(361) SMT. SEEMA Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 26-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 201, 120B — Criminal Appeals against conviction for murder, causing disappearance of evidence, and criminal conspiracy — Circumstantial evidence — Homicidal death — Recovery of weapons of assault on pointing out by accused — Illicit relationship alleged between accused — Defence plea of false implication and no eyewitness — Hostile witnesses — Application of Section India Law Library Docid # 2440783
(362) SHRI SUKHNANDAN Vs. UNION OF INDIA[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 26-02-2026 Railways Act, 1989 — Sections 123(c)(2) and 124A — Compensation for death of foetus — Deceased was travelling with a reservation ticket, fell from the train while boarding, and died during treatment carrying an 8-9 month old male foetus, which also expired — Tribunal granted compensation of Rs — 8,00,000/- for the deceased mother but not for the foetus — Held, an unborn child aged five months onwards in the mother's womb till its birth can be treated as a child in existence — The unborn child, w India Law Library Docid # 2440784
(363) SPECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER, UNIT 1 AND ANOTHER Vs. PATEL SHANKARBHAI GOBARDAS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 26-02-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay in filing first appeal — Delay of 2014 days in filing appeal — Reasons for delay were administrative procedures and consultations between departments — Such reasons, including bureaucratic inefficiency and procedural red tape, are no longer acceptable explanations for condoning delay, especially after a significant period has elapsed since the judgment and an execution warrant was issued. India Law Library Docid # 2440945
(364) HIMMATBHAI BHIKHABHAI VAGHANI AND OTHERS Vs. DEPUTY COLLECTOR AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 26-02-2026 Mamlatdar Courts Act, 1906 — Section 5(3) — Suit for removal of obstruction to pathway — Cause of action arose much earlier — Suit filed after delay of more than two years — Mamlatdar has no jurisdiction to entertain suit filed beyond six months from date of cause of action — Rejection of suit by Mamlatdar and Deputy Collector on ground of limitation is correct — Petition dismissed. India Law Library Docid # 2440946
(365) VALAND SHANABHAI PARSOTTAMBHAI AND OTHERS Vs. NAVINBHAI GOVINDBHAI VALAND (NAI) AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 26-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of Plaint — Application for rejection of plaint was rejected by the trial court — The High Court held that a plaint can only be rejected if it does not disclose a cause of action or is barred by law — The court must read the plaint as a whole, and cannot reject it in part — If any part of the plaint is maintainable, the entire plaint cannot be rejected at the threshold — The High Court reiterated that the remedy under Order 7 Rule 11 India Law Library Docid # 2440947
(366) TURK FATMABAI RAMJU AND OTHERS Vs. MEMAN RUKAIYABAI OSHMAN LAKHANI AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 26-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Scope of — High Court cannot interfere with findings of fact by First Appellate Court, which is final court of facts, except where findings are erroneous, contrary to law, based on inadmissible evidence, or without evidence — High Court should not allow second appeal to become a "third trial on facts" or "one more dice in the gamble." [Paras 5.1, India Law Library Docid # 2440948
(367) TIRATH SINGH Vs. STATE OF JAMMU & KASHMIR[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 26-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 363, 302 RPC — Circumstantial Evidence — Conviction based on circumstantial evidence and "last seen" theory requires a complete chain of circumstances pointing to guilt and excluding innocence. India Law Library Docid # 2441094
(368) MANZOOR AHMED @ FURQAN Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 26-02-2026 Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 — Section 8(1) — Preventive detention — Grounds for detention — Security of State and maintenance of public order — Detaining authority’s subjective satisfaction is not subject to objective assessment by the High Court in writ jurisdiction — Past conduct with reasonable India Law Library Docid # 2441095
(369) M/S. RAM KRISHNA JAYARA Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 26-02-2026 Powers of Attorney Act, 1882 — Sections 1-A and 2 — Validity of power of attorney submitted in tender — Power of attorney is a unilateral document executed by a person appointing another as agent — It does not require the signature of the donee to be valid — Rejection of a bid on the ground that the power of attorney lacked the donee's signature was illegal — Reliance on Clause 4.3 of the Standard Bidding Document was India Law Library Docid # 2441252
