(241) ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. RADHA KRISHAN AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-05-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeal against award of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Challenge to quantum of compensation — Appellant Insurance Company seeking reduction in awarded amount. India Law Library Docid # 2444186
(242) SANJEEV KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-05-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 7-A — Quashing of FIR — Petitioner not a public servant — No evidence of demand by public servant — No allegation of petitioner attempting to induce public servant by corrupt means — Mere recovery of India Law Library Docid # 2444187
(243) ABHIMANYU SINGH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 20-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Cancellation of Bail — High Court's power to interfere — A superior court can cancel bail if the order granting bail is perverse, arbitrary, or made without considering material evidence and established bail principles, even if cancellation generally requires overwhelming circumstances. [Paras 5, 8, India Law Library Docid # 2445050
(244) GAINWELL SECURITY PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 20-05-2026 Rajasthan Township Policy, 2025, Clause 1.7 Note — Applicability to pending applications — A note in a policy stating that applications with orders under Section 90-A/90-B prior to the new policy's notification, but without approved layout plans, "can be approved" by the local body as per the old policy within six months, should be interpreted as "shall be approved" — This prevents arbitrary application of the new India Law Library Docid # 2444739
(245) M/S GIRI TRANSPORT COMPANY Vs. THE APPELLATE AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE RULING AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 20-05-2026 Goods and Services Tax (GST) — Advance Ruling — Appeals — Time Limit — Section 101(2) of Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act (RGST Act) mandates that orders on appeal should be passed within 90 days, but the word "shall" is directory, not mandatory, as its strict interpretation would extinguish the right of appeal and no penal consequence is provided for delay. India Law Library Docid # 2444740
(246) VIRENDER KUMAR Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 20-05-2026 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 134 — Testimony of a single witness — Court can convict based on the testimony of a single witness if wholly reliable — Quality of evidence is material, not quantity. India Law Library Docid # 2444741
(247) SHEKHAR KAKASAHEB JAGTAP AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 20-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482, Supreme Court Rules, 2013 (SLP Criminal) No.17480 of 2025, Article 226 of Constitution of India, 1950 — Quashing of FIR/Criminal Proceedings — High Court's duty to examine allegations with greater care when proceedings are claimed to be frivolous, vexatious, or malicious — India Law Library Docid # 2446939
(248) STATE Vs. SHRI SHIVANAND FAKIRAPPA BACHAGUNDI[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (GOA BENCH)] 20-05-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 19(1)(c) — Sanction to Prosecute — Competent Authority — Trial Court found that sanction was not issued by the competent authority as the Department of Economic Affairs was not aware of the work carried out at MSME-DI, and the Development Commissioner MSME-DI was the controlling and India Law Library Docid # 2446988
(249) RAKHAL BANERJEE Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 19-05-2026 Bail Application — Offences under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) Sections 103(1) (Murder), 238 (Causing disappearance of evidence) and 3(5) (Common intention) — Court considers gravity of allegations, prima facie material, and conduct of applicant during and after the occurrence. India Law Library Docid # 2445118
(250) M/S. DHANVARSHA OIL MILLS PVT. LTD. Vs. M/S. HARI INDUSTRIES (HARI OIL MILL)[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 19-05-2026 Trade Marks Act, 1999 — Sections 2(1)(h), 2(1)(zb), 28, 29, 31 — Infringement and Passing Off — Plaintiff must prove prior use, continuous use, and goodwill and reputation — Mere registration of a trademark is not conclusive proof of rights without actual use. India Law Library Docid # 2445051
(251) VEER SINGH ALIAS BUNTY AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 19-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374(2) — Appeal against conviction — Conviction under Sections 343 and 376D IPC — Prosecutrix's testimony was self-contradictory and lacked corroboration from medical, scientific, or circumstantial evidence — Delay in lodging FIR — Contemporaneous statement of prosecutrix, recorded immediately upon recovery, materially contradicted the India Law Library Docid # 2444742
(252) MAHENDRA KUMAR Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 19-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 156(3) and Section 197 — Direction for FIR registration and investigation — Sanction for prosecution — Mandatory requirement — Plea that sanction under Section 197 Cr.P.C — is required before directing FIR registration under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C — is erroneous — Section 197 Cr.P.C — protection applies at the stage of taking cognizance, not at the India Law Library Docid # 2444743
(253) STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS Vs. CHANDRA PAL SINGH AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 19-05-2026 Service Law — Termination of Services — Fraudulent Appointment — Once it is established that a person secured employment by committing fraud or submitting forged documents, such appointment is void ab initio and no legal rights accrue to the employee, including protection under Article 311 of the Constitution or service rules India Law Library Docid # 2444744
(254) HIND OFFSHORE PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. OCS SERVICES (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 19-05-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 37(2)(a) and Section 16 — Appealable Orders — Rejection of impleadment application — A challenge against an Arbitral Tribunal's order rejecting a plea to implead a third party is maintainable under Section 37(2)(a) if the plea accepted by the Tribunal relates to its jurisdiction over the India Law Library Docid # 2446938
(255) JASBIR KAUR Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 18-05-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985 — Section 36A(4) — Default Bail — Right to default bail accrues to an accused if the investigation is not completed within 180 days — Extension of this period requires a report from the Public Prosecutor detailing the progress of investigation and specific reasons for India Law Library Docid # 2443894
(256) UNION OF INDIA Vs. USHA SINGLA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 18-05-2026 Railways Act, 1989 — Section 124 — Compensation for untoward incident — Bomb blast in a passenger train causing death constitutes an 'accident' within the meaning of Section 124, making the railway administration liable to pay compensation, irrespective of any wrongful act or neglect on their part. India Law Library Docid # 2443895
(257) SATYA DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. TARSEM SINGH (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS. AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 18-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 32 Rule 15 — Suits by persons of unsound mind — For a suit filed through a next friend claiming the plaintiff is of unsound mind, the court must either have the person previously adjudged of unsound mind or conduct an inquiry to determine their incapacity to protect their own interests due India Law Library Docid # 2444244
(258) DARSHAN SINGH Vs. SADH RAM (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 18-05-2026 Contract Law — Specific Performance — Agreement to Sell Immovable Property — Time as Essence of Contract — In contracts for sale of immovable property, time is generally not considered the essence unless specifically stated in unequivocal language — Even if a time period is fixed, it is presumed to be within a reasonable time — While previous judicial pronouncements leaned towards time not being of the essence, the India Law Library Docid # 2444245
(259) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Vs. RAHUL MALHOTRA[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 18-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304-AA — Offence of causing death or injury by driving a public service vehicle while in a state of intoxication — Ingredients — Proof of intoxication — For an offence under Section 304-AA IPC, prosecution must prove that the driver was in a state of intoxication while driving a public service vehicle, and as a India Law Library Docid # 2444246
(260) CHOTULAL LABANA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 18-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — Appreciation of evidence — In cases of circumstantial evidence, appellate courts should exercise extreme caution before reversing an acquittal, as the presumption of innocence and benefit of doubt should not be lightly set aside — Interference is India Law Library Docid # 2444695