(141) DIDAR SINGH (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS. Vs. HARDEV KAUR (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS.[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 27-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 31 — Duty of First Appellate Court — The First Appellate Court must fully review the evidence, analyze it in detail, and give reasons for accepting or rejecting it — Non-observance of these requirements leads to infirmity in the judgment. India Law Library Docid # 2441725
(142) SUNAINA CHAUHAN AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 27-03-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (NI Act) — Section 138 — Dishonour of Cheques — Maintainability of separate complaints — Separate complaints are maintainable for each dishonoured cheque, even if arising from a single transaction, provided each cheque is independently presented, dishonoured, and followed by statutory notice, giving rise to a distinct cause of action — The segregation of complaints based on the drawers of the India Law Library Docid # 2441726
(143) HARJINDER SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. JAGDISH SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 27-03-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation for motor vehicular accident — Enhancement of compensation — Claimant sought enhancement, alleging inadequacy of award, while Insurance Company sought reduction, claiming award was excessive — Both appeals decided together. India Law Library Docid # 2441727
(144) SMT. ANITA SAHA Vs. STATE OF TRIPURA AND OTHERS[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 27-03-2026 Service Law — Regularization of Ad-hoc Appointment — Petitioner appointed as Social Worker Organizer (Female) on ad-hoc basis in 1992 and continuing without break — Received regular pay scale and career progression benefits — Treated as regular employee despite her service not being formally regularized — Plea of wrong mention in seniority list not raised in previous writ petition and cannot be accepted at a belated stage India Law Library Docid # 2442116
(145) SRI. AZMEERA KAILAS Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 26-03-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 19(3) and (4) — Sanction for prosecution — Error, omission or irregularity in grant of sanction does not vitiate proceedings unless it results in failure of justice — Proceedings are not to be derailed on hyper-technical grounds — Minor irregularities in grant of sanction should not defeat substantive cause of justice. India Law Library Docid # 2441457
(146) JASHEER RAZAK Vs. UNION REP. BY INTELLIGENCE OFFICER DRI, CHENNAI[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 26-03-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 8(c), 20(b)(ii)(c), 23, 28 & 29(1) — Bail — Petitioner claiming parity with co-accused released by Supreme Court — Previous bail applications dismissed on grounds of commercial quantity and common order — Supreme Court released co-accused considering long India Law Library Docid # 2441542
(147) L. ARUN Vs. L. SARAN (DECEASED) THR. LRS.[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 26-03-2026 Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 — Section 7 & 11 — Adoption — Proof of — For an adoption after the Act to be valid, mandatory conditions like consent of wife and ceremony of giving and taking must be proved — Mere evidence of treating a person as a child is insufficient — In this case, essential ingredients of valid adoption were not complied with. India Law Library Docid # 2441543
(148) TILAKHDHARI YADAV Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 26-03-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Section 20(b)(ii)(B) — Conviction and Sentence — Appeal against conviction for illegal sale of Ganja — The prosecution case suffered from several infirmities including non-compliance of mandatory provision of Section 50 of the NDPS Act, lack of FSL report, India Law Library Docid # 2441833
(149) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. RAM SEWAK MAHTO[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 26-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) — Order of CAT quashing rejection of a casual worker's case for temporary status and regularization — Writ petition challenging the CAT's order of regularization — Petitioners not challenging the part of CAT's order conferring temporary status — Focus India Law Library Docid # 2441988
(150) SANICHARWA MANJHI @ MANGLA MANJHI Vs. ATWARI DEVI[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 26-03-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 25 — Permanent Alimony and Maintenance — Court can order payment of gross sum or monthly/periodical sum for maintenance and support, considering income, property, conduct of parties, and other circumstances. India Law Library Docid # 2441989
