(481) DHARMENDRA VALLABHBHAI RAMANI Vs. JETPUR SWAMINARAYAN TRUST AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 03-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — High Court’s limited jurisdiction to interfere with findings of fact by the first appellate court, unless such findings are erroneous, contrary to mandatory provisions of law, or based on inadmissible or no evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2440918
(482) DILIPBHAI PARSHOTTAMBHAI PATEL AND OTHERS Vs. THE GUJARAT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKET PARDRA[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 03-03-2026 Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 (Tenancy Act) — Section 43 — Agreement to Sell restricted tenure land — Such agreements are illegal and invalid — Suit for specific performance of such agreements is not maintainable and deserves to be rejected as the suit is hit by Sections 43 and 63 of the Tenancy Act.[Paras 111 India Law Library Docid # 2440919
(483) SHAMJIBHAI LALJIBHAI KOLI (GOHIL) Vs. DISTRICT COLLECTOR AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 03-03-2026 Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1958 — Section 79A — Forfeiture of Land — Proceedings under Section 79A for forfeiture of land were initiated after an unexplained delay of 34 to 35 years from the first transaction — Such delay is considered unreasonable and vitiates the proceedings — Such suo motu powers must be exercised within a reasonable period and cannot be exercised after a lengthy delay, India Law Library Docid # 2440920
(484) SHAM LAL Vs. STATE OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 03-03-2026 Electrocution — Negligence of PDD Lineman — Petitioner, a welder, was asked by Lineman 'B' to remove a bird from a high-tension electric wire, with assurance that power was disconnected — Petitioner climbed the pole, received an electric shock due to live wire, leading to severe injuries and amputation of both hands, resulting in 100% permanent disability — FIR registered against Lineman Bishamber Dass for negligence. India Law Library Docid # 2441024
(485) OMESH SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE (NOW UT) OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 03-03-2026 Land Revenue Act, Svt — 1996 — Section 5 — Reorganization of administrative units — Government Order cannot supersede statutory notification (SRO) — Inclusion of Village Dhanmasta into Tehsil Ramsoo without proper application of mind and consideration of convenience of residents — Impugned order quashed. India Law Library Docid # 2441025
(486) S. KIRAN KUMAR Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 03-03-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) and 7(c) — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 120-B read with Section 34 — FIR registered for offences of corruption and criminal conspiracy — Quashing of proceedings — Allegations of abuse of official position by public servants in issuing pattadar passbooks for encroached endowment land — Court held that FIR prima facie discloses cognizable India Law Library Docid # 2441352
(487) GADEELA RAGHUVEER REDDY Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 03-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — High Court's inherent powers to quash FIR are to be exercised sparingly and only in exceptional circumstances where allegations, even if taken at face value, do not constitute any offence, are improbable, legally barred, or manifestly mala fide — The FIR is not expected to be an encyclopedia of facts, and criminal proceedings should not be scuttled India Law Library Docid # 2441353
(488) LEELA RAM Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 02-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376 — Rape — Appellant convicted by trial court under Section 376 IPC for an offence allegedly committed on the pretext of marriage — Victim was 26 years old at the time of the incident and aware of the consequences of sexual relationship — FSL report was negative — Medical examination did not provide a definitive opinion regarding immediate intercourse — Victim's testimony had India Law Library Docid # 2440590
(489) BUDDHA PRAKASH SONI (DIED) THROUGH LEGAL HEIRS Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 02-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 451, 452 — Disposal of property after conclusion of trial — Application for supurdnama (handing over of property) — Trial Court rejected application for supurdnama under Section 452 CrPC directing appellant to take recourse to civil suit — Held, order under Section 451 CrPC is interlocutory and does not affect rights of parties regarding disposal of property under India Law Library Docid # 2440591
(490) BABUBHAI RAYAJIBHAI SOLANKI Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 02-03-2026 Gujarat Essential Commodities (Licensing of Fair Price Shops) Order, 2025 — Clause 17 — Validity — Challenge to Clause 17 of the 2025 Order, which saves previous actions under the 2004 Order, on grounds of inconsistency with the Central Government's 2015 Order — Held, Clause 17 is not ultra vires — The 2004 Order India Law Library Docid # 2440921
