(1) GURUVACHAN SINGH Vs. UNION OF INDIA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 16-02-2026 Railways Act, 1989 — Section 123(c) — "Untoward Incident" — Bona Fide Passenger — Burden of proof — Claimant's initial burden to prove by affidavit of relevant facts, shifting burden to Railways — Mere absence of ticket does not negate claim of bona fide passenger. India Law Library Docid # 2439505
(2) RAMSAROJ Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 16-02-2026 Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 2007 — Section 15(1)(a) and Section 2(p)(iii) — Known rowdy — Externment proceedings initiated against petitioner classified as a "known rowdy" based on recurrent involvement in criminal activities, including recent offenses under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. India Law Library Docid # 2439507
(3) JAMES MATHEW AND OTHER Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 16-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 120B r/w 420 — Criminal conspiracy and cheating — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) — Abuse of official position — For conviction under Section 420 IPC, intention to cheat must exist at the inception of the transaction — Evidence showing the nature of loan was changed to an ordinary loan with higher interest rate due to inability to construct India Law Library Docid # 2439508
(4) SOUTH INDIAN BANK LTD Vs. MUHAAMMADKANI RAWTHER AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 16-02-2026 Kerala High Court Act, 1958 — Section 5(i) — Maintainability of Writ Appeal — Against interim order — Test is whether the order substantially affects rights and liabilities or causes prejudice, not merely procedural. India Law Library Docid # 2439509
(5) TOGY GEORGE Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 16-02-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Inherent jurisdiction of High Court — Quashing of proceedings — Settled disputes — High Court can exercise inherent powers to quash criminal proceedings when the dispute between parties has been amicably settled, particularly in cases involving non-grave offences India Law Library Docid # 2439510
(6) SREEKALA Vs. AJITH KUMAR[KERALA HIGH COURT] 16-02-2026 Family Court Act, 1984 / Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Conflicting Orders — Exceeding Jurisdiction — Family Court order injuncting appellant from residence, despite prior protection order from Judicial Magistrate, held improper and set aside — Family Court cannot virtually sit in appeal over a Magistrate’s order. India Law Library Docid # 2439511
(7) M/S MILLENIUM REALTECH PVT. LTD. Vs. M/S OPAQUE INFRASTRUCTURE PVT. LTD.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 16-02-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 37 — Appeal against order under Section 34 — Scope of interference — Appellate jurisdiction under Section 37 is narrow and limited to examining legality of findings by the court under Section 34, and cannot reassess merits of arbitral award. India Law Library Docid # 2439502
(8) MOIDEEN KUTTY K @ M. K. FAIZY Vs. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT[DELHI HIGH COURT] 16-02-2026 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 — Section 439 CrPC — Bail Application — Applicant arrested on 03.03.2025, in custody since then — Applicant’s name not in initial FIR or ECIR, only surfaced in 7th Supplementary Prosecution Complaint — No prima facie allegations against applicant in predicate offence proceedings by NIA — Delated inclusion in ED’s complaint, not in NIA India Law Library Docid # 2439503
(9) M/S DELHI COLD STORAGE PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHER Vs. STATE (NCT OF DELHI)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 16-02-2026 Companies Act, 1956 — Section 108 & 629A — Transfer of shares — Issue estoppel — Complaint filed by Registrar of Companies based on allegations already adjudicated in a previous private complaint filed by a shareholder was held to be barred by the principle of issue estoppel. India Law Library Docid # 2439504
(10) MANOJ Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-02-2026 Essential Commodities Act, 1955 — Sections 3, 7 — Cement Control Order, 1967 — Maharashtra Cement (Licensing and Control) Order, 1973 — Decontrol of cement price and distribution from March 1, 1989 — Conviction for offences relating to cement contravention after decontrol — Unsustainable in law — Prosecution fundamentally unsustainable due to absence of operative control order on relevant date. India Law Library Docid # 2439380
(11) BALMUKUND SINGH GAUTAM Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Absconding accused — General rule is that an absconder is not entitled to anticipatory bail, exception being when court is prima facie satisfied that no case is made out against the accused after perusing FIR, case diary, and other materials — Accused absconded for almost six and a half years, threatened victim, had criminal India Law Library Docid # 2439381
(12) PAWAN KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-02-2026 Service Law — Regularisation of Services — Casual Workers — Supreme Court held that casual workers who were similarly situated to those whose services had been regularised in previous judgments, should also have their services regularised. The Court noted that the work performed was perennial and fundamental to the functioning of the department, and that excluding these workers amounted to discrimination. India Law Library Docid # 2439382
(13) THE TIRUCHIRAPPALLI DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION Vs. ANNA NAGAR CRICKET CLUB AND ANOTHER ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-02-2026 Cricket Association Rules — Applicability of Supreme Court Judgments — A district cricket association's rules and bye-laws are not necessarily required to be identical to those of the national cricket governing body (BCCI) based on previous Supreme Court judgments, as the specific rulings in those cases did not mandate such precise conformity for district associations. India Law Library Docid # 2439383
(14) STATE BANK OF INDIA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-02-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 14, Section 238 — Telecom laws — Spectrum — Nature of — Can spectrum, even if treated as an asset in corporate debtor's books, be subjected to proceedings under IBC? — Held, No. Spectrum is a natural resource, the right to use which is granted by the Government under a licence, not ownership. The IBC cannot override the specific statutory regime governing telecommunications law. India Law Library Docid # 2439384
(15) ZUBAIR. P Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-02-2026 Kerala Education Rules, 1959 — Rule 6(2)(24)(iii) of Chapter XXXII — State Eligibility Test (SET) for Higher Secondary School Teacher (HSST) — Purposive interpretation — While the rule does not explicitly mention "in the concerned subject" for SET qualification, context, purpose, and the scheme of the SET examination (Paper II based on post-graduate specialization) indicate that the SET must be in the subject of appointment. India Law Library Docid # 2439385
(16) HARBINDER SINGH SEKHON AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-02-2026 Punjab Regional and Town Planning and Development Act, 1995 — Master Plan — Binding force — Change of Land Use (CLU) — Master Plan is a statutory instrument that governs land use and development; it is not a mere policy document and has binding force. Any development contrary to the operative plan is impermissible unless the plan is altered according to law. India Law Library Docid # 2439501
(17) R. SAVITHRI NAIDU Vs. M/S THE COTTON CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-02-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 36 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 21 Rule 102 — Enforcement of Arbitral Award — Deemed Decree — Protection for bona fide claimants under Rules 98 and 100 do not apply to a transferee pendente lite — Transferee pendente lite is someone to whom property is transferred after the institution of the suit or arbitration in which the decree was passed — If India Law Library Docid # 2439372
(18) UNION OF INDIA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY AND OTHERS Vs. SGT GIRISH KUMAR AND ORS. ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-02-2026 Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007 — Section 22 — Arrears of disability pension — Limitation period — Claims for arrears of disability pension due to broad banding are not barred by limitation or delay and laches, especially when the legal position was settled by a Supreme Court judgment in Ram Avtar case. India Law Library Docid # 2439373
(19) 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
(20) B. PRASHANTH HEGDE Vs. STATE BANK OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-02-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 7 — Application for initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) — Limitation period — Acknowledgement of debt — Balance sheets as acknowledgement — Corporate Debtor’s balance sheets, signed by a director and produced by the Corporate Debtor itself in other proceedings, can serve as a valid acknowledgement of debt under Section 18 of the Limitation Act, 1963, extending the period of limitation. India Law Library Docid # 2439386