(541) BAJAJ ELECTRICALS LIMITED Vs. M/S RAMGOPAL SOMANI AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 47 Rule 1 — Review Jurisdiction — Scope and Limitations — Review jurisdiction is extremely limited and cannot be used for rehearing or reappreciation of merits — The court in review does not act as an appellate court and rehearing is not permitted — This power is an exception to the India Law Library Docid # 2442383
(542) DAMODAR PRASAD Vs. MEENA BAGRI AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Recovery of Loan — Burden of Proof — Defendant claimed repayment of the outstanding loan amount to certain individuals for construction work at the deceased lender's property, rather than directly to the plaintiffs — The defendant failed to produce essential evidence such as bank statements or income tax records to substantiate these payments — Furthermore, the alleged receipts for these payments were printed from the same computer, with dates entered subsequently and India Law Library Docid # 2442810
(543) VIKRAM SHARMA Vs. ASHOK CHOUDHARY AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeal against award — Focus on quantum of compensation — Tribunal awarded Rs — 1,30,581/- — Appellant, a practicing advocate, sustained 76% permanent disability in his dominant right hand due to a road accident — Appeal confined to challenging the adequacy of compensation awarded by the Tribunal. India Law Library Docid # 2442811
(544) RUPA ALIAS RUPAJI BHEEL Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Law of Evidence — Corroboration — Absence of external injuries on victim does not negate rape charge — The victim's consistent testimony, coupled with the medical expert's opinion on the accused's sexual capability and forensic evidence of semen, establishes the offense, even without visible injuries. India Law Library Docid # 2442812
(545) NIKHIL SUBBA AND OTHERS Vs. THE BRANCH MANAGER, ICICI LOMBARD GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY AND OTHERS[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 21-03-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeal against computation of compensation — Court reviewed the MACT's award for disability, loss of future earnings, attendant charges, pain and suffering, and loss of amenities, adjusting them based on Supreme Court precedents. India Law Library Docid # 2442149
(546) AIR INDIA LIMITED Vs. ALL INDIA AIRCRAFT ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 20-03-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 37 — Scope of appeal — Appellate jurisdiction under Section 37 is supervisory, not corrective, and cannot go beyond the restrictions of Section 34 — The appellate court cannot reassess the merits of the award or reappreciate the evidence — It must ascertain if the Section 34 court India Law Library Docid # 2440975
(547) HARIS NISAR LANGOO Vs. NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY[DELHI HIGH COURT] 20-03-2026 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) — Section 43-D(5) — Bail — Prima facie case — Prolonged incarceration — Role of accused — The Court must undertake a structured inquiry to determine if the prosecution material, taken at face value, discloses a prima facie case satisfying the statutory ingredients of the offence, India Law Library Docid # 2440976
(548) NIRPAL SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 20-03-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 483 — Regular Bail — Petition filed seeking regular bail in FIR registered under various sections of BNSS and Arms Act — Allegations include being part of an unlawful assembly, causing injuries, and one death — Petitioner's alleged role is causing a simple injury on a non-vital part — Petitioner argues false implication, argues the gravity of the India Law Library Docid # 2441141
(549) CHANAN SINGH @ CHANNA @ GURCHARAN SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 20-03-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Regular bail — Petitioner allegedly a member of an unlawful assembly, along with co-accused — Allegedly made an exhortation to teach the victim a lesson and physically restrained him, facilitating the fatal blow — Victim died homicidal death — Post-mortem report showed four injuries — Petitioner is specifically attributed the role of raising a lalkara India Law Library Docid # 2441142
(550) CHANKY SHADAP Vs. THE STATE OF MEGHALAYA[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 20-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 164 — Statement of victim recorded by Magistrate — Victim's statement before Magistrate was in near detail to her court deposition — Minor discrepancies did not materially affect the core facts — Defence declined to cross-examine the Magistrate who produced the statement — Statement accepted as is. India Law Library Docid # 2441146
(551) JAHANARA KHATOON @ JAHAN ARA KHATOON Vs. MD. ASIF ALI[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 20-03-2026 Family Court Act, 1984 — Section 19(1) — Appeal against judgment and decree of restitution of conjugal rights — Ground of ex-parte proceeding — Held, Family Court erred in proceeding ex-parte on the basis of tracking report of notice, without ensuring proper service or resorting to substituted service as per CPC — Non-compliance with procedural requirements vitiates the judgment and decree. India Law Library Docid # 2441994
(552) SANTOSH KUMAR Vs. KUMARI ARPANA[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 20-03-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13 — Divorce — Cruelty — Desertion — Appellant (Husband) filed a divorce petition claiming cruelty and desertion by the respondent (Wife) — The Family Court dismissed the petition — The appeal court examined the evidence regarding cruelty and found that the allegations made by the appellant were general, non-specific, and lacked cogent, convincing, or concrete documentary evidence to substantiate the charges — The appellant himself admitted in India Law Library Docid # 2441995
(553) BRANCH MANAGER, NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. HASMUKH PANNALAL PUNAMIYA AND OTHERS[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 20-03-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeal against quantum of compensation — Appellant (Insurance Company) contended that claimants were adults with own income and not entitled to compensation, and that deduction for personal expenses should be 50% instead of 1/3rd — Court held that the argument that the deceased should be considered a bachelor due to family's demise was untenable and India Law Library Docid # 2442148
(554) RAVINDERPAL SINGH Vs. KANWARJIT SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 20-03-2026 Landlord and Tenant — Assessment of Mesne Profits — Tenancy during Pendency of Appeal — The Court must strike a balance between the landlord's interest, who has obtained an eviction order, and the tenant's interest, who is pursuing an appeal — The mesne profits should not be so exorbitant as to force the tenant to India Law Library Docid # 2441835
(555) RAHIMUDDIN (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND ANOTHER Vs. NASRU (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 20-03-2026 Customary Law — Succession among Meo Muslims — Agricultural land — Devolves upon nearest male agnate/collateral according to rule of proximity of degree — Daughters have no right of succession. India Law Library Docid # 2441836
(556) PUNJAB STATE CIVIL SUPPLIES CORPORATION Vs. AMIT KUMAR[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 20-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 401, 374 — Revision petition against concurrent findings of acquittal — High Court does not sit in re-appreciation of evidence in revision — If conclusions of lower courts are plausible and probable, acquittal will not be ordinarily interfered with — Interference only warranted for India Law Library Docid # 2441837
(557) SANDEEP KUMAR ALIAS RINKU AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 20-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 313 — Statement of accused — Mere denial of allegations and pleading innocence in statement recorded under Section 313 of CrPC is insufficient to establish defence, especially when no suggestions were made to witnesses disputing material aspects of prosecution's case, India Law Library Docid # 2441838
(558) MANJINDER SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 20-03-2026 Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Abuse of process of court — FIR registered under Section 498A of Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Allegations in FIR primarily relate to an alleged incident in 2019, whereas the divorce decree was granted in 2016 — Such a temporal discrepancy indicates that the FIR India Law Library Docid # 2441839
(559) GURSEWAK SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 20-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 313 — Statement of accused — Appellants pleaded that they were falsely implicated due to personal enmity with an Inspector of police, who had allegedly killed their relative in a fake encounter — They claimed to have been arrested from their homes and nothing was recovered from them. India Law Library Docid # 2441840
(560) MANJIT SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 20-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 313 — Statement of accused — Accused pleaded innocence and claimed false implication after denial of allegations — No defense witness examined — Trial Court convicted appellants based on prosecution evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2441841