(201) AMAR SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 25-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 396 — Dacoity with murder — Appeal against conviction — Conviction based on testimony of injured witnesses and informant — Court found their testimony unreliable due to inherent improbabilities and lack of corroboration — Dacoity committed in electric light without covering faces is against human nature and usual conduct of dacoits — No recovery of looted articles from India Law Library Docid # 2440788
(202) S. RAJENDRAN Vs. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (BENAMI PROHIBITION) AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-02-2026 Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988 vs. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Jurisdiction — Orders passed under Benami Act cannot be questioned before authorities under IBC — NCLT lacks jurisdiction to entertain challenges to provisional attachment orders under Benami Act — Remedy lies exclusively before competent forum under Benami Act — IBC cannot be converted India Law Library Docid # 2439907
(203) OMKARA ASSETS RECONSTRUCTION PRIVATE LIMITED. Vs. AMIT CHATURVEDI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-02-2026 Companies Act, 1956 — Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Section 238 (IBC) — Overriding effect of IBC — Scheme of arrangement (SOA) under Companies Act vs. Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) under IBC — Delay and non-compliance with statutory timelines in the SOA process renders it defunct — IBC provisions prevail over inconsistent provisions in other laws — India Law Library Docid # 2439908
(204) CATALYST TRUSTEESHIP LTD. Vs. ECSTASY REALTY PVT. LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-02-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 7 — Adjudicating authority must satisfy itself that a financial debt exists and there is a default — Pre-existing dispute is not a bar to admitting an application by a financial creditor under Section 7, unlike in the case of an operational creditor under Section 9. India Law Library Docid # 2439909
(205) RELIANCE GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. KANIKA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-02-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Deduction of amounts received under Haryana Compassionate Assistance to Dependents of Deceased Government Employees Rules, 2006 — Supreme Court clarifies that only benefits directly replacing lost income are deductible from compensation awarded under the Motor India Law Library Docid # 2439910
(206) ISRAR AHMAD KHAN Vs. AMARNATH PRASAD AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-02-2026 Contempt of Court — Non-compliance with Court Order — Alleged contemnors offered excuses and administrative hurdles for non-compliance of order passed in 2025, which was to be complied within three months. India Law Library Docid # 2440104
(207) ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. TATA AIG GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-02-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Liability for accident — Determining fault between two insurance companies — Focus on evidence presented before the Tribunal — Criminal case confession and FIR details are secondary to evidence led before the Tribunal in determining civil liability. India Law Library Docid # 2440105
(208) M/S SHRI KRISHNADAS TIKARAM A PARTNERSHIP FIRM REPRESENTED THR ITS PARTEN SHRI ASHWANI GAUTAM Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-02-2026 Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 — Section 8-A(6) — Amended in 2015 — Deemed Extension of Lease — Mining leases granted before the amendment are deemed extended up to 50 years from the grant date or until 31.03.2020, whichever is later, provided lease conditions are met. India Law Library Docid # 2440267
(209) SMT. KARUNA BAJPAI Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH THR AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 24-02-2026 Government Service — Departmental Enquiry — Principles of Natural Justice — A departmental inquiry must adhere to principles of natural justice. This includes providing the employee with a copy of the inquiry report, allowing them to present a reply to the findings, and ensuring witnesses' statements are recorded in their presence with an opportunity for cross-examination. Failure to do so vitiates the punishment order. India Law Library Docid # 2440268
(210) LALE @ LALLU RAVAT Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 450 and Section 376 r/w POCSO Act, Section 3/4 — Conviction for house trespass to commit offense punishable with death, and rape of a child — The appellant was convicted under Section 450 IPC for entering a house with the intention of committing an offense punishable with death, and under India Law Library Docid # 2440269
(211) SMT. CHHOTI DEVI TOMAR Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 24-02-2026 Suspension of Government Servant — Payment of Allowances — A government servant placed under suspension due to arrest in a criminal case is not entitled to full pay and allowances for the suspension period if the criminal prosecution was not at the instance of the department, even if subsequently acquitted. Fundamental Rule 54 India Law Library Docid # 2440270
(212) SHRIDHAR LAL ATERIA Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH THR AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 24-02-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Judicial Review of Administrative Actions — Orders of Disciplinary and Appellate Authorities — Punishments imposed must be based on valid and justifiable reasons and cannot be arbitrary. India Law Library Docid # 2440271
(213) PAWAN KUMAR Vs. THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-02-2026 Civil Services — Regularization — Contractual service for seniority and other benefits — Petitioner appointed on contract basis on recommendations of selection committee, later regularized without break — Contractual service to be counted for seniority, pay fixation, and other consequential benefits, with actual benefits from India Law Library Docid # 2440483
(214) RAM PYARI Vs. STATE OF H.P.AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-02-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 54 — Appeal against award in land acquisition case — Appellant failed to produce evidence before Reference Court multiple times — Evidence of appellant closed and reference petition dismissed — However, appellant applied to produce additional evidence of another award India Law Library Docid # 2440484
(215) SHRI SURMUKH SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR and consequential proceedings — Compromise between parties — Extent of High Court's power — High Court has inherent power to quash criminal proceedings even in non-compoundable cases on the basis of a compromise, but this power must be exercised India Law Library Docid # 2440485
(216) STATE OF H.P. Vs. DHRUV DEV[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 279, 337, 338 — Appeal against acquittal — High Court can interfere with acquittal only if judgment is perverse, based on misreading or omission of evidence, or leads to a conclusion no reasonable person could reach. India Law Library Docid # 2440486
(217) HANSA DEVI Vs. DIWAKAR DUTT[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-02-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Revision petition challenged conviction and sentence for dishonour of cheque — Complainant received the entire compensation amount and had no objection to compounding the offence — Held, offence can be compounded even after conviction under Section 147 of the Act, as per Supreme Court guidelines — Impugned judgments quashed and accused acquitted — Accused to pay 5% of cheque amount as compounding fee. India Law Library Docid # 2440487
(218) RAKESH KUMAR ALIAS SHANU Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-02-2026 Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 37 — Bail application — Commercial quantity — Contraband recovered did not fall under commercial quantity, hence Section 37 of ND&PS Act not applicable. Conditions for bail can be imposed for other apprehensions. Application allowed. India Law Library Docid # 2440488
(219) CHHOTU LAL Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-02-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Section 37 — Grant of bail in cases involving commercial quantity — Court can grant bail if satisfied that the accused has been falsely implicated and is unlikely to commit further offences, after hearing the public prosecutor — Prolonged incarceration can override India Law Library Docid # 2440489
(220) RAJU ALIAS BADARI LAL Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 24-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Appeal against conviction — Conviction based on ocular and medical evidence — Doubts cast on reliability of eye witnesses due to contradictions with site plan, inconsistent statements regarding blood stains, and recovery of weapon — Prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt. India Law Library Docid # 2440194