(581) NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. BADAMI DEVI AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Road accident — Negligence — Appeal against award — Contention that offending vehicle was not named in FIR or driver identified — Held, FIR is not an encyclopaedia of facts — Eye-witness identified the bus and driver during trial and testimony withstood cross-examination — Investigating Officer's statement corroborates claimants' case, including CCTV India Law Library Docid # 2442582
(582) SMT. RAMKANWAR Vs. YADVENDRA SINGH, LEQAL REPRESENTATIVE OF RAWAL RAJESHWAR SINGH AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 10-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 21 Rule 99 and Section 151 — Objections to execution of decree — Petitioner claimed rights as legal heir of original tenant who was not impleaded in suit or subsequent appeals — Court held that original tenant's sons were impleaded and decree against one joint tenant is executable against others — Petitioner's rights as successor did not make her a co-tenant, but a India Law Library Docid # 2442678
(583) KAMLESH AND OTHERS Vs. PAPPU SAINI AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 10-04-2026 Rajasthan Stamp Act, 1998 — Section 35 — Admissibility of insufficiently stamped documents — Bar to admission in evidence is absolute, unless proper duty and penalty are paid — This bar applies even to secondary evidence of a document — Insufficiently stamped document cannot be admitted even in photocopy form as secondary evidence unless stamp duty defect is cured. India Law Library Docid # 2442679
(584) SHRI MAHESH TRIVEDI Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 169 — Service of notices — Mandatory requirement of Document Identification Number (DIN) — The court held that a Reference Number (RFN) appearing on each page of the order, which was verifiable on the GST portal, fulfilled the purpose of a DIN, ensuring traceability and authenticity — The court also noted that the order was communicated through registered post, email, and India Law Library Docid # 2442647
(585) VIJAY MEENA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 8/20, 25 & 29 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 173 — Writ Jurisdiction — Quashing of proceedings — Petitioner sought quashing of charge sheet alleging false implication and fabrication of recovery — Petitioner claimed unlawful detention prior to alleged seizure — Court held that disputes regarding authenticity of seizure and arrest memos, India Law Library Docid # 2442648
(586) DEEPA RAM MEGHWAL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Constitutional Rights Violation & Extra-Constitutional Bodies — Extra-constitutional bodies like "Khap Panchayats" are not recognized by law and have no adjudicatory authority — Their actions, often involving social boycotts, forced monetary demands, and suppression of personal choices, directly violate fundamental rights guaranteed under Part III of the Constitution, including Articles 14, 15, 19, and 21 — Such practices India Law Library Docid # 2442649
(587) KIRAN BISHNOI Vs. SUNIL KUMAR[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13 — Divorce — Cruelty — Family Court erroneously dismissed wife's divorce petition by conflating collateral family disputes arising from 'atta-satta' custom with independent matrimonial cruelty and desertion — The court failed to appreciate that a lawful refusal to perform 'muklawa' by a consenting adult does not constitute cruelty by the wife towards the husband, nor can it be the sole India Law Library Docid # 2442650
(588) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. KRISHAN SINGH AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Application by State for condonation of delay of 194 days in filing criminal leave to appeal — Sufficient cause furnished for the delay after obtaining due sanction from competent authorities — Delay condoned and application allowed. India Law Library Docid # 2442651
(589) SATA RAM Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Essential Commodities Act, 1955 — Section 3(2)(d) and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Section 287 — FIR Quashed — Tanker carrying marine oil seized on unpaved road, approximately two kilometers from main road, with all valid documents and intact seals — Driver had stopped to meet someone en route — Held, mere transportation or stopping on an unpaved road, in the absence of any mishandling, leakage, or imminent India Law Library Docid # 2442652
(590) TAWARU RAM Vs. STATE OF H.P. AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 18 — Enhancement of Compensation — Market Value Determination — The Reference Court correctly determined the market value of the acquired land at Rs — 2,58,704/- per bigha, but erroneously restricted the claimant's compensation to Rs — 2,00,000/- India Law Library Docid # 2442748
