(961) GHANSHYAMBHAI NAGJIBHAI CHOTHANI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 21-04-2026 Gujarat Land Revenue Code, 1879 — Section 73AA — Restrictions on transfer of land belonging to Scheduled Tribes — The original holder of the land, Bhanabhai Kikabhai, was identified as "Adivasi" (Scheduled Tribe) by the Mamlatdar, leading to the initiation of suo motu proceedings for breach of Section 73AA of the Revenue India Law Library Docid # 2443468
(962) BHASKAR STEEL AND FERRO ALLOY PVT. LTD, KOLKATA Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 21-04-2026 Industrial Policy Resolution, 2001 — Electricity Duty Exemption — Eligibility and Application Procedure — An industrial unit seeking exemption of electricity duty under IPR, 2001 must adhere to application timelines and eligibility criteria — Applications filed beyond the stipulated period require condonation of delay by the appropriate authority. India Law Library Docid # 2443848
(963) KRISHNA CHETTRI Vs. STATE OF SIKKIM[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 21-04-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Sections 3(b), 4, 5(m), 6 and 42 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 376(1), 376(3) — Sexual Assault and Penetrative Sexual Assault — Conviction based on victim's testimony, eyewitness account, and medical evidence — Trial court's conviction India Law Library Docid # 2443712
(964) DAWA TAMANG Vs. MAITA KUMAR TAMANG @ MAITAY AND ANOTHER[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 21-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 151 and Order 11 Rule 14 — Application for filing additional documents — Rejection by Trial Court on ground of invoking wrong provision of law (Section 151 CPC) — Held, mere invocation of an incorrect provision is not fatal if the power to grant relief exists — Trial court should India Law Library Docid # 2443713
(965) JANAKALYAN SAHAKARI BANK LIMITED Vs. THE COMMISSIONER OF CO-OPERATION[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 21-04-2026 Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 (Maharashtra) — Powers of Commissioner — Commissioner of Co-operation has no power to direct a bank to consider an One Time Settlement (OTS) proposal that has lapsed and in respect of which the matter has already attained finality and concluded. India Law Library Docid # 2444167
(966) MOHAMMAD ATIK AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 21-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 170 — Arrest at time of filing charge-sheet — Section 170 CrPC does not mandate arrest of every accused when charge-sheet is filed — If the investigating officer believes the accused will not abscond or disobey summons, arrest is not required — The term "custody" in Section India Law Library Docid # 2444680
(967) JITENDRA NATH SACHHAR AND OTHERS Vs. YODJRAJ[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 21-04-2026 Indian Stamp Act, 1899 & Rajasthan Stamps Act, 1998 — Impounding of documents — Procedure — When a document is found to be insufficiently stamped, the court must either levy the stamp duty and penalty if the party agrees, or refer the document to the Collector for adjudication if the party does not agree — Simply India Law Library Docid # 2445066
(968) DR. MAHIPAL SINGH SIHAG Vs. STATE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER CUM COMMISSIONER AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 21-04-2026 Right to Information Act, 2005 — Section 8(3) — Interpretation of "Sunset Clause" — Information relating to events that occurred twenty years prior to the request date should generally be provided, as Section 8(3) acts as a mandate for disclosure, lifting most exemptions after this period, except for specific categories like national security. India Law Library Docid # 2445069
(969) DEVESH SHARMA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 21-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Powers of Magistrate upon submission of Final Report (Negative) — When a police investigation concludes with a Final Report (Negative) indicating no offense was committed, the Magistrate must notify the informant or victim, giving them an opportunity to present objections via a protest petition — Subsequently, the Magistrate should consider both the Final Report and India Law Library Docid # 2445070
(970) SANDEEP KUMAR UPADHYAY Vs. ATAL BIHARI BAJPAI INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 20-04-2026 Public Administration and Employment Law — Selection Process — Where a selection process is conducted as per advertisement and no unsuccessful candidate challenges the appointment or alleges favouritism, and the candidate has acted upon the appointment by leaving a previous job, the appointment cannot be cancelled by the institution on grounds of minor procedural irregularities in the selection committee's constitution, especially after a prolonged period — The principle of estoppel applies agai India Law Library Docid # 2442795
