(241) SUSHILA SINGH Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 173(4) — Application for direction to register FIR — Maintainability — Revisionist, an elected ward member, filed application seeking direction to register FIR for alleged financial irregularities under MNREGA — Magistrate rejected application — High Court held that while Section 173(4) BNSS provides a remedy to "any person aggrieved," its use is qualified by "may" India Law Library Docid # 2443350
(242) SMT. CHANDRAWATI YADAV AND OTHERS Vs. SRI VIKAS PATHAK AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 27-04-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 and 173 — Claim Petition for compensation arising from road accident — Appeal against award of Claims Tribunal — Maintainability of claim petition — Requirement to implead driver of the offending vehicle — Amendement to Rule 204(7) of U.P — Motor Vehicle Rules, 2011, making it mandatory to implead the driver, is prospective in nature — Claim petition filed in 2009, India Law Library Docid # 2443351
(243) SRI RAJENDRA PRASAD SINGH Vs. M/S. ARCH CONSTRUCTION AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 27-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 16 — Competence-competence doctrine — Arbitral Tribunal has the power to rule on its own jurisdiction, including issues of limitation, even if the High Court appointed the arbitrator under Section 11. India Law Library Docid # 2443352
(244) COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT OF MANAGING COMMITTEE OF HIDAYTUL MUSLAMIN SCHOOL PRAYAGRAJ AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Societies Registration Act, 1860 (Act 1860) — Section 25(1)(d) — Amendment introducing appellate remedy — Retrospective application — Right of appeal is a substantive right, not procedural — It vests when proceedings commence and is governed by law prevailing at that date — New appellate remedy cannot be applied retrospectively to an order passed before the amendment unless expressly stated or implied by necessary India Law Library Docid # 2443353
(245) NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. LEGAL HEIRS OF DECD. HITESH POKIYA AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Liability of Insurance Company — Driver's License — Even if a driver does not hold a specific endorsement for a transport vehicle, the insurance company cannot be exonerated from liability if there's no established nexus between the lack of license and the accident, and if the owner India Law Library Docid # 2443450
(246) KIRIT HIMMATLAL MORVADIYA Vs. MAYANKBHAI JITENDRABHAI JARIWALA AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 43, Rule 1 — Appeal from Order — Temporary injunction — Power of appellate court to interfere — An appellate court should not interfere with the discretion exercised by the trial court in granting or refusing an injunction unless the order is palpably incorrect or unsustainable — The India Law Library Docid # 2443451
(247) LHRS OF DECD. LAXMANSINHJI PRATAPSINHJI DESAI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Gujarat Stamp Act, 1958 — Sections 33, 39(1)(b) and 32A — Demand for deficit stamp duty and penalty — Such demand can only be made after an instrument is impounded under Section 33 or required to be impounded under Section 32A — Deputy Collector, Stamp Duty Valuation, cannot issue demand notices based on India Law Library Docid # 2443452
(248) MR. B.K.DIGANTH Vs. STATE AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Information Technology Act, 2000 — Section 67 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 78(2) and 238(c) — Quashing of proceedings — Allegations of capturing and uploading obscene videos of women on social media — Court found prima facie grounds to proceed with the investigation. India Law Library Docid # 2443510
(249) DIL SHAD Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Karnataka Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act, 1985 — Sections 3(1) and 2 — Detention Order — Vague and lacking specific grounds — Detention order must clearly specify the category of offence under Section 2 and demonstrate the detaining authority's application of mind to the relevant facts. India Law Library Docid # 2443511
(250) AAISHA Vs. HALIMABI[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 27-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 and Order 41 Rule 1 — Appeal Against Decree — An appeal can be filed against a decree, not just a judgment, especially if the decree has not been formally drawn up and the judgment can be treated as a decree for appeal purposes. India Law Library Docid # 2443543
(251) RITLAL RAI @ RITLAL YADAV Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Prisoners Act, 1900 — Section 29(3) and Bihar Prison Manual, 2012, Rule 781(vii) — Power to transfer prisoners — An order passed by the Assistant Inspector General of Prisons, communicating a decision already approved by the Inspector General, does not constitute delegation of power — The Assistant Inspector General acts as a conduit, not as a delegate, in such circumstances — The statutory power lies India Law Library Docid # 2443608
(252) TERRACIS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED (FORMERLY KNOWN AS ECENTRIC DIGITAL LIMITED) Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Administrative Law — Judicial Review — Tender Process — The High Court affirmed that while judicial review applies to government contracts to prevent arbitrariness, it has limitations, focusing on the decision-making process rather than the merits of the decision — The government's right to refuse even the lowest tender India Law Library Docid # 2443770
(253) UNION OF INDIA Vs. FIROZ KHAN[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Administrative Law — Judicial Review — High Court's power to review administrative decisions is limited to errors apparent on the face of the order, lack of jurisdiction, or perversity, and not merely disagreeing with the reasoning. India Law Library Docid # 2443771
(254) PARAVADA SIMHACHALAM AND OTHERS Vs. TAMARNA SRIRAMURTHY[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 26-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 100 — Second Appeal — High Court's power to interfere with findings of fact — The High Court cannot substitute its opinion for that of the First Appellate Court unless the findings are vitiated in law, based on inadmissible or no evidence, or contrary to mandatory provisions — The High Court generally does not interfere with concurrent findings of fact by the lower India Law Library Docid # 2443167
(255) JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY KAKINADA (JNTUK) Vs. THE PRINCIAPL COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL TAX AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 26-04-2026 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 7 and 9 — Scope of Supply and Levy — Affiliation and No Objection Certificate (NOC) fees collected by State Universities — Fees are not taxable under GST as they are statutory functions and not business activities — The universities established by State Legislature are distinct India Law Library Docid # 2443169
(256) K.G. LAXMIDEVI Vs. HAMPAMMA SINCE DEAD REPRESENTED BY HER LR’S.[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 25-04-2026 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Sections 54 and Validity of Sale Deed — For a transaction to be a sale under Section 54, it must be for a price paid or promised — A sale deed executed without any consideration or promise of payment is void and does not transfer ownership. India Law Library Docid # 2443544
(257) SHAHID AHMED AND OTHER Vs. UT OF J&K TH. SHO POLICE STATION GOOL[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 24-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail Application — Offences under Sections 376-D, 34, 506 IPC — Court can only check for existence of evidence, not appreciate it — Appreciation of evidence is for the trial court — Discretionary relief of bail should not be granted as a matter of course India Law Library Docid # 2442781
(258) ALTAF AHMAD WAZA Vs. U T OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 24-04-2026 Preventive Detention — Challenge at Pre-Execution Stage — A detention order can be challenged before execution on grounds other than sufficiency of material for the detention, such as failure to execute the order for a considerable period, which raises doubts about the detaining authority's subjective satisfaction and can render the order unsustainable India Law Library Docid # 2442782
(259) NIKHIL KOL Vs. UNION BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Compassionate Appointment — Rejection of claim based on “unsatisfactory service record” of deceased employee held arbitrary and legally unsustainable as the compassionate appointment scheme did not contain any such exclusionary provision — The rejection order was non-speaking and lacked adherence to the policy. India Law Library Docid # 2442785
(260) M/S MARSHAL TRADERS Vs. J&K PROJECT CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 24-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6) — Appointment of Arbitrator — Referral Court's power is limited to examining the existence and validity of an arbitration agreement and may decline reference only if claims are ex-facie time-barred or non-arbitrable with no doubt of doubt — Any intricacy in evidentiary India Law Library Docid # 2442972