(491) THAKORBHAI BHANABHAI AAHIR AND OTHERS Vs. COMPETENT AUTHORITY AND SPECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 02-03-2026 Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (2013 Act) — Section 30(3) — Additional compensation @ 12% — Calculation of market value — The additional compensation payable under Section 30(3) of the 2013 Act is to be computed on the total market value determined under Section 26, which includes both the market value determined under India Law Library Docid # 2440922
(492) GHELUBHA JUVANSINH ZALA Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 02-03-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Inherent powers of High Court to quash FIR — Applicant sought to quash FIR, charge-sheet, and consequential proceedings under IPC and Gujarat Money Lenders Act, 2011 — Applicant advanced money to complainant's father, issued blank cheques as security, which were dishonoured, leading to earlier criminal complaints — FIR lodged after India Law Library Docid # 2440923
(493) BUILDING OPERATION CONTROLLING AUTHORITY JAMMU MUNICIPAL AREA Vs. SHANKER SINGH AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 02-03-2026 J&K Control of Building Operations Act, 1988 — Sections 4 and 7(1) — Unauthorized construction — Raising a compound wall without permission from the competent authority amounts to erection of a building in contravention of Section 4, attracting action under Section 7(1) of the Act. India Law Library Docid # 2441090
(494) D. VIMALA Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 02-03-2026 Service Law — Compassionate Appointment — Married Daughter Eligibility — The eligibility of a married daughter for compassionate appointment, particularly when she is divorced after the employee's death, hinges on whether she was dependent on the deceased employee at the time of death, and not solely on her marital status or subsequent divorce. India Law Library Docid # 2441349
(495) CHARAN DASS AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 28-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Interim bail made absolute — Petitioners joined investigation as per court order, nothing to be recovered — Parties settled dispute amicably and filed petition to quash FIR — Chances of conviction remote — Interim bail confirmed. India Law Library Docid # 2440165
(496) GANGA RAM Vs. SURENDER KUMAR[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 28-02-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque for insufficiency, etc., of funds in the account — Compounding of offence — Offence under Section 138 is compoundable — High Court can compound the offence even after conviction, subject to compliance with certain conditions — Adherence to Apex Court guidelines is essential. India Law Library Docid # 2440166
(497) M/S RANDHAWA CONSTRUCTIONS PRIVATE LTD. AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S ROPEWAYS AND RAPID TRANSPORT SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION HP LTD. (RTDC) AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 28-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 151 & Order 14 Rule 2 — Preliminary Issues — Test for determining preliminary issue — Issues that can be decided purely on law without evidence and touch upon jurisdiction or statutory bar to suit may be treated as preliminary — Mixed issues of law and fact, or issues of law India Law Library Docid # 2440167
(498) PARDESHI RAM Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 28-02-2026 Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code, 1959 — Section 230 — Kotwar Appointment Rules — Preference to near relative of ex-Kotwar is discretionary and conditional, not a vested right — Appointment depends on eligibility, suitability, character, and antecedents. India Law Library Docid # 2440592
(499) SMT. KANTI BAI (DIED AND DELETED) THER LRS. AND OTHERS Vs. SMT. RAM BAI AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 28-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — Appeal against dismissal of suit for declaration of title, declaration of sale deed as void, possession, and permanent injunction — Burden of proof on plaintiff to establish the transaction was benami — Trial Court correctly dismissed the suit as plaintiffs failed to establish that the suit lands were India Law Library Docid # 2440593
(500) SAUMYA CHAURASIA Vs. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT, RAIPUR[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 28-02-2026 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) — Sections 3 and 4 — Bail — Twin conditions under Section 45 — Applicant arrested after prolonged investigation, prosecution complaint filed, no direct attribution of proceeds of crime, role alleged is supervisory, parity with co-accused granted bail, Supreme Court directed consideration on parity — Court satisfied twin conditions of Section 45 met, applicant not guilty prima India Law Library Docid # 2440594