(621) JAWANJI @ MANABHAI VALABHAI VAGHELA Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Appeal against conviction and sentence for murder — Accused convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment — Court examined oral and documentary evidence adduced before the Sessions Court. India Law Library Docid # 2443482
(622) HARPREET SINGH TALWAR @ KABIR TALWAR Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 436A — Bail after commencement of trial — Entitlement to bail arises from inordinate delay in trial if accused is in custody, irrespective of stringent bail conditions under special acts like NDPS, as prolonged incarceration can become punitive and attract Article 21 of the Constitution. India Law Library Docid # 2443483
(623) STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. BALDEVBHAI BUDHAJI DHULAJI CHAUHAN (THAKOR)[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374(2) and 313 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302 and 201 — Conviction for double murder and causing disappearance of evidence — Appeal against conviction and death sentence — Case based on circumstantial evidence with no eye witness — Prosecution failed to establish a complete chain of incriminating circumstances beyond reasonable doubt — Accused India Law Library Docid # 2443484
(624) SRI KRISHNAREDDY AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Act, 1966 — Land acquisition — Fraudulent exercise — Land acquired for a non-existent entity, a private company, for development of tourism and later for residential complex, was found to be a monumental fraud and a colourable exercise of power, vitiating the entire acquisition proceedings from inception due to collusion between state authorities and private India Law Library Docid # 2443532
(625) TV9 KARNATAKA PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 — Section 16 — Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2023 — Amendment decriminalized Section 16, changing criminal offence to civil infraction with advisories, warnings, or penalties, not imprisonment. India Law Library Docid # 2443533
(626) SHRI GUNDU SIDRAY BIRJE Vs. PUNDALIK GUNDU PATIL[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 10-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 251 — Summons case trial — Substance of accusation to be stated — When an accused appears or is brought before the Magistrate in a summons case, the particulars of the offence must be stated and the accused asked about their plea of guilt or defence — Formal charge is not necessary in summary trials of summons cases. India Law Library Docid # 2443548
(627) SHANKAR YAMANAPPA TALAWAR Vs. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND EXECUTIVE MEMBER KIADB, CENTRAL OFFICE[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 10-04-2026 Karnataka Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1957 — Rule 10(5)(b) — Deemed revocation of suspension — If departmental enquiry is not commenced or charge sheet is not filed within six months of suspension, the suspension is automatically revoked by operation of law unless extended with proper India Law Library Docid # 2443549
(628) HARENDRA SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374(2) — Appeals against conviction under Sections 302 read with 34 and 120-B of IPC — Both appellants convicted of murder and conspiracy — Sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for life concurrently. India Law Library Docid # 2443617
(629) BIRJU @ RAJA Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 363 and 376 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 — Section 4, 6, 10 — Appeal against conviction and sentence — While the evidentiary inconsistencies and lack of corroboration for certain charges led to acquittal on those counts, the High Court upheld conviction for India Law Library Docid # 2443618
(630) SRI EMAN ABBAS TOPIWALA Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 27(b) — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 3(5), 292, 296 — Quashing of proceedings — Petitioner sought quashing of FIR and charge sheet alleging consumption of cocaine — Court examined legality of arrest and medical examination — Held, arrest was unlawful due to non India Law Library Docid # 2443635
(631) GOVINDA Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 — Section 187(3) — Default/Statutory Bail — Right to default bail arises only if the charge sheet is not filed within the stipulated period, which is 60 days for offences punishable up to 10 years and 90 days for offences punishable with 10 years or more. India Law Library Docid # 2443636
(632) ANIL N Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 450, 354, and 377 — Conviction and sentence challenged — Accused trespassed into a minor girl's house with intent to commit offences, outraged her modesty, and subjected her to unnatural sexual offences — Evidence of the victim and corroborating witnesses sufficiently established the India Law Library Docid # 2443692
(633) JOSEPH @ SABU Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Age of Victim — While the Juvenile Justice Act provides specific methods for age determination, the POCSO Act allows for other admissible evidence, including oral testimony of the victim and her mother, if unchallenged. India Law Library Docid # 2443693
(634) THE INDIAN PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD AND OTHERS Vs. BINU V. GEORGE AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Andhra Pradesh Societies Registration Act, 2001 — Section 23 — Jurisdiction of District Court — A State Act can only confer special jurisdiction on District Courts within its own territorial limits — An Act of one State Legislature cannot confer jurisdiction on a court located in another State, as it would violate Article 245 of the India Law Library Docid # 2443694
(635) THE ERNAKULAM REGIONAL CO-OPERATIVE MILK PRODUCERS UNION LTD. Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Lease of Government Land — Transfer of land for a Milk Chilling Plant — Subsequent bifurcation and allotment of land — Validity of Government Order challenged. India Law Library Docid # 2443695
(636) TT ENERGY PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. THE PRINCIPAL CHIEF ENGINEER-CUM-SECRETARY, ENERGY AND POWER DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF SIKKIM AND ANOTHER[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 09-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 7 — Arbitration Agreement — Separability of Arbitration Clause — An arbitration clause embedded in a contract is treated as an independent agreement and survives even if the underlying contract is invalidated or terminated, allowing an arbitral tribunal to rule on its own jurisdiction. India Law Library Docid # 2442140
(637) RABDEN SHERPA Vs. STATE OF SIKKIM AND OTHERS[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 09-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 – Article 226 – Writ Petition – Privacy – Disclosure of Information about FIR – Petitioner sought directions against State and Media regarding disclosure of their name and FIR details — The Court held that reporting the fact of FIR registration and its contents does not constitute a media trial. India Law Library Docid # 2442141
(638) DR. THONGRAM KAMALA AND OTHERS Vs. DHANAMANJURI UNIVERSITY, MANIPUR AND OTHERS[MANIPUR HIGH COURT] 09-04-2026 Dhanamanjuri University Act, 2017 — Statute 13(i) & Section 10(f) & (g) — Appointment of teachers — The Syndicate is the competent authority to appoint teachers on the recommendations of the Selection Committee; the University has the power to create posts and make appointments to them. India Law Library Docid # 2442285
(639) SMT. SONI BAI Vs. RAMANLAL AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 09-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 115 & Order 47 Rule 7 — Revision against order rejecting review — Maintainability — An appeal lies against an order granting a review application, but not against an order rejecting it — However, if the original decree is appealable, the proper remedy against an order rejecting a review application on merits is to file an appeal against the original decree, not to file a India Law Library Docid # 2442349
(640) BABLU KALMOOM Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 09-04-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Section 2(1)(d) — Definition of "child" — Age determination — While Rule 12 of the Juvenile Justice Rules primarily applies to children in conflict with law, it should also be the basis for determining the age of child victims of crime — The hierarchy for determining age starts with matriculation/equivalent certificates, then school birth India Law Library Docid # 2442350