(971) RAMANAIDU CHEEPURUPALLI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 328, 115, 120-B — Quashing of FIR — Registration of a second or subsequent FIR in respect of the same transaction is impermissible and violates Article 21 of the Constitution — Any additional material or findings ought to be incorporated into the India Law Library Docid # 2443128
(972) VEERANJANEYA HANDLOOM WEAVERS MUTUALLY AIDED CO-OPERATIVE PRODUCTION AND SALES SOCIETY LTD. Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA REP., BY ITS SPECIAL CHIEF SECRETARY, TEXTILE (FAC), SECRETARIAT, HYDERABAD, AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 20-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 19(1)(c) and 43B — Right to form Co-operative Societies — G.O.Ms.No.1 dated 11.03.2024 mandates procurement from Telangana State Handloom Weavers Co-operative Society Limited (TSCO) to promote handloom industry and weaver livelihoods — G.O — to be read in consonance with constitutional provisions and cannot be bypassed — PMU (Project India Law Library Docid # 2443411
(973) RAVINDRA MANDAL Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 20-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 375 and 376 — Rape — Consent obtained by false promise of marriage — For consent to be vitiated by a misconception of fact due to a promise to marry, it must be established that (i) the promise was false from the inception with no intention to fulfill, (ii) the sexual relationship was entered into India Law Library Docid # 2443688
(974) MD. ALAM Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 20-04-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Sections 6, 2(d), 29, 30 — Indian Penal Code (IPC) — Sections 377/34 — Appeal against conviction — Court found significant contradictions in the prosecution's evidence regarding the victim's age, the lodging of the FIR, the chain of events, and the medical India Law Library Docid # 2443689
(975) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. SUMER LAL CHOUHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 20-04-2026 Central Administrative Tribunal Act, 1985 — Section 14 — Jurisdiction — Regularisation of services — Casual labourers — Eligible for temporary status and regularisation under Scheme of 1993 if they had rendered continuous service of at least one year (240 or 206 days) and were in employment on 01.09.1993 — The Tribunal's direction to consider respondents for regularisation was upheld for those India Law Library Docid # 2442616
(976) SMT. SATYA GARG Vs. KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 20-04-2026 Administrative Law— Disciplinary Proceedings— Appreciation of Evidence— Tribunal's role not to re-appreciate evidence in disciplinary inquiries as an appellate forum, but to ensure fundamental rights to a proper hearing and defense have been provided — The High Court upheld this principle, agreeing with the majority view of the Tribunal that so long as the disciplinary authority's findings were based on some India Law Library Docid # 2442617
(977) NATHU LAL Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 20-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14 and 21 — Right to dignity, reputation, equality and personal liberty — History-sheet proceedings — Arbitrary and illegal action of respondents in initiating history-sheet proceedings against petitioner — Factual matrix shows most cases ended in acquittal or discharge, with no conviction — Mere registration of cases cannot be basis for opening a history-sheet — Action India Law Library Docid # 2442618
(978) SHYAMA KUMARI Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-04-2026 Compassionate Appointment — Eligibility of unmarried daughter — The eligibility of an unmarried daughter for compassionate appointment is determined based on her marital status at the time she applied for the post, not at the time of appointment offer — Solemnizing marriage after applying but before appointment does not disqualify her. India Law Library Docid # 2442741
(979) SH. PARVEEN RAJPUT Vs. SH. KULDEEP SINGH[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-04-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Vicarious liability — For a complaint under Section 138 to be maintainable against an authorized signatory issuing a cheque from a society's account, the society itself must be impleaded as a party — The authorized signatory cannot be prosecuted merely for issuing the cheque if the liability is of the society and the cheque belongs to the society's account India Law Library Docid # 2442742
(980) HARSH DEV SINGH Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 20-04-2026 Representation of the People Act, 1951 — Sections 82, 86(4) and 87 — Election Petition — Joinder of Parties — Only contesting candidates are necessary parties to an election petition, along with any other candidate against whom allegations of corrupt practice are made — Officials or individuals not involved in the election as candidates, even if alleged to have indulged in corrupt practices, cannot be joined as parties at the India Law Library Docid # 2442953