(341) PARASH NATH SHARMA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 467, 468, 471, 420, 120B — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) — Defalcation and misappropriation of government funds in canal repair works — False measurement entries and inflated bills — Conviction and sentence of public servants — Affirmation India Law Library Docid # 2443679
(342) RAJENDRA PRASAD Vs. COMPTROLLER & AUDITOR GENERAL OF INDIA AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Central Administrative Tribunal — Dismissal of Original Application — High Court's power of judicial review under Article 226 limited to illegality, perversity, or error apparent on the face of the order. India Law Library Docid # 2443699
(343) TARSIUS SORANG AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 302 read with Section 34 — Conviction for murder and rigorous imprisonment for life — Appeal against — High Court found material contradictions in witness testimonies and lack of corroboration for alleged eye-witness accounts — Witnesses declared hostile and their evidence not inspiring confidence — India Law Library Docid # 2443700
(344) DEVYANI KAMAL PRATAP @ DEVYANI Vs. KAMAL PRATAP[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(i-a) — Divorce on grounds of cruelty — Wife's appeal against divorce decree dismissed, while Husband's appeal against alimony amount allowed partially — Court found husband proved cruelty by wife, justifying divorce. India Law Library Docid # 2443701
(345) UNION OF INDIA Vs. M/S MAHABIR PRASAD AGARWAL[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Challenge to arbitral award — Appeal against Commercial Court’s refusal to set aside award — Court’s scope of inquiry is limited to parameters under Section 34, not to re-appreciate evidence like a normal appellate court. India Law Library Docid # 2443707
(346) KANAK DURGA THAKURANI AND OTHERS Vs. UMESH CHANDRA MOHAPATRA (SINCE DEAD) NIRUPAMA MOHAPATRA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Orissa Consolidation of Holdings and Prevention of Fragmentation of Land Act, 1972 — Sections 12 and 37 — Revisionary powers — An order passed under Section 9(3) of the Act not appealed against attains finality — If statutory remedy of appeal is bypassed and a revision is filed, the revisional proceeding may not be maintainable India Law Library Docid # 2443816
(347) SUBASH MOHAPATRA Vs. STATE OF ODISHA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 319(2), 318(4), 336(2), 340(2) — Bail application — Petitioner impersonated as a lawyer, conducted election petition using another person's enrollment number — FIR lodged based on court direction — Serious allegations of fraud on the court and crime against society. India Law Library Docid # 2443817
(348) JASBIR SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. UDHAM SINGH THROUGH LRS. AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of Plaint — Applications for amendment of plaint seeking to add alternative relief of possession were dismissed by the Trial Court — Held that the original suit was for declaration of ownership and possession, and an attempt to add a prayer for possession would India Law Library Docid # 2443914
(349) RAKESH KUMAR Vs. KEWAL KRISHAN AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Execution Proceedings — Objections by Petitioner — Dismissal of Objections — Petitioner argued that undertaking given by counsel before Supreme Court was without instructions — However, Supreme Court judgments establish that wilful breach of an undertaking given by counsel on behalf of a client India Law Library Docid # 2443915
(350) KULDEEP SINGH Vs. BALWINDER SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 21 Rule 22 and Order 21 Rule 32 — Execution of Decree — Notice requirement — Order 21 Rule 22 CPC mandates notice for execution applications filed after two years, but this rule is not applicable to injunction decrees, for which Order 21 Rule 32 CPC is the relevant provision. [Paras India Law Library Docid # 2443916
(351) JAGWINDER SINGH @ JOGINDER SINGH Vs. RAMANDEEP KHIMAREET KAUR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Will — Proof of — Onus on propounder — Must be proved as per Section 63 of Indian Succession Act, 1925 and Section 68 of Indian Evidence Act, 1872 — Suspicious circumstances surrounding execution require propounder to remove all legitimate doubts. India Law Library Docid # 2443917
(352) JAGIR SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. DALIP SINGH (DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Succession Act, 1925 — Section 63 — Will — Execution — Attesting witnesses did not see testator affix thumb impression, nor received personal acknowledgment — Due execution not proved. India Law Library Docid # 2443918
(353) MANJU Vs. GAUSHALA FAZILKA THROUGH ITS PRESIDENT AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Pleadings — Adverse Possession — A claim for adverse possession must be supported by precise averments detailing the commencement date and nature of hostile occupation — Evidence cannot fill the gaps in pleadings. India Law Library Docid # 2443919
(354) MUNICIPAL COPORATION LUDHAINA Vs. RAJ RANI (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH HER LRS AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 — Sections 103 and 149 — House Tax Assessment — Challenge to demand on grounds of illegality, arbitrariness, and violation of natural justice — Civil Court’s jurisdiction — While Section 149 bars challenges to valuation and assessment except as provided by the Act, Civil Court India Law Library Docid # 2443920
(355) SURESH KUMAR Vs. DISTRICT INDUSTRIAL CENTRE AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 11 — Res Judicata — The plaintiff's earlier suit seeking permanent injunction against defendant No — 2, claiming to be a tenant over the suit land, was dismissed — This dismissal, along with the dismissal of his appeal, attained finality — Consequently, the plaintiff was barred from filing a India Law Library Docid # 2443921
(356) BRAHMA RAM Vs. KAMLA DEVI AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 35 — Admissibility of public official’s record — Entry made by a public official in the discharge of official duties is per se admissible. India Law Library Docid # 2444252
(357) SURINDER SHARMA AND OTHERS Vs. PARVEEN KALIA AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 500 and 120B — Quashing of criminal complaint — Allegations of defamation and criminal conspiracy — Whether a joint complaint is maintainable — Held, a joint complaint is maintainable if the cause of action is similar India Law Library Docid # 2444253
(358) OM-CHEEVA BUSINESS (INDIA) LLP AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S. GOEL MOTORS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque issued as security — A cheque issued as security for a financial transaction is not always a worthless piece of paper and can attract an offence under Section 138 of the Act if dishonoured under certain circumstances. India Law Library Docid # 2444254
(359) LAL SINGH CHOUHAN Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Administrative Law — Judicial Review — Suspension Order — Validity of — Suspension order must be based on statutory provision — The impugned suspension order was passed by the District Education Officer, who was not the appointing authority and lacked the competence to pass such an order under Rule 13 of the India Law Library Docid # 2444703
(360) SQN. LDR.C. SINGH (RETD.) Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007 — Section 14 — Writ Petition — Jurisdiction of High Court — High Court can interfere with the orders of the Armed Forces Tribunal if the Tribunal has misinterpreted the law or if there is an error in its reasoning or if it has failed to consider crucial evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2444704