(841) THE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. SMT. JAMUNA KANWAR AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 — Section 30 — Appeal against compensation award — Commissioner awarded compensation, interest, and funeral expenses — Appellant-Insurance Company contested the award, primarily on grounds of income assessment and validity of the driver's license — Court analyzed the definition of 'Light Motor Vehicle' under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, and its India Law Library Docid # 2444667
(842) UNION OF INDIA Vs. SHRI V. S. SAINI[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Arbitration Act, 1940 — Section 39 — Appeals against orders dismissing applications to set aside arbitral awards — Court's power to interfere is limited to grounds specified in Section 30 of the Act. India Law Library Docid # 2444668
(843) LRS OF DHANRAJ AND OTHERS Vs. SECRETARY KRISHI UPAJ MANDI SAMITI AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 30-04-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 18(2)(b) — Limitation for reference application — Period of limitation commences from the date of knowledge of the essential contents of the award, not just the 'date of the award' — Where no notice under Section 12(2) was received, the period of six months from the date of actual or constructive knowledge of the award's contents applies — Burden of proof is on the India Law Library Docid # 2444669
(844) RAJASTHAN LEATHER INDUSTRIES LTD. Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 30-04-2026 CONTRACT LAW AND PROPERTY RIGHTS — Conditions imposed on the transfer of a company's land after the initial agreement were found to be illegal and void. The court ruled that such unilateral modifications to the contract were not permissible unless expressly provided for in the agreement or by law, and that the India Law Library Docid # 2445063
(845) JAIPUR METRO RAIL CORPORATION LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. ALOK KOTAHWALA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 30-04-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Sections 4, 5A, and 6 — Acquisition proceedings for Metro Rail Project — Objections under Section 5A — Opportunity of hearing — Compliance with mandatory procedures — Judicial review limited to decision-making process. India Law Library Docid # 2445064
(846) M/S SRASTI LIQUOR BOTTLING LLP AND OTHERS Vs. MRS. SITA RAJESH VARMA[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 30-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 9 and 37 — Appealable Orders — While appeals lie against orders granting or refusing interim measures under Section 9, the appellate court's scope of review is limited to examining if the lower court acted within its powers, not re-appraising evidence on merits — The India Law Library Docid # 2445065
(847) SALIM KHAN Vs. UNION OF INDIA[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 29-04-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 67 and 37 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 25 — Admissibility of Confessional Statement — Officers under Section 53 NDPS Act are "police officers" as per Section 25 Evidence Act, making statements recorded under Section 67 NDPS Act inadmissible as India Law Library Docid # 2442945
(848) MITHILESH PRASAD SINGH Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 29-04-2026 Bihar Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling Area and Acquisition of Surplus Land) Act, 1961 — Section 9, 10(2), 10(3), 11(1), 15(1) — Suit for declaration and quashing of order — Petitioner aggrieved by land declared surplus and not being granted one unit of land — Subsequent applications and writ petitions filed by petitioner for retaining land of choice and to be granted a unit — High Court directs authorities to dispose of India Law Library Docid # 2443667
(849) A.S.LINESWALA Vs. MIRCH MASALA RESTAURANT AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 29-04-2026 Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 — Sections 7(1) and 16 — Offence of selling adulterated food — Complaint against partnership firm and its partners — Prosecution failed to prove that the partners were in charge of the business or responsible for the conduct of the business of the partnership firm — Essential India Law Library Docid # 2443390
(850) LALJIBHAI BHAGABHAI @ LALUBHAI BHAGABHAI PATEL Vs. CHANDRIKABEN[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 29-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 115 and Order 7 Rule 11 (a) and (d) — Civil Revision Application — Rejection of Plaint — Suit for declaration and permanent injunction — Daughter claiming share in ancestral properties against father — Trial court rejected defendant's application for plaint rejection — Revision India Law Library Docid # 2443392
