(461) STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH Vs. PRAKASH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 17-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 306 and 107 — Abetment of suicide — Prosecution must establish essential ingredients of abetment, including instigation, conspiracy, or intentional aiding, with clear mens rea — Mere threats or beatings do not constitute instigation for suicide India Law Library Docid # 2442898
(462) UNION OF INDIA Vs. M/S. S.K.B. (P) LTD.[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 17-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34(3) — Limitation — Application to set aside arbitral award must be filed within three months from receipt of award, with a further grace period of thirty days upon showing sufficient cause. India Law Library Docid # 2442899
(463) AIJAZ AHMAD DAR Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 17-04-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 37 and 8/15/29 — Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 407, 120-B, 468, 472, 420, 109 — Grant of Bail — Commercial QuantityNarcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 37 — Grant of Bail — Commercial Quantity — While Section 37 of the NDPS Act imposes additional conditions for granting bail in cases involving commercial quantities, it is not an absolute bar — The Court must be satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to b India Law Library Docid # 2443111
(464) PIONEER SPINNING & WEAVING MILLS LTD. Vs. TRANSMISSION CORPORATION OF A.P. LTD. AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 17-04-2026 Electricity Act, 2003 — Supply of Electricity — Voltage Surcharge — Clubbing of Contracted Demand with other sources — A provision that combines electricity contracted with the main supplier and electricity from other sources (like solar, wind, or mini-hydel) to determine voltage for supply and voltage surcharge is not legally tenable when the actual recorded demand does not exceed the limit for the existing voltage — India Law Library Docid # 2443129
(465) G. PREMKUMAR Vs. RAMA MOHANA RAO[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 17-04-2026 Succession Act, 1925 — Section 63(c) — Will execution and attestation — Requirements for valid attestation include seeing the testator sign or receiving acknowledgement, and witnesses signing in the testator's presence — Crucially, multiple witnesses need not be present at the same time — The evidence of one India Law Library Docid # 2443280
(466) BOARD OF DIRECTOR/ APPELLATE AUTHORITY AND OTHERS Vs. S. SELVA MUTHU PANDIYAN[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 17-04-2026 Service Law — Misconduct in Official Capacity — A Branch Manager of a Grama Bank was dismissed for alleged irregularities in granting loans to Self-Help Groups, including violating norms, misutilizing loan proceeds, and engaging middlemen — The charges involved sanctioning loans despite previous ones being overdue, facilitating loans to a specific individual and her family, and failing to ensure proper India Law Library Docid # 2443281
(467) P.MEGALARANI AND OTHERS Vs. RAJAGOPALAN (DIED) AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 17-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 31; Indian Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 68; Succession Act, 1925 — Section 63 — Will — Proof of — Lower appellate court erred by raising the issue of suspicious circumstances which was not pleaded or suggested during cross-examination — The decision should be India Law Library Docid # 2443291
(468) NAGAPUR RAMULU Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF PANCHAYAT RAJ AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT, HYDERABAD AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 17-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 12 — Definition of 'State' — Writ petition maintainability — Respondent Federation's status — The Court held that the respondent-Federation, due to government shareholding, control, appointment of Managing Director by the State government, deputation of employees between Federation and government, and its public duty of providing credit to Self Help India Law Library Docid # 2443406
(469) N.LAXMA REDDY Vs. A.INDRASENA REDDY AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 17-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(a) and (d) — Rejection of plaint — Trial court erred in considering written statement and revenue records while adjudicating application under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC — For deciding such application, court must confine itself to averments in plaint and documents forming part thereof — Defence set up by defendants and extraneous material are irrelevant at India Law Library Docid # 2443409
