(921) MRS. DEBOLINA Vs. SRI NILOY GHOSH[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 28-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 39(4) and Order 21 — Execution of decree for return of specific movable property — Executing Court erred in holding that it lacked jurisdiction solely because the judgment debtor resided outside its territorial limits and no property was identified within jurisdiction — Such an interpretation of Section 39(4) creates a jurisdictional error by refusing to exercise India Law Library Docid # 2443509
(922) MARUTI VENKAPPA BALANNAVAR, SINCE DECEASED BY HIS LRS. Vs. PRATAPRAO SULTANRAO SHINDE[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 28-04-2026 Land Tenures — Inam Land & Regrant Rights — The suit property was originally Sanadi Inam land granted for service — After abolition of Watans, the land vested with the government and was thereafter regranted to the India Law Library Docid # 2443541
(923) VARDHAMAN LENGADE Vs. SITAL S/O. BHARAMAPPA LENGADE[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 28-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 1 Rule 9, 10(2) & Rule 13 — Necessary Party — Suit for partition — Plaintiff claimed a share as the sole son of his deceased father, but failed to implead his mother and sisters, who were also Class-I heirs — The Court held that non-joinder of necessary parties is a defect that can be raised even in appeal and that a suit for partition cannot proceed without all co-sharers India Law Library Docid # 2443542
(924) SUDHA Vs. RAJSAKAR[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (KALABURAGI BENCH)] 28-04-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) and (ib) — Cruelty and Desertion — Divorce — Family Court allowed divorce based on husband's allegations of cruelty and wife's desertion — Appellate Court found lack of corroboration for cruelty allegations and raised concerns about desertion finding due to alleged extramarital relationship of husband. India Law Library Docid # 2443551
(925) JUSTICE SUNANDA BHANDARE FOUNDATION Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-04-2026 Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 — Implementation Monitoring — Nodal Officers — Court expressed displeasure at the delayed appointment of Nodal Officers by various States and Union Territories, deeming inaction as a serious impediment to the functioning of National Law Universities and the implementation India Law Library Docid # 2443193
(926) C. JAYAPRAKASH Vs. BALAN (DIED) THR. LRS. AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 28-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Obstruction Application dismissed by executing court and appeal dismissed by lower appellate court — Appellant is a third-party obstructor claiming title through vendor whose vendor had a charge decree for maintenance — Appellant's claim of independent right and bonafide India Law Library Docid # 2443265
(927) AJEET JAKHAD @ AJEET SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 28-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 307 — Framing of charges — Injuries not dangerous to life — Intention to inflict such injuries is sufficient — Court at the stage of framing charges only needs to ascertain if there is a prima facie case and a strong suspicion, not to meticulously weigh evidence or assess conviction prospects — India Law Library Docid # 2444103
(928) RAJINDER SINGH SODHI Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 28-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 397 — Revision Petition — Factual matrix of the case clearly indicates that the petitioner was convicted for the commission of an offense punishable under Section 409 IPC — Therefore, neither the prosecution of the petitioner was barred by limitation, nor was the petitioner prosecuted India Law Library Docid # 2444104
(929) RAKESH KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 28-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 279 and 304-A — Rash and negligent driving causing death — Revision petition against conviction and sentence — Petitioner contended that evidence was inadequate, contradictory, and failed to establish rash/negligent driving and identity of the driver — Prosecution relied on eye-witnesses, medical evidence, and investigating officer — Court found sufficient evidence to prove India Law Library Docid # 2444105
(930) MANPREET SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 28-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 319 — Summons for additional accused — Exercise of power requires more than a prima facie case — Discretionary and extraordinary power to be exercised sparingly and with caution, only when court is satisfied that some offense has been committed by the person being summoned — Mere mention of a name or some material against a person is not sufficient — Requires strong India Law Library Docid # 2444106
