(81) NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA Vs. BHASKAR NINU ZAMBARE AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 01-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 34 & 37 — Scope of appellate jurisdiction — Court exercising powers under Section 37 of the Arbitration Act must be slow to interfere with an arbitral award confirmed by the Court under Section 34, so long as the award does not suffer from patent illegality or fall within the limited India Law Library Docid # 2441637
(82) GULABSINGH Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 01-04-2026 Essential Commodities Act, 1955 and Maharashtra Scheduled Commodities (Regulation and Distribution) Order, 1975 — Fair Price Shop License (FPSL) — Transfer — Government policy prohibits transfer of FPSL on the basis of a will deed while the licensee is alive. India Law Library Docid # 2441638
(83) NALIN VALLABHBHAI PATEL AND ANOTHER Vs. ATHARVA REALTORS AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6) — Appointment of Arbitrator — Refusal to extend mandate under Section 29A — Whether permissible — Held, an application for appointment of an arbitrator under Section 11(6) is not maintainable if the Court has refused to extend the mandate of the earlier arbitrator India Law Library Docid # 2441639
(84) SUDHEER.S AND OTHER Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 — Section 233 — Amendment by Act 14 of 2018 — Omission of "or refusing" from Sub-section (4) — Implication that applications under Section 233 must be allowed absolutely or conditionally, not rejected — Panchayat cannot reject an application based on its interpretation of pre-amendment India Law Library Docid # 2441640
(85) J. SRI NISHA Vs. THE SPECIAL DIRECTOR, ADJUDICATING AUTHORITY, DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-04-2026 Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) — Section 37A — Seizure of assets — Adjudication proceedings are independent of seizure proceedings — The order of the Competent Authority confirming seizure of equivalent assets continues until the disposal of adjudication proceedings — The Adjudicating Authority then passes appropriate directions regarding further action on the seizure — However, this India Law Library Docid # 2441714
(86) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. SUNIL KUMAR RAI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-04-2026 Central Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008; Seventh Central Pay Commission Recommendations — Non-Functional Upgradation (NFU) to Level 9 — Recommendation 7.4.13 (iv) (b) — Eligibility criteria — Completion of four years in Level 8 on seniority-cum-suitability basis — Interpretation of — Held, denial of NFU India Law Library Docid # 2441719
(87) DR. RAJINDER RAJAN Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-04-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Section 67 — Grounds of Arrest — Violation of fundamental rights — Failure to furnish grounds of arrest in writing — The Supreme Court held that the constitutional mandate to inform the arrestee of the grounds of arrest is mandatory in all offences under all statutes — The grounds must be communicated in writing to the arrestee in the India Law Library Docid # 2442051
(88) SMT. UJJALA RANI PAUL Vs. AGARTALA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND OTHERS[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Family Pension — Eligibility of divorced daughter — Divorce obtained after death of pensioner — Petitioner was married and living with her father at the time of his death. She obtained a decree of divorce much later, in 2021. The Revised Pension Rules, 2017, applicable to municipal corporation employees, entitle a divorced daughter to family pension. However, the right to receive pension accrues on the death of the pensioner. At India Law Library Docid # 2442075
(89) SRI DEBASHISH DAS Vs. STATE OF TRIPURA[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Scope of interference with arbitral award — Court does not sit in appeal over an arbitral award and can interfere only on limited grounds like public policy or patent illegality — Award can be set aside if findings are arbitrary, capricious, or perverse, or if illegality goes to the root of the matter — Re-appreciation of evidence not permitted. India Law Library Docid # 2442076
(90) SRI CHANDAN MALI Vs. STATE OF TRIPURA[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374(2) — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Appellant challenged judgment and order of conviction and sentence by Special Judge (POCSO) — Appellant convicted for offences under Section 5(m) of POCSO Act read with Section 6 of POCSO Act and Section 506 Para-1 of IPC — Appellant sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for 20 years and fine for POCSO offence, and fine for IPC offence — Court of appeal reappraised evidence and affirmed conviction and s India Law Library Docid # 2442077
