(741) ANKUR JAIN Vs. ASHWANI KHAJURIA[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 12-03-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 & 141 — Complaint against Managing Director without impleading Company — Offence by Company — For prosecution under Section 138 of the Act, it is imperative to arraign the Company as an accused — Persons in charge of or responsible for the conduct of the Company's business can only be brought within the ambit of vicarious liability if the Company India Law Library Docid # 2441011
(742) MOHD SHAKOOR Vs. UT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 12-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 22(5) — Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 (PSA) — Section 8(1)(a)(i) — Order of detention — Grounds of detention — Failure to furnish documents in entirety — Representation not considered promptly — The court found that the detention order was based on FIRs that were either compounded, disposed of, or where the detenu was on bail — The court emphasized that not all breaches of law necessarily disturb public order, and the India Law Library Docid # 2441012
(743) KUPPU SURAJ KUMAR Vs. M/S. YVONNE DOUGLAS FOUNDATION AND ANOTHER[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 12-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rules 1 & 2 and Order 43 Rule 1 — Appealable order — An order granting an interim or temporary injunction under Order 39 Rules 1 & 2 of the CPC is an appealable order under Order 43 Rule 1(r) of the CPC, and not amenable to revision under Section 115 of the CPC or Article 227 of the India Law Library Docid # 2441346
(744) MOHAMMAD YAQOOB BEIGH Vs. UNION TERRITORY THROUGH POLICE STATION KULGAM[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 12-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 299 — Recording of evidence in absence of accused — If an accused absconds and has no immediate prospect of arrest, the court can examine prosecution witnesses in their absence — Depositions can be used as evidence upon the accused's arrest if the witness is dead, incapable, cannot be found, or their presence cannot be procured without unreasonable delay, India Law Library Docid # 2441077
(745) SARVESH DHINGRA Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 12-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ petition — Cancellation of candidature — Petitioner's candidature for post of Assistant Accountant was cancelled on grounds that B.B.A — degree was not equivalent to B.Com — as required by advertisement — Advertisement only required "commerce graduate", not specifically B.Com — degree — Jiwaji University's Commerce Department, an expert body, had India Law Library Docid # 2441187
(746) NIMAR BUS OWNERS ASSOCIATION THROUGH ITS PRESIDENT VAIBHAV SINGH TOMAR Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 12-03-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 96 & Section 72 — M.P — Motor Vehicles Rules, 1994 — Rule 77(1-A)(iii) — Validity of Rule prescribing age limit for Stage Carriage Permits — State Government has the power to prescribe the age of a vehicle as a condition for granting a Stage Carriage Permit, distinct from fixing the "life" of a vehicle for registration purposes under Section 59 — Such prescription by the State is for India Law Library Docid # 2441188
(747) M/S. INDRAPRASTH UNIFORMS Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-03-2026 Madhya Pradesh Value Added Tax Act, 2002 — Section 55A — Search proceedings — Compounding amount — Petitioner sought refund of excess amount deposited as compounding amount under Section 55A(a) during search proceedings — Respondents denied refund stating no provision for refund of compounding amount once deposited — Held, a dealer opting for compounding under Section 55A(a) agrees to pay a lump sum India Law Library Docid # 2441189
(748) RAKESH KUSHWAHA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-03-2026 Administrative Law — Compassionate Appointment — Land Losers Policy — Eligibility Criteria — Petitioners sought appointment under Indian Railways' land losers policy — Initially, they did not meet the minimum educational qualification (10th pass) at the time of their first applications — They acquired the qualification later, but by then, the policy providing for such appointments had been withdrawn — The court held that India Law Library Docid # 2441190
(749) MS. AFEERA SANIA Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 12-03-2026 Recruitment to Public Posts — Eligibility Criteria — Cut-off Date — Candidate must fulfil all prescribed eligibility criteria on or before the cut-off date specified in the advertisement. India Law Library Docid # 2441351
(750) RAJDEEP THATHERA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 12-03-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Sections 4, 6, 8; Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 363, 366A, 376(3) — Age of victim — Conviction based on a birth certificate prepared during trial and not part of investigation papers is unsustainable. India Law Library Docid # 2441862
(751) RAJEEV SINGH @ RAJEEV KUMAR Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 12-03-2026 Essential Commodities Act, 1955 — Section 7 — Violation of Control Order — Prosecution under Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act is only sustainable if the First Information Report (FIR) clearly specifies the particular Control Order issued under Section 3 of the Act that has been violated. Mere bald allegations of India Law Library Docid # 2441863
(752) M/S JAI BHAGWATI MINES A PARTNERSHIP FIRM Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 12-03-2026 Mines and Minerals — Illegal Mining — Penalty Calculation — Revisional Powers of Mines Commissioner — The Mines Commissioner's power under Rule 7(c) is supervisory and distinct from his revisional power under Rule 68 — Rule 7(c) allows the Mines Commissioner to suo motu examine records and pass orders if an order is erroneous or prejudicial to revenue, mining rules, or environmental India Law Library Docid # 2441864
(753) TAUFIQUE ANSARI @ AFROZ @ PRAKASH Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-03-2026 Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 (PITNDPS Act) — Section 3(3) and Article 22(5) of the Constitution — Communication of grounds of detention — Petitioner alleged non-service of detention order and grounds within the stipulated period of five days — Court found from the application by the petitioner's brother and the panchnamas that the grounds of India Law Library Docid # 2442053
(754) ORIGINAL INFRAVENTURES PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-03-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Complaint case filed for dishonour of cheque due to 'account closed' — Accused pleaded to have sent a cheque in a closed cover which was refused by the complainant — Held, mere issuance of a cheque does not constitute payment — Payment is India Law Library Docid # 2442055
(755) MITHILESH TIWARI Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-03-2026 Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 (PITNDPS Act) — Sections 3(1), 9, 11 — Detention Order — Quashing of — Petitioner challenging detention order and confirmation order — Grounds for challenge included lack of subjective satisfaction by detaining authority, petitioner already in custody, no material for likelihood of bail, no consideration of acquittal in India Law Library Docid # 2442056
(756) JAY KUMAR RAY Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Judicial review — High Courts' power of judicial review under Article 226 is part of the basic structure and cannot be ousted, but it is not original jurisdiction and is to be exercised in accordance with settled principles — It is to be exercised only when an order is vitiated by an error apparent on the face of the record, without jurisdiction, or suffers from perversity — India Law Library Docid # 2442058
(757) MOHANLAL TUDU Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR (NOW JHARKHAND)[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Conviction under Section 302 IPC — Appeal against conviction — Held, conviction and sentence quashed and set aside due to vital contradictions and unreliable eyewitness testimony, extending benefit of doubt to the appellant. India Law Library Docid # 2442059
(758) NUNDEO MEHRA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR (NOW JHARKHAND) AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374(2) — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Consolidation of appeals — Appeals arising from common judgment of conviction and sentence were tagged and heard together for analogous hearing and disposed of by a common order. India Law Library Docid # 2442060
(759) GOMIA DIGGI Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder charge based on circumstantial evidence — Requirement of a complete chain of circumstances — Circumstances must be fully established, unerringly point towards guilt, form an unbreakable chain, be consistent only with guilt, and exclude every other hypothesis. India Law Library Docid # 2442061
(760) SHANTI KUMARI Vs. LALAN KUMAR AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-03-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(i-a) and (i-b) — Divorce decree — Cruelty and Desertion — Evidence showing non-consummation of marriage, love affair with another person, attempt to kill husband, and multiple false cases filed by wife against husband and his family — Family Court's decision to grant divorce upheld. India Law Library Docid # 2442062