(931) RAM NIWAS Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 28-04-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Section 50 — Compliance of mandatory safeguards — Consent memo — Alterations and corrections in the memo using correction fluid created doubt regarding the accused's voluntary waiver of the right to be searched before a Magistrate or Gazetted Officer — Failure to provide a convincing explanation for these alterations and not obtaining acknowledgment from India Law Library Docid # 2444107
(932) JARNAIL SINGH ALIAS JAILA Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 28-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 307, 379, 34 Indian Penal Code — Conviction and Sentence — Appeals against — Issue of common intention and commission of offence — Evidence on record consisting of complainant's testimony, eye-witness account, medical examination reports, and recovery of weapon — Consistency of evidence supports prosecution case beyond reasonable doubt — Trial India Law Library Docid # 2444108
(933) ISHITA BHARDWAJ AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 28-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 154, 156 and 482 — Abuse of Process of Law — A second FIR cannot be registered for the same offense or incident if the first FIR has already been investigated or a final report has been filed — The registration of a subsequent FIR in such circumstances amounts to an abuse of the India Law Library Docid # 2445122
(934) DINESH KUMAWAT AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 28-04-2026 Suppression of material facts, including the pendency of proceedings before the National Green Tribunal which had not imposed any stay, disentitles a litigant from equitable relief — While courts generally defer to expert regulatory frameworks, intervention becomes necessary when regulatory action dilutes environmental safeguards and threatens fundamental rights under Articles 14 and 21 of the India Law Library Docid # 2445127
(935) RAVINDER KUMAR CHOPRA Vs. STATE C.B.I.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 28-04-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) — Demand and acceptance of illegal gratification — Burden of proof on prosecution — The prosecution must prove the essential ingredients of demand and acceptance of illegal gratification beyond reasonable doubt — Where the evidence of the complainant is inconsistent regarding the amount demanded, lacks corroboration, and is contradicted by other evidence, the prosecution's case is weakened — The court found that the complainant's own t India Law Library Docid # 2442777
(936) DEVI SINGH Vs. STATE[DELHI HIGH COURT] 28-04-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 8 — Offence of accepting gratification to induce public servant — Essential ingredients are acceptance of gratification by accused and that such gratification was to induce a public servant by corrupt or illegal means to perform or India Law Library Docid # 2442778
(937) INHABITANTS OF VILLAGE PARISWANI TEHSIL KAWARHAMA DISTRICT BARAMULLA THROUGH ABDUL REHMAN MALIK AND OTHERS Vs. UT OF J&K THROUGH COMMISSIONER SECRETARY TO REVENUE DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 28-04-2026 Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 — Section 4 — Extraction of minor minerals — Mere ownership of land or past practice of extraction does not confer a vested right to extract minerals — Such activity is subject to a comprehensive statutory regime and requires a valid mineral concession, license, or lease. India Law Library Docid # 2442971
(938) LUXMI SHANKAR TIWARI AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 28-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Jurisdiction — Clean Hands Doctrine — Petitioners failed to approach the court with clean hands due to inconsistent pleadings regarding appointment dates, attempting to mislead the court and authorities. Such conduct disentitles them from seeking discretionary relief. India Law Library Docid # 2443215
(939) M/S. RUNWAY IMPEX AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 28-04-2026 Customs Act, 1962 — Section 129E — Appeal — Pre-deposit requirement — "Entertained" means to "admit to consideration" or "proceed to consider on merits", not merely filing or registration of the appeal — The appellate authority can register a defective appeal, which lacks proof of pre-deposit, and then consider the issue of India Law Library Docid # 2443348
(940) KISHOR BHAGWANDAS SADHWANI, LEGAL HEIRS OF LATE BHAGWANDAS ROCHIRAM SADHWANI Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 28-04-2026 Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 — Section 84C(2) — Restoration of land — Undertaking to restore land to its original position within 90 days — Gujarat Revenue Tribunal (GRT) accepted undertaking and remanded matter to Mamlatdar to initiate proceedings in accordance with rules — The GRT order was based on an undertaking by respondent no.6 to restore the land to its original status, India Law Library Docid # 2443447