(301) AKASH TIWARI Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Compassionate Appointment — Rejection of claim on grounds of limitation and merits — Family surviving for twenty years after employee's death indicates no immediate financial crisis — Compassionate appointment intended to alleviate sudden financial distress, not a vested right India Law Library Docid # 2442928
(302) AYAJ WARIS AND OTHERS Vs. K.C. MALVIYA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 1 Rule 10 — Impleadment of parties — Necessary party is one without whom no effective decree can be passed, and a proper party is one whose presence is essential for complete adjudication for issues — The application for impleadment was rejected as respondent No — 7 did not India Law Library Docid # 2442929
(303) JUGESHWAR MAHTO @ YOGESHWAR MAHTO Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) — Section 43D(5) — Bail — Test for rejection — Court must be satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing the accusation is prima facie true based on case diary or report under Section 173 CrPC, before considering general principles of bail. India Law Library Docid # 2442018
(304) THE BRANCH MANAGER, CHOLAMANDALAM MS GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. DAL BAHADUR THAPA AND OTHERS[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeal against award of Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (MACT) — Insurance Company challenging MACT’s direction to pay compensation — Court upheld MACT’s award, modifying it based on established legal principles for calculating compensation, including future prospects, India Law Library Docid # 2442142
(305) MRS. SRIJANA GURUNG AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rules 1 and 2 & Section 151 — Application for injunction — Appeal against rejection of injunction order — Rejection of application by District Judge for failure to show irreparable loss and disproportionate inconvenience to plaintiffs — High Court's view — When a prima facie case is India Law Library Docid # 2442144
(306) STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LIMITED Vs. DHANANJAY KUMAR AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Disciplinary Proceedings — Inquiry Officer's findings not proved — Disciplinary Authority differing from findings must record reasons and communicate to employee — Requirement of natural justice — Supreme Court in Punjab National Bank vs — Kunj Behari Mishra (1998) 7 SCC 84 held that Disciplinary Authority must record tentative India Law Library Docid # 2441975
(307) SHYAM MURMU AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Chotanagpur Tenancy Act, 1908 — Section 71-A — Restoration of land — Order passed by Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) for restoration of land was set aside by Deputy Commissioner (DC) on grounds that a previous Title Suit had been decreed in favour of the petitioners' predecessors and this fact was suppressed by respondents — India Law Library Docid # 2441976
(308) RAVISHANKAR KUMAR Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Judicial Review — High Court can interfere with orders of Tribunal if there is an error apparent on the face of the order or if the findings are perverse. India Law Library Docid # 2441977
(309) SMT. TUHINA MAJUMDER (DEBBARMA) Vs. SRI AMIT DEBBARMA[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Section 19(4) — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 397, 401 — Maintenance order challenged — High Court can modify maintenance amount awarded by Family Court considering factual matrix and evidence on record. India Law Library Docid # 2442073
(310) ALOK PANDA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND ANOTHER[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Amicable settlement between parties — High Court's inherent power to quash proceedings under Section 482 Cr.P.C — is distinct from power of compounding under Section 320 Cr.P.C — Power can be invoked to secure ends of India Law Library Docid # 2441876
(311) IDEL SK @ GABA SK AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANOTHER[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 156(3) — Affidavit requirement — Failure to support application under Section 156(3) with a mandatory affidavit, as required by the Supreme Court in Priyanka Srivastava v — State of U.P., renders the Magistrate's direction to register an FIR jurisdictionally flawed — However, if a charge sheet has already been filed following an investigation, this India Law Library Docid # 2441877
(312) BAIDYANATH MANDAL @ BAIJNATH MANDAL Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 325/34 — Conviction for voluntarily causing grievous hurt — Grievous injury not proved beyond reasonable doubt — Opinion of doctor based on X-ray report which was conducted about one month after the incident, X-ray plate did not reveal it was of the victim, and the person who conducted X-ray was not examined and was not a radiologist — Conviction under India Law Library Docid # 2441878
(313) CHAUDHARY BHAGUBHAI MANSANGBHAI Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Pre-Conception & Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 (PC&PNDT Act) — Section 28(1) & (2) — Cognizance of offences — Trial of offences — Court can take cognizance of offence under PC&PNDT Act only on a complaint made by the appropriate authority or authorized officer — Offences are triable by Metropolitan Magistrate or Judicial Magistrate First Class. India Law Library Docid # 2441879
(314) BRIJMOHAN AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN, THROUGH PUBLIC PROSECUTOR.[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 06-04-2026 Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 430 — Application for suspension of sentence — Applicants convicted and sentenced for various offences including Sections 148, 341, 323/149, 324/149, 307/149, 302/149 IPC and Arms Act — Allegations involve assault resulting in death and dangerous injuries — Trial Court convicted based on cogent material including injured eyewitness testimony and FSL India Law Library Docid # 2441880
(315) NAVEESH KUMAR Vs. MANJU BHASIN AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 — Section 13 — Grounds for eviction — Non-payment of rent — Bonafide requirement — Unfit and unsafe premises — Subletting — Tenant admitted payment of rent only up to December 1990, occupying premises for 25 years without payment, justifying eviction on this ground alone. India Law Library Docid # 2442493
(316) BHUSHAN LAL Vs. AMIT KUMAR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Landlord and Tenant — Subletting — Rent Control Act — Proof of Tenancy — Where a rent note clearly states "Madan Lal" as the tenant, and the signatures on the note belong to Bhushan Lal, coupled with Bhushan Lal's admission that he might have signed on behalf of his brother Madan Lal, and that Madan Lal used to visit the shop, it establishes Madan Lal as the original tenant — If Bhushan Lal is later found India Law Library Docid # 2442494
(317) PURAN MAL Vs. SHRI GAUSHALLA REGD. MAHENDERGARH AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Scope of Interference — High Court's power in second appeal is limited to questions of law and not to re-assess findings of fact — Even if the factual findings of lower courts are erroneous, the High Court cannot interfere on that ground alone — The jurisdiction is restricted to substantial errors in procedure or law. India Law Library Docid # 2442495
(318) GURPREET SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. NAGAR COUNCIL, SUNAM[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Adverse Possession — Claim against Public Property — Burden of Proof — A claim for adverse possession, especially against government or public property, requires strict proof — Mere long possession or vague claims are insufficient — The claimant must provide clear, convincing evidence proving all elements of adverse possession — actual, open, continuous, hostile possession known to the true owner, India Law Library Docid # 2442496
(319) LAXMIKANT SAHU Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Principles of Natural Justice — Violation of — Cancellation of appointment after more than four years of service and subsequent regularization, without issuing a show cause notice or conducting an enquiry, is illegal and unsustainable, as it carries serious civil consequences and violates the principles of natural justice, including the right to a hearing. India Law Library Docid # 2442498
(320) PIYUSH MISHRA AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Res Judicata — Application to Writ Petitions — The principle of res judicata applies to writ petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution — Once an issue is finally decided between the same parties, it cannot be re-litigated in a subsequent petition. India Law Library Docid # 2442499