(881) M/S H.P.SINGH & CO. Vs. UNION OF INDIA[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 13-02-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1997 (J&K) — Section 11 — Appointment of Arbitrator — Petitioner seeking appointment of arbitrator due to disputes arising from a contract — Respondents averring that petitioner signed a supplementary agreement and a "No Claim Certificate" for full and final settlement — The "No Claim Certificate" and supplementary agreement are considered "excepted matters" under India Law Library Docid # 2441034
(882) VIVEK NEGI Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 13-02-2026 Promotion Eligibility — Qualifying Service — Petitioner not eligible for promotion as Administrative Officer due to lack of requisite three years of qualifying service on the feeder post of Head Assistant, as per recruitment rules. India Law Library Docid # 2441305
(883) SMT. BASANTI BISHT AND OTHERS Vs. MAHENDRA KUMAR AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 13-02-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166 and 140 — Motor accident compensation claim — Death of deceased in road accident due to rash and negligent driving — Appeal by claimants for enhancement of compensation and appeal by insurance company for quashing award — Appeals arise out of common judgment and award and involve identical questions of fact and law — Both appeals disposed of together. India Law Library Docid # 2441306
(884) JIYAURREHMAN Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 13-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Delay in filing appeal — Supreme Court directed High Court to decide appeal on merits, notwithstanding delay — Delay condoned by High Court, and appeal proceeded on merits. India Law Library Docid # 2441307
(885) M/S EVEREST AUTOMOBILES Vs. M/S RAJIT ENTERPRISES[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-02-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Complaint under — Victim’s right to appeal — A co-ordinate bench held that a complainant in a Section 138 case is a 'victim' entitled to file an appeal against acquittal under Section 372 of the CrPC without special leave under Section 378(4) CrPC. India Law Library Docid # 2439537
(886) SANJAY KUMAR AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 313 — Examination of accused — Requirements — Duty of court and prosecutor — It is mandatory to pose specific questions to the accused regarding each piece of incriminating evidence adduced against them — Failure to do so renders the examination inadequate and incurable injustice to the accused. India Law Library Docid # 2439539
(887) 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
(888) 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
(889) 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
(890) 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
(891) 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
(892) 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
(893) 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
(894) 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
(895) 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
(896) 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
(897) 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
(898) 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
(899) BASANT KUMAR Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 12-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 306 and 107 — Abetment of suicide — For conviction the prosecution must establish that the accused contributed to the act of suicide by the deceased by instigating, conspiring, or intentionally aiding — Mere harassment is not sufficient — Clear intention (mens rea) to abet is essential — A positive act by the accused, closely linked to the time of the incident, that compelled or drove the victim to commit suicide is required — Allegations of harassment alone India Law Library Docid # 2440656
(900) SMT. GEETA DEVI AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 12-02-2026 Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code, 2006 — Sections 64 and 65 — Allotment of residential plot to landless agricultural laborer — Encroachment by third party — Power of Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) to deliver possession — The SDM has the power under Section 65 of the Code, 2006 to put an allottee in possession of land allotted for India Law Library Docid # 2440727