(61) ANIL KUMAR @ KALLU Vs. THE STATE (NCT OF DELHI)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 21-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 394, 34 — Murder and Robbery — Circumstantial Evidence — Homicidal death proved by medical evidence establishing cause of death due to shock from injury to neck vessels. India Law Library Docid # 2442591
(62) SANDEEP KUMAR Vs. PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (IMPORT) AIR CARGO COMPLEX[DELHI HIGH COURT] 21-04-2026 Customs Act, 1962 — Section 28(9) — Extension of time for adjudication — Non-communication of extension order to noticee — Held, not fatal to adjudication as Section 28 does not mandate such communication, though prudent for the department to do so — Reliance placed on this Court's decision in Pranij Heights India Pvt Ltd vs. The Joint Commissioner of Customs. India Law Library Docid # 2442592
(63) AJAY MAHTO Vs. STATE[DELHI HIGH COURT] 21-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 313, 374 and 391 — Appeal against conviction — Murder charge under Section 302, IPC — Circumstantial evidence — Last seen theory — Requirement to prove complete chain of circumstances excluding all possibilities of innocence — Conflicting statements of prosecution witnesses regarding crucial details, including non-disclosure of material India Law Library Docid # 2442593
(64) SMT. PREM LATA SUREKHA Vs. SH. CHAKRADHARI SUREKHA AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 21-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 37 — Appeal against order dismissing Section 34 application — Scope of interference limited to grounds under Section 34 — Not an independent assessment of award merits — Appellate court must ascertain if Section 34 court exceeded its scope — Concurrent findings of Arbitrator and Section 34 court should be disturbed with extreme caution — Mere India Law Library Docid # 2442594
(65) SHIVA NAND Vs. SUKH LAL SHARMA AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 21-04-2026 Easement by Prescription and Necessity — Plaintiff claimed right of way through common passage over defendants’ land by prescription and necessity, asserting it was the sole access to his property — Evidence showed plaintiff had provided an affidavit from landowners permitting use of alternative passage and admitted the claimed passage was more convenient but not absolutely necessary — Court held that for easement by necessity, absolute necessity, not mere convenience, must be proven, and an alt India Law Library Docid # 2442743
(66) M/S. NATIONAL AGENCIES Vs. SBI GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 21-04-2026 Insurance Law — Burglary Insurance Policy — Interpretation of "Burglary" — A burglary insurance policy covers theft involving actual forcible and violent entry into or exit from the premises India Law Library Docid # 2442793
(67) MUNICIPAL CORPORATION JABALPUR Vs. CHOTELAL KHURASIYA[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 21-04-2026 M.P. Industrial Relations Act, 1960 — Section 108 — M.P — Industrial Relations Rules, 1961 — Rule 48-A — Execution of Award — Limitation — Provisions of the Act prevail over rules if they conflict — Section 108 of the Act provides for recovery of amounts due as if it were a fine under the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, for which no India Law Library Docid # 2442794
(68) DR. SAJAD AHMAD BHAT Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 21-04-2026 Employment Law — Provisional Engagement — Security Clearance — An employee engaged on a provisional basis, subject to security clearance, cannot claim reinstatement or refute termination based on an adverse report if they accepted these conditions at the India Law Library Docid # 2443108
(69) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. SUMER LAL CHOUHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 20-04-2026 Central Administrative Tribunal Act, 1985 — Section 14 — Jurisdiction — Regularisation of services — Casual labourers — Eligible for temporary status and regularisation under Scheme of 1993 if they had rendered continuous service of at least one year (240 or 206 days) and were in employment on 01.09.1993 — The Tribunal's direction to consider respondents for regularisation was upheld for those India Law Library Docid # 2442616
(70) SMT. SATYA GARG Vs. KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 20-04-2026 Administrative Law— Disciplinary Proceedings— Appreciation of Evidence— Tribunal's role not to re-appreciate evidence in disciplinary inquiries as an appellate forum, but to ensure fundamental rights to a proper hearing and defense have been provided — The High Court upheld this principle, agreeing with the majority view of the Tribunal that so long as the disciplinary authority's findings were based on some India Law Library Docid # 2442617