(591) SANDEEP DAS GUPTA AND OTHERS Vs. MUKUL KHAMPARIYA[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 138 and 141 — Dishonour of Cheque — For prosecution of a company, it is mandatory to array the company as an accused and to issue a statutory demand notice to the company as the drawer of the cheque — Failure to do so renders the complaint against the company and its directors/officers unsustainable India Law Library Docid # 2442911
(592) STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH Vs. KUSHAL SINGH GOND[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378(1) — Appeal against acquittal — Appreciation of evidence — If two views are possible, the one favourable to the accused should be adopted — Trial court's view, if legally plausible, should not be interfered with unless it is perverse or illegal. India Law Library Docid # 2442912
(593) ATHARVA SINGH CHAUHAN AND OTHERS Vs. DR. DIPENDRA KUMAR PANDEY AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173(1) — Award — Appeal — Calculation of compensation — Dependency — Deduction for personal expenses — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal's decision to make 50% deduction for personal expenses of deceased, Smt — Sunita Chouhan, who was survived by her son and two married daughters, was India Law Library Docid # 2442913
(594) ZAHEER KHAN AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Land Revenue Code, 1959 (MPLRC) — Sections 243 and 244 — Abadi Land — Declaration and Allotment — Petitioners sought conversion of government land to Abadi area and allotment to them — However, the power to declare Abadi land vests with the Collector under Section 243 of MPLRC, and allotment is governed by Section 244 — The petitioners, alleged encroachers, cannot by India Law Library Docid # 2442914
(595) ADDITONAL GENERAL MANAGER & EXECUTIVE ENGINEER(VIG) Vs. M/S. CRAFT INDUSTRIES AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Supervisory Jurisdiction of High Court — Appellate Authority constituted under Section 127 of the Electricity Act, 2003, and designated under the Appeal to the Appellate Authority Rules, 2004, exercises statutory and quasi-judicial powers — Decisions of such an authority are amenable to the supervisory writ jurisdiction of the High Court under Article 227, which allows the High India Law Library Docid # 2442915
(596) M/S. HSL ENTERPRISES Vs. M/S THERMAX LTD. AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 10-04-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 14 — Exclusion of time in prior proceedings — Appellant filed a writ petition, which was later withdrawn seeking liberty to pursue civil remedy — Trial court dismissed the suit as barred by limitation, finding lack of due diligence and bona fides in pursuing the writ petition — The High Court held that the trial court's finding was based on a hyper-technical approach and failed to appreciate the India Law Library Docid # 2442958
(597) BISHNESH KUMAR Vs. RAJAT JANDIAL AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 197 — Sanction for prosecution of public servants — Protection under Section 197 CrPC applies to public servants who are not removable from office except with the sanction of the State Government or Central Government — Gazetted police officers (Abdul Jabbar, Mohan Lal Kaith, and Rajeshwar India Law Library Docid # 2442959
(598) AFROZ AHMED SHEIKH Vs. NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU JAMMU[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 10-04-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 8, 20, 37 — Bail Application — Commercial Quantity — Petitioner sought bail on grounds of prolonged incarceration and delay in trial due to supplementary charge sheet filed against co-accused — Prosecution opposed bail citing commercial quantity and inapplicability of bail on custody length alone India Law Library Docid # 2442960
(599) M/S. LUMBER INDIA CORPORATION Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J AND K AND KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 10-04-2026 Contract Law — State Liability — Arbitrary Withholding of Dues — A state or its instrumentalities cannot evade liability for works executed and accepted merely on the grounds of lack of privity of contract or non-availability of funds — The principle of fairness and reasonableness under Article 14 of the Constitution mandates prompt India Law Library Docid # 2443113
(600) JOHN MOHAMMAD MIR Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 10-04-2026 Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 — Cancellation of Retail Drug Sale Licenses — Violation of Natural Justice — Order cancelling licenses was passed without serving a show cause notice to the petitioner, violating the principles of natural justice, specifically the rule of audi alteram partem, which requires affording an opportunity to be heard before any adverse decision is taken. India Law Library Docid # 2443114