(881) PALLAVI VASANTLAL JARIWALA Vs. NATWARBHAI RATANJIBHAI PATEL AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 02-04-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 15(b) — Representative in interest — Plaintiff's claim to specific performance as assignee was rejected because the original assignors (respondents 13-15) had no valid interest in the property to assign, having withdrawn their prior specific performance suit. India Law Library Docid # 2443396
(882) DEVEN MAFATLAL PATEL Vs. DIPAKBHAI LAKHUBHAI PATEL[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 02-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 (a) and (d) — Rejection of plaint — Civil Revision Application against order dismissing plaint rejection application — The Court must consider only averments in the plaint and documents filed with it to decide a plaint rejection application — Issues of fact, such as whether the plaintiff was in possession, cannot be decided at this stage. India Law Library Docid # 2443397
(883) UNION OF INDIA Vs. M/S. S.A. ASSOCIATES[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 02-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 12 Rule 6 — Judgment on Admissions — Power is discretionary and requires admission to be clear, unequivocal, and unambiguous, and relate to facts entitling the plaintiff to the relief sought — Qualifications, conditions, evasiveness, or statements embedded in a broader defense do not form a basis for decree on admissions. India Law Library Docid # 2443408
(884) T.M. BASAVARAJ SINCE DEAD BY HIS LRS Vs. L. VINODH[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 02-04-2026 Specific Performance of Contract — Plaintiff's Readiness and Willingness — While a trial court may decree specific performance, an appellate court is duty-bound to re-examine whether the plaintiff consistently demonstrated readiness and willingness to perform their part of the contract from the agreement date until the judgment — This includes not only the intention but also the financial capacity to India Law Library Docid # 2443534
(885) MANAGEMENT OF BOSCH LTD Vs. MR ANDREW C SHEKARAN K P, EMP. NO.55533[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 02-04-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 33C(1) — Condonation of delay — If sufficient cause is shown, an application under Section 33C(1) can be entertained after one year from the date the money became due — The delay can be condoned if valid and sufficient reasons are assigned by the applicant. India Law Library Docid # 2443535
(886) M. MALLIKARJUNA Vs. S.P. SRIDHARA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 02-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 37 — Appeal against setting aside of arbitration award — The High Court allowed the appeal and set aside the impugned order and award, finding that the arbitration agreement did not cover the dispute arising from a settlement deed. India Law Library Docid # 2443536
(887) T.V. SATHYANARAYANA GUPTA Vs. THE PRESCRIBED AUTHORITY UNDER THE PUBLIC PREMISES (EVICTION OF UNAUTHORISED OCCUPANTS) ACT, 1971[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 02-04-2026 Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1974 — Section 4 and 10 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 11 Rules 1, 2 and 14 — Eviction proceedings before Estate Officer are summary in nature and intended for swift eviction of unauthorised occupants from public premises and not for protracted civil India Law Library Docid # 2443537
(888) S.B SHIVAMURTHY SHIVACHARY HIREMUTT Vs. SHABIR AHAMED AND OTHER[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (KALABURAGI BENCH)] 02-04-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Mathadipati (head or superintendent of a Matha) — Claim for loss of dependency by Mutt — The Tribunal erred in denying compensation for loss of dependency on the grounds that the Mathadipati was an ascetic and had no dependants in the traditional sense — The court held that India Law Library Docid # 2443554
(889) SHRI TITOSSTAR WELL CHYNE Vs. GAVIN MIGUEL MYLLIEM AND OTHERS[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 02-04-2026 Representation of People Act, 1951 — Section 81(1) — Election Petition — Presentation — Strict compliance with personal presentation mandate required — The Act is a self-contained code, and failure to present the election petition personally to the authorized officer (Stamp Reporter) leads to dismissal for improper presentation. India Law Library Docid # 2443729
(890) AMAN KATHPAL Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Custody of Minor Child — Welfare of Child — paramount consideration — While foreign court orders are considered, they are not conclusive when determining the welfare of a child, especially when the child has developed roots in India. India Law Library Docid # 2441632
