(301) AMAN SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-04-2026 Death Sentence Procedures — Supreme Court Directives — The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of death sentences while hearing appeals and issued detailed directions for gathering comprehensive information relevant to sentencing, including reports from Probation Officers, prison authorities regarding jail conduct and work, and psychological evaluations. India Law Library Docid # 2442797
(302) MEHRAJ DIN MALIK Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 27-04-2026 Public Safety Act, 1978 — Section 8(1)(a)(ii) — Preventive Detention — Distinction between "Law and Order" and "Public Order" — Detaining authority must establish that alleged activities are prejudicial to public order, not merely law and order infractions — Activities affecting individuals or small groups without broader societal impact do not constitute public disorder — Mere commission of criminal offences or arrests under India Law Library Docid # 2442948
(303) SMT. PENUMUCHU SEETHAMMA AND OTHERS Vs. A P SOUTHERN POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LIMITED, (APSPDCL) REP BY ITS CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, TIRUPATHI, CHITTOOR DISTRICT AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Electricity Act, 2003 — Electricity Supply Act, 1948 — Strict Liability — A power distribution company is strictly liable for compensation for death caused by electrocution due to a snapped live electric wire, irrespective of negligence, as the activity of supplying electricity is inherently hazardous — The failure to maintain the India Law Library Docid # 2443168
(304) V. BALASUBRAMANIAN AND OTHERS Vs. K. ANBALAGAN AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 202 — Protest Petition — When a protest petition is filed, a Magistrate has two options: either treat it as a private complaint and proceed with recording sworn statements, or direct further investigation by the police — In this case, the Magistrate found deficiencies in the initial investigation and exercised India Law Library Docid # 2443267
(305) KESHAW ANAND Vs. STATE OF TAMIL NADU AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 27-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Habeas Corpus Petition — Territorial Jurisdiction — A High Court cannot test the legality of an order passed by a Magistrate in another State as it would fall outside its territorial jurisdiction. India Law Library Docid # 2443268
(306) M. KRISHNAVENI AND OTHERS Vs. MEKA BABU AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Property Law — Hindu Joint Family Property — Presumption of Ownership — Property purchased in the name of a female member of a Hindu Joint Family is presumed to be for her benefit, unless proven otherwise — The plaintiffs failed to provide acceptable evidence to support their claim that the properties were purchased for the India Law Library Docid # 2443269
(307) P.S. RAMASAMY AND OTHERS Vs. THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF TAMIL NADU MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION AND WATER SUPPLY DEPARTMENT, CHENNAI AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Public Procurement and Tenders — Judicial Review — Courts should exercise restraint and caution in interfering with tender processes, especially involving technical issues, and should not substitute their own decisions for those of the tendering authority unless there is clear arbitrariness, malafide, or irrationality — Interference should be avoided if it causes unnecessary loss to the public exchequer. India Law Library Docid # 2443270
(308) BRIJBASI LAL AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 145 — Dispute regarding possession of land — Section 145 CrPC proceeding was pending before the court of Sub Divisional Magistrate due to dispute regarding possession of land. India Law Library Docid # 2443349
(309) SUSHILA SINGH Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 173(4) — Application for direction to register FIR — Maintainability — Revisionist, an elected ward member, filed application seeking direction to register FIR for alleged financial irregularities under MNREGA — Magistrate rejected application — High Court held that while Section 173(4) BNSS provides a remedy to "any person aggrieved," its use is qualified by "may" India Law Library Docid # 2443350
(310) SMT. CHANDRAWATI YADAV AND OTHERS Vs. SRI VIKAS PATHAK AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 27-04-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 and 173 — Claim Petition for compensation arising from road accident — Appeal against award of Claims Tribunal — Maintainability of claim petition — Requirement to implead driver of the offending vehicle — Amendement to Rule 204(7) of U.P — Motor Vehicle Rules, 2011, making it mandatory to implead the driver, is prospective in nature — Claim petition filed in 2009, India Law Library Docid # 2443351
