(481) SURENDRA KUMAR Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 21-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 364 and 498-A — Kidnapping/Abduction with intent to murder and Cruelty by husband — Prosecution failed to prove charges beyond reasonable doubt — Acquittal of Appellant. India Law Library Docid # 2443682
(482) SHANKAR KUMAR JHA Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 21-04-2026 Bihar C.C.A Rules, 2005 — Rule 17(5)(c), 17(16) and 18(3) — Departmental proceeding — Violation of rules — Charge memo issued, but no Presenting Officer appointed — Enquiry Officer assumed the role of Presenting Officer — No second show-cause notice issued before punishment — Proceedings vitiated. India Law Library Docid # 2443683
(483) PUSHPA KUMARI Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 21-04-2026 Administrative Law — Principles of Natural Justice — Violation of Audi Alteram Partem — Dismissal of Anganvadi Sevika without proper hearing is illegal — The authorities must provide an opportunity to be heard before passing any adverse order. India Law Library Docid # 2443684
(484) ITC LIMITED Vs. COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL GST AND CENTRAL EXCISE, PATNA-1[PATNA HIGH COURT] 21-04-2026 Central Excise Act, 1944 — Sections 11A, 11AB, 11AC — Show Cause Notices (SCNs) issued in 2008 — Petitioners approaching High Court in 2026 seeking quashing of SCNs after 18 years — Plea of delay and laches on part of petitioner is apparent — Inordinate delay in filing writ application disentitles petitioner from India Law Library Docid # 2443685
(485) ANIL KAMAL AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 21-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14 and 16 — Recruitment process — Adherence to advertisement conditions — Any deviation without power of relaxation and publicity is unconstitutional. India Law Library Docid # 2443686
(486) SRI PASHUPATI NATH JOSHI AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE COLLECTOR, BHAGALPUR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 21-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of Plaint — Stage of Admission — Court must confine itself strictly to averments in plaint and documents annexed thereto — All statements in plaint to be treated as true and correct — Disputed questions of fact cannot be adjudicated at this stage. India Law Library Docid # 2443687
(487) KRISHNA CHETTRI Vs. STATE OF SIKKIM[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 21-04-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Sections 3(b), 4, 5(m), 6 and 42 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 376(1), 376(3) — Sexual Assault and Penetrative Sexual Assault — Conviction based on victim's testimony, eyewitness account, and medical evidence — Trial court's conviction India Law Library Docid # 2443712
(488) DAWA TAMANG Vs. MAITA KUMAR TAMANG @ MAITAY AND ANOTHER[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 21-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 151 and Order 11 Rule 14 — Application for filing additional documents — Rejection by Trial Court on ground of invoking wrong provision of law (Section 151 CPC) — Held, mere invocation of an incorrect provision is not fatal if the power to grant relief exists — Trial court should India Law Library Docid # 2443713
(489) STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS Vs. AJAY KUMAR MALIK[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-04-2026 Public Employment — Recruitment — Medical Unfitness — Suppression of Material Facts — A candidate found medically unfit for a post, specifically for knock knees, cannot retain an appointment if this vital fact was suppressed, especially when the initial appointment and subsequent reinstatement were based on either flawed India Law Library Docid # 2442450
(490) V.K. JOHN Vs. S. MUKANCHAND BOTHRA AND HUF (DIED) REPRESENTED BY LRS. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Challenge to Arbitral Award — Legal Representatives — The Arbitration Act is a complete code for dispute resolution — Legal representatives of a deceased party are entitled to challenge an arbitral award under Section 34 of the Act, as the Act envisions India Law Library Docid # 2442451
(491) BALAJI MADHUKAR KONKANWAR Vs. MAHARASHTRA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATTION[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-04-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 10 — Relief of back wages and regularisation — Employee illegally terminated, ordered reinstatement with back wages by Labour Commissioner and Industrial Court — Employer challenged, but interim order for back wages deposit was made and employee reinstated as daily wager — Employee sought regularisation after completing 180 days of service, India Law Library Docid # 2442452