(851) DIPIKA VINODRAI MARU AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 29-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing FIR — Application for quashing of FIR registered under Sections 504, 506(2), 507, 114 of IPC — Allegations of matrimonial dispute, threat and abusive language — Court must consider if allegations, taken at face value, constitute an offence or are absurd and improbable, leading to malicious prosecution — FIR quashed as it appeared India Law Library Docid # 2443393
(852) THE COMMISSIONER, REPRESENTING THE CORPORATION OF CITY OF HUBLI-DHARWAD Vs. PRADEEP[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 29-04-2026 Karnataka Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1973 — Sections 3, 11, and 66 — Suit for declaration and injunction challenging a resolution to construct a community hall on suit property — Declaration of property as "slum area" under Section 3 was made in 1977 — However, notifications under Section 11 declaring it as "slum clearance area" were quashed by a previous High Court order as affected India Law Library Docid # 2443540
(853) BONATRANS INDIA (PVT.) LTD. Vs. BONATRANS EMPLOYEES UNION[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-04-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 2(s) — Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions and Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act, 1971 — Unfair Labour Practice Complaint — Burden of Proof — In a complaint under the MRTU & PULP Act, if an employer disputes the status of an employee as a "workman" under Section India Law Library Docid # 2443192
(854) S.R. MURUGAN @ NAVEEN S.R. PRABHU Vs. P. RAJENDRAN AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 29-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 10 and 20 — Sale Agreement — Execution by defendant admitted — Receipt of substantial advance payment acknowledged — Plaintiff demonstrated readiness and willingness to perform contract — Trial court erred in not granting specific performance India Law Library Docid # 2443263
(855) COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (PORT-EXPORT) Vs. M/S APP ENTERPRISES AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 29-04-2026 Customs Act, 1962 — Sections 111(d), 111(o), 112(a), 125 and 28 — Notification No — 32/97 — Duty-free import for job work and re-export — Importer failed to comply with conditions, specifically by misrepresenting the export scheme code on shipping bills — Held to be a wilful attempt to evade duty and deceive the government, not an India Law Library Docid # 2443264
(856) SRI SANTOSH KUMAR MISHRA Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 29-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125(4) — Maintenance — Wife living separately by mutual consent — Onus of proof — Petitioner failed to prove that parties were living separately by mutual consent — The proceeding under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, filed for divorce by mutual consent, was dropped — The averments in the joint petition, in absence of a final decree and India Law Library Docid # 2443835
(857) NEERAJ SINGH Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 29-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 313 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 457, 380, 411 — Arms Act, 1959 — Section 5/27(1) — Evidence — Contradictions between First Information Report (FIR) and witness testimonies — Inconsistencies noted in the FIR regarding the direct witnessing of the shooting by Smt — Saraswati Devi (PW2), stating only a suspicion that the bullet might have India Law Library Docid # 2446849
(858) SURENDRA SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 29-04-2026 Civil Services — Selection Process — Writs of Mandamus — Where candidates sought directions to treat a specific option as correct and to revise selection lists, the Court held that it would not interfere with the opinion of the expert body unless there was a clear jurisdictional error or illegality. India Law Library Docid # 2446850
(859) STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS Vs. MADHAV PRASAD DOBHAL AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 29-04-2026 Service Law — Pay Parity — Lab Technicians claimed parity in pay-scale with Dental Hygienists and X-ray Technicians — The Court found that educational qualifications and work performed were similar, and historically, pay scales were either the same or that of Dental Hygienists was lower — Denial of higher pay-scale to Lab Technicians without sound reasoning was held arbitrary and violative of India Law Library Docid # 2446851
(860) DHARMESH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 29-04-2026 U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953 — Sections 5(2) and 4(2) — Administrative vs — Judicial Orders — During ongoing consolidation proceedings, administrative authorities (District Magistrate and Deputy Director Consolidation) lack the power to pass orders regarding disputed land that effectively nullify decisions of consolidation courts — Only consolidation courts have the jurisdiction to decide India Law Library Docid # 2446852