(311) SRI RAJENDRA PRASAD SINGH Vs. M/S. ARCH CONSTRUCTION AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 27-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 16 — Competence-competence doctrine — Arbitral Tribunal has the power to rule on its own jurisdiction, including issues of limitation, even if the High Court appointed the arbitrator under Section 11. India Law Library Docid # 2443352
(312) COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT OF MANAGING COMMITTEE OF HIDAYTUL MUSLAMIN SCHOOL PRAYAGRAJ AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Societies Registration Act, 1860 (Act 1860) — Section 25(1)(d) — Amendment introducing appellate remedy — Retrospective application — Right of appeal is a substantive right, not procedural — It vests when proceedings commence and is governed by law prevailing at that date — New appellate remedy cannot be applied retrospectively to an order passed before the amendment unless expressly stated or implied by necessary India Law Library Docid # 2443353
(313) NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. LEGAL HEIRS OF DECD. HITESH POKIYA AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Liability of Insurance Company — Driver's License — Even if a driver does not hold a specific endorsement for a transport vehicle, the insurance company cannot be exonerated from liability if there's no established nexus between the lack of license and the accident, and if the owner India Law Library Docid # 2443450
(314) KIRIT HIMMATLAL MORVADIYA Vs. MAYANKBHAI JITENDRABHAI JARIWALA AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 43, Rule 1 — Appeal from Order — Temporary injunction — Power of appellate court to interfere — An appellate court should not interfere with the discretion exercised by the trial court in granting or refusing an injunction unless the order is palpably incorrect or unsustainable — The India Law Library Docid # 2443451
(315) LHRS OF DECD. LAXMANSINHJI PRATAPSINHJI DESAI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Gujarat Stamp Act, 1958 — Sections 33, 39(1)(b) and 32A — Demand for deficit stamp duty and penalty — Such demand can only be made after an instrument is impounded under Section 33 or required to be impounded under Section 32A — Deputy Collector, Stamp Duty Valuation, cannot issue demand notices based on India Law Library Docid # 2443452
(316) MR. B.K.DIGANTH Vs. STATE AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Information Technology Act, 2000 — Section 67 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 78(2) and 238(c) — Quashing of proceedings — Allegations of capturing and uploading obscene videos of women on social media — Court found prima facie grounds to proceed with the investigation. India Law Library Docid # 2443510
(317) DIL SHAD Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Karnataka Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act, 1985 — Sections 3(1) and 2 — Detention Order — Vague and lacking specific grounds — Detention order must clearly specify the category of offence under Section 2 and demonstrate the detaining authority's application of mind to the relevant facts. India Law Library Docid # 2443511
(318) AAISHA Vs. HALIMABI[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 27-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 and Order 41 Rule 1 — Appeal Against Decree — An appeal can be filed against a decree, not just a judgment, especially if the decree has not been formally drawn up and the judgment can be treated as a decree for appeal purposes. India Law Library Docid # 2443543
(319) RITLAL RAI @ RITLAL YADAV Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Prisoners Act, 1900 — Section 29(3) and Bihar Prison Manual, 2012, Rule 781(vii) — Power to transfer prisoners — An order passed by the Assistant Inspector General of Prisons, communicating a decision already approved by the Inspector General, does not constitute delegation of power — The Assistant Inspector General acts as a conduit, not as a delegate, in such circumstances — The statutory power lies India Law Library Docid # 2443608
(320) TERRACIS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED (FORMERLY KNOWN AS ECENTRIC DIGITAL LIMITED) Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Administrative Law — Judicial Review — Tender Process — The High Court affirmed that while judicial review applies to government contracts to prevent arbitrariness, it has limitations, focusing on the decision-making process rather than the merits of the decision — The government's right to refuse even the lowest tender India Law Library Docid # 2443770