(121) RAVI KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 04-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Compounding of Offences — High Court's inherent power to quash criminal proceedings even for non-compoundable offences exists when parties have settled the matter, provided it's exercised sparingly and cautiously to secure ends of justice or prevent abuse of process — This power is not for heinous offences, but can be applied to cases India Law Library Docid # 2445101
(122) DILIP KUMAR ALIAS RAJA ALIAS DEV SHARMA Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 04-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 497 — Quashing of proceedings — Court has the power to quash proceedings when the charge is based on a section of law that has been struck down by the Supreme Court. India Law Library Docid # 2445102
(123) MANOJ TYAGI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 04-06-2026 Administrative Law — Government Orders — Merger of posts and seniority — A Government Order merging two posts (Assistant Regional Inspector (Technical) and Regional Inspector (Technical)) does not automatically grant retrospective effect to the date of initial appointment in the feeder cadre for promotion to a higher post — The merger is effective from the date of the Government Order, and past service in India Law Library Docid # 2445103
(124) SANTOSH KUMAR Vs. SANGEETA RANI[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 04-06-2026 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Section 19(1) — Appeal from Order — Restoration of opportunity for cross-examination — Family Court allowed respondent's application to restore her opportunity for cross-examination, subject to payment of costs, which was challenged by the appellant. India Law Library Docid # 2445104
(125) SHEPHALI CHAKRABORTY Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-06-2026 Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 — Section 8 — Permission to transfer minor's immovable property — Natural guardian requires prior court permission for alienation of minor's immovable property, such as sale, gift, exchange, or mortgage. India Law Library Docid # 2444570
(126) HARISH YADAV AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 03-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Petitioners failed to disclose pending anticipatory bail application before the Sessions Court while filing writ petition and obtained interim protection from High Court based on misrepresentation — This demonstrates suppression of material facts and India Law Library Docid # 2445106
(127) SUDARSHAN GUPTA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 03-06-2026 Criminal Law — Culpable Homicide not amounting to Murder — Section 304 Part II IPC — Conviction under Section 302 IPC altered to Section 304 Part II IPC — Based on the finding that the death was caused by a single blow, without clear intention to kill, and occurring during a sudden fight. [Paras 38, 42 to 50] India Law Library Docid # 2445107
(128) SURESH RATHORE AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 03-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 154, 156, 482; Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, 2023; Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 — Multiple FIRs on same occurrence — Held impermissible — The law clearly states that there can be only one FIR for a single cognizable offence or occurrence, and any subsequent India Law Library Docid # 2445105
(129) SONAL TALPADA Vs. VEERBHAN SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-06-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) — Cruelty — In matrimonial cases, refusal to have intercourse or denial of conjugal rights without a valid reason constitutes mental cruelty and is a ground for divorce — Withholding sexual intimacy can cause severe emotional distress and undermine the foundation of a marriage. India Law Library Docid # 2444565
(130) STATE OF PUNJAB Vs. BALRAJ SINGH @ BILLA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-06-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Section 37 — Grant of bail — Twin conditions under Section 37(1)(b)(ii) must be considered — High Court ignored twin conditions while granting bail in a case involving commercial quantity of narcotics — Impugned order granting bail cannot be sustained. India Law Library Docid # 2444566
(131) KULSUM NISHA Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-06-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14, 15(1), 16, 39(a) & 39(c) — Uttar Pradesh Essential Commodities (Regulation of Sale and Distribution Control) Order, 2016 (2016 Order) — Clause 2(p) — Government Order (G.O.) No — 6 of 2019 — Paragraph IV(10) — Exclusion of married daughter from definition of ‘family’ for India Law Library Docid # 2444567
(132) NATIONAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY OF INDIA Vs. T. YOUNIS AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-06-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (the Act) — Section 33 and Section 34(3) — Limitation for filing application to set aside arbitral award — Exclusion of time spent in disposal of applications under Section 33 — Court held that period spent in disposal of Section 33 applications by Arbitral Tribunal must be excluded for India Law Library Docid # 2444568
(133) ROSHAN LAL Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 02-06-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Conviction based on circumstantial evidence — Court found a complete and unbroken chain of circumstances pointing to the appellant's guilt, including motive (appellant's suspicion of deceased's character leading to frequent quarrels), opportunity (deceased found dead in their shared residence), and method (strangulation as confirmed by medical India Law Library Docid # 2445140
(134) VINOD KUMAR Vs. COMMISSIONER GARHWAL MANDAL GARHWAL DEHRADUN AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 02-06-2026 Fair Price Shop — Cancellation of agreement — Allegations of irregularities and forged signatures — Cancellation orders found unsustainable due to lack of objective verification and expert opinion on signatures, and reliance solely on denial by Panchayat Secretary — The finding of forgery has serious civil and criminal India Law Library Docid # 2445141
(135) DARUBAI AND ANOTHER Vs. KAMALABAI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-06-2026 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Sections 8, 10, 19 — Property of a male Hindu dying intestate — Devolution of property — Heirs taking property as tenants-in-common and not joint tenants — Each heir having a definite and separate share — No presumption of coparcenary property. India Law Library Docid # 2444507
(136) BHIKHANI DEVI AND ETC. Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-06-2026 Casual Labourers (Grant of Temporary Status and Regularisation) Scheme, 1991 — Temporary status casual labourer — Entitlement to pensionary benefits — Held, entitled even in the absence of formal regularisation, provided eligibility criteria under Rule 10(1-B) of CCS (Temporary Service) Rules, 1965, are fulfilled. India Law Library Docid # 2444508
(137) LOVEPREET SINGH @ LABBU Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 01-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 (now BNSS, 2023) — Anticipatory Bail — Previous dismissal for non-prosecution — A petition dismissed for non-prosecution without adjudication on merits does not prevent a fresh petition from being filed and considered independently. India Law Library Docid # 2444517
(138) SEEMA BHATTI AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 01-06-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226/227 — Protection of life and liberty — High Court can issue directions to protect the life and liberty of individuals. India Law Library Docid # 2444518
(139) NAND LAL Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 01-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Extraordinary remedy — Power to grant anticipatory bail is extraordinary and must be exercised sparingly, only in exceptional cases, based on judicial discretion and specific facts and circumstances of each case — Granting interim protection in serious India Law Library Docid # 2444519
(140) DR ATUL PANDEY AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 01-06-2026 Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Subordinate Services (Second Amendment) Rules, 2024 (GNCTDSS Rules, 2024) — Validity of — Challenge to — Lieutenant Governor's competence to frame recruitment rules and create Group A posts in DASS cadre — Held, Lieutenant Governor, as a delegatee of the President under Article 309 of the Constitution, is competent to frame such rules and create India Law Library Docid # 2444510