(821) S. PAULRAJ (DIED) THR. LRS. AND OTHERS Vs. K. SUBBURAMAN AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 30-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 31 and Section 100 — Substantial Questions of Law — Lower appellate court's decision based on oral sale and incorrect framing of points for consideration — The Court held that the substantial questions of law concerning reliance on oral sale and non-framing of proper points were India Law Library Docid # 2443242
(822) Md. ARIZ HASNAIN @ ARIZ HASNAIN Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 167(2) — Default Bail — Extension of time for investigation — Appellant was in judicial custody and the period of 90 days was approaching expiry — Investigating Officer sought extension, which was granted without notice to the appellant or a hearing — The Supreme Court India Law Library Docid # 2443256
(823) MURUGAN Vs. SANTHANAM[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 30-04-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 16(c) — Suit for specific performance of a sale agreement filed nearly 30 years after the agreement — Plaintiff failed to prove readiness and willingness to perform their part of the contract throughout the period and did not take reasonable steps to have the sale deed executed. India Law Library Docid # 2443257
(824) KARNATAKA POWER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. M/S SHAMANUR SUGARS LIMITED AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Electricity Act, 2003 — Sections 31, 32, 33 — State Load Despatch Centre (SLDC) — Functions and Powers — SLDC's powers are limited to intra-State transmission and do not extend to regulating inter-State electricity transmission. India Law Library Docid # 2443444
(825) M/S ANJANADRI STONE CRUSHERS Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 — Non-forest activities on forest land — Prior permission from Central Government is mandatory. India Law Library Docid # 2443445
(826) SAHDEV SINGH @ SAHDEO SINGH Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Amendment of petition — Court allowed amendment to include prayer for quashing of charge framing order due to subsequent developments, finding it necessary to prevent prejudice to the petitioner. India Law Library Docid # 2443762
(827) ISMAIL SOREN AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 — Sentencing Reform Act, 1958 (Probation of Offenders Act), Section 4 — Conviction for offences under Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Witch (Daain) Practices Act — Appellants were first-time offenders with clean criminal antecedents — Trial Court rejected benefit of Probation of Offenders Act solely based on seriousness of offences — High Court extended benefit of India Law Library Docid # 2443763
(828) SHEKHAR AND OTHERS Vs. RAJESH AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(d) — Court Fees Act, 1870 — Section 7(iv)(c) — Rejection of plaint — Non-payment of Court fee — Petitioners sought declaration that an Agreement to Sell was illegal, null, void, and not binding, along with a permanent injunction — The trial court rejected the plaint for non-payment of ad valorem court fee — The High Court found that since the petitioners were not India Law Library Docid # 2444011
(829) RAM GOPAL Vs. SUMIT KUMAR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 115; Constitution of India — Article 227 — Civil Revision Petition — Interference with interlocutory orders — High Court's power of superintendence is to be exercised sparingly to ensure justice, not to act as an appellate court, and minimum interference is the rule. India Law Library Docid # 2444012
(830) NISHAN SINGH (DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS. Vs. SMT. SHIBBAN AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 11 and Order 23, Order 2 Rule 2 — Bar of suit — Previous suit withdrawn without liberty to file fresh suit — Plea of bar under Section 11 and Order II Rule 2 CPC held unsubstantiated when the appellant fails to produce complete pleadings and the final order of the earlier suit. India Law Library Docid # 2444013
(831) RAMOUTAR Vs. HARI SINGH (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS. AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 & Order 41 Rule 31 — First Appeal — Duty of Appellate Court — While it is desirable for the appellate court to meticulously examine evidence and deal with all aspects, if the appellate court agrees with the trial court's findings, a general agreement with the trial court's reasoning may suffice, without restating all evidence and reasons, as per Supreme Court judgments — India Law Library Docid # 2444014
(832) HISAR HOUSE BUILDING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED Vs. MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE, HISAR[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Municipal Law — Vesting of open spaces in Municipal Committee — Resolution earmarking roads, streets, and parks as public streets — Does not automatically include other open spaces — Onus on Municipal Committee to prove vesting of other open spaces with evidence — Mere averment or possession insufficient. India Law Library Docid # 2444015
(833) KARNAIL SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 323, 324, 326 read with Section 34 — Criminal Revision — Conviction for causing hurt and grievous hurt — Appeal partly allowed acquitting co-accused — Revision dismissed against petitioners — Concurrent findings of trial and appellate courts upheld — No illegality or perversity found. India Law Library Docid # 2444016
(834) PARAMJEET Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 read with Section 34 — Cheating and Forgery — Conviction affirmed — Accused used forged documents, including salary certificate and property documents, to obtain a car loan — Despite co-accused's acquittal, petitioner's conviction upheld as documentation was in his name and India Law Library Docid # 2444017
(835) ANNAPURNA TIWARI AND ANOTHER Vs. RAKESH KUMAR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim for compensation — Fatal accident — Original claim petition dismissed by the Tribunal on the ground that the involvement of the offending vehicle and rash and negligent driving were not proved — Appellants contended that the Tribunal failed to appreciate the evidence and prayed for India Law Library Docid # 2444018
(836) CHANDRA MOHAN SINGH PANWAR Vs. KEDAR SINGH DANU[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 9 — U.P Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 — Section 331 — Jurisdiction of Civil Court — A civil court has jurisdiction to entertain all suits of a civil nature unless expressly or impliedly barred — However, Section 331 of the U.P Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act bars the jurisdiction of civil courts in matters specifically triable by revenue courts — Specifically, suits for possession of agricultural land under Section India Law Library Docid # 2445145
(837) GHANSHYAMBHAI ASHOKBHAI PARMAR Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against Acquittal — Appellate Court’s Powers — The High Court has full power to review and reconsider evidence in an appeal against acquittal, but must give proper weight to the Trial Court’s view on witness credibility and the presumption of innocence — If two reasonable conclusions are possible, the appellate court should not disturb an India Law Library Docid # 2443386
(838) BALWAN BHAMA Vs. STATE OF MEGHALAYA[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (now Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023) — Section 482 — Pre-arrest bail — High Court jurisdiction — While the law provides concurrent jurisdiction for pre-arrest bail applications to both High Courts and Sessions Courts, and it is generally encouraged to exhaust the remedy before the Sessions Court first, the High Court retains the discretion to entertain such India Law Library Docid # 2443721
(839) SHREE RAJASTHAN SYNTEX LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Rajasthan Electricity (Duty) Act, 1962 — Sections 3, 3-B, 3-C — Levy of electricity duty, water conservation cess, and urban cess — Electricity procured through open access from a trader outside the State — The Act applies to consumption of electricity within Rajasthan, irrespective of the source of generation — The taxable event is consumption, not the sale transaction — Petitioners, as India Law Library Docid # 2444665
(840) GOKAL RAM Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Re-investigation vs. Further Investigation — The court may order a re-investigation if the initial investigation is found to be fundamentally flawed, unfair, tainted, or actuated by extraneous considerations, to secure the ends of justice — Further investigation is a continuation of the original investigation to supplement material, while re-investigation is an India Law Library Docid # 2444666