(261) S. SURINDER SINGH Vs. THE COMMISSIONER/SECRETARY TO GOVT., RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 08-04-2026 Land Acquisition and Compensation — State's Obligation to Acquire Property Legally — The State cannot forcibly dispossess a citizen of their private property without following due process of law, which includes acquisition proceedings and payment of just compensation — Oral consent or a plea of donation without India Law Library Docid # 2443012
(262) M/S VIJAY STEEL INDUSTRIES SIDCO INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX Vs. UT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 08-04-2026 Budgetary Support Scheme — Eligibility for Reimbursement — A manufacturing unit is eligible for budgetary support on goods manufactured by it and allowed by relevant industrial departments, excluding those listed in Annexure A of the notification — M.S — Scrap arising from the manufacturing process of TMT/CTD India Law Library Docid # 2443013
(263) SANSAR CHAND AND OTHERS Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 08-04-2026 J&K Land Acquisition Act, 1990 — Section 11-B — Award — Laches — Acquisition proceedings for road construction — Declaration under Section 6 issued on 16.08.2017 and final award passed on 03.07.2020 — Award passed beyond the statutory period of two years prescribed by Section 11-B — Acquisition proceedings India Law Library Docid # 2443014
(264) UNION OF INDIA Vs. NO. 13750133Y EX L/NK LAKHA SINGH[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 08-04-2026 Army Rules and Pension Regulations — Defence Security Corps (DSC) personnel — Governing Rules for Pension — Held that DSC personnel are governed by the same general pension rules as Army combatants, as per Regulation 266 of the Pension Regulations for the Army, 1961, unless inconsistent — Regulation 179 is applicable to DSC service. India Law Library Docid # 2443015
(265) RAJESHWAR SINGH Vs. STATE[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 08-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 197 — Protection for public servants — An act of a public servant is considered to be in the discharge of official duty or purported to be in discharge of official duty if there is a direct and reasonable connection between the nature of the duties cast upon them and the acts constituting India Law Library Docid # 2443016
(266) UNION TERRITORY OF J&K AND OTHERS Vs. PIARAY LAL TICKOO[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 08-04-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1990 — Sections 4(1), 5-A, 11-B, 17 and 17-A — Acquisition proceedings — Mandatory procedure — Notification under Section 4(1)(c) must be published in two daily newspapers with wide circulation in the locality and one in regional language — Non-compliance renders acquisition proceedings invalid. India Law Library Docid # 2443017
(267) SANSARO DEVI Vs. SURAM SINGH (DEAD) REPRESENTED BY SHER SINGH AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 08-04-2026 J.K. Agrarian Reforms Act, 1976 — Jurisdiction — Determination of possession over non-agricultural land in the context of agrarian reforms falls within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Civil Court, not revenue authorities acting under the Agrarian Reforms Act. India Law Library Docid # 2443018
(268) NARESH KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. J&K SPECIAL TRIBUNAL, JAMMU AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 08-04-2026 J.K. Agrarian Reforms Act, 1976 — Section 4 — Mutation Proceedings — Validity of Mutatios No. 104, 106, and 115 — Where private respondents did not challenge specific mutations (104, 106, and 115) which attained finality, including one recording a protected tenant as an unauthorised occupant, a subsequent mutation India Law Library Docid # 2443019
(269) ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT Vs. YATIN YADAV AND OTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 08-04-2026 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 — Section 45 — Bail — Cancellation of Bail — Court’s duty at bail stage is not to weigh evidence meticulously but to arrive at a finding on broad probabilities, with the finding being tentative and not impacting the final merits of the case India Law Library Docid # 2443044
(270) LATIFA BANO AND OTHERS Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 08-04-2026 Pensionary Benefits — Promotions — Employees promoted to higher posts and drawing salary in those posts are entitled to pensionary benefits based on their last drawn pay in the promoted positions. India Law Library Docid # 2443116
(271) PUSPA MISHRA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF SIKKIM AND OTHERS[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 07-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 371F — Non-obstante clause — Overriding effect — Special provision for Sikkim — Protection of existing laws — The non-obstante clause in Article 371F of the Constitution gives overriding effect to the special provisions for Sikkim, ensuring that certain matters are protected from being struck down as unconstitutional, even if they conflict with other provisions of the Constitution — This is crucial for maintaining the unique historical and local contexts of India Law Library Docid # 2442143