(91) SRI HARIPADA MALAKAR @ PRADIP Vs. STATE OF TRIPURA[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376-AB and Section 375 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Section 6 — Conviction for rape — For conviction of rape, element of penetration is essential — Medical evidence showed hymen intact and no evidence of sexual intercourse — Forensic evidence showed absence of seminal material on victim — DNA of semen on accused's lungi matched with India Law Library Docid # 2442078
(92) SMT. SABITA BARMAN AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF TRIPURA AND OTHERS[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Educational Qualifications — B.Ed — Special Degree vs — B.Ed — Regular Degree — The central issue is whether a B.Ed — Special degree is equivalent to a B.Ed — Regular degree for the purpose of appointment to the posts of Post Graduate Teacher and Graduate Teacher, as advertised by the Teachers Recruitment Board (TRBT) — Petitioners possessed B.Ed — Special degrees but were denied appointment because the advertisements specified B.Ed — Regular degrees from NCTE-recognized institutions as India Law Library Docid # 2442079
(93) PRAMILA KUMARI Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 31-03-2026 Letters Patent Appeal — Clause 10 of Patna High Court Rules — Appeal against order of Single Judge dismissing writ petition — Delay of 1 day in filing appeal — Condonation of delay by interlocutory application. India Law Library Docid # 2441886
(94) MAHANTH RAM MOHAN DAS @ RAM MOHAN DAS Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 31-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Second FIR lodged on same set of facts as an earlier FIR — Court may quash the second FIR if it is found to be a misuse of the legal process and motivated by malice, especially when the earlier FIR was stayed by the High Court. India Law Library Docid # 2441905
(95) SRI SUMAN DAS Vs. STATE OF TRIPURA[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 31-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 201, 34, 376(D) — Appeal against conviction and sentence for murder and causing disappearance of evidence — Appellant convicted for offences under Sections 302/201 IPC read with Section 34 — Evidence of PW-1, mother of appellant, stated that appellant claimed co-accused would reveal murder of deceased — This was hearsay and neither direct confession nor confession of self India Law Library Docid # 2442080
(96) SAROJ PRADHAN Vs. STATE OF SIKKIM[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 31-03-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Section 10 — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Statement of minor victim — Admissibility and weightage — Criminal law does not prohibit accepting a minor victim's statement, but requires caution against tutoring — Corroboration is not a strict India Law Library Docid # 2442146
(97) TOSHIPOKBA LONGKUMER AND ANOTHER Vs. HUKAVI MURU[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 30-03-2026 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Applicability — Section 58(f) (Equitable Mortgage) — The Act is not applicable in Nagaland unless adopted by the Legislative Assembly; only its spirit can be applied. India Law Library Docid # 2441452
(98) MISS LINU KATO Vs. THE STATE OF AP AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 30-03-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 179 — Police officer's power to require attendance of witnesses — Issuance of summons by police officer under Section 179 of BNSS requires an ongoing investigation, which commences only after registration of an FIR for a cognizable offence — A India Law Library Docid # 2441453
(99) DEVENDRA DADSENA Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 30-03-2026 Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Bail application — Applicant arrested for offences under IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act — Allegations of involvement in an organized crime syndicate related to extortion from coal transporters — Court considered gravity of economic offence, magnitude of illegal funds, prima facie evidence, applicant's active role, likelihood of tampering India Law Library Docid # 2441454
(100) PARBATI DAS Vs. COLLECTOR, BALASORE AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 30-03-2026 Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 — Section 16 — Right of appeal — Section 16 of the Act clearly and unambiguously grants the right of appeal only to senior citizens or parents aggrieved by an order of a Tribunal, to the exclusion of any other person, including children or other relatives — Holding India Law Library Docid # 2441450