(581) 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
(582) 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
(583) 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
(584) 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
(585) 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
(586) 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
(587) TAJ PARVEEN AND OTHERS Vs. EZAZULLA SHARIFF AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 16-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 23 Rule 1(3) and (4) — Withdrawal of suit without liberty to file fresh suit — Not always an absolute bar to a second suit — Object is to prevent abuse of process, not extinguish rights — Previous suits dismissed for non-prosecution or withdrawn on memo stating settlement, without objection from defendants — Later suit filed for declaration and injunction, not for partition — Cause of action for injunction is recurring — Dismissal for non- India Law Library Docid # 2439678
(588) 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
(589) 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
(590) 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
(591) INDER SINGH (DIED) THROUGHLRS Vs. ASIN THROUGH LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES (SINCE DECEASED)[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 16-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 22 Rule 3 and 4 — Substitution of legal representatives — Appeal dismissed in abatement due to failure to substitute legal heirs of deceased appellant and respondent — Application filed