(201) S. PRABHU Vs. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, THENI AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 24-03-2026 Constitution of India, Article 226 — Writ jurisdiction — Power of Court — Court's writ jurisdiction cannot be used to enforce personal stubbornness under the guise of pursuing constitutional liberty. India Law Library Docid # 2441546
(202) MV GOLDEN PRIDE Vs. GAC SHIPPING (INDIA) PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Admiralty Law — Vessel Arrested and Sold — Special Leave Petitions challenging an interim order related to a vessel's sale and auction procedure were dismissed as infructuous because the main Admiralty Suit had already been disposed of — The Court noted that the petitioner's counsel had previously stated they were not pressing the issue of the vessel being sold as scrap. [Paras 1, 2, 5] India Law Library Docid # 2441592
(203) ARUN KAKKAR (D) THROUGH LRS Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Interim Orders — Supreme Court affirmed an interim order previously granted by the High Court and continued by the Supreme Court, making it the final order in the Special Leave Petition — The Supreme Court directed parties in the pending Regular Second Appeal (RSA) to cooperate for expeditious disposal, warned against seeking adjournments, and clarified that the High Court's or Supreme Court's orders were not final pronouncements on the merits of the case — The India Law Library Docid # 2441697
(204) SHAGAF SHANAWAZ KAREL AND ANOTHER Vs. SAFWAN JAFAR HUSSAIN SAYYAD AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Municipal Law — Regularisation of unauthorized construction — Application for regularization of unauthorized construction filed, but not decided — High Court directed Municipal Corporation to take action for demolition — Supreme Court directed Appellate Authority to decide pending statutory appeal against rejection of regularization application within six months, continuing interim status quo order till disposal of appeal, and stating that the Appellate Authority would decide the appeal uninflue India Law Library Docid # 2441712
(205) MOHINDER SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. MOHAN SINGH DEOL AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of pleadings — Amendment of written statement sought after commencement of trial — Application for amendment dismissed by trial court and upheld by High Court — Held, amendment is not permissible after commencement of trial unless due diligence is shown — Inadvertence or repeated typographical errors do not constitute a valid reason for India Law Library Docid # 2441735
(206) TINKU Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Offence compoundable with consent of parties at any stage, even after conviction — Parties entered into a settlement agreement during pendency of appeal, resolving the monetary dispute underlying the cheque dishonour case — Settlement was verified by the High Court — Supreme Court set aside the conviction order and allowed the appeal in terms of the settlement, citing precedent that Section 147 of the N.I — Act makes the offence compoundable. [Par India Law Library Docid # 2441752
(207) MEENA AND ANOTHER Vs. CHAMAN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Suspension of Sentence and Bail — High Court erroneously granted suspension of sentence and consequential bail to a murder convict based on an incorrect age and the pendency of numerous appeals, despite the convict having served a minimal period of incarceration — Supreme Court set aside the High Court's order, emphasizing that such grounds are insufficient for granting relief in serious criminal matters and directed the convict to surrender. [Paras 1-4] India Law Library Docid # 2441765
(208) NISHAN SINGH (DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS AND OTHERS Vs. PRITAM SINGH (DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-03-2026 Partnership Act, 1932 — Sections 31, 32, 39, 40, 45, 69 — Dissolution of Partnership Firms — Suit for Dissolution and Accounts — Concurrent findings of Trial Court and First Appellate Court upholding the existence of partnership and dismissing claims of retirement and dissolution are affirmed. India Law Library Docid # 2441788
(209) HARCHAND SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 397 — Revisionary Jurisdiction — High Court's scope is limited and non-interference unless patent illegality, gross perversity, material irregularity or manifest miscarriage of justice is evident — The court should not re-appreciate evidence or substitute its conclusions for those of the lower courts when India Law Library Docid # 2441789
(210) IFFCO TOKIO GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. SHIVANI THAKUR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-03-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim petition for compensation — Appeal against award by Insurance Company and cross-objection for enhancement by claimants — Both arising out of same award — Heard together — Appeal dismissed and cross-objection allowed. India Law Library Docid # 2441790
(211) MANJU AND OTHERS Vs. SUNIL KUMAR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-03-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim Petition — Contributory Negligence — Accident occurred due to parking of vehicle on road without lights or reflectors — Held that parking vehicle on public road without adequate precautions, especially at night, constitutes actionable negligence — Driver of stationary vehicle India Law Library Docid # 2441791
(212) GAGANDEEP SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail Applications — Dismissal by Trial Court — Appeals against dismissal of bail applications — Allegations of human trafficking and illegal immigration via "Dunki Route" — Accused acting as immigration agents, duping victims, and facilitating illegal entry into the USA — Evidence of India Law Library Docid # 2441792
(213) SMT. KIRAN SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. SOURJA BANERJEE[PATNA HIGH COURT] 24-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Scope of — High Court cannot re-appreciate evidence unless findings of lower appellate court are perverse or based on no evidence or suffering from patent error of law. India Law Library Docid # 2441828
(214) DIWAKAR KUMAR Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 24-03-2026 Contract Law — Tender Process — Mandatory Conditions — Terms and conditions of a tender document form the basis of the bidding process and are binding on all parties — Mandatory conditions cannot be diluted or relaxed, especially if they affect fairness, transparency, and equality among bidders. India Law Library Docid # 2441829
(215) MOSAHEB YADAV Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 24-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304 — Conviction for culpable homicide not amounting to murder — Appeal against — Court must consider the nature of offence, circumstances of commission, degree of deliberation, and proportionality of punishment to the gravity of offence — Undue sympathy leading to inadequate sentence undermines India Law Library Docid # 2441830
(216) DIRECTOR GENERAL, EMPLOYEES STATE INSURANCE CORPORATION AND OTHERS Vs. PRAWESH KUMAR AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 24-03-2026 Administrative Law — Seniority — Determination of seniority — Employee cannot claim seniority from a date prior to their entry into the cadre — Seniority is to be counted from the date of joining the cadre. India Law Library Docid # 2441991
(217) AMIR MIAN AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 24-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 read with Section 34 — Murder — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Appellants convicted for offence under Section 302 read with Section 34 of IPC — Evidence examined — Court found that there was no eye-witness to the occurrence, and the prosecution case hinged upon circumstantial evidence India Law Library Docid # 2441992
(218) MUKESH KUMAR OJHA Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 24-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Conviction under Section 302 IPC — Appeal against — Deceased died unnatural death in her matrimonial home, sustaining sharp cut injuries — Weapon of offence (iron plate) recovered at the instance of appellant (husband) based on his confessional statement — Appellant's presence in the house at the time of occurrence not denied — Prosecution established strong India Law Library Docid # 2441993
(219) DISTRICT MAGISTRATE AND DISTRICT ELECTION OFFICER AND COLLECTOR, GWALIOR, M.P. Vs. NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-03-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 2(30), 173, 174 — Compensation — Liability for accident during requisition of vehicle — Bus owned by a school was requisitioned by the appellant (District Magistrate) for election purposes — Accident occurred while the bus was under the control of the appellant — Issue of shifting of liability from the insurance company to the requisitioning authority — Held, when a India Law Library Docid # 2441129
(220) INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD. Vs. DEEPAK SHARMA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-03-2026 National Green Tribunal (NGT) — Adjudicatory Function — NGT cannot abdicate its powers and entrust its adjudicatory functions to a committee, even an expert committee — The role of such a committee is only to assist the NGT, not to decide the case. India Law Library Docid # 2441130