(161) LAXMI CHAND Vs. HANIF KHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 19-02-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166, 168 — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Appeal against award — Contributory Negligence — Accident occurred in the centre of the road, indicating negligence on the part of both drivers — Tribunal's finding of 50% contributory negligence by the appellant upheld. India Law Library Docid # 2440096
(162) DEVA RAM Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 19-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail — Considerations for granting bail — Delay in lodging FIR, contradictions in statements, and denial of offence in initial statement are significant factors in granting bail. India Law Library Docid # 2440097
(163) ABDUL KARIM Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 19-02-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 191(2), 121(1), 132, 131, 263(b), 61(2)(a), 111(2)(b) and 190 — Framing of charges — Mechanical and cursory order — Non — application of judicial mind — Court must apply its judicial mind to the material before it and satisfy itself that basic ingredients of alleged offenses are prima facie made out — Mechanical framing of charges simply because a charge — sheet India Law Library Docid # 2440098
(164) MINTU RAM YADAV Vs. RAJASTHAN STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 19-02-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ jurisdiction — Laches — Delay — Claim for compassionate appointment made after a long and unexplained delay is not maintainable as it defeats the purpose of immediate financial relief. India Law Library Docid # 2440198
(165) ANANT KUMAR SAHU @ ANANT SAHU Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 19-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Matrimonial disputes — Compromise between parties — High Court’s inherent power — Even if offences are non-compoundable, High Court can quash proceedings if dispute is predominantly private, arises from matrimonial discord, and parties have genuinely and voluntarily settled the matter to secure the India Law Library Docid # 2439751
(166) THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC UNDERTAKINGS IN THE MEGHALAYA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Vs. BADALIN KHARBITHAI AND OTHERS[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 19-02-2026 Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly — Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business — Committee on Public Undertakings — Functions — Examination of reports and accounts of public undertakings, Comptroller and Auditor General reports, and management of undertakings according to sound business principles. India Law Library Docid # 2439752
(167) M/S BSCPL INFRASTRUCTURE LTD. Vs. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT (ROADS) THROUGH ITS CHIEF ENGINEER (NATIONAL HIGHWAYS), GOVERNMENT OF MEGHALAYA.[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 19-02-2026 Blacklisting of Contractor — Principles of Natural Justice — Show Cause Notice — A show cause notice for blacklisting must clearly state the grounds and the proposed action to be taken, allowing the noticee an opportunity to respond and defend themselves. India Law Library Docid # 2439753
(168) RAJVENDRA @ RAJVIND Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 19-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374(2) — Appeal Against Conviction — The High Court will dismiss an appeal if it finds no illegality, perversity, or material irregularity in the trial court's judgment and the appeal is devoid of merit. India Law Library Docid # 2440316
(169) BASANT LAL VISHWKARMA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 19-02-2026 Fundamental Rule 54-B — Suspension and Reinstatement — Pay and Allowances — When a government servant is reinstated after suspension, the competent authority must specifically decide on the pay and allowances for the suspension period and whether it will be treated as duty. India Law Library Docid # 2440317
(170) M/S JAI PRAKASH ASSOCIATED PVT. LTD. Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 19-02-2026 Stamp Act, 1899 — Section 40 — Penalty for Deficient Stamp Duty — Penalties imposed by the Collector must be reasonable and not arbitrary, especially when the party has acted bona fide and presented the instrument for determination of duty. India Law Library Docid # 2440318
(171) NAWAL KISHORE SAO AND OTHERS Vs. SMT. JAYBUNNISHA AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 19-02-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 3, 11, 149, 166 and Rules framed thereunder — Insurance Policy conditions — Breach of — Driving Licence — Hazardous Goods Endorsement — Accident occurred while transporting filled gas cylinders — Driver did not possess a valid endorsement for carrying hazardous goods — This constituted a India Law Library Docid # 2440647
(172) GULABCHANDRA SAMUAL Vs. MANISH SHARMA (DEAD)[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 19-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 1 Rule 10 — Impleadment of parties — Application to implead legatees in a rent control eviction suit — Rejection of application by Rent Controller and Rent Control Tribunal is upheld — Tenant cannot question landlord's title in eviction proceedings — Dispute of title is outside the scope of landlord-tenant relationship. India Law Library Docid # 2440648
(173) BODULAL AND OTHERS Vs. HANUMAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 18-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 21 Rule 32(5) — Enforcement of injunction decrees — Executing Court's powers — The Executing Court has the power to take all necessary measures to ensure effective compliance of an injunction decree, including restoring possession if the judgment-debtor has dispossessed the decree-holder in defiance of the decree. India Law Library Docid # 2440160
(174) STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS Vs. ARJUN LAL BUNKAR AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 18-02-2026 Rajasthan Civil Services (Revised Pay Scale) Rules, 2008 — Rule 26 — Pay Protection — Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti employees — Not government employees — Institutions registered under Societies Registration Act are private, non-governmental bodies — Employees not entitled to pay protection or pensionary benefits for previous service in such institutions. India Law Library Docid # 2440161
(175) NAMO NARAYAN VAIDH Vs. SMT. GAYATRI A. RATHORE AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 18-02-2026 Contempt of Courts Act, 1972 — Willful disobedience of court order — Essential element of contempt is wilful disobedience of the court's order — Where an order does not specify a particular location for joining duties, an employee insisting on a specific location and filing a contempt petition for not being posted there, amounts to an abuse of process and not disobedience. India Law Library Docid # 2440162
(176) DR. GULAB SINGH JATAV Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 18-02-2026 Madhya Pradesh Uchcha Nyayalaya (Khand Nyaypeeth Ko Appeal) Adhiniyam, 2005 — Section 2(1) — Appeal against dismissal of writ petition — Petitioner appointed as Assistant Professor with a condition to acquire NET/SLET/Ph.D. within two years, with a one-time special relaxation from GAD — Petitioner acquired Ph.D. after 13 years — Petitioner sought India Law Library Docid # 2440313
(177) PRASANNA NAMDEV (SONI) Vs. THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 18-02-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14 — Discrimination — Denial of death benefits to a married daughter solely on the ground of her marital status is discriminatory and violative of Article 14. India Law Library Docid # 2440314
(178) RAMSWAROOP AND ANOTHER Vs. CHURAMAN AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 18-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 151, 152 & Order 41 Rule 20 & Order 22 Rule 3 — Substitution of Legal Representatives — Amendment of Judgment and Decree — Where a judgment and decree is amended by the Trial Court after an appeal is filed, and the appeal involves a ground challenging the decree passed against a deceased person, the India Law Library Docid # 2440315
(179) SITA RAM Vs. PAWAN KUMAR (DIED) THROUGH LRS. AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 18-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 23A — Remand of case — Power to remand under this provision can only be exercised if the decree of the trial court is reversed in appeal and a retrial is deemed necessary. The appellate court must provide cogent reasons for reversal and must address the trial court's findings. A mere statement that a retrial is necessary without proper justification or without reversing the trial court's India Law Library Docid # 2440649
(180) SUBODH KUMAR DESHPANDEY Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 18-02-2026 Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 — Section 12(1)(a) and Section 19(a) — Transfer during pendency of inquiry — Employer’s duty to await recommendation of Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) — Aggrieved woman did not make a written request for transfer — Employer transferred India Law Library Docid # 2440650