(401) DECD. TRIBHUVANBHAI BHAGVANBHAI PATEL THROUGH HEIRS AND LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 23-04-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Consent Award — Heirs of original owner cannot dispute consent given by predecessor-in-title if no such dispute was raised at the relevant time by the original owner or their legal heirs during their lifetime. India Law Library Docid # 2443462
(402) NIKUNJ LALJIBHAI THAKKAR Vs. CHIEF ENGINEER AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 23-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 42(5) and 42(6) — Alternative Remedy — Petitioner approached the High Court directly without availing the statutory remedies of approaching the Consumer Grievance Redressal Forum (CGRF) or the Electricity Ombudsman — This renders the petition not maintainable. India Law Library Docid # 2443463
(403) BRIJESH GAUTAM KUMAR DAVE Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 23-04-2026 Gujarat Land Revenue Code, 1879 — Section 65 — Non-Agricultural (NA) use permission — Collector's scope of inquiry — Held that the Collector's inquiry under Section 65 is limited to whether the applicant is an occupant and whether the land is held for agriculture, and does not extend to examining the applicant's title or ownership. The petitioner, being an owner by registered sale deed and occupant, India Law Library Docid # 2443464
(404) GURUPRASAD Vs. SANGEETA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 23-04-2026 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Section 19(4) — Maintenance — Revision petition filed challenging maintenance order — Court heard arguments on merits with consent of parties — Maintenance awarded to wife and children under Section 125 Cr.P.C. India Law Library Docid # 2443546
(405) THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, KKRTC Vs. SUNITA W/O LATE VINOD KUMAR MANE AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (KALABURAGI BENCH)] 23-04-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173(1) — Appeal against Motor Accident Claim Tribunal award — Corporation cannot contend deceased was negligent when its own disciplinary proceedings found fault with its employees for the same accident. India Law Library Docid # 2443552
(406) THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (C) CIVIL CONSTRUCTION WING Vs. M/S B PRASAD AND CO. THROUGH KRISHNA MURARI KUMAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 23-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 34(6) and 36(2) and (3) — Stay of arbitral award — Application for setting aside award was not decided within statutory period — Attachment of bank accounts by executing court without considering pending challenge and balancing equities is improper. India Law Library Docid # 2443672
(407) ANIL KUMAR Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 23-04-2026 Bihar Pension Rules, 1950 — Rule 43(b) — Withholding pension — Conditions for — Requires finding of "grave misconduct" or pecuniary loss to the government due to misconduct or negligence — Mere inefficiency or unsatisfactory performance does not constitute grave misconduct. India Law Library Docid # 2443674
(408) MAHESH JHA Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 23-04-2026 Bihar Pension Rules, 1950 — Rule 43(a) — Forfeiture of pension — Provincial Government’s power — Director, Primary Education not authorized to pass order on behalf of State Government — Rules of Executive Business, Bihar, 1979 framed under Article 166(2) of Constitution of India specifies competent authorities. India Law Library Docid # 2443675
(409) M/S SHIVALOK GAS AGENCY Vs. EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANIZATION (MINISTRY OF LABOUR, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA) AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 23-04-2026 Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 — Section 7-A — Power to determine applicability and dues — Regional Provident Fund Commissioner has the power to decide disputes regarding the applicability of the Act to an establishment and determine the amount due from an employer under the Act, India Law Library Docid # 2443676
(410) THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS Vs. AMITABH KUMAR GUPTA AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 23-04-2026 Pension Scheme — Old Pension Scheme vs. New Pension Scheme — Government employee appointed prior to the cut-off date for New Pension Scheme appointed on a date after the cut-off due to permitted extension of joining time is entitled to Old Pension Scheme benefits. India Law Library Docid # 2443677
(411) SOFIOR RAHMAN Vs. THE STATE OF MEGHALAYA[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 23-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — No Second FIR for Same Offence — The law clearly states that there cannot be a second First Information Report (FIR) for the same cognizable offence or the same incident — Any subsequent information received after the start of an investigation into a cognizable offence disclosed in the India Law Library Docid # 2443724
(412) VICKY KHARSATI Vs. STATE OF MEGHALAYA[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 23-04-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 5 and 6 — Quashing of FIR — Consensual relationship between accused (21 years) and victim (17 years) at the time of FIR, later married and had two children — Court can quash POCSO case by consent in exceptional circumstances, considering local customs and India Law Library Docid # 2443725
(413) M/S. TATA STEEL LIMITED Vs. UNION OF INDIA[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 23-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Writ Petition challenging Order-in-Original under CGST Act, 2017 — Alternative remedy of appeal exists — Bench held that writ petition should only be entertained in exceptional circumstances as per Whirlpool Corporation v — Registrar of Trademarks, such as where the action India Law Library Docid # 2443776
(414) ASHOK MINZ @ LADEN @ JAGIRA MINZ Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 23-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 354A and Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act, 2012 — Sections 8/12 — Conviction under these sections is not sustainable when the victim herself denies any bad intention or sexual molestation. India Law Library Docid # 2443777
(415) ANGSHUMAN SANTRA Vs. ARPITA SEN[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 23-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of Pleadings — Rejection of Amendment — Family Court rejected petitioner's amendment application on the ground of failing to establish due diligence, despite issues not being framed — Held, the Family Court erred by applying the pro6so to India Law Library Docid # 2443778
(416) MUNEGOWDA Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 22-04-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Writ Petition Jurisdiction — Disputed Questions of Fact — Whether writ court can entertain matters involving disputed facts — Supreme Court in Real Estate Agencies case held that writ court is empowered to restrain State and its instrumentalities and is not debarred from entertaining adjudications involving disputed questions of fact, though ordinarily it would not, as a matter of prudence, India Law Library Docid # 2442610
(417) ASHISH KUMAR CHATTERJEE Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 22-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226/227 — Writ of Certiorari — High Court's power is supervisory, not appellate — Does not review or reweigh evidence — Demolishes orders without jurisdiction or palpably erroneous — Does not substitute its own views — Refuses to upset illegal orders for substantial justice and equitable considerations. India Law Library Docid # 2442611
(418) SAKIL HOSSAIN Vs. THE STATE OF TRIPURA[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 22-04-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 37 — Bail — Recovery of Commercial Quantity — Application for bail was rejected because there were sufficient prima facie materials indicating the recovery of a commercial quantity of contraband from the accused, which meant that the twin conditions under Section 37 of the NDPS Act were not fulfilled for granting bail. India Law Library Docid # 2442612
(419) GHULAM NABI ALLAIE AND OTHERS Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 22-04-2026 Land Acquisition — Compensation — Government cannot dispossess citizens of their private property without following due process of law or paying adequate compensation, even if there is a delay in the landowner approaching the court — The right to property is a constitutional and human right, and the absence of a formal acquisition process or compensation for the occupied land means the state cannot deny the owner's claim. India Law Library Docid # 2442613
(420) RIJIED NONGPHLANG Vs. THE STATE OF MEGHALAYA AND OTHERS[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 22-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 173(8) — Further investigation — Procedure for filing supplementary charge sheet — Seizure and production of birth certificate of victim at a late stage of trial without following due procedure and without filing a supplementary charge sheet with advance notice to the accused is irregular and can cause prejudice. India Law Library Docid # 2442614