(761) SRI EMAN ABBAS TOPIWALA Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 27(b) — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 3(5), 292, 296 — Quashing of proceedings — Petitioner sought quashing of FIR and charge sheet alleging consumption of cocaine — Court examined legality of arrest and medical examination — Held, arrest was unlawful due to non India Law Library Docid # 2443635
(762) GOVINDA Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 — Section 187(3) — Default/Statutory Bail — Right to default bail arises only if the charge sheet is not filed within the stipulated period, which is 60 days for offences punishable up to 10 years and 90 days for offences punishable with 10 years or more. India Law Library Docid # 2443636
(763) ANIL N Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 450, 354, and 377 — Conviction and sentence challenged — Accused trespassed into a minor girl's house with intent to commit offences, outraged her modesty, and subjected her to unnatural sexual offences — Evidence of the victim and corroborating witnesses sufficiently established the India Law Library Docid # 2443692
(764) JOSEPH @ SABU Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Age of Victim — While the Juvenile Justice Act provides specific methods for age determination, the POCSO Act allows for other admissible evidence, including oral testimony of the victim and her mother, if unchallenged. India Law Library Docid # 2443693
(765) THE INDIAN PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD AND OTHERS Vs. BINU V. GEORGE AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Andhra Pradesh Societies Registration Act, 2001 — Section 23 — Jurisdiction of District Court — A State Act can only confer special jurisdiction on District Courts within its own territorial limits — An Act of one State Legislature cannot confer jurisdiction on a court located in another State, as it would violate Article 245 of the India Law Library Docid # 2443694
(766) THE ERNAKULAM REGIONAL CO-OPERATIVE MILK PRODUCERS UNION LTD. Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Lease of Government Land — Transfer of land for a Milk Chilling Plant — Subsequent bifurcation and allotment of land — Validity of Government Order challenged. India Law Library Docid # 2443695
(767) THE STATE OF UTTARAKHAND Vs. SARITA SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-04-2026 Uttar Pradesh Civil Services (Extraordinary Pension) Rules, 1981 — Rule 4 — Sanction of Governor for award — Extraordinary pension award requires sanction of the Governor, who exercises administrative discretion based on the rules — The Supreme Court held that the authority on whom the power to take a decision is conferred should be the one to take it, especially when the rules enumerate the India Law Library Docid # 2442043
(768) ROMA AHUJA Vs. THE STATE AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 468, 469, 470, 472, 473 and 341 — Limitation for taking cognizance of offence — Relevant date for computation of period of limitation is date of filing of complaint or date of initiation of criminal proceedings, not date on which Magistrate takes cognizance — Constitution Bench decision in Sarah Mathew v. Institute of Cardio Vascular Diseases [(2014) 2 SCC 62] India Law Library Docid # 2442044
(769) M/S NIRMAL UJJWAL CREDIT CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD. Vs. RAVI SETHIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-04-2026 Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 2002 — Section 64(d) — Investment of funds by Multi-State Co-operative Society (MSCS) — Permitted investments are in subsidiary institutions or institutions in the same line of business — Amendment aimed at preventing misuse of funds and ensuring financial discipline — "Same line of business" requires substantial or predominant sameness in core business activities, India Law Library Docid # 2442045
(770) TT ENERGY PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. THE PRINCIPAL CHIEF ENGINEER-CUM-SECRETARY, ENERGY AND POWER DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF SIKKIM AND ANOTHER[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 09-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 7 — Arbitration Agreement — Separability of Arbitration Clause — An arbitration clause embedded in a contract is treated as an independent agreement and survives even if the underlying contract is invalidated or terminated, allowing an arbitral tribunal to rule on its own jurisdiction. India Law Library Docid # 2442140
