(481) BAHADUR SINGH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 13-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 397 & 401 — Revision against acquittal — Revisional jurisdiction against acquittal is limited and should not interfere unless trial court's findings are perverse, illegal, or result in miscarriage of justice — Revisional court cannot re-appreciate evidence as an appellate court. India Law Library Docid # 2444700
(482) LILADHAR ALLIAS GATIYA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 13-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 307 — Attempt to murder — Ingredients — Prosecution must prove intention or knowledge to cause death and an overt act — Mere injury not enough unless circumstances show intention to kill — Factors to consider: weapon, nature/location of injuries, severity, target, motive, surrounding India Law Library Docid # 2444701
(483) NARESH KUMAR Vs. SHRI PANCH OSWAL JAIN PEDHI SHIVGANJ AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 13-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 20 Rule 5 — Duty of Court to state findings on all issues — A judgment must contain findings on each issue framed in the suit, supported by reasons, unless a finding on one issue is sufficient to dispose of the entire suit — Ignoring or failing to adjudicate a material issue renders the judgment incomplete and legally vulnerable. India Law Library Docid # 2444702
(484) SUBHASH CHANDRA AND ANOTHER Vs. ASHOK KAMBOJ AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 13-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 21 Rule 99, Order 21 Rule 32 & 35, Section 47 — Execution Proceedings — Stay of Execution — An objection filed by a non-party to the original suit cannot stall execution proceedings without establishing locus standi — The executing court must first determine the objector's right to file India Law Library Docid # 2445155
(485) TALARI NARESH Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 161 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 157 and 145 — Hostile Witness — Evidence of a hostile witness remains admissible and can be accepted to the extent that their version is found dependable on careful scrutiny, and can be used to acquit the accused if it inspires credibility when read with India Law Library Docid # 2443660
(486) LOKENDRA KUMAR TIWARI Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-05-2026 Service Law — Appointment — Advertisement for regular posts — Appellant applied for Assistant Professor on regular basis as per advertisement for Pay Band-IV and Pay Band-III. The advertisement did not mention any contractual appointments. India Law Library Docid # 2443661
(487) SONU RAM PACHAURI Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 13-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 329 — Unsound Mind — Trial cannot proceed against an accused who is mentally unfit as it violates fundamental principles of fair trial and natural justice — An accused must have the cognitive capacity to understand charges, follow proceedings, and present a defence. India Law Library Docid # 2445054
(488) MASTER PARTH DAGA AND OTHERS Vs. KRISHAN KANT BIHANI AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 13-05-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeal against dismissal of claim petition — Delay in lodging FIR for 23 days not adequately explained — Claimant's sole witness (owner of scooter) was not an eye-witness and admitted FIR contents stating accident was due to unknown motorcycle's negligence — Sole eye-witness (driver of India Law Library Docid # 2445055
(489) RAJAN Vs. STATE[DELHI HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 — Interim suspension of sentence — Repeated applications for interim bail on same grounds — Applicant had repeatedly filed applications for interim suspension of sentence, primarily on the ground of attending to his ailing mother during her surgery, since 2019 — Several such applications were allowed, leading to extensions of bail — However, the applicant also failed to surrender India Law Library Docid # 2443559
(490) PARASH NATH SHARMA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 467, 468, 471, 420, 120B — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) — Defalcation and misappropriation of government funds in canal repair works — False measurement entries and inflated bills — Conviction and sentence of public servants — Affirmation India Law Library Docid # 2443679
(491) RAJENDRA PRASAD Vs. COMPTROLLER & AUDITOR GENERAL OF INDIA AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Central Administrative Tribunal — Dismissal of Original Application — High Court's power of judicial review under Article 226 limited to illegality, perversity, or error apparent on the face of the order. India Law Library Docid # 2443699
(492) TARSIUS SORANG AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 302 read with Section 34 — Conviction for murder and rigorous imprisonment for life — Appeal against — High Court found material contradictions in witness testimonies and lack of corroboration for alleged eye-witness accounts — Witnesses declared hostile and their evidence not inspiring confidence — India Law Library Docid # 2443700
(493) DEVYANI KAMAL PRATAP @ DEVYANI Vs. KAMAL PRATAP[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(i-a) — Divorce on grounds of cruelty — Wife's appeal against divorce decree dismissed, while Husband's appeal against alimony amount allowed partially — Court found husband proved cruelty by wife, justifying divorce. India Law Library Docid # 2443701
(494) UNION OF INDIA Vs. M/S MAHABIR PRASAD AGARWAL[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Challenge to arbitral award — Appeal against Commercial Court’s refusal to set aside award — Court’s scope of inquiry is limited to parameters under Section 34, not to re-appreciate evidence like a normal appellate court. India Law Library Docid # 2443707
(495) KANAK DURGA THAKURANI AND OTHERS Vs. UMESH CHANDRA MOHAPATRA (SINCE DEAD) NIRUPAMA MOHAPATRA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Orissa Consolidation of Holdings and Prevention of Fragmentation of Land Act, 1972 — Sections 12 and 37 — Revisionary powers — An order passed under Section 9(3) of the Act not appealed against attains finality — If statutory remedy of appeal is bypassed and a revision is filed, the revisional proceeding may not be maintainable India Law Library Docid # 2443816
(496) SUBASH MOHAPATRA Vs. STATE OF ODISHA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 319(2), 318(4), 336(2), 340(2) — Bail application — Petitioner impersonated as a lawyer, conducted election petition using another person's enrollment number — FIR lodged based on court direction — Serious allegations of fraud on the court and crime against society. India Law Library Docid # 2443817
(497) JASBIR SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. UDHAM SINGH THROUGH LRS. AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of Plaint — Applications for amendment of plaint seeking to add alternative relief of possession were dismissed by the Trial Court — Held that the original suit was for declaration of ownership and possession, and an attempt to add a prayer for possession would India Law Library Docid # 2443914
(498) RAKESH KUMAR Vs. KEWAL KRISHAN AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Execution Proceedings — Objections by Petitioner — Dismissal of Objections — Petitioner argued that undertaking given by counsel before Supreme Court was without instructions — However, Supreme Court judgments establish that wilful breach of an undertaking given by counsel on behalf of a client India Law Library Docid # 2443915
(499) KULDEEP SINGH Vs. BALWINDER SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 21 Rule 22 and Order 21 Rule 32 — Execution of Decree — Notice requirement — Order 21 Rule 22 CPC mandates notice for execution applications filed after two years, but this rule is not applicable to injunction decrees, for which Order 21 Rule 32 CPC is the relevant provision. [Paras India Law Library Docid # 2443916
(500) JAGWINDER SINGH @ JOGINDER SINGH Vs. RAMANDEEP KHIMAREET KAUR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Will — Proof of — Onus on propounder — Must be proved as per Section 63 of Indian Succession Act, 1925 and Section 68 of Indian Evidence Act, 1872 — Suspicious circumstances surrounding execution require propounder to remove all legitimate doubts. India Law Library Docid # 2443917