(891) SUMAN DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Railways Act, 1989 — Sections 123(c) and 124A — Untoward incident — Claim for compensation — Deceased not a bona fide passenger — While the appellants claimed the deceased was a bona fide passenger with a ticket that was lost, they failed to provide any evidence to substantiate the ticket purchase or the journey itself — The India Law Library Docid # 2441633
(892) SALTEE INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED Vs. M/S. SHIVAM INDUSTRIAL PARKS AND ESTATES LTD.[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 37(2)(b) — Appeal against interim award — This appeal challenges an interim award that rejected the appellant's application to modify a previous order directing a deposit of money — The Court's power to interfere with such orders under Section 37 is limited to cases of arbitrariness or perversity. India Law Library Docid # 2441634
(893) ONKAR VISHWAKARMA Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Fundamental Rights — Right to Life, Dignity, and Health — Article 21 of the Constitution mandates the State to provide effective medical care, including specialized treatment, and cannot be satisfied by mere existence of buildings without necessary equipment and trained manpower. India Law Library Docid # 2441635
(894) HIMANSHU ASWAL AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Uttarakhand Municipal (Non-Centralized) Employees Service (Group-C) Rules, 2017 — Rule 8(3) — Interpretation of "concerned trade" — The term "concerned trade" in service rules for the post of Draftsman in the Urban Development Department, when read in conjunction with the nature of duties and technical India Law Library Docid # 2441636
(895) NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA Vs. BHASKAR NINU ZAMBARE AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 01-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 34 & 37 — Scope of appellate jurisdiction — Court exercising powers under Section 37 of the Arbitration Act must be slow to interfere with an arbitral award confirmed by the Court under Section 34, so long as the award does not suffer from patent illegality or fall within the limited India Law Library Docid # 2441637
(896) GULABSINGH Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 01-04-2026 Essential Commodities Act, 1955 and Maharashtra Scheduled Commodities (Regulation and Distribution) Order, 1975 — Fair Price Shop License (FPSL) — Transfer — Government policy prohibits transfer of FPSL on the basis of a will deed while the licensee is alive. India Law Library Docid # 2441638
(897) NALIN VALLABHBHAI PATEL AND ANOTHER Vs. ATHARVA REALTORS AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6) — Appointment of Arbitrator — Refusal to extend mandate under Section 29A — Whether permissible — Held, an application for appointment of an arbitrator under Section 11(6) is not maintainable if the Court has refused to extend the mandate of the earlier arbitrator India Law Library Docid # 2441639
(898) SUDHEER.S AND OTHER Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 — Section 233 — Amendment by Act 14 of 2018 — Omission of "or refusing" from Sub-section (4) — Implication that applications under Section 233 must be allowed absolutely or conditionally, not rejected — Panchayat cannot reject an application based on its interpretation of pre-amendment India Law Library Docid # 2441640
(899) SMT. UJJALA RANI PAUL Vs. AGARTALA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND OTHERS[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Family Pension — Eligibility of divorced daughter — Divorce obtained after death of pensioner — Petitioner was married and living with her father at the time of his death. She obtained a decree of divorce much later, in 2021. The Revised Pension Rules, 2017, applicable to municipal corporation employees, entitle a divorced daughter to family pension. However, the right to receive pension accrues on the death of the pensioner. At India Law Library Docid # 2442075
(900) SRI DEBASHISH DAS Vs. STATE OF TRIPURA[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 01-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Scope of interference with arbitral award — Court does not sit in appeal over an arbitral award and can interfere only on limited grounds like public policy or patent illegality — Award can be set aside if findings are arbitrary, capricious, or perverse, or if illegality goes to the root of the matter — Re-appreciation of evidence not permitted. India Law Library Docid # 2442076