(151) SRI BISWAJIT DEBNATH Vs. MD. AYOUB ALI AND OTHERS[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 26-03-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173(1) — Appeal for enhancement of compensation — Claimant failed to produce documentary evidence regarding his employment and income before the Tribunal — New issues raised in appeal that were not raised before the Tribunal cannot be adjudicated upon — Compensation awarded by the Tribunal was reasonable and just, based on available records and circumstances — India Law Library Docid # 2442117
(152) SANDEEP YADAV Vs. SATISH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-03-2026 Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 215, 228, 464 and 465 — Charge framing — Substantial compliance — Purpose of charge framing is to give notice to accused of accusation and enable defence preparation — Defect in charge, including absence of signature, is curable if no prejudice or failure of justice is occasioned — Accused's active participation and cross-examination indicate awareness of charges and no prejudice — Belated objection to charge defect, especially after demise of key India Law Library Docid # 2441217
(153) RAJESH GOYAL Vs. M/S LAXMI CONSTRUCTIONS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-03-2026 U.P. Urban Premises Rent Control Ordinance, 2021 — Section 21(2) — Eviction proceedings — Landlord-tenant relationship established and affirmed up to Supreme Court — Tenant's subsequent restoration application before Rent Authority, challenging sale deed validity, was an India Law Library Docid # 2441218
(154) CHARUL SHUKLA Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 482 and 226 — Quashing of FIR and criminal proceedings — Allegations of dowry demand, cruelty, and assault resulting in miscarriage — Delay in lodging FIR — Vague and omnibus allegations without corroborating evidence — Inherent improbability of allegations — Abuse of process of law — The Supreme Court quashed the FIR and criminal proceedings against the appellants (sister-in-law and parents-in-law) leading to a miscarriage — The Court noted signif India Law Library Docid # 2441219
(155) THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS Vs. RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-03-2026 Bombay Electricity Duty Act, 1958 — Section 5A — Withdrawal of exemption from electricity duty — State Government has the power to withdraw or modify exemptions granted under Section 5A of the Act. India Law Library Docid # 2441220
(156) M/S. STEAG ENERGY SERVICES (INDIA) PVT. LTD. Vs. GSPC PIPAVAV POWER COMPANY LTD. (GPPC) AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-03-2026 Contract Law — Award of Tender — Judicial Review — High Court should exercise restraint when reviewing tender evaluation processes, especially in technical matters, unless there is clear evidence of mala fide, arbitrariness, or irrationality — A marginal difference in scores, as seen in this case, does not automatically warrant interference, especially India Law Library Docid # 2441221
(157) SOUTHERN POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY OF ANDHRA PRADESH LIMITED AND ANOTHER Vs. GREEN INFRA WIND SOLUTIONS LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-03-2026 Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 61, 86 — Tariff determination and Generation Based Incentive (GBI) — State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) has exclusive power to determine tariff — Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) introduced GBI to incentivise renewable energy generation — GBI is intended to be over and above the tariff fixed by SERC — SERC must consider GBI while determining tariff, but not India Law Library Docid # 2441222
(158) ANDANAYYA AND OTHERS Vs. DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-03-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 28-A — Re-determination of compensation — Second application for re-determination based on High Court award maintainable even after accepting compensation based on Reference Court award — Principle of merger means appellate court's award supersedes earlier award, entitling landowners India Law Library Docid # 2441223
(159) SHARADA SANGHI AND OTHERS Vs. ASHA AGARWAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 21 Rules 99 to 101 — Execution proceedings — Objection to possession — Appellants sought specific performance decree and possession against a defendant — Respondents, claiming independent title through sale deeds executed during the pendency of the specific performance suit, objected to execution — The Executing Court dismissed the objections, but the Appellate Court set aside the order, directing appellants to file a separate suit — The India Law Library Docid # 2441224
(160) NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA Vs. TARSEM SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-03-2026 National Highways Act, 1956 — Amendments and compensation provisions — Section 3-J introduced in 1997 removed applicability of Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1894 Act) provisions for solatium and interest — Overturned by various High Courts, including reading down Sections 3-G and 3-J to grant solatium and interest — Subsequently, Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, India Law Library Docid # 2441225