(341) DINESH KUMAR Vs. NEETI AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 04-04-2026 Maintenance — Appeal against interim maintenance order, modification by appellate court — Husband and wife both challenged the interim maintenance awarded by the appellate court — Husband contended maintenance was arbitrary and excessive, wife argued it was meagre — Court considered income affidavits, financial status, and obligations of parties to determine maintenance. India Law Library Docid # 2441984
(342) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. SHREYA[PATNA HIGH COURT] 03-04-2026 Employment Law — Termination of Engagement — Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) — Misrepresentation of Educational Qualification — Where a candidate for GDS misrepresented their 10th-grade subject from Sanskrit to Hindi-A/Hindi-B in the online application, this constituted "suppressio veri and suggestio falsi" and misled the India Law Library Docid # 2441820
(343) SHAILENDRA PRASAD SINGH Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 03-04-2026 Mines and Minerals — Forfeiture of Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) — Technical glitch in e-auction portal — Petitioner prevented from participating in bidding process due to admitted technical error — Forfeiture of EMD without affording opportunity of hearing violates principles of natural justice. India Law Library Docid # 2441821
(344) JAGDISH YADAV AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 03-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374(2) — Appeal against conviction and sentence — High Court’s power to re-evaluate evidence — The court is required to re-appreciate the evidence and re-assess the conclusions arrived at by the trial court. India Law Library Docid # 2441822
(345) BHARAT MAHTO AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 03-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302/34 — Murder charges — Arms Act, 1959 — Section 27 — Conviction and sentence — Appeal against — Eye-witness testimonies — Contradictions in testimonies — Presence of witnesses at the scene of occurrence — Land dispute as motive — Investigation process — Delay in FIR registration — Non-examination of material witness — Sufficiency of Section 313 Cr.P.C examination — Appeals dismissed. India Law Library Docid # 2441823
(346) SIKKIM PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Vs. SIKKIM INFORMATION COMMISSION AND ANOTHER[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 03-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Writ Petition — Challenge to Orders of State Information Commission — Petitioner seeking disclosure of consolidated merit list and marks of candidates — Respondent No.2 filing RTI application — SPIO providing information after completion of process — First Appellate Authority directing SPIO to seek consent of selected candidates under Section 11 of RTI Act — Respondent No.2 India Law Library Docid # 2442145
(347) MENKA KUMARI Vs. UTTAM KUMAR[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 02-04-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — 'Sufficient cause' means adequate or enough reason preventing a party from approaching the court within the limitation period — Such cause must not be due to negligence, inaction, or lack of bona fide — The court must exercise discretion judiciously based on the facts and India Law Library Docid # 2441986
(348) SHRI SHAMBHU PASWAN AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF TRIPURA[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 02-04-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Section 50 — Compliance with provision on search of person — Whether mandatory and requires strict compliance — Non-compliance vitiates conviction — Held that it is mandatory and requires strict compliance; failure to comply renders recovery suspect and vitiates conviction if solely based on such recovery. India Law Library Docid # 2442074
(349) SYLVERIUS BARWA Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 02-04-2026 M.P. Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1976 — Rule 9(2)(b)(ii) — Limitation for departmental proceedings — Departmental proceedings cannot be initiated against a pensioner after retirement for events that occurred more than four years prior to their institution. India Law Library Docid # 2442503
(350) CBI AND OTHERS Vs. AMIT JOGI AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 02-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 386 — Powers of Appellate Court in appeal against acquittal — Interference with acquittal order — When warranted — Appellate Court has wide powers to re-appreciate evidence and review trial court findings — If trial court's view is manifestly erroneous, illegal, perverse, or contrary to evidence, appellate court can interfere — Acquittal of main accused on India Law Library Docid # 2442504
(351) KAUSHIK BEHRA Vs. THE STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 02-04-2026 Disciplinary proceedings and scope of judicial review — Interference by High Court is limited to checking for procedural illegality, violation of natural justice, or if findings are perverse, not to re-evaluate evidence or substitute its own judgment on the punishment unless it is shockingly disproportionate. India Law Library Docid # 2442505
(352) ACHINTA BHOWMIK AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 02-04-2026 Recruitment Rules — Statutory Hierarchy — State Rules are subordinate to Central Rules — In case of inconsistency, Central Rules prevail. India Law Library Docid # 2442506
(353) MODERN INSULATORS LIMITED Vs. MAYUR LIME AND CHEMICAL LIMITED[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 02-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 8 — Rejection of suit — Existence of arbitration agreement — Appellant contended that disputes were governed by arbitration agreement and suit was not maintainable — Respondent's suit for recovery of money was filed before Commercial Court — Appellant filed application under Section 8 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act for rejection of suit, India Law Library Docid # 2442668
(354) RAMLAL AND OTHER Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 02-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Conviction challenged on grounds that incident occurred spontaneously, without premeditation, and in exercise of private defence — Evidence indicated a suppressed First Information Report (FIR) and a discrepancy in the injured witness's statement, raising doubts about the prosecution's case — It was contended that the incident was a free fight where both India Law Library Docid # 2442685
(355) PYAR CHAND SHARMA Vs. STATE OF H.P AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 02-04-2026 Service Law — Pay Anomaly and Step-Up — A senior employee cannot be paid less salary than their junior — If such an anomaly arises due to promotions or pay revisions, the senior employee's pay should be "stepped up" to match that of their junior, with effect from the date the junior began drawing more pay — This principle is intended to remove pay disparities and ensure fair treatment based India Law Library Docid # 2442767
(356) SUNEEL KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 02-04-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Bail — Grant of regular bail — Petitioner lodged in jail since January 2026 for offences under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and POCSO Act — Challan filed, nothing to recover — Victim-prosecutrix, though minor, has married petitioner, given birth to a child, and lives happily with him — Considering circumstances, continued detention would cause hardship to victim India Law Library Docid # 2442768
(357) PARAMJIT ARORA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 02-04-2026 Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 — Section 34 — Vicarious liability of Directors — For a Director to be held vicariously liable for an offence committed by a company, the complaint must contain specific averments detailing how and in what manner the Director was in charge of and responsible for the conduct of the company's business — Merely being a Director is not sufficient; the prosecution must demonstrate active involvement in day-to-day affairs or specific responsibility for manufacturing activ India Law Library Docid # 2442769
(358) M/S TILOKSONS BREWERY & DISTILLERY AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 02-04-2026 Himachal Pradesh Excise Act, 2011 — Sections 8, 10, and amended Section 6, and Notification dated 26.04.2025 — Inspection of licensed premises — Mandates accompaniment by specific ranks of Excise and Police Officers — A team not constituted in accordance with these provisions is not in consonance India Law Library Docid # 2442770
(359) MUNICIPAL COUNCIL NALAGARH Vs. FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER (APPEALS) AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 02-04-2026 Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1954 — Section 37 — Correction of revenue entries — Focus on actual possession — Revenue entries should reflect the spot position and actual possession, not validate illegal possession — The correction of revenue entries cannot be used by the Forest Department to regain possession of land if they are not in actual possession. India Law Library Docid # 2442771
(360) HEM RAJ THAKUR Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 02-04-2026 Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 — Section 19(3) — Immunity for Stockists/Traders — A person, not being the manufacturer or distributor, is not liable for contravention of Section 18 if they prove they acquired the drug from a licensed dealer, did not know and could not ascertain it contravened provisions, and stored it properly — The petitioner, as an authorized signatory of a stockist/trader, can claim this immunity, especially when the manufacturer admitted to selling the drug under proper invoi India Law Library Docid # 2442773