(261) INDER SINGH (DIED) THROUGHLRS Vs. ASIN THROUGH LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES (SINCE DECEASED)[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 16-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 22 Rule 3 and 4 — Substitution of legal representatives — Appeal dismissed in abatement due to failure to substitute legal heirs of deceased appellant and respondent — Application filed to set aside abatement and substitute legal heirs — Delay in filing substitution applications — India Law Library Docid # 2440201
(262) 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
(263) YOGESH KOSLE AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 16-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304-B — Dowry Death — Essential ingredients of Section 304-B IPC include death of a woman by burns or bodily injury or otherwise than under normal circumstances, occurrence within seven years of marriage, subject to cruelty or harassment by husband or his relative soon before death in connection with dowry demand — If any ingredient is absent, presumption under Section 113B of India Law Library Docid # 2440651
(264) STATE OF CHHATTISGARH Vs. TOBIUS XAXA[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 16-02-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7 and 13(1)(D) read with Section 13(2) — Proof of demand for illegal gratification — Essential ingredient for conviction — Demand can be proved by direct evidence (oral, documentary) or circumstantial evidence — Mere acceptance without demand is not an offence — Section 20 mandates India Law Library Docid # 2440652
(265) NASIR BAKHSH AND OTHERS Vs. SMT. KAUSAR BANO AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 16-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 23 Rule 3 — Compromise of Suit — Rejection of Compromise Application by Trial Court — Grounds for Rejection — Prior Agreement to Sell by a Third Party — Appellants are co-sharers among themselves and sought partition. Parties entered into an amicable settlement and filed a joint application under Order 23 Rule 3 CPC. Trial Court rejected the application on grounds of non-joinder of parties and existence of a prior agreement to sell with a third party. Hel India Law Library Docid # 2440653
(266) VASUDEO GOND Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 16-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 375, 376, 511 — Attempt to commit rape — Partial penetration — Victim's testimony and medical report indicating hymen not ruptured and possibility of partial penetration — Held, sufficient to establish attempt to commit rape but not actual rape. Evidence of forcibly taking victim into room, stripping, and rubbing India Law Library Docid # 2440654
(267) ANTRAM (DEAD) THR LRS. Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 16-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 458 — Lurking house-trespass by night after preparation for hurt, assault, or wrongful restraint — Prosecution successfully proved ingredients of Section 458 IPC through evidence of victim and other witnesses; accused trespassed into courtyard at night and assaulted victim with a blunt weapon as India Law Library Docid # 2440655
(268) 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
(269) 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
(270) 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
(271) 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
(272) 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
(273) 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
(274) 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
(275) RAM NARAIN AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 13-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 313 — Recording of statement of accused on proforma of old Act (Cr.P.C., 1898) — Held to be an irregularity, not an illegality vitiating the trial — Old forms are deemed to be under corresponding provisions of the new Code by Section 484(2)(b) Cr.P.C., 1973 and Section 8 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 — No prejudice caused to the appellants established to warrant quashing of proceedings — Appeals dismissed. India Law Library Docid # 2440831
(276) SHIV PUJAN VERMA Vs. STATE OF U.P[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 13-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Conviction based on circumstantial evidence — Prosecution failed to establish a complete and unbroken chain of circumstances — Extra-judicial confession was weak and unsupported by corroboration — Recovery of alleged murder weapons was not supported by India Law Library Docid # 2440832
(277) JAI KUMAR AGGARWAL Vs. DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF GST INTELLIGENCE AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 13-02-2026 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (CGST Act) — Section 69 — Arrest of person — Requirement of furnishing grounds of arrest — It is mandatory to furnish grounds of arrest in writing to the arrestee along with the arrest memo — Failure to do so renders the arrest and subsequent remand illegal — The court must ensure that the "reasons to believe" recorded by the Commissioner are based on credible evidence India Law Library Docid # 2440833
(278) STATE OF U.P. THRU. DISTT.MAGISTRATE LAKHIMPUR KHERI AND OTHERS Vs. VINOD KUMAR CHOPRA AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 13-02-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of Delay — State's application for condonation of delay — While earlier judgments allowed latitude for bureaucratic delays, recent Supreme Court pronouncements emphasize that administrative lethargy and laxity are not sufficient grounds for condoning delay — The state must demonstrate bona fides and vigilance, not merely rely on procedural red tape — India Law Library Docid # 2440834
(279) 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
(280) 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