(492) HIMAKSHI Vs. RAHUL VERMA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-04-2026 Recruitment Rules and Advertisement — Essential Qualifications — Work Experience — In absence of a specific rule or advertisement provision, a recruiting agency cannot relax essential eligibility criteria by treating a higher qualification as a replacement for a mandatory essential qualification — A preference for a higher qualification operates only for eligible and meritorious candidates and does not India Law Library Docid # 2442453
(493) NILESH C. OJHA Vs. HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THROUGH SECRETARY AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-04-2026 Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Sections 2(c), 19 — Criminal Contempt — Scandalising the court — An advocate's public allegations against a sitting judge, made via a press conference and repeated in court applications, can constitute criminal contempt by scandalising the court, lowering its authority, and interfering with judicial proceedings — Such conduct is unbecoming of a legal professional and India Law Library Docid # 2442454
(494) PAWAN GARG AND OTHERS Vs. SOUTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-04-2026 Land Acquisition and Development — Public Purpose De-reservation — Subject land originally earmarked for High School was de-reserved by competent authority due to insufficient area; subsequent sale to private individuals was upheld by civil courts and its finality was not challenged. India Law Library Docid # 2442455
(495) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. SUMER LAL CHOUHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 20-04-2026 Central Administrative Tribunal Act, 1985 — Section 14 — Jurisdiction — Regularisation of services — Casual labourers — Eligible for temporary status and regularisation under Scheme of 1993 if they had rendered continuous service of at least one year (240 or 206 days) and were in employment on 01.09.1993 — The Tribunal's direction to consider respondents for regularisation was upheld for those India Law Library Docid # 2442616
(496) SMT. SATYA GARG Vs. KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 20-04-2026 Administrative Law— Disciplinary Proceedings— Appreciation of Evidence— Tribunal's role not to re-appreciate evidence in disciplinary inquiries as an appellate forum, but to ensure fundamental rights to a proper hearing and defense have been provided — The High Court upheld this principle, agreeing with the majority view of the Tribunal that so long as the disciplinary authority's findings were based on some India Law Library Docid # 2442617
(497) NATHU LAL Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 20-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14 and 21 — Right to dignity, reputation, equality and personal liberty — History-sheet proceedings — Arbitrary and illegal action of respondents in initiating history-sheet proceedings against petitioner — Factual matrix shows most cases ended in acquittal or discharge, with no conviction — Mere registration of cases cannot be basis for opening a history-sheet — Action India Law Library Docid # 2442618
(498) SHYAMA KUMARI Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-04-2026 Compassionate Appointment — Eligibility of unmarried daughter — The eligibility of an unmarried daughter for compassionate appointment is determined based on her marital status at the time she applied for the post, not at the time of appointment offer — Solemnizing marriage after applying but before appointment does not disqualify her. India Law Library Docid # 2442741
(499) SH. PARVEEN RAJPUT Vs. SH. KULDEEP SINGH[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-04-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Vicarious liability — For a complaint under Section 138 to be maintainable against an authorized signatory issuing a cheque from a society's account, the society itself must be impleaded as a party — The authorized signatory cannot be prosecuted merely for issuing the cheque if the liability is of the society and the cheque belongs to the society's account India Law Library Docid # 2442742
(500) SANDEEP KUMAR UPADHYAY Vs. ATAL BIHARI BAJPAI INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 20-04-2026 Public Administration and Employment Law — Selection Process — Where a selection process is conducted as per advertisement and no unsuccessful candidate challenges the appointment or alleges favouritism, and the candidate has acted upon the appointment by leaving a previous job, the appointment cannot be cancelled by the institution on grounds of minor procedural irregularities in the selection committee's constitution, especially after a prolonged period — The principle of estoppel applies agai India Law Library Docid # 2442795