(921) KHANDU BAJABA GAWANDE (SINCE DECEASED THROUGH LEGAL HEIRS) Vs. DEORAM BAJABA GAWANDE (SINCE DECEASED THROUGH LEGAL HEIRS) AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-03-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 6 — Suit for restoration of possession — Scope of enquiry in such suits is summary and limited to proving plaintiff's possession on the date of dispossession, dispossession within six months prior to filing of suit, and dispossession without consent or due process of law — Trial Court erred in decreeing the suit without conducting factual enquiry into possession on the crucial date and by India Law Library Docid # 2441120
(922) BHOLENATH MEVALAL NISHAD Vs. SHYAMDULARI MEVALAL NISHAD AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-03-2026 Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 — Section 2(b) and Section 4(3) — Eviction of son from senior citizen's property — Senior citizen's right to residence is part of maintenance obligation — Forced dispossession of a senior citizen from her own home constitutes a breach of the child's duty to maintain and allows for eviction proceedings. India Law Library Docid # 2441121
(923) SHAMSHUDDIN ALI MULLAJI Vs. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND COMMISSIONER (PENSION) AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-03-2026 Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995 — Dual Pension — Misrepresentation and Fraud — Petitioner received pension from first employment while still employed in second employment, by not disclosing his continuing employment in Form 10-D — This constituted misrepresentation and defrauding the State Exchequer — Court noted cases where recovery of excess pension was not ordered due to old age and minimal amounts, India Law Library Docid # 2441122
(924) RASHMI CHS LIMITED Vs. ROMILA DILIP BAJAJ AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-03-2026 Maharastra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 — Section 23 — Refusal of membership — Society must record and communicate clear and sufficient reasons for refusal — Applicant has a right to appeal to the Registrar against refusal — Registrar's decision is final — Society cannot introduce new grounds for rejection during appeal. India Law Library Docid # 2441123
(925) ANOOP UPPAL AND OTHERS Vs. JAMMU MUNICIPAL CORPORATION THROUGH ITS COMMISSIONER AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 05-03-2026 Administrative Law - Abuse of Power - Misuse of Building Safety Regulations. The Municipal Commissioner cannot use the process of declaring a building unsafe as a tool to evict tenants when a court-appointed expert committee has already declared the shops structurally safe. Such action is a colorable exercise of power and an abuse of process, especially when it jeopardizes citizens' livelihood. India Law Library Docid # 2441021
(926) SHOKAT ALI Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 05-03-2026 Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 — Section 8 — Preventive Detention — Grounds for — Petitioner detained for bovine smuggling and organized crime — Past FIRs and bail orders do not bar preventive detention as it is a precautionary measure to prevent future acts, not punish past ones — The subjective satisfaction of the detaining authority regarding the necessity of detention to maintain public order is paramount and India Law Library Docid # 2441022
(927) MOHD. ASHRAF DAR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE (NOW UT) OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 05-03-2026 Jammu & Kashmir Forest Act, Samvat 1987 — Jammu & Kashmir Willow (Prohibition on Export and Movement) Act, 2000 — Confiscation of property — Non-government property — Confiscation proceedings cannot be finalized or confiscation order passed until conviction of offenders is recorded by the Magistrate — Seized vehicles cannot be confiscated without a prior criminal conviction. [Paras 21, 26(ii), 27 India Law Library Docid # 2441023
(928) DR. SMT. LALITA GUPTA Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 05-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Quashing of recovery order — Petitioner seeking to quash an order demanding recovery of excess amount paid — Excess amount paid between 2008 and 2015, petitioner retired in 2016; recovery order passed in 2024, 8 years after retirement — Held, recovery order passed after such a long lapse of time is bad in law and also ignores procedures laid down in relevant pensionary rules and India Law Library Docid # 2441170
(929) K.ESWARAN Vs. S.JANAKIRAMAN AND OTHER[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 05-03-2026 Contract Law — Specific Performance — Suit for specific performance of sale agreement — Unregistered agreement — Admissibility of unregistered agreement as evidence of contract in specific performance suit — Proviso to Section 49 (c) of Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Admissible if not falling under Section 17(1-A) of Registration Act. India Law Library Docid # 2441645