(470) TEJAL TUSHAR SHAH Vs. GOKULDAS VALLAVDAS SHAH AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 17-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(d) — Rejection of plaint — Court must consider only averments in plaint and supporting documents, not defense or supporting documents. India Law Library Docid # 2443472
(471) SRI. RAMESH N Vs. SMT. RAKSHA M @ SHRUTHI[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 17-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125 — Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 24 — Maintenance — Wife’s claim for interim maintenance and final maintenance — Court considered both claims and determined primacy of final adjudication over interim orders — Interim maintenance granted under the Hindu Marriage Act was set aside in light of final maintenance awarded under Section 125 India Law Library Docid # 2443523
(472) THRESI EMMANUEL RAMAPURAM Vs. MATHEN THOMAS THOPPIL[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 17-04-2026 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Section 7(1) and Section 27; Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 — Section 12; Indian Divorce Act, 1869 — Section 36 — Interim maintenance and educational expenses — High Court can modify Family Court's order on maintenance if it is not proportionate, unjust or unsustainable, considering both dependents’ needs and husband’s financial capacity. India Law Library Docid # 2443524
(473) SMT. RATHNA P Vs. SRI. CHIKKAMANCHAIAH S.M.[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 17-04-2026 Special Marriage Act, 1954 — Section 27 — Divorce Proceedings — Maintainability — A petition for divorce under Section 27 of the Special Marriage Act does not require the marriage to be registered under the Act for it to be maintainable. India Law Library Docid # 2443525
(474) MR. PRAKASH MURIGEPPA Vs. MRS. SHWETHA WALVEKAR[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 17-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Supervisory jurisdiction — High Court can interfere with lower court orders only in cases of jurisdictional error or patent illegality, not to reappreciate evidence or substitute its own view for that of the lower court India Law Library Docid # 2443526
(475) SHRI. SWAMI VIVEKANANDA EDUCATION SOCIETY, HALIYAL Vs. SHRI. TULJA BHAVANI SOCIAL EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE TRUST[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 17-04-2026 Karnataka Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1958 — Section 41(2) and Section 29 — Suits for possession — Relationship between parties — Plaintiff's claim of licensor-licensee relationship based on Gift Deed and revenue entries was accepted by the lower courts — However, the court held that Section 41 of the Act, 1958, which applies to landlord-tenant relationships, was incorrectly applied — For suits for India Law Library Docid # 2443547
(476) NARESH PRASAD KANU @ NARESH SAH Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 17-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 372 — Appeal against acquittal — High Court’s power to interfere — Unless the trial court's finding is palpably perverse or illegal, the appellate court should not interfere to reverse an acquittal. India Law Library Docid # 2443610
(477) THE UNION OF INDIA Vs. (DR.) RAJESH KUMAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 17-04-2026 Letters Patent Appeal — New Pleas — Appellate courts generally do not permit new pleas involving questions of fact or mixed questions of fact and law to be raised for the first time, unless such pleas go to the root of the matter and involve a pure question of law — Parties are bound by their pleadings, and adjudication typically occurs on issues presented in those pleadings. India Law Library Docid # 2443611
(478) HEMATI KUMARI @ HEMANTI KUMARI @ AARTI DEVI Vs. HEMLATA DEVI[PATNA HIGH COURT] 17-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 47 Rule 1 and Section 114 — Review of Judgment — A review is not a routine procedure and is to be reluctantly resorted to only for glaring omissions or patent mistakes — It's not an appeal in disguise. India Law Library Docid # 2443690
(479) NARESH PRASAD KANU @ NARESH SAH Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 17-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 372 — Appeal against acquittal — High Court’s power to interfere — Unless the trial court's finding is palpably perverse or illegal, the appellate court should not interfere to reverse an acquittal. India Law Library Docid # 2443691
(480) SHRI RAVI TAMANG Vs. STATE OF SIKKIM AND OTHERS[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 17-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14 and 16 — Equality and Equal Opportunity — Persons with Disabilities — Sub-classification within the category of "Blindness and Low Vision" in public employment is essential to achieve substantive equality, as treating individuals with inherently unequal functional capacities on the same footing amounts to treating unequals as equals, thereby undermining India Law Library Docid # 2443711