(771) RABDEN SHERPA Vs. STATE OF SIKKIM AND OTHERS[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 09-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 – Article 226 – Writ Petition – Privacy – Disclosure of Information about FIR – Petitioner sought directions against State and Media regarding disclosure of their name and FIR details — The Court held that reporting the fact of FIR registration and its contents does not constitute a media trial. India Law Library Docid # 2442141
(772) MAURICE W. INNIS Vs. LILY KAZROONI @ LILY ARIF SHAIKH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 47 — Execution of Decree — Executing Court’s Jurisdiction — An executing court must strictly adhere to the terms of the decree and cannot modify or alter it. Its role is limited to giving effect to the decree as it stands, unless the decree is a nullity. India Law Library Docid # 2442047
(773) MAHARASHTRA STATE ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LIMITED (MSEDCL) AND OTHERS Vs. R Z MALPANI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11 — Appointment of Arbitrator — Scope of Inquiry — Limited to prima facie existence of arbitration agreement — Questions like 'accord and satisfaction', limitation, dishonesty, frivolity and arbitrability of subject matter are to be left to the arbitral tribunal under Section 16, India Law Library Docid # 2442048
(774) CHANNAPPA (D) THR. LRS. Vs. PARVATEWWA (D) THR. LRS.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 105(1) — Challenge to interlocutory orders — Rejection of an application under Order 2 Rule 2 CPC does not preclude the party from raising that issue again in an appeal against the final decree, as per Section 105(1) CPC, unless a separate appellate remedy is expressly provided. India Law Library Docid # 2442049
(775) GLS FILMS INDUSTRIES PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. CHEMICAL SUPPLIERS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-04-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 9 — Application for corporate insolvency resolution process — Existence of a pre-existing dispute — Adjudicating authority must reject the application if notice of dispute has been received by the operational creditor or there is a record of dispute — The dispute must bring to the notice of the operational creditor the "existence" of a dispute or the fact that a suit or India Law Library Docid # 2442050
(776) RUSSI FISHERIES P. LTD AND ANOTHER Vs. BHAVNA SETH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-04-2026 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 52 — Doctrine of Lis Pendens — Transfers of property made during the pendency of litigation are subject to the doctrine of lis pendens and are subservient to the final decision of the court — Such transfers are not void ab initio but remain invalid if the litigation goes against the transferor. India Law Library Docid # 2442046
(777) DR. THONGRAM KAMALA AND OTHERS Vs. DHANAMANJURI UNIVERSITY, MANIPUR AND OTHERS[MANIPUR HIGH COURT] 09-04-2026 Dhanamanjuri University Act, 2017 — Statute 13(i) & Section 10(f) & (g) — Appointment of teachers — The Syndicate is the competent authority to appoint teachers on the recommendations of the Selection Committee; the University has the power to create posts and make appointments to them. India Law Library Docid # 2442285
(778) SMT. SONI BAI Vs. RAMANLAL AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 09-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 115 & Order 47 Rule 7 — Revision against order rejecting review — Maintainability — An appeal lies against an order granting a review application, but not against an order rejecting it — However, if the original decree is appealable, the proper remedy against an order rejecting a review application on merits is to file an appeal against the original decree, not to file a India Law Library Docid # 2442349
(779) BABLU KALMOOM Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 09-04-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Section 2(1)(d) — Definition of "child" — Age determination — While Rule 12 of the Juvenile Justice Rules primarily applies to children in conflict with law, it should also be the basis for determining the age of child victims of crime — The hierarchy for determining age starts with matriculation/equivalent certificates, then school birth India Law Library Docid # 2442350
(780) NARENDRA KUMAR BANJARA Vs. PRESIDING OFFICER POLLING BOOTH NO. 299 AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 09-04-2026 Chhattisgarh Panchayat Raj Adhiniyam, 1993 — Election Petitions — Maintainability of Civil Revision — Election petitions filed under the CG Panchayati Raj Adhiniyam are governed by a complete code of rules, making the decisions of the specified authority final — Orders passed in such petitions can only be challenged by an aggrieved party by approaching the High Court under Article 226 of the India Law Library Docid # 2442351