionate appointment, particularly when she is divorced after the employee's death, hinges on whether she was dependent on the deceased employee at the time of death, and not solely on her marital status or subsequent divorce. India Law Library Docid # 2441349
(899) LEELA RAM Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 02-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376 — Rape — Appellant convicted by trial court under Section 376 IPC for an offence allegedly committed on the pretext of marriage — Victim was 26 years old at the time of the incident and aware of the consequences of sexual relationship — FSL report was negative — Medical examination did not provide a definitive opinion regarding immediate intercourse — Victim's testimony had India Law Library Docid # 2440590
(900) BUDDHA PRAKASH SONI (DIED) THROUGH LEGAL HEIRS Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 02-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 451, 452 — Disposal of property after conclusion of trial — Application for supurdnama (handing over of property) — Trial Court rejected application for supurdnama under Section 452 CrPC directing appellant to take recourse to civil suit — Held, order under Section 451 CrPC is interlocutory and does not affect rights of parties regarding disposal of property under India Law Library Docid # 2440591