(981) JHARKHAND HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE-JHRC Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 26-02-2026 Environment Law — Biomedical Waste Management — Public Interest Litigation — Enforcement of Rules — The petitioner sought directions for strict adherence to biomedical waste management rules by healthcare institutions in Jharkhand — The court acknowledged the gravity of biomedical waste, its risks to public health and environment, and the historical context of judicial intervention due to administrative India Law Library Docid # 2442007
(982) ANAND KUMAR MAHTO AND OTHER Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHER[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 26-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376(2)(g) — Rape and Gang Rape — Conviction and sentence set aside — Delay in FIR lodging — Appellants contention that delay of two days in lodging the FIR without cogent explanation renders prosecution story fabricated — Held, delay is fatal to the prosecution case, casting serious doubt. India Law Library Docid # 2442008
(983) BINOD MANDAL Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 26-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Appeal against conviction and sentence for murder — Accused convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment — Challenging conviction on grounds including lack of eyewitnesses, alleged accidental fire, and infirmities in dying declaration — Court analyzed evidence, including dying India Law Library Docid # 2442009
(984) THE GENERAL SECRETARY, VIVEKANANDA KENDRA Vs. PRADEEP KUMAR AGARWALLA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-02-2026 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 105 — Lease vs. License — Determining the nature of a document is based on the substance and intention of the parties, not just its wording — A lease transfers an interest in land, while a license merely permits use without transferring ownership or interest. India Law Library Docid # 2440040
(985) IFFCO TOKIO GENERAL INSURANCE CO LTD. Vs. KRISHNABAI AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 26-02-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173(1) — Appeal against award of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Insurance Company appealing award fastening liability upon them — Issues include seating capacity of vehicle, premium paid, and applicability of Motor Vehicle Rules. India Law Library Docid # 2440276
(986) 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
(987) 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
(988) 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
(989) 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
(990) 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
(991) 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
(992) 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
(993) 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
(994) 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
(995) 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
(996) 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
(997) 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
(998) 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
(999) 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
(1000) RAM HIRDAY AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 26-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302/34 — Murder with common intention — For conviction under Section 34 IPC, prosecution must establish a pre-arranged plan or meeting of minds among accused — Mere presence at the scene ofoccurrence or possession of a weapon does not automatically establish common intention — To invoke Section 34, it must be proven that the criminal act was committed by several persons in India Law Library Docid # 2440780