(301) PARKASH CHAND AND OTHERS Vs. KARTAR CHAND AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 and Punjab Courts Act, 1918 — Section 41 — Regular Second Appeal — Treated as appeal under Section 41 of Punjab Courts Act, 1918, not Section 100 CPC — No question of law required to be framed. India Law Library Docid # 2443904
(302) SARDARI LAL Vs. BUTA RAM (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Specific Performance — Agreement to Sell — Plaintiff sought possession by way of specific performance of an agreement to sell — The defendant denied execution and claimed fraud and alteration of the document. India Law Library Docid # 2443905
(303) RAJWANT KAUR @ RAJ Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 306 — Abetment of Suicide — Petitioners filed a revision petition challenging the order framing charges under Section 306 IPC — Delay in filing revision petition condoned — The court considered the definition of abetment and the essential ingredients for constituting the offense of abetment of suicide — It was held that a mere allegation of India Law Library Docid # 2443906
(304) RAMESH CHAUHAN Vs. STATE OF H.P. AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Service Law — Premature Retirement — Withdrawal of Resignation — An employee has a right to withdraw a prospective resignation at any time before it becomes effective, i.e., before it operates to terminate the employment or tenure of office, unless there is a legal, contractual, or constitutional bar. India Law Library Docid # 2444247
(305) DR. TILAK RAJ SHARMA Vs. STATE OF H.P. AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent powers of High Court — Quashing of criminal proceedings — High Court can quash proceedings if allowing them to continue would be an abuse of the process of the Court or if the ends of justice require it. India Law Library Docid # 2444248
(306) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Vs. DESH RAJ[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Section 20 — Appeal against acquittal — Trial Court acquitted respondent of charge under Section 20 of NDPS Act — Prosecution failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt — Numerous contradictions and discrepancies in evidence of police officials, including the India Law Library Docid # 2444249
(307) RAM LAL Vs. SMT. REETA DEVI AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125(3) — Imprisonment for non-payment of maintenance — Magistrate's power to sentence — The provision allows for imprisonment up to one month for each month of default, or until payment is made sooner — The total period of imprisonment in a single instance cannot exceed one India Law Library Docid # 2444250
(308) ASHOK KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF H.P.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 173 — Acceptance of closure report — Notice to informant — When police file a report stating no offence is made out, Magistrate must provide the informant an opportunity to be heard before accepting the report and dropping proceedings — This ensures the informant can persuade the India Law Library Docid # 2444251
(309) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. SMT SEEMA JAKHAR[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439(2) — Cancellation of Bail — Appeal against order by Co-ordinate Bench — Order granting bail can be revoked if it is perverse or illegal — Cancellation of bail requires violation of conditions, misuse of liberty, tampering with evidence, or influencing witnesses — State's application for cancellation solely based on re-evaluation of gravity of charge, without India Law Library Docid # 2444696
(310) SANDEEP SINGH Vs. BABITA YADAV AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of Plaint — Court is confined to averments in plaint, not defence — Plaint must be read as a whole for meaningful interpretation — Defence cannot be considered for rejection of plaint India Law Library Docid # 2444697
(311) HANUMAN RAM AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Indian Railway Establishment Manual (IREM) — Volume I, Paragraph 303 — Determination of inter se seniority — Applicability of batch-wise seniority — Court held that Paragraph 303 of IREM, Volume-I, is designed for situations with two or more distinct and separate batches — In the present case, there was a single batch of India Law Library Docid # 2444698
(312) TEHRI HYDRO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD. Vs. SMT. ARCHANA SHUKLA AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Sections 18, 4(1), 6 and 17 — Compensation — Market Value — Sale Acts — Deduction — The Reference Court reduced the deduction from 50% to 30% without providing adequate reasons or relying on evidence, which was challenged by the appellant. India Law Library Docid # 2445154
(313) BHILAI ENGINEERING CORPORATION LIMITED Vs. STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LIMITED[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Jurisdiction — Rejection of Tender — Petitioner sought to quash a letter rejecting its representation, which led to disqualification from a tender due to an advisory regarding unsatisfactory past performance — The Court considered the discretion exercised by the respondent in disqualifying the petitioner based on inter-departmental advice, the procedure India Law Library Docid # 2443743
(314) NARODE CHAITALI TRYMBAK Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Rules, 2001 — Removal from service — Disciplinary proceedings — Judicial review — Scope of interference by High Court — High Court will not interfere with disciplinary proceedings unless there is a violation of principles of natural justice, perverse findings, procedural illegality, or shockingly disproportionate punishment. India Law Library Docid # 2443744
(315) NASIR AHMAD AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 148 and 302, 307, 149 — Conviction and sentence challenged — Two parts of incident — Quarrel in cinema hall, fight in basement — Hostile public witness (torchman PW-6/Dayanand) denying quarrel in hall — Lack of corroboration for initial quarrel — Conflicting identifications by eye-witnesses of persons involved in initial quarrel — Darkness in hall during quarrel and basement at midnight making India Law Library Docid # 2443745
(316) SANDEEP JAIN Vs. KULDEEP AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 17-B — Payment of wages to workman pending proceedings in High Court — Section 17-B is a beneficial provision to provide monetary protection to a workman during the pendency of proceedings challenging an award of reinstatement — It aims to balance the employer’s right to challenge an award with the workman’s right to subsistence during prolonged litigation. India Law Library Docid # 2443746
(317) SHRI RAJENDER KUMAR SHARMA Vs. SHRI HARI KRISHAN AGGARWAL[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 (DRC Act) — Section 1(2) and Section 50 — Applicability of Act to urbanized areas — Suit for possession barred by Section 50 DRC Act — Property located in Shahdara zone notified as urbanized in 1954 — Delhi Rent Control Act came into force in 1959 — Schedule 1(2) of DRC Act included Municipal Committee, Delhi-Shahdara from its commencement — No subsequent notification required for areas already covered at commencement of Act — India Law Library Docid # 2443747
(318) TRIMURTI FILMS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. B62 STUDIOS PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Copyright — Infringement — Interim injunction — Plaintiff sought interim injunction to restrain defendants from infringing copyright in song 'Tirchi Topiwale' from film 'Tridev' — Plaintiff alleged defendants incorporated original and remixed version in their film 'Dhurandhar: The Revenge' — Court considered agreement dated 30.06.1988 between plaintiff India Law Library Docid # 2443748
(319) KARTIK Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (PoCSO Act) — Sections 5(j)(ii), 5(l) and 6 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 376(2)(n) and 174A — Age of victim — Proof of minority — For attracting PoCSO Act, prosecution must prove victim was below 18 years — Certificate issued by school principal to investigating officer, based on affidavit by victim's mother, is inadmissible as evidence as it is hit India Law Library Docid # 2443749
(320) AMBE PLYWOODS PVT. LTD. AND ANOTHER Vs. THE OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER, KOLKATA THIKA TENANCY AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 West Bengal Land Reforms and Tenancy Tribunal Act, 1997 — Sections 6, 7, 8 and 2(r) — Calcutta Thika Tenancy (Acquisition and Regulation) Act, 2001 — Section 5(3) — Jurisdiction of High Court versus West Bengal Land Reforms and Tenancy Tribunal (WBLRTT) — The 1997 Act, enacted pursuant to Article 323B of the Constitution, vests jurisdiction over matters relating to land reforms and specified India Law Library Docid # 2443779