(370) RELIANCE GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. ANIL NATH AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 26-02-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 149(2) — insurer's liability — An insurer can only avoid or restrict liability if specific statutory defences are proven, and the burden of proof lies on the insurer India Law Library Docid # 2441253
(371) KARNAIL SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 26-02-2026 U.P Zamindari Abolition & Land Reforms Act, 1950 — Section 132 — Regularization of unauthorized occupation of public land — Government Order dated 18.07.2016 clarified that land falling under Section 132, including water bodies and riverbeds, cannot be regularized — Appellants sought regularization of land occupied by them which was reported by Sub-Divisional Magistrate to be a riverbed land (Category India Law Library Docid # 2441254
(372) MARY AGNUES Vs. THE TELANGANA STATE NORTHERN POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LTD[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 26-02-2026 Family Pension — Eligibility of divorced daughter — Dependency must arise during the lifetime of the original pensioner, not merely on the death of the family pensioner (mother) — Petitioner obtained divorce decree seven years after the death of her father (original pensioner) and was living with her husband at that time, thus India Law Library Docid # 2441475
(373) K. VENKATA NARASIMHA REDDY Vs. STATE OF A.P.[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 26-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 353, 504, and 506 — Offences related to obstruction of public servant, intentional insult, and criminal intimidation — Prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt — Evidence of witnesses was contradictory — Petitioner's actions were generalized statements and not specific insults or threats to officials. India Law Library Docid # 2441463
(374) HIRANANDANI AMALFI OWNERS ASSOCIATION Vs. HIRANANDANI REALTORS PRIVATE Limited[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 26-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of plaint — The High Court should not exercise its supervisory jurisdiction under Article 227 of the Constitution to strike off a plaint when a specific and alternative remedy is available before the Trial Court, such as filing an application for rejection of the plaint under India Law Library Docid # 2441555
(375) RAJARAM SHARMA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 25-02-2026 Rajasthan Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1958 — Rule 16 — Disciplinary proceedings — Charge sheet — Delay — Inordinate and unexplained delay in initiating disciplinary proceedings or in concluding them can be a ground to quash, but only if it causes manifest prejudice to the delinquent employee — Mere delay, India Law Library Docid # 2440156
(376) AJAY KUMAR PANDVIA Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 25-02-2026 Pension Rules, 1976 — Rule 9 — Withholding Pension — Opportunity of Hearing — Even if a statute doesn't expressly provide for a hearing, a retired employee must be given an opportunity to be heard before their pension is withheld or withdrawn, especially when it leads to adverse civil consequences, as pension is a right and not a bounty. India Law Library Docid # 2440272
(377) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. SUNIL SINGH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-02-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Supervisory Jurisdiction — High Court can interfere with the orders of tribunals if they are illegal, arbitrary, and contrary to law, where the tribunal has failed to consider relevant facts and applicable rules. India Law Library Docid # 2440273
(378) RAJESH PRASAD PANDEY AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-02-2026 Regularization/Appointment of Daily Wage Employees — Employees with over 20 years of continuous service as daily wagers were considered for regularization based on Supreme Court judgments. India Law Library Docid # 2440274
(379) KALEEM Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 (Murder) — Conviction based on Dying Declaration — Trial Court's judgment of conviction and sentence upheld. The High Court found the dying declaration to be reliable and voluntary, corroborated by the First Information Report (FIR). Statements of witnesses consistently identified the India Law Library Docid # 2440275
(380) ATMA RAM Vs. SUNIL KUMAR AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — High Courts should not interfere with concurrent findings of fact unless judgments below are perverse or based on no evidence. — High Court cannot re-appreciate evidence to substitute its own view for plausible findings of fact by the first appellate court. — In India Law Library Docid # 2440476