(941) SAVE MON REGION FEDERATION AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14 — Public power, allocation of public resources, award of public contracts, execution of public works — State bound to act transparently, fairly, and consistently with equality — Process must withstand objective scrutiny and be free from arbitrariness, favouritism, or undisclosed conflicts India Law Library Docid # 2441871
(942) M/S. PIAGGIO VEHICLES PVT. LTD. Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-04-2026 Industrial Plot Allotment — Conditions of Lease Deed — Strict compliance required — Lessee's failure to commence construction and production within stipulated periods — Justification of delay due to scaling up facilities at another unit — Not accepted as valid excuse. India Law Library Docid # 2441872
(943) DR. S. BALAGOPAL Vs. STATE OF TAMIL NADU AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Medical negligence — Consent for surgery — Allegation of interpolation in consent form for Orchidectomy — Medical Board's opinion that Orchidectomy was an appropriate procedure in cases of undescended testicle and that consent should have been obtained — No evidence of interpolation in consent form India Law Library Docid # 2441873
(944) SIVAKUMAR Vs. STATE REP. BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 294(b) — Conviction for uttering obscene words — Held, mere use of the word "bastard" is not sufficient to constitute obscenity, especially in heated conversations during the modern era — Conviction under Section 294(b) IPC is not sustainable and is liable to be set aside. India Law Library Docid # 2441874
(945) JAY PRAKASH YADAV Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374 — Appeal against dismissal of criminal appeal by High Court — Conviction under Section 302 IPC and Section 27 Arms Act — Prosecution case based entirely on circumstantial evidence — No eyewitnesses — Reliability of prosecution witnesses critically examined — Admission by key witness regarding darkness and identification by voice only, India Law Library Docid # 2441875
(946) ALOK PANDA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND ANOTHER[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Amicable settlement between parties — High Court's inherent power to quash proceedings under Section 482 Cr.P.C — is distinct from power of compounding under Section 320 Cr.P.C — Power can be invoked to secure ends of India Law Library Docid # 2441876
(947) IDEL SK @ GABA SK AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANOTHER[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 156(3) — Affidavit requirement — Failure to support application under Section 156(3) with a mandatory affidavit, as required by the Supreme Court in Priyanka Srivastava v — State of U.P., renders the Magistrate's direction to register an FIR jurisdictionally flawed — However, if a charge sheet has already been filed following an investigation, this India Law Library Docid # 2441877
(948) BAIDYANATH MANDAL @ BAIJNATH MANDAL Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 325/34 — Conviction for voluntarily causing grievous hurt — Grievous injury not proved beyond reasonable doubt — Opinion of doctor based on X-ray report which was conducted about one month after the incident, X-ray plate did not reveal it was of the victim, and the person who conducted X-ray was not examined and was not a radiologist — Conviction under India Law Library Docid # 2441878
(949) CHAUDHARY BHAGUBHAI MANSANGBHAI Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Pre-Conception & Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 (PC&PNDT Act) — Section 28(1) & (2) — Cognizance of offences — Trial of offences — Court can take cognizance of offence under PC&PNDT Act only on a complaint made by the appropriate authority or authorized officer — Offences are triable by Metropolitan Magistrate or Judicial Magistrate First Class. India Law Library Docid # 2441879
(950) BRIJMOHAN AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN, THROUGH PUBLIC PROSECUTOR.[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 06-04-2026 Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 430 — Application for suspension of sentence — Applicants convicted and sentenced for various offences including Sections 148, 341, 323/149, 324/149, 307/149, 302/149 IPC and Arms Act — Allegations involve assault resulting in death and dangerous injuries — Trial Court convicted based on cogent material including injured eyewitness testimony and FSL India Law Library Docid # 2441880
(951) NAVEESH KUMAR Vs. MANJU BHASIN AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 — Section 13 — Grounds for eviction — Non-payment of rent — Bonafide requirement — Unfit and unsafe premises — Subletting — Tenant admitted payment of rent only up to December 1990, occupying premises for 25 years without payment, justifying eviction on this ground alone. India Law Library Docid # 2442493
(952) BHUSHAN LAL Vs. AMIT KUMAR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Landlord and Tenant — Subletting — Rent Control Act — Proof of Tenancy — Where a rent note clearly states "Madan Lal" as the tenant, and the signatures on the note belong to Bhushan Lal, coupled with Bhushan Lal's admission that he might have signed on behalf of his brother Madan Lal, and that Madan Lal used to visit the shop, it establishes Madan Lal as the original tenant — If Bhushan Lal is later found India Law Library Docid # 2442494
(953) PURAN MAL Vs. SHRI GAUSHALLA REGD. MAHENDERGARH AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Scope of Interference — High Court's power in second appeal is limited to questions of law and not to re-assess findings of fact — Even if the factual findings of lower courts are erroneous, the High Court cannot interfere on that ground alone — The jurisdiction is restricted to substantial errors in procedure or law. India Law Library Docid # 2442495
(954) GURPREET SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. NAGAR COUNCIL, SUNAM[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Adverse Possession — Claim against Public Property — Burden of Proof — A claim for adverse possession, especially against government or public property, requires strict proof — Mere long possession or vague claims are insufficient — The claimant must provide clear, convincing evidence proving all elements of adverse possession — actual, open, continuous, hostile possession known to the true owner, India Law Library Docid # 2442496
(955) LAXMIKANT SAHU Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Principles of Natural Justice — Violation of — Cancellation of appointment after more than four years of service and subsequent regularization, without issuing a show cause notice or conducting an enquiry, is illegal and unsustainable, as it carries serious civil consequences and violates the principles of natural justice, including the right to a hearing. India Law Library Docid # 2442498
(956) PIYUSH MISHRA AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Res Judicata — Application to Writ Petitions — The principle of res judicata applies to writ petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution — Once an issue is finally decided between the same parties, it cannot be re-litigated in a subsequent petition. India Law Library Docid # 2442499
(957) K.P. VERMA Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Registration Act, 1908 — Section 31 Proviso — Registration at private residence — Registering Officer can attend at a person's residence for registration if special cause is shown — Such decision is based on the subjective satisfaction of the officer and is an enabling provision. India Law Library Docid # 2442500
(958) SANTOSH @ GOLU SRIVAS Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 32(1) — Dying Declaration — Admissibility and Reliability — A dying declaration, if found to be authentic and inspiring confidence in the court, can be the sole basis for conviction without the need for corroboration. India Law Library Docid # 2442501
(959) NEERAJ PRASAD AND OTHERS Vs. SMT. GAURI PRASAD AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of Plaint — Court must consider only averments in plaint, not defence — Rejection impermissible if any claimed relief falls within civil court jurisdiction — SARFAESI Act, 2002 — Section 34 — Jurisdiction of DRT is limited; civil court jurisdiction not barred for India Law Library Docid # 2442502
(960) ANUJ KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 06-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 397, 401 — Revisional Jurisdiction — Scope of — Revisional court should not substitute its own view for that of the trial court unless there is perversity or patent illegality in the trial court's order — Revisional court's order was set aside for failing to indicate any perversity or illegality in the discharge order, and for its lack of independent analysis of the material. India Law Library Docid # 2442663