(541) BODULAL AND OTHERS Vs. HANUMAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 18-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 21 Rule 32(5) — Enforcement of injunction decrees — Executing Court's powers — The Executing Court has the power to take all necessary measures to ensure effective compliance of an injunction decree, including restoring possession if the judgment-debtor has dispossessed the decree-holder in defiance of the decree. India Law Library Docid # 2440160
(542) STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS Vs. ARJUN LAL BUNKAR AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 18-02-2026 Rajasthan Civil Services (Revised Pay Scale) Rules, 2008 — Rule 26 — Pay Protection — Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti employees — Not government employees — Institutions registered under Societies Registration Act are private, non-governmental bodies — Employees not entitled to pay protection or pensionary benefits for previous service in such institutions. India Law Library Docid # 2440161
(543) NAMO NARAYAN VAIDH Vs. SMT. GAYATRI A. RATHORE AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 18-02-2026 Contempt of Courts Act, 1972 — Willful disobedience of court order — Essential element of contempt is wilful disobedience of the court's order — Where an order does not specify a particular location for joining duties, an employee insisting on a specific location and filing a contempt petition for not being posted there, amounts to an abuse of process and not disobedience. India Law Library Docid # 2440162
(544) DR. GULAB SINGH JATAV Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 18-02-2026 Madhya Pradesh Uchcha Nyayalaya (Khand Nyaypeeth Ko Appeal) Adhiniyam, 2005 — Section 2(1) — Appeal against dismissal of writ petition — Petitioner appointed as Assistant Professor with a condition to acquire NET/SLET/Ph.D. within two years, with a one-time special relaxation from GAD — Petitioner acquired Ph.D. after 13 years — Petitioner sought India Law Library Docid # 2440313
(545) PRASANNA NAMDEV (SONI) Vs. THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 18-02-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14 — Discrimination — Denial of death benefits to a married daughter solely on the ground of her marital status is discriminatory and violative of Article 14. India Law Library Docid # 2440314
(546) RAMSWAROOP AND ANOTHER Vs. CHURAMAN AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 18-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 151, 152 & Order 41 Rule 20 & Order 22 Rule 3 — Substitution of Legal Representatives — Amendment of Judgment and Decree — Where a judgment and decree is amended by the Trial Court after an appeal is filed, and the appeal involves a ground challenging the decree passed against a deceased person, the India Law Library Docid # 2440315
(547) SITA RAM Vs. PAWAN KUMAR (DIED) THROUGH LRS. AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 18-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 23A — Remand of case — Power to remand under this provision can only be exercised if the decree of the trial court is reversed in appeal and a retrial is deemed necessary. The appellate court must provide cogent reasons for reversal and must address the trial court's findings. A mere statement that a retrial is necessary without proper justification or without reversing the trial court's India Law Library Docid # 2440649
(548) SUBODH KUMAR DESHPANDEY Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 18-02-2026 Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 — Section 12(1)(a) and Section 19(a) — Transfer during pendency of inquiry — Employer’s duty to await recommendation of Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) — Aggrieved woman did not make a written request for transfer — Employer transferred India Law Library Docid # 2440650
(549) RATAN BUILDTECH PVT. LTD. THROUGH ITS PRACTICING COMPANY SECRETARY MR. ALAKH PANDEY Vs. ANIL KUMAR[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 18-02-2026 Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 — Section 58 — Appeal to High Court — Appeal from order of Appellate Tribunal to High Court — Section 100-A CPC bars further appeal from judgment of Single Judge deciding such appeal — UPREAT deemed to be civil court for certain purposes and its proceedings judicial India Law Library Docid # 2440828
(550) PATEL HASANBHAI ALIBHAI AADAMBHAI Vs. PATEL JAYESHKUMAR ISHWARBHAI AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 18-02-2026 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 58(c) — Mortgage by conditional sale vs — Sale with a condition to repurchase — The key distinction lies in the subsistence of a debtor-creditor relationship — In a mortgage by conditional sale, the debt continues, and the debtor has a right to redeem — In a sale with a condition to repurchase, there is no underlying debt, and the former owner has a personal right to India Law Library Docid # 2440969
