(41) SIVAKUMAR Vs. STATE REP. BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 294(b) — Conviction for uttering obscene words — Held, mere use of the word "bastard" is not sufficient to constitute obscenity, especially in heated conversations during the modern era — Conviction under Section 294(b) IPC is not sustainable and is liable to be set aside. India Law Library Docid # 2441874
(42) JAY PRAKASH YADAV Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374 — Appeal against dismissal of criminal appeal by High Court — Conviction under Section 302 IPC and Section 27 Arms Act — Prosecution case based entirely on circumstantial evidence — No eyewitnesses — Reliability of prosecution witnesses critically examined — Admission by key witness regarding darkness and identification by voice only, India Law Library Docid # 2441875
(43) ALOK PANDA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND ANOTHER[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Amicable settlement between parties — High Court's inherent power to quash proceedings under Section 482 Cr.P.C — is distinct from power of compounding under Section 320 Cr.P.C — Power can be invoked to secure ends of India Law Library Docid # 2441876
(44) IDEL SK @ GABA SK AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANOTHER[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 156(3) — Affidavit requirement — Failure to support application under Section 156(3) with a mandatory affidavit, as required by the Supreme Court in Priyanka Srivastava v — State of U.P., renders the Magistrate's direction to register an FIR jurisdictionally flawed — However, if a charge sheet has already been filed following an investigation, this India Law Library Docid # 2441877
(45) BAIDYANATH MANDAL @ BAIJNATH MANDAL Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 325/34 — Conviction for voluntarily causing grievous hurt — Grievous injury not proved beyond reasonable doubt — Opinion of doctor based on X-ray report which was conducted about one month after the incident, X-ray plate did not reveal it was of the victim, and the person who conducted X-ray was not examined and was not a radiologist — Conviction under India Law Library Docid # 2441878
(46) CHAUDHARY BHAGUBHAI MANSANGBHAI Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Pre-Conception & Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 (PC&PNDT Act) — Section 28(1) & (2) — Cognizance of offences — Trial of offences — Court can take cognizance of offence under PC&PNDT Act only on a complaint made by the appropriate authority or authorized officer — Offences are triable by Metropolitan Magistrate or Judicial Magistrate First Class. India Law Library Docid # 2441879
(47) BRIJMOHAN AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN, THROUGH PUBLIC PROSECUTOR.[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 06-04-2026 Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 430 — Application for suspension of sentence — Applicants convicted and sentenced for various offences including Sections 148, 341, 323/149, 324/149, 307/149, 302/149 IPC and Arms Act — Allegations involve assault resulting in death and dangerous injuries — Trial Court convicted based on cogent material including injured eyewitness testimony and FSL India Law Library Docid # 2441880
(48) STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LIMITED Vs. DHANANJAY KUMAR AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Disciplinary Proceedings — Inquiry Officer's findings not proved — Disciplinary Authority differing from findings must record reasons and communicate to employee — Requirement of natural justice — Supreme Court in Punjab National Bank vs — Kunj Behari Mishra (1998) 7 SCC 84 held that Disciplinary Authority must record tentative India Law Library Docid # 2441975
(49) SHYAM MURMU AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Chotanagpur Tenancy Act, 1908 — Section 71-A — Restoration of land — Order passed by Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) for restoration of land was set aside by Deputy Commissioner (DC) on grounds that a previous Title Suit had been decreed in favour of the petitioners' predecessors and this fact was suppressed by respondents — India Law Library Docid # 2441976
(50) RAVISHANKAR KUMAR Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Judicial Review — High Court can interfere with orders of Tribunal if there is an error apparent on the face of the order or if the findings are perverse. India Law Library Docid # 2441977
(51) JUGESHWAR MAHTO @ YOGESHWAR MAHTO Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) — Section 43D(5) — Bail — Test for rejection — Court must be satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing the accusation is prima facie true based on case diary or report under Section 173 CrPC, before considering general principles of bail. India Law Library Docid # 2442018
(52) SMT. TUHINA MAJUMDER (DEBBARMA) Vs. SRI AMIT DEBBARMA[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Section 19(4) — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 397, 401 — Maintenance order challenged — High Court can modify maintenance amount awarded by Family Court considering factual matrix and evidence on record. India Law Library Docid # 2442073
(53) THE BRANCH MANAGER, CHOLAMANDALAM MS GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. DAL BAHADUR THAPA AND OTHERS[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeal against award of Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (MACT) — Insurance Company challenging MACT’s direction to pay compensation — Court upheld MACT’s award, modifying it based on established legal principles for calculating compensation, including future prospects, India Law Library Docid # 2442142
(54) MRS. SRIJANA GURUNG AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rules 1 and 2 & Section 151 — Application for injunction — Appeal against rejection of injunction order — Rejection of application by District Judge for failure to show irreparable loss and disproportionate inconvenience to plaintiffs — High Court's view — When a prima facie case is India Law Library Docid # 2442144
(55) BHIM SINGH LAKARA Vs. CBI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 04-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374 — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Appellant convicted for offences under Section 161 IPC and Sections 5(2) read with 5(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 — Prosecution case successfully established demand and acceptance of illegal India Law Library Docid # 2441857
(56) TALENT UNLIMITED ONLINE SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED AND ANOTHER Vs. AFFLE INDIA LIMITED[DELHI HIGH COURT] 04-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 37(2)(b) — Appeal against order of Arbitral Tribunal granting interim relief — Scope of interference by Appellate Court is limited and narrow, exercisable only when the order is perverse, arbitrary, or contrary to law — Appellate Court should not substitute its view for that India Law Library Docid # 2441858
(57) AJIT KUMAR GOLA Vs. STATE (GNCTD) AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 04-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Condonation of delay — Explanation for delay — Petitioner sought condonation of 412 days delay in filing a Section 482 Cr.P.C. petition, claiming the delay was due to being a practicing advocate who needed time to understand the impugned order and conduct legal India Law Library Docid # 2441859
(58) DINESH KUMAR Vs. NEETI AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 04-04-2026 Maintenance — Appeal against interim maintenance order, modification by appellate court — Husband and wife both challenged the interim maintenance awarded by the appellate court — Husband contended maintenance was arbitrary and excessive, wife argued it was meagre — Court considered income affidavits, financial status, and obligations of parties to determine maintenance. India Law Library Docid # 2441984
(59) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. SHREYA[PATNA HIGH COURT] 03-04-2026 Employment Law — Termination of Engagement — Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) — Misrepresentation of Educational Qualification — Where a candidate for GDS misrepresented their 10th-grade subject from Sanskrit to Hindi-A/Hindi-B in the online application, this constituted "suppressio veri and suggestio falsi" and misled the India Law Library Docid # 2441820
(60) SHAILENDRA PRASAD SINGH Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 03-04-2026 Mines and Minerals — Forfeiture of Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) — Technical glitch in e-auction portal — Petitioner prevented from participating in bidding process due to admitted technical error — Forfeiture of EMD without affording opportunity of hearing violates principles of natural justice. India Law Library Docid # 2441821