(930) THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT, CHENNAI ZONAL OFFICE Vs. THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, ANTI CORRUPTION BUREAU, CHENNAI AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 05-03-2026 Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) — Sections 43, 44(1)(a), 44(1)(c) — Scheduled Offence and Money Laundering Offence — Trial Jurisdiction — If the court which has taken cognizance of the scheduled offence is different from the Special Court which has taken cognizance of the offence of money-laundering, the India Law Library Docid # 2441646
(931) NTR 16636-L COL YESUDIAN SUGUMAR P (RETD) Vs. MINISTRY OF DEFENCE AND OTHER[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 05-03-2026 Armed Forces Rules — Disability Pension — Entitlement — Petitioner claims disability pension for Hypertension — Release Medical Board assessed disability at 30% but opined it was neither attributable to nor aggravated by military service — Subsequent appeals and Tribunal's order rejected the claim — Court upheld the Tribunal's decision. India Law Library Docid # 2441647
(932) PRIMARY AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE SOCIETY EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION Vs. THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU, DEPARTMENT OF COOPERATION, FOOD & CONSUMER PROTECTION[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 05-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 19(1)(c) and 43B — Tamil Nadu Cooperative Societies Act, 1983, Sections 74 and 75(1) — Challenge to constitutional validity of Sections 74 and 75(1) and consequential Government Orders constituting India Law Library Docid # 2441648
(933) DR. SUMANA MAJUMDAR Vs. STATE OF TRIPURA AND OTHERS[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 05-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — High Court’s power to direct framing of a scheme. The High Court cannot direct the State to frame a scheme as it is the exclusive domain of the State, which acts as a welfare State. India Law Library Docid # 2442132
(934) JEESHAN KHAN Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 05-03-2026 Bail Orders — Modification — Delay in release from custody due to typographical error in bail order and objection by Criminal Reader — Court's prima facie view that Criminal Reader's procedure was invalid and Special Judge should have passed a legal order — Holding that the order was sufficient to identify the accused and the case, and India Law Library Docid # 2441171
(935) GHULAM AHMAD GANIE Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 05-03-2026 Service Law — Disciplinary proceedings — Violation of natural justice — Preliminary enquiry findings cannot be used as evidence in regular enquiry without opportunity for cross-examination — Dismissal of petitioner from service quashed for violation of principles of natural justice and perversity in findings due to reliance on India Law Library Docid # 2441079
(936) AARADHYA VERMA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 05-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Protection of Personal Liberty, Dignity and Reputation — Social Media Misinformation — Posting misleading material on social media, such as Facebook, that is false, malicious, and intended to damage reputation or invade privacy, constitutes a breach of an individual's fundamental right under Article 21 — Such actions can lead to harassment and India Law Library Docid # 2442851
(937) STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS Vs. SHRI I.J. MAMTANI AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 05-03-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Setting aside of arbitral award — Grounds for interference — Court's role is not to re-appreciate evidence or sit in appeal, but to examine if the award suffers from patent illegality or perversity which goes to the root of the matter — Grounds for setting aside an award are limited and do not permit interference merely due to disagreement with findings of fact or India Law Library Docid # 2442852
(938) CHANDRA PRAKASH DHARMAWAT Vs. LAHRI LAL PALIWAL[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 05-03-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Cheque dishonoured for "insufficient funds" — Complainant proved financial liability and issued legal demand notice which was not satisfied — Trial court convicted petitioner, affirmed by appellate court — Revision petition filed challenging conviction. India Law Library Docid # 2442872
(939) RAJESH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 05-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (now Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023) — Sections 316(2), 318(2), 338, 336(3), 340(2), 61(2)(a) — Quashing of FIR — Compromise between parties — High Court's inherent power to quash criminal proceedings under Section 528 of BNSS — Such power used to secure ends of justice or prevent abuse of process — Can be exercised if parties have settled disputes, especially in cases with India Law Library Docid # 2442873
(940) MR. JIJABHAU DYANESHWAR TEMGIRE Vs. MR. GANGARAM KHANDU TEMGIRE AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 04-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Orders 7, 8, and 13 — Documents for cross-examination — Exceptions for production of documents exist for cross-examination of a witness or to refresh memory, even if not produced with plaint, written statement, or at settlement of issues, provided such documents are relevant for cross-examination under India Law Library Docid # 2441124