(551) STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. GUDDUKUMAR MADHESH YADAV[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 18-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 376(A), 376(AB) — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Sentence of death penalty — Commuted to life imprisonment — Court's duty to consider reformation and possibility of becoming a useful member of society — Absence of criminal antecedents and good jail conduct can be mitigating factors — Death penalty reserved India Law Library Docid # 2441046
(552) SULEIMAN AHMED MINTY Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 18-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 135D of the Revenue Code — Notice for mutation entry — The issuance of notice under Section 135D of the Revenue Code is a crucial procedural step — It is required to be issued whenever a report is made to the village accountant or any intimation of acquisition or transfer of rights is received — The notice must be posted conspicuously and written intimation India Law Library Docid # 2441047
(553) HEIRS & LRS OF DECD.MEMON SATARBHAI SULEMANBHAI AND OTHERS Vs. MUKESHBHAI KRISHNALAL PANDYA[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 18-02-2026 Bombay Rent Act, 1947 — Section 28 — Jurisdiction of Courts — Suit between landlord and tenant relating to recovery of rent or possession of premises falls under exclusive jurisdiction of Rent Court — Ordinary civil court has no jurisdiction to entertain such matters — Plaintiffs' attempt to seek eviction through ordinary civil law while tenant is protected under Rent Act is an abuse of process of law.[Paras 17, India Law Library Docid # 2441048
(554) SHAH SURBHIT MUKESHBHAI Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 18-02-2026 Gujarat Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1947 — Section 9(1) and Section 31 (Repealed) — Violation of provisions — Agricultural land — Purchase of entire holding through multiple sale deeds — Petitioner purchased the entire Block No — 371 through two registered sale deeds totaling 7284 sq.mtrs — and was in possession of the entire block — Respondent authorities India Law Library Docid # 2441049
(555) DEV BHOOMI CONSTRUCTION PVT. LTD. Vs. BHAKTI RAM AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 18-02-2026 Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 — Section 30(1) — Appeal from Order against award of Workmen's Compensation Commissioner — Court's jurisdiction limited to substantial questions of law — Findings of Commissioner cannot be interfered with if supported by evidence and not perverse. India Law Library Docid # 2441301
(556) “X” CIL Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 18-02-2026 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 — Section 94 — Age determination — Hierarchy of evidence — Primacy of school certificates and matriculation certificates over medical opinion — Medical opinion is a last resort — Court below erred by relying solely on medical opinion without considering documentary evidence of date of birth India Law Library Docid # 2441302
(557) PRATIBHA DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. GAURAV JAIN AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 18-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 15 Rule 5 — Striking off defence for failure to deposit admitted rent — Defendant admitted rent at ₹8 lakh per month and deposited it belatedly for one month — Subsequently, defendant failed to deposit rent for two months — Held, defendant's conduct amounted to deliberate defiance or volitional/elective non-performance, justifying striking off defence. India Law Library Docid # 2441303
(558) ABDUL QUAVI Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 18-02-2026 Service Law — Disciplinary proceedings — Removal from service — Retrospective effect — Held, the imposition of major punishment of removal from service cannot be made retrospectively — Any such order needs to be modified to have prospective effect. India Law Library Docid # 2441474
(559) P.MARIAPPAN AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF TAMILNADU REP. BY INSPECTOR OF POLICE[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 18-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 239 — Discharge petition — Trial Court dismissed discharge petition — High Court finds no perversity, illegality, or jurisdictional error in Trial Court's order — At discharge stage, Court cannot conduct a mini-trial or a roving inquiry into pros and cons of the matter — Grounds India Law Library Docid # 2441567
(560) STATE BANK OF INDIA Vs. M/S. PATEL ENGINEERING LIMITED[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 17-02-2026 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 13(1A) — Appeal against order granting temporary injunction — Setting aside of injunction order — Court must consider preliminary jurisdictional issues [SARFAESI Act, RDB Act, IBC] even if not explicitly pleaded. India Law Library Docid # 2439679