(381) HIMANSHU ASWAL AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Uttarakhand Municipal (Non-Centralized) Employees Service (Group-C) Rules, 2017 — Rule 8(3) — Interpretation of "concerned trade" — The term "concerned trade" in service rules for the post of Draftsman in the Urban Development Department, when read in conjunction with the nature of duties and technical India Law Library Docid # 2441636
(382) NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA Vs. BHASKAR NINU ZAMBARE AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 01-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 34 & 37 — Scope of appellate jurisdiction — Court exercising powers under Section 37 of the Arbitration Act must be slow to interfere with an arbitral award confirmed by the Court under Section 34, so long as the award does not suffer from patent illegality or fall within the limited India Law Library Docid # 2441637
(383) GULABSINGH Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 01-04-2026 Essential Commodities Act, 1955 and Maharashtra Scheduled Commodities (Regulation and Distribution) Order, 1975 — Fair Price Shop License (FPSL) — Transfer — Government policy prohibits transfer of FPSL on the basis of a will deed while the licensee is alive. India Law Library Docid # 2441638
(384) NALIN VALLABHBHAI PATEL AND ANOTHER Vs. ATHARVA REALTORS AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6) — Appointment of Arbitrator — Refusal to extend mandate under Section 29A — Whether permissible — Held, an application for appointment of an arbitrator under Section 11(6) is not maintainable if the Court has refused to extend the mandate of the earlier arbitrator India Law Library Docid # 2441639
(385) SUDHEER.S AND OTHER Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 — Section 233 — Amendment by Act 14 of 2018 — Omission of "or refusing" from Sub-section (4) — Implication that applications under Section 233 must be allowed absolutely or conditionally, not rejected — Panchayat cannot reject an application based on its interpretation of pre-amendment India Law Library Docid # 2441640
(386) SMT. UJJALA RANI PAUL Vs. AGARTALA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND OTHERS[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Family Pension — Eligibility of divorced daughter — Divorce obtained after death of pensioner — Petitioner was married and living with her father at the time of his death. She obtained a decree of divorce much later, in 2021. The Revised Pension Rules, 2017, applicable to municipal corporation employees, entitle a divorced daughter to family pension. However, the right to receive pension accrues on the death of the pensioner. At India Law Library Docid # 2442075
(387) SRI DEBASHISH DAS Vs. STATE OF TRIPURA[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Scope of interference with arbitral award — Court does not sit in appeal over an arbitral award and can interfere only on limited grounds like public policy or patent illegality — Award can be set aside if findings are arbitrary, capricious, or perverse, or if illegality goes to the root of the matter — Re-appreciation of evidence not permitted. India Law Library Docid # 2442076
(388) SRI CHANDAN MALI Vs. STATE OF TRIPURA[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374(2) — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Appellant challenged judgment and order of conviction and sentence by Special Judge (POCSO) — Appellant convicted for offences under Section 5(m) of POCSO Act read with Section 6 of POCSO Act and Section 506 Para-1 of IPC — Appellant sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for 20 years and fine for POCSO offence, and fine for IPC offence — Court of appeal reappraised evidence and affirmed conviction and s India Law Library Docid # 2442077
(389) SRI HARIPADA MALAKAR @ PRADIP Vs. STATE OF TRIPURA[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376-AB and Section 375 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Section 6 — Conviction for rape — For conviction of rape, element of penetration is essential — Medical evidence showed hymen intact and no evidence of sexual intercourse — Forensic evidence showed absence of seminal material on victim — DNA of semen on accused's lungi matched with India Law Library Docid # 2442078
(390) SMT. SABITA BARMAN AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF TRIPURA AND OTHERS[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Educational Qualifications — B.Ed — Special Degree vs — B.Ed — Regular Degree — The central issue is whether a B.Ed — Special degree is equivalent to a B.Ed — Regular degree for the purpose of appointment to the posts of Post Graduate Teacher and Graduate Teacher, as advertised by the Teachers Recruitment Board (TRBT) — Petitioners possessed B.Ed — Special degrees but were denied appointment because the advertisements specified B.Ed — Regular degrees from NCTE-recognized institutions as India Law Library Docid # 2442079
