(781) COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT OF MANAGING COMMITTEE OF HIDAYTUL MUSLAMIN SCHOOL PRAYAGRAJ AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Societies Registration Act, 1860 (Act 1860) — Section 25(1)(d) — Amendment introducing appellate remedy — Retrospective application — Right of appeal is a substantive right, not procedural — It vests when proceedings commence and is governed by law prevailing at that date — New appellate remedy cannot be applied retrospectively to an order passed before the amendment unless expressly stated or implied by necessary India Law Library Docid # 2443353
(782) NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. LEGAL HEIRS OF DECD. HITESH POKIYA AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Liability of Insurance Company — Driver's License — Even if a driver does not hold a specific endorsement for a transport vehicle, the insurance company cannot be exonerated from liability if there's no established nexus between the lack of license and the accident, and if the owner India Law Library Docid # 2443450
(783) KIRIT HIMMATLAL MORVADIYA Vs. MAYANKBHAI JITENDRABHAI JARIWALA AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 43, Rule 1 — Appeal from Order — Temporary injunction — Power of appellate court to interfere — An appellate court should not interfere with the discretion exercised by the trial court in granting or refusing an injunction unless the order is palpably incorrect or unsustainable — The India Law Library Docid # 2443451
(784) LHRS OF DECD. LAXMANSINHJI PRATAPSINHJI DESAI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Gujarat Stamp Act, 1958 — Sections 33, 39(1)(b) and 32A — Demand for deficit stamp duty and penalty — Such demand can only be made after an instrument is impounded under Section 33 or required to be impounded under Section 32A — Deputy Collector, Stamp Duty Valuation, cannot issue demand notices based on India Law Library Docid # 2443452
(785) RITLAL RAI @ RITLAL YADAV Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Prisoners Act, 1900 — Section 29(3) and Bihar Prison Manual, 2012, Rule 781(vii) — Power to transfer prisoners — An order passed by the Assistant Inspector General of Prisons, communicating a decision already approved by the Inspector General, does not constitute delegation of power — The Assistant Inspector General acts as a conduit, not as a delegate, in such circumstances — The statutory power lies India Law Library Docid # 2443608
(786) TERRACIS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED (FORMERLY KNOWN AS ECENTRIC DIGITAL LIMITED) Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Administrative Law — Judicial Review — Tender Process — The High Court affirmed that while judicial review applies to government contracts to prevent arbitrariness, it has limitations, focusing on the decision-making process rather than the merits of the decision — The government's right to refuse even the lowest tender India Law Library Docid # 2443770
(787) UNION OF INDIA Vs. FIROZ KHAN[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Administrative Law — Judicial Review — High Court's power to review administrative decisions is limited to errors apparent on the face of the order, lack of jurisdiction, or perversity, and not merely disagreeing with the reasoning. India Law Library Docid # 2443771
(788) DISTRICT COLLECTOR, MANDI AND ANOTHER Vs. VED VATTI AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 114, 117, 120 — Negligence — Accident due to damaged road — Liability of State — Duty of care of PWD to ensure road is properly barricaded, illuminated and warning signs displayed — Vicarious liability of State for acts of contractor — Principles of res ipsa loquitur — Negligence defined — Breach of India Law Library Docid # 2444307
(789) AMAR CHAND Vs. BRAHAM LAL[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Himachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 — Section 71 (as amended) — Execution of Gram Panchayat order — Civil Court’s jurisdiction — A Civil Court can only execute a Gram Panchayat order if the Gram Panchayat had the jurisdiction to pass that order in the first place. India Law Library Docid # 2444308
(790) SWAYAM SHREE PADMAPUR MISSION SHAKTI FEDERATION AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Principles of Natural Justice — Audi alteram partem — The principle of hearing both sides implies that parties should have an opportunity to examine and rebut information presented to the court. Non-disclosure of government notings, which are relevant to the writ petitions, violates this principle. India Law Library Docid # 2443840
(791) LAXMAN ROHIDAS AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF ODISHA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Writ Petition — Irrigation water dispute — Farmers seeking access to water from a reservoir for Rabi crop — Restraining notice issued by Sarpanch challenged — Court's previous directions for resolution considered. India Law Library Docid # 2443841
(792) BINOD BIHARI SAHU AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 164 — Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 — Section 10 — Transmission lines and towers — Power to lay lines on private land — Use of private land for laying electric lines does not require acquisition but creates a right of user, entitling owners to compensation for damages. India Law Library Docid # 2443842
(793) DHANRAJ R.MAHALE AND OTHER Vs. KIRLOSKAR OIL ENGINES LTD[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 — Model Standing Orders — Rule 32 — Whether employment termination post-probation was contrary to Clause 4A of Schedule I and Rule 32 to prevail — The Court held that principles of law governing confirmation of probation, including an assessment by the employer, must be followed — In the absence of a written confirmation letter, employees are not India Law Library Docid # 2444165
(794) DINESH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Section 37 — Bail application — Constitutional right to speedy trial — Prolonged incarceration for over three years with minimal progress in trial, subsequent investigation, and addition of new accused, leading to recommencement of trial, justifies granting bail despite Section 37 rigours, as continued detention becomes punitive and India Law Library Docid # 2444676
(795) SMT. ASHA Vs. SHRI VINOD[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 27-04-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13 — Divorce Decree — Cruelty — The Family Court dismissed the appellant's petition for divorce, finding no proof of cruelty or desertion by the respondent — The High Court disagreed, finding that the Family Court applied an unduly strict standard of proof and failed to properly consider the appellant's evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2444677
(796) PARAVADA SIMHACHALAM AND OTHERS Vs. TAMARNA SRIRAMURTHY[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 26-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 100 — Second Appeal — High Court's power to interfere with findings of fact — The High Court cannot substitute its opinion for that of the First Appellate Court unless the findings are vitiated in law, based on inadmissible or no evidence, or contrary to mandatory provisions — The High Court generally does not interfere with concurrent findings of fact by the lower India Law Library Docid # 2443167
(797) JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY KAKINADA (JNTUK) Vs. THE PRINCIAPL COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL TAX AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 26-04-2026 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 7 and 9 — Scope of Supply and Levy — Affiliation and No Objection Certificate (NOC) fees collected by State Universities — Fees are not taxable under GST as they are statutory functions and not business activities — The universities established by State Legislature are distinct India Law Library Docid # 2443169
(798) K.G. LAXMIDEVI Vs. HAMPAMMA SINCE DEAD REPRESENTED BY HER LR’S.[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 25-04-2026 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Sections 54 and Validity of Sale Deed — For a transaction to be a sale under Section 54, it must be for a price paid or promised — A sale deed executed without any consideration or promise of payment is void and does not transfer ownership. India Law Library Docid # 2443544
(799) NIYAMAT ALI Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 392, 342, 506 and 323 — Conviction for robbery, wrongful confinement, criminal intimidation, and causing hurt — Acquittal of co-accused on the same evidence — Identifying accused in police station, not identification parade — Recovery of weapons from open place — Contradictory statements of witnesses — India Law Library Docid # 2444306
(800) THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS Vs. BUDUMOORI SIMHACHALAM AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-04-2026 Land Assignment — Cancellation and Resumption — State failed to produce evidence of cancellation of assignment deeds (D-pattas) and resumption proceedings, despite assigning lands to landless poor in 1970 — The court drew an adverse inference against the State due to the non-production of crucial records, including cultivation accounts. India Law Library Docid # 2443170