(181) NISHAD AND OTHERS Vs. MUMTHAZ BEEGUM[KERALA HIGH COURT] 16-02-2026 Family Law — Recovery of gold ornaments and money — Entrustment to husband and mother-in-law — Evidence showed wife was given gold ornaments at marriage and entrusted them to husband and mother-in-law — Husband's financial position at marriage made his claim about gifting ornaments to wife unconvincing — Wife's evidence regarding gold ornaments, money, and household articles was credible — India Law Library Docid # 2440415
(182) NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE CONSUMERS FEDERATION OF INDIA LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES FACILITATION COUNCIL AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 13-02-2026 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 — Section 18 — Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Maintainability of Writ Petition — Orders passed under Section 18 of the MSMED Act, 2006, which are considered 'Awards' under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, are not amenable to challenge India Law Library Docid # 2440109
(183) KAMLA SHANKAR NAGDA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 13-02-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 8/29 — Framing of charge — Requirements — Court must apply judicial mind and not merely endorse charge — sheet — Mere allegations or uncorroborated statements of co — accused are insufficient — Need for prima facie material showing essential ingredients of offence — Impugned order setting aside due to non — application of mind and lack of reasoning. India Law Library Docid # 2440110
(184) DALIP KUMAR Vs. M/S SHREE SAI IRON AND STEEL STORE AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 13-02-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 148(2) — Suspension of Sentence — Deposit of Compensation — Court grants one-month extension for compliance with order to deposit 20% of compensation amount, despite previous failure, and directs depositing original Demand Draft before trial court. No coercive action to be taken India Law Library Docid # 2440498
(185) LARSEN AND TOUBRO LTD. Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 13-02-2026 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Sections 28, 29, 75(3) — Registration — Amendment and Cancellation — Orders passed in the name of a non-existent entity due to amalgamation are void — Petitioner company's prior entity (LTHE) amalgamated with the petitioner under NCLT order — GST authorities continued to pass orders in the India Law Library Docid # 2440171
(186) T.N JAGADEESH Vs. CHAIRMAN / DEPUTY COMMISSIONER THE DISTRICT CASTE AND INCOME VERIFICATION COMMITTEE[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 13-02-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 226 & 227 — Writ Jurisdiction — Scope of — Court does not sit in appeal over findings of fact by statutory authorities; jurisdiction is supervisory and corrective, not substitutive. Interference warranted only for jurisdictional error, violation of natural justice, patent illegality, perversity, or manifest non-application of mind. Court is not concerned with plausibility of a view if it is supported by material. India Law Library Docid # 2439633
(187) BABULAL DEEWAN Vs. STATE OF M.P. AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 13-02-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Judicial Review of Mercy Petitions — Mercy is not a legal right and is not ordinarily subject to judicial review — It is an act of grace that begins where legal rights end. India Law Library Docid # 2440309
(188) AVINASH PANDEY Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 13-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 91, 256, 293 & 233, Section 94 of BNSS — Dismissal of application for calling defence witnesses and expert — Admissibility of expert reports without formal proof — Trial court's rejection of application solely on grounds of delay, general directions for speedy disposal, or Section 293 CrPC is unsustainable India Law Library Docid # 2440310
(189) JITENDRA SINGH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 12-02-2026 Arms Act, 1959 — Sections 3, 25, 25(8) — Criminal Writ Petition — FIR Registration — Petitioner implicated solely on co — accused's disclosure statement without independent recovery or corroboration — Petitioner was already in jail when the alleged offence occurred. India Law Library Docid # 2440111
(190) SANSARO DEVI Vs. VIKRAM SINGH[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-02-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (NI Act) — Section 138 — Offence of cheque bouncing — Compounding of offence — Parties entered into a compromise after conviction and sentencing — Petitioner through her son paid the entire cheque amount and compensation to the respondent — Respondent stated no objection to quashing of conviction and sentence — High Court has the power to compound the offence under Section 147 of NI Act in revision proceedings, even after conviction India Law Library Docid # 2440499
(191) KALU SON Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN, THROUGH THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 12-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Conviction based on circumstantial evidence — Death due to Myocardial infarction, not directly linked to injuries — Failure to establish proximate nexus between alleged injuries and cardiac event — Absence of cogent medical evidence for direct linkage. India Law Library Docid # 2440202
(192) MANGRA CHAMPIA Vs. LALA CHAMPIA[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374(2) — Appeal against conviction — Appellants convicted under Sections 302/34 of the Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Grounds for appeal included failure of prosecution to establish charges beyond reasonable doubt and lack of evidence for common intention. India Law Library Docid # 2439343
(193) SMT. KAMLA DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-02-2026 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (SARFAESI) Act, 2002 — Section 13(4) and Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002, Rule 8 — Sale of Mortgaged Property — Alleged private treaty — Petitioners claimed property was sold through a private treaty without their consent, India Law Library Docid # 2440304
(194) M/S. KJV ALLOYS CONDUCTORS PVT. LTD. Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-02-2026 Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 50(3) and Section 42(10) — Interest on wrongly availed Input Tax Credit (ITC) — Interest is leviable when ITC is wrongly claimed and utilized. Mere availment of ITC without utilization does not attract interest liability, especially when a retrospective amendment clarifies this intent. India Law Library Docid # 2440305
(195) ANIL KUMAR GARG Vs. SUPDT. ENGINEER, M.P.S.E.B.[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 12-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Scope — The High Court in a second appeal cannot interfere with findings of fact unless they are perverse, based on no evidence, or contrary to mandatory provisions of law. India Law Library Docid # 2440306
(196) ADITYA BHATNAGAR AND OTHERS Vs. BANK OF BARODA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-02-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) — Independent Nature of Proceedings — The initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) is independent of proceedings under other laws like the SARFAESI Act. A case before the India Law Library Docid # 2440307
(197) SMT. KAMLA DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-02-2026 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (SARFAESI) Act, 2002 — Section 13(4) and Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002 — Rule 8 — Challenging auction proceedings — Disputed questions of fact regarding non-compliance with SARFAESI Act and Rules cannot be adjudicated in writ jurisdiction; the India Law Library Docid # 2440308
(198) SUNIL KUJUR Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 11-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 319 — Power to proceed against other persons appearing as accused — Court's power to summon additional accused is extraordinary and must be exercised judiciously, with extreme care and caution, balancing personal liberty and societal interest. India Law Library Docid # 2439351
(199) STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. RAFIQUE DADU DAL. AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 11-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — High Court can review, reappreciate and reconsider evidence, but must be mindful of double presumption of innocence in favour of accused, and should not interfere if trial court's view is a possible and reasonable conclusion on evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2439287
(200) BAIJU ORAON Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 11-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 304 Part I, 34 — Murder vs. Culpable Homicide not amounting to Murder — Dispute over house construction — Brothers quarreling, leading to one brother's death — Held to be culpable homicide not amounting to murder due to lack of premeditation, acting in heat of passion during a India Law Library Docid # 2439288