(71) NATHU LAL Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 20-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14 and 21 — Right to dignity, reputation, equality and personal liberty — History-sheet proceedings — Arbitrary and illegal action of respondents in initiating history-sheet proceedings against petitioner — Factual matrix shows most cases ended in acquittal or discharge, with no conviction — Mere registration of cases cannot be basis for opening a history-sheet — Action India Law Library Docid # 2442618
(72) SHYAMA KUMARI Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-04-2026 Compassionate Appointment — Eligibility of unmarried daughter — The eligibility of an unmarried daughter for compassionate appointment is determined based on her marital status at the time she applied for the post, not at the time of appointment offer — Solemnizing marriage after applying but before appointment does not disqualify her. India Law Library Docid # 2442741
(73) SH. PARVEEN RAJPUT Vs. SH. KULDEEP SINGH[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-04-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Vicarious liability — For a complaint under Section 138 to be maintainable against an authorized signatory issuing a cheque from a society's account, the society itself must be impleaded as a party — The authorized signatory cannot be prosecuted merely for issuing the cheque if the liability is of the society and the cheque belongs to the society's account India Law Library Docid # 2442742
(74) SANDEEP KUMAR UPADHYAY Vs. ATAL BIHARI BAJPAI INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 20-04-2026 Public Administration and Employment Law — Selection Process — Where a selection process is conducted as per advertisement and no unsuccessful candidate challenges the appointment or alleges favouritism, and the candidate has acted upon the appointment by leaving a previous job, the appointment cannot be cancelled by the institution on grounds of minor procedural irregularities in the selection committee's constitution, especially after a prolonged period — The principle of estoppel applies agai India Law Library Docid # 2442795
(75) ANKUR JOSHI Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 20-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Habeas Corpus — Custody of Minor Children — Maintainability of Writ — It is well settled that a writ of habeas corpus is maintainable for the custody of minor children in India, especially when the welfare of the child is in question — The extraordinary writ jurisdiction can be invoked for the best India Law Library Docid # 2442893
(76) DHEERAJ KUSHWAH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 20-04-2026 Bail Application — Grounds of Arrest — Non-compliance with the mandate of informing the arrestee of the grounds of arrest in writing, as held by the Supreme Court, does not automatically render an arrest illegal or entitle the accused to bail, unless demonstrable prejudice is shown — The applicants' production before the Magistrate and India Law Library Docid # 2442894
(77) HARSH DEV SINGH Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 20-04-2026 Representation of the People Act, 1951 — Sections 82, 86(4) and 87 — Election Petition — Joinder of Parties — Only contesting candidates are necessary parties to an election petition, along with any other candidate against whom allegations of corrupt practice are made — Officials or individuals not involved in the election as candidates, even if alleged to have indulged in corrupt practices, cannot be joined as parties at the India Law Library Docid # 2442953
(78) NARGEES JAVAID Vs. GHULAM JEELANI NENGROO[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 20-04-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 143-A — Interim Compensation — Power to grant interim compensation is discretionary and not mandatory, requiring judicious exercise based on case-to-case facts and circumstances, not mechanical application. India Law Library Docid # 2443109
(79) MAQSAD ALI KOHLI Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 20-04-2026 Preventive Detention — Grounds of detention must be clear, specific, and unambiguous to enable the detenue to make an effective representation — Vague allegations without specific instances, dates, or places, and reliance on generalized expressions like "credible information" or "deep-rooted connections" render detention legally unsustainable. India Law Library Docid # 2443110
(80) AUSTIN HYUNDAI (AUSTIN DISTRIBUTORS PVT LTD) Vs. AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS INDIA PVT LTD[DELHI HIGH COURT] 18-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 37 — Appeal against order refusing to set aside arbitral award — Scope of appellate jurisdiction — Limited to examining legality of Section 34 court's exercise of power, not correcting errors of fact or law by arbitrator. India Law Library Docid # 2442369