(61) VEER SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 26-02-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 50 — Compliance Regarding Search of Person — The court found that no questions were asked regarding the violation of Section 50 of the NDPS Act during the trial, nor was it raised as a ground in the appeal. Therefore, the objection regarding non-compliance India Law Library Docid # 2440277
(62) IN RE: SOCIAL SCIENCE TEXTBOOK FOR GRADE - 8 (PART-2) PUBLISHED BY NCERT AND ANCILLARY ISSUES[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-02-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Separation of Powers — Framers took abundant caution to ensure precision in inscription of constitutional responsibilities to ensure institutional autonomy of Legislature, Executive, and Judiciary while functioning in concert to preserve the democratic fabric. India Law Library Docid # 2440283
(63) THE STATE OF KERALA AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S. PANACEA BIOTEC LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-02-2026 Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 — Section 17(b) and 17(c) read with Rule 96 of Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 — Misbranding of drugs — Allegation that outer carton and inner vial labels of a drug contained conflicting information regarding its composition — Held, the discrepancy amounted to misbranding. India Law Library Docid # 2440041
(64) ICICI BANK LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. ERA INFRASTRUCTURE (INDIA) LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-02-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016 — Sections 7 and 60(2) — Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) — Initiation against principal debtor and guarantor — Co-extensive liability — Creditor can initiate CIRP against both the principal debtor and guarantor simultaneously, and also file claims in the CIRP of both. India Law Library Docid # 2440042
(65) SUHAS CHAKMA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-02-2026 Prisoner Rights — Human Dignity and Rights — The strength of a constitutional democracy is tested not merely by the liberties it guarantees abstractly, but by the manner in which it treats those at its margins — Prisons, though instruments of lawful confinement, are not spaces where constitutional values cease to operate — The guarantee of life and personal dignity under Article 21 of the Constitution of India India Law Library Docid # 2440043
(66) MEDION BIOTECH PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 26-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 47 — Objection to execution of compromise decree — In execution petition, primary onus lies on decree-holder to show that judgment debtor has willfully ובdisobeyed conditions of decree — Appellants had failed to establish violation of compromise decree by respondents — In absence of cogent proof of such violation, execution cannot be sustained — Burden India Law Library Docid # 2440374
(67) UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER Vs. KHEM RAJ VERMA AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 26-02-2026 Administrative Law — Delay and Laches — Writ petitions challenging Tribunal orders — Union of India filed writ petition after a significant delay of over two years from the Tribunal's decision — Held, vested rights accrued in favour of the litigant and such delayed petitions are not maintainable — Courts cannot permit free play to challenge orders whimsically after unreasonable delay without justifiable reasons — India Law Library Docid # 2440375
(68) STATE OF H.P. AND OTHERS Vs. JAGDEV SINGH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 26-02-2026 Service Law — Counting of Contract Service for Pensionary Benefits — Employees sought to count contract service rendered from 2004 to 2014 for pensionary benefits — The High Court allowed this claim based on a previous judgment which had attained finality — The employees restricted their claim to India Law Library Docid # 2440376
(69) ANKUSH THAKUR Vs. THE STATE OF HP AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 26-02-2026 Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 (PITNDPS Act) — Section 3(1) — Order of detention — Challenge to — Non-application of mind by detaining authority — Petitioner detained for three months based on two FIRs under NDPS Act — Time gap of over one and a half years between second FIR and detention order — Detaining authority merely repeated India Law Library Docid # 2440377
(70) SHIV DUTT SHARMA AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 26-02-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14 — Equal treatment — Denial of revised pay to contractual employees continuing on strength of court orders is discriminatory and violates Article 14 of the Constitution. Petitioners, who are contractual employees continuing their service on the strength of court orders, are performing the same duties as other contractual employees and therefore cannot be denied the revised India Law Library Docid # 2440407
(71) KULTAR SINGH Vs. JOINT REGISTRAR (MARKETING) COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES H.P. AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 26-02-2026 Cooperative Societies Act, 1968 (Himachal Pradesh) — Section 93 and Section 49 — Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Appeals before Appellate Authority — Applicability of Section 5 of Limitation Act to proceedings under Section 93 of the Act — Held, provisions of Limitation Act are not excluded from applicability to India Law Library Docid # 2440408
(72) JYOTI Vs. RAKESH DHIMAN[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 26-02-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 9 — Transfer of proceedings — Wife's convenience is primary consideration — Court should prefer wife's convenience unless strong reasons exist against it — Inconvenience due to distance and financial constraints are valid grounds for transfer. India Law Library Docid # 2440409
(73) RAJINDER KUMAR Vs. STATE OF H.P. AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 26-02-2026 Financial Rules (FR) — Rule 22(1)(a)(1) and Rule 22(1)(a)(2) — Pay fixation upon promotion — When a government servant is appointed to a post with duties and responsibilities of greater importance, their initial pay should be fixed by giving one increment from the post they were promoted from — If the new post does not involve duties of greater importance, the benefit of an additional increment under FR India Law Library Docid # 2440410
(74) MANOJ KUMAR Vs. PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 26-02-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonor of cheque — Criminal revision petition filed challenging conviction and sentence — Accused deposited entire compensation amount with courts — Respondent-bank had no objection to compounding the offence subject to release of deposited amount — Court India Law Library Docid # 2440411
(75) RAJARAM SHARMA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 25-02-2026 Rajasthan Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1958 — Rule 16 — Disciplinary proceedings — Charge sheet — Delay — Inordinate and unexplained delay in initiating disciplinary proceedings or in concluding them can be a ground to quash, but only if it causes manifest prejudice to the delinquent employee — Mere delay, India Law Library Docid # 2440156
(76) M/S HAMDARD (WAKF) LABORATORIES Vs. COMMISSIONER, COMMERCIAL TAX, U.P. COMMERCIAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-02-2026 Uttar Pradesh Value Added Tax Act, 2008 — Schedule II, Part A, Entry 103 — Interpretation of entry — Non-alcoholic beverage "Sharbat Rooh Afza" — Classification as "fruit drink" — Essential character test — Common parlance test — Regulatory classification vs. fiscal classification — Burden of proof on Revenue — Interpretation favouring assessee. India Law Library Docid # 2439953
(77) GHANSHYAM MANDAL AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR (NOW JHARKHAND)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 read with Section 34 — Murder — Sustaining conviction — Ocular evidence — Eye-witness testimonies found to be consistent and reliable despite minor inconsistencies. India Law Library Docid # 2439954
(78) AJAY KUMAR PANDVIA Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 25-02-2026 Pension Rules, 1976 — Rule 9 — Withholding Pension — Opportunity of Hearing — Even if a statute doesn't expressly provide for a hearing, a retired employee must be given an opportunity to be heard before their pension is withheld or withdrawn, especially when it leads to adverse civil consequences, as pension is a right and not a bounty. India Law Library Docid # 2440272
(79) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. SUNIL SINGH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-02-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Supervisory Jurisdiction — High Court can interfere with the orders of tribunals if they are illegal, arbitrary, and contrary to law, where the tribunal has failed to consider relevant facts and applicable rules. India Law Library Docid # 2440273
(80) RAJESH PRASAD PANDEY AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-02-2026 Regularization/Appointment of Daily Wage Employees — Employees with over 20 years of continuous service as daily wagers were considered for regularization based on Supreme Court judgments. India Law Library Docid # 2440274