(661) SHRI VINOD KUMAR SHARMA AND OTHERS Vs. RADHA KRISHNA AND OTHERS[MANIPUR HIGH COURT] 17-03-2026 Hindu law — Shebait and Worshipper — Representation of a Deity — Idol of a Hindu temple is a juridical person and is considered a minor, requiring representation by a natural person — Worshipper can represent the idol as a guardian, especially when the shebait is negligent or is the guilty party against whom relief is sought — Courts have a India Law Library Docid # 2442287
(662) RAJAK KHAN Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 17-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 365, 302, 201/34 — Kidnapping, Murder, Disappearance of Evidence — Circumstantial Evidence — Prosecution must establish a complete chain of circumstances that unerringly points to guilt; if broken, benefit of doubt goes to accused — Motive alone is not substantive evidence for conviction. India Law Library Docid # 2442819
(663) THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS Vs. M/S ADVENT ENVIROCARE TECHNOLOGY PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 17-03-2026 Execution Proceedings and Jurisdiction — An executing court's powers are limited to enforcing an award as it stands; it cannot go beyond the decree or award to fasten liability on parties not included in it, nor can it create new rights — Attempting to do so constitutes a jurisdictional overreach and violates principles of natural justice. India Law Library Docid # 2442843
(664) AJAY SAINI Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 16-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 (also BNSS Section 528) — Quashing of proceedings — High Court's inherent power to quash proceedings to prevent abuse of process of law and secure ends of justice — Such power should be exercised with circumspection in rarest of rare and appropriate cases. India Law Library Docid # 2440723
(665) ANAWORA BEGAM Vs. STATE OF TRIPURA[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 16-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) — Section 46(4) and 50A, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) — Section 43(5) — Arrest of Woman after Sunset and Before Sunrise — Violation of Provisions — The court held that while Section 46(4) CrPC (or Section 43(5) BNSS) aims to protect women, its strict compliance may not always be feasible or practicable, especially in urgent situations — Therefore, non-compliance does India Law Library Docid # 2442128
(666) VIRENDRANATH B. TIWARI Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 16-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Constitution of India — Article 226 — Quashing of FIR and Chargesheet — Allegations in FIR and chargesheet did not constitute ingredients of offences under Section 324 IPC and Sections 3(1)(x) and (xi) of the Atrocities Act, 1989 (now Sections 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s)) — Mere knowledge of victim’s caste not sufficient to invoke Section 3(1)(r) — Previous instances of India Law Library Docid # 2441128
(667) JASWANTSINGH Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 16-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 read with Section 34 and Section 120-B — Murder and Criminal Conspiracy — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Homicidal death of deceased established by medical evidence, including firearm and sharp weapon injuries — Ocular testimony of eyewitnesses found reliable and consistent with medical evidence — Recoveries made at instance of accused, India Law Library Docid # 2441162
(668) SRI NARALASETTY PAVAN CHANDRA NAGOOR Vs. SRI RAVI KUMAR MERUVA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 16-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 44A — Execution of foreign decree — UAE declared as reciprocating territory — Decree from UAE Court is executable in India, subject to limitations under Section 13 of CPC — Judgment debtor failed to establish that the foreign decree falls under any exceptions of Section 13. India Law Library Docid # 2441458
(669) APSRTC AND ANOTHER Vs. M. POCHAIAH AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 16-03-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 25-F — Wrongful termination of daily-wage worker — Reinstatement and back wages are not automatic when termination is illegal due to a procedural defect, such as violation of Section 25-F — In such cases, monetary compensation is more appropriate to meet the ends of justice. India Law Library Docid # 2441459
(670) AMIT KUMAR @ CHHOTU @ AMIT KUMAR PANDIT Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 16-03-2026 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 — Sections 15, 19 — Trial of a child as an adult — Mandatory provisions — Preliminary assessment by Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) and subsequent decision by Children's Court to try a child as an adult are mandatory requirements — Non-compliance with these India Law Library Docid # 2441895
(671) GAUTAM KUMAR Vs. RAJESH KUMAR SINHA AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 16-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 47 Rule 1 and Section 114 — Scope of Review Jurisdiction — Review court cannot re-appreciate evidence or correct erroneous decisions on merits unless the error is manifest, patent, and apparent on the face of the record — Review is not an appeal in disguise and is to prevent miscarriage India Law Library Docid # 2441896
(672) MAHENDRA KUMAR SINHA @ MAHENDRA KUMAR Vs. KAMESHWAR PRASAD SINGH AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 16-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 114 and Order 47 Rule 1 — Scope of Review Jurisdiction — Review jurisdiction is limited and cannot be used as an appeal in disguise to rehear a matter on merits or correct every erroneous decision — It can only be exercised for correction of a mistake or for discovery of new evidence, India Law Library Docid # 2441897
(673) MD. MANOWAR AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 16-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 374(2) and 389(1) — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Appellants challenged judgment of conviction and order of sentence passed by Sessions Judge, Katihar — Convicted for offences under Sections 328/34, 379/34, and 411/34 of Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sentenced to India Law Library Docid # 2441898
(674) MD. GUDDU IDRISH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 16-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304B — Dowry Death — Essential ingredients — Death of a woman caused by burns or bodily injury or otherwise than under normal circumstances; within seven years of marriage; subjected to cruelty or harassment by husband or relative for demand of dowry; cruelty or harassment must India Law Library Docid # 2441899
(675) ANOKHA DEVI Vs. ASHOK PRASAD SAH AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 16-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of plaint — Addition of relief after 12 years — Amendment sought to add prayer for execution of sale deed based on an unregistered agreement to sell — Amendment fundamentally alters the nature of the suit from a declaratory suit to one for specific performance of contract. India Law Library Docid # 2441900
(676) PIYUSH SHRIVASTAVA Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 16-03-2026 Service Law — Leave encashment — Withholding of — M.P — Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1976, Rule 64(1)(c) — M.P — Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1977, Rule 8 — Held, Rule 64 of pension rules does not provide for withholding of leave encashment during pendency of departmental or judicial proceedings; it only deals with provisional pension and gratuity — Earned leave is salary for leave entitlement, not a India Law Library Docid # 2441184
(677) PYARE LAL RAWAL Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 16-03-2026 Services Law — Leave Encashment — Withholding of provisional leave encashment during pendency of judicial proceedings — Rule 64(1)(c) of M.P — Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1976, read with Rule 8 of M.P — Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1977 — Held, earned leave is not a Government due but salary for leave, therefore, cannot be withheld under Rule 64(1)(c) — However, it is to be considered whether a Government India Law Library Docid # 2441185
(678) DURGA PRASAD Vs. SMT. MINTU DEVI AND ANOTHER[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 16-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Scope of — Concurrent findings of fact by two lower courts on possession are generally not interfered with in second appeal, unless there are substantial questions of law involved and the findings are perverse or based on misinterpretation of evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2441191
(679) MAHESH SINGH Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 16-03-2026 Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 164 — Statement of victim recorded under Section 164 Cr.P.C — is not substantive evidence — Such statement can only be used for corroboration or contradiction — Where there is a material departure between the victim’s earlier statement and her deposition in court, conviction cannot be sustained India Law Library Docid # 2441240
(680) ANIL GHILDIYAL Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 16-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), 1973 — Section 313 — Statement of accused — Appellant pleaded innocence, denied charges, and stated he was falsely implicated due to suspension from police service. India Law Library Docid # 2441241