(761) KESHAW ANAND Vs. STATE OF TAMIL NADU AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 27-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Habeas Corpus Petition — Territorial Jurisdiction — A High Court cannot test the legality of an order passed by a Magistrate in another State as it would fall outside its territorial jurisdiction. India Law Library Docid # 2443268
(762) M. KRISHNAVENI AND OTHERS Vs. MEKA BABU AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Property Law — Hindu Joint Family Property — Presumption of Ownership — Property purchased in the name of a female member of a Hindu Joint Family is presumed to be for her benefit, unless proven otherwise — The plaintiffs failed to provide acceptable evidence to support their claim that the properties were purchased for the India Law Library Docid # 2443269
(763) P.S. RAMASAMY AND OTHERS Vs. THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF TAMIL NADU MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION AND WATER SUPPLY DEPARTMENT, CHENNAI AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Public Procurement and Tenders — Judicial Review — Courts should exercise restraint and caution in interfering with tender processes, especially involving technical issues, and should not substitute their own decisions for those of the tendering authority unless there is clear arbitrariness, malafide, or irrationality — Interference should be avoided if it causes unnecessary loss to the public exchequer. India Law Library Docid # 2443270
(764) M/S. NAGARRO INC. Vs. M/S. CITIXSYS LIMITED[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Amendment of Plaint — Permissibility — Plaintiff filed suit for declaration of discharge of contract due to breach and for recovery of money — Plaintiff sought to amend plaint to elaborate facts regarding emails exchanged between parties concerning project issues — Commercial Court allowed amendment, holding it explanatory and necessary for adjudication, adding no new relief or cause of India Law Library Docid # 2444109
(765) GURBAKSH SINGH (DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS. Vs. SARDARA SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Specific Performance — Agreement to Sell — Suit for — Plaintiff's case supported by oral and documentary evidence including agreement to sell, extension of time, and proof of readiness to perform — Defendant's defence of loan taken and misuse of thumb impressions not substantiated by evidence — First Appellate Court's judgment upholding specific performance rightly affirmed. India Law Library Docid # 2444110
(766) DALJIT SINGH Vs. BULLAND IQBAL SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Evidence — Admissibility — Admissions of a party may not be sufficient to establish the nature of property as ancestral or coparcenary; courts rely on recorded evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2444111
(767) AJMER KAUR AND ANOTHER Vs. JASBIR KAUR[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Will Validity — Suspicious Circumstances — Exclusion of natural heirs without reason — Mere registration of a Will is not enough to overcome suspicious circumstances, especially when natural heirs are excluded without any explanation — When a Will departs from natural succession, the testator has the right to exclude heirs, but the circumstances surrounding the execution must be free from suspicion to be upheld India Law Library Docid # 2444112
(768) LUDHIANA IMPROVEMENT TRUST LUDHIANA Vs. GURDEEP SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay in filing appeal — Appellants sought condonation of inordinate delay of 1463 days — Reasons provided were deemed insufficient and lacked cogent explanation — Court emphasized that delay of each day must be explained and inordinate delay cannot be condoned to avoid rendering limitation laws obsolete — Delay condonation would prejudice other parties by India Law Library Docid # 2444113
(769) SURINDER KUMAR Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 401 – Revisionary jurisdiction – Scope limited – Interference warranted only in cases of patent illegality, gross perversity, material irregularity or manifest miscarriage of justice – High Court does not sit as an appellate court to re-appreciate evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2444114
(770) KANHA HOTELS AND SPA PVT. LTD. Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 27-04-2026 Environmental Law — Eco-Sensitive Zone Notification — Retrospective application — Not permissible for existing units — The ESZ Notification dated 08.03.2019 and Zonal Master Plan clearly define and protect "existing units" by not imposing retrospective restrictions on already approved land use and infrastructure, India Law Library Docid # 2445123
(771) VISHAMBHAR SINGH NEGI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 133 — Public Nuisance — Encroachment on public pathway — Installment of a gate by the applicant on a 15 feet public pathway amounted to public nuisance and obstruction of public movement. India Law Library Docid # 2446855
(772) T.H.D.C. INDIA LTD THROUGH ITS CMD Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Uttarakhand Water Tax on Electricity Generation Act, 2012 — Constitutional validity — Tax on electricity generation — State Legislature's competence — Act held ultra vires due to lack of legislative competence to tax electricity generation, which falls under Union List. India Law Library Docid # 2446856
(773) SAVITRI DEVI Vs. ICICI BANK LIMITED AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Maintainability of Writ Petition — While disputes purely arising from contractual obligations generally do not fall under writ jurisdiction, an exception exists when the action is arbitrary, unfair, violates norms, or results in deprivation of property without legal authority, thereby assuming India Law Library Docid # 2446857
(774) PARITOSH KUMAR Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Framing of Charges — Revisionary Jurisdiction — Court can only examine jurisdictional error, correctness, illegality, procedural impropriety or irregularity, focusing on legality or propriety rather than re-appreciation of evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2446858
(775) MEGHARAJBHAI BHEMABHAI CHAUDHARI Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Anticipatory Bail — Grant of anticipatory bail considered based on factors like nature and gravity of accusation, antecedents of applicant, possibility of fleeing justice, and if arrest is meant to injure or humiliate — Court should avoid elaborate examination of evidence at bail stage but consider aspects like difficulty in identification of accused in a large mob, prima facie lack of presence at the scene of offense, India Law Library Docid # 2442780
(776) SMT. RAJ KUMARI AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Railways Act, 1989 — Section 124A — Untoward Incident — Bona Fide Passenger — The Tribunal wrongly dismissed the claim by holding that the deceased was neither a bona fide passenger nor was the incident India Law Library Docid # 2442779
(777) BRIJBASI LAL AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 145 — Dispute regarding possession of land — Section 145 CrPC proceeding was pending before the court of Sub Divisional Magistrate due to dispute regarding possession of land. India Law Library Docid # 2443349
(778) SUSHILA SINGH Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 173(4) — Application for direction to register FIR — Maintainability — Revisionist, an elected ward member, filed application seeking direction to register FIR for alleged financial irregularities under MNREGA — Magistrate rejected application — High Court held that while Section 173(4) BNSS provides a remedy to "any person aggrieved," its use is qualified by "may" India Law Library Docid # 2443350
(779) SMT. CHANDRAWATI YADAV AND OTHERS Vs. SRI VIKAS PATHAK AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 27-04-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 and 173 — Claim Petition for compensation arising from road accident — Appeal against award of Claims Tribunal — Maintainability of claim petition — Requirement to implead driver of the offending vehicle — Amendement to Rule 204(7) of U.P — Motor Vehicle Rules, 2011, making it mandatory to implead the driver, is prospective in nature — Claim petition filed in 2009, India Law Library Docid # 2443351
(780) SRI RAJENDRA PRASAD SINGH Vs. M/S. ARCH CONSTRUCTION AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 27-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 16 — Competence-competence doctrine — Arbitral Tribunal has the power to rule on its own jurisdiction, including issues of limitation, even if the High Court appointed the arbitrator under Section 11. India Law Library Docid # 2443352