(391) LAKHAN BIHARI PATEL Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 — Medical certificates — Validity and genuineness of a disability certificate issued by a Medical Board cannot be questioned by authorities lacking medical expertise or statutory competence; such determination requires the competent medical authority or specific statutory procedure. India Law Library Docid # 2442507
(392) URMILA DEVI Vs. VIKAS KUMAR AGRAWAL AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Jurisdiction of Revenue Authorities — Benami Transactions — Revenue authorities lack jurisdiction to adjudicate whether a transaction is benami or not, as this matter falls outside their purview under the Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code, 1959 — The Supreme Court has clarified that while certain sections might allow for inquiry into spurious or benami transfers during permission stages, Section 170 does India Law Library Docid # 2442508
(393) SHOBHA KANWAR Vs. NARPAT SINGH[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 25 — Permanent Alimony — Factors to consider — Scope of Section 25 is not merely for subsistence but to secure dignified sustenance and long-term financial stability, considering status of parties, husband's income and capacity, wife's needs, and standard of living during marriage — Wife’s claim of Rs. 2 crore rejected as exaggerated and not fully supported by evidence of India Law Library Docid # 2442669
(394) NAVEEN TEMANI Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 01-04-2026 Bhartiya Nagarik Nyay Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 308(6), 318(4), 319(2), 111(4) & 204 — Anticipatory Bail — Prior Applications Dismissed — Applicant sought anticipatory bail on grounds of changed circumstances, specifically a compromise with the complainant in a commercial dispute — However, previous anticipatory bail and quashing of FIR applications were dismissed, with a Supreme Court SLP also India Law Library Docid # 2442683
(395) SAVITRI DEVI AND OTHER Vs. LAKSHMI DEVI AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 01-04-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166, 168 — Compensation for Motor Accident Claims — Assessment of Income — In the absence of documentary evidence proving the income of the deceased, the Tribunal should determine the loss of earning based on the minimum wages prevalent at the relevant time. India Law Library Docid # 2442684
(396) STATE OF H.P. Vs. D.K. KAUSHAL[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 — Section 16(1)(a)(i) — Adulteration of food — Violation of mandatory Rules 14, 17, and 18 — Acquisition of sample — Cleanliness and dryness of intermediate vessel — Absence of evidence that the intermediate jug or bottle used for collecting the sample was clean and dry vitiates the conviction — Rules 14, 17 and 18 of the PFA Rules are mandatory, and their violation is fatal to the prosecution case India Law Library Docid # 2442766
(397) SUNIL KUMAR SHRIVASTAVA Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 197 — Protection for public servants — Applicability of Section 197 CrPC depends on reasonable connection between the act complained of and official duty — Even acts done in excess of duty can be protected if reasonably connected to official functions — Omission to perform the act would have exposed the public servant to a charge of dereliction of duty, then India Law Library Docid # 2442940
(398) SMT. URMILA DEVI TIWRI Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Condonation of Delay — An order for condoning delay should be reasoned and objective, not a non-speaking order dismissed cursorily — The principles of natural justice require that reasons must be given for a decision, ensuring that justice not only appears to be done but is actually done India Law Library Docid # 2442942
(399) KALI DASS AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 01-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 227 and 228 — Framing of charge — Scope of revisional jurisdiction — Court is not required to meticulously evaluate evidence as if conducting a full trial — Test is whether material placed on record, if taken at face value, discloses a prima facie case or at least raises a grave suspicion against the accused — Court should not weigh sufficiency of evidence for India Law Library Docid # 2443020
(400) ZAID RAFIQ RATHER Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 01-04-2026 Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 — Preventative Detention — Right to make representation — Detenu must be informed of their right to make a representation against the detention order not only to the Government but also to the detaining authority — Failure to do so renders the detention illegal India Law Library Docid # 2443119