(272) NARESH GANJHU Vs. UNION OF INDIA THROUGH NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY, NEW DELHI[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-04-2026 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) — Section 43D(5) — Bail — Proviso to Section 43D(5) imposes a complete embargo on the power to release an accused on bail if the Court is of the opinion, on perusal of the case diary or report under Section 173 CrPC, that there are reasonable grounds for believing the accusation to be prima facie true — This standard is lighter than 'not guilty' — Bail is India Law Library Docid # 2441985
(273) SRI RITESH DEBBARMA Vs. STATE OF TRIPURA[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 07-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 376D, 302, 34 — Gang rape and murder — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Conviction based on circumstantial evidence and scientific reports — Court found that the chain of circumstantial evidence, including last seen together testimony, disclosure statements, re-creation of crime scene, and DNA analysis, was cogent and established the appellant's involvement. Appeals dismissed. India Law Library Docid # 2442072
(274) GODREJ AGROVET LTD Vs. FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 07-04-2026 Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (Act) — Section 3(1)(j) — Definition of 'food' — Includes substance intended for human consumption — Excludes animal feed — Note (c) to Regulation 2.5.2 of the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011, which regulates animal feed, is ultra vires the Act, as the Act's scope is limited to food for human consumption. India Law Library Docid # 2441881
(275) NIRMAL KUMAR SAMUEL (DEAD) AND OTHERS Vs. ATUL KUMAR SHUKLA AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 07-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rules 1 & 2 — Temporary injunction — Prima facie case, balance of convenience, and irreparable injury are essential ingredients for granting injunction — Trial court rejected the application for temporary injunction by holding that none of the essential ingredients were established in favour of the plaintiffs — Higher court found that the sale deed was not for the entire property, stamp duty paid was for only a portion, and plaintiffs were in India Law Library Docid # 2442356
(276) SAJJAN SINGH Vs. GAJJAN SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 27 — Application for additional evidence — Dismissal of application — Appellant's primary argument was that the appellate court failed to decide his application for additional evidence, despite a previous remand order — The High Court found the application to have been India Law Library Docid # 2442486
(277) HAKAM SINGH (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS Vs. BHAG SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-04-2026 Will Execution — Deaf and Dumb Testator — Validity — A will executed by a deaf and dumb person is valid if it is proven that the testator was capable of understanding and communicating through signs and gestures, even if there's no specific endorsement on the will about explanation through signs and gestures — The presence of beneficiaries accompanying such a testator at the time of execution, in India Law Library Docid # 2442487
(278) KUNDAN SINGH (THROUGH HIS LRS) Vs. AJIT SINGH & OTHERS (THROUGH LRS)[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-04-2026 Specific Performance of Agreement to Sell — Prior Agreement Prevails — Court held that an agreement to sell executed earlier has precedence over a subsequent agreement, unless the earlier agreement is proven to be fraudulent or illegal — The subsequent purchasers were protected as bona fide purchasers for value without notice of the later agreement, as there was no cogent evidence proving they had such notice. India Law Library Docid # 2442488
(279) KAVITA RANI Vs. PARVEEN KUMARI AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-04-2026 Property Law — Release Deed and Consent Decree — A release deed transferring self-acquired property is legally valid, and a Haryana Government notification reducing stamp duty for release deeds concerning ancestral property does not bar the execution of such deeds for self-acquired property — The court also held that objections regarding insufficient stamp duty on a document cannot be raised in a civil India Law Library Docid # 2442489
(280) GULZARI BEGUM (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH HER LRS Vs. LIAKAT ALI KHAN AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-04-2026 Inheritance and Custom — Burden of Proof — Where a party claims inheritance based on custom, they must prove the existence and applicability of that custom — In this case, defendants failed to prove a custom where daughters do not inherit ancestral land, and the mutation of land in their favor was done without notice to the plaintiff, a daughter — This suggests connivance and lack of proper legal basis for the mutation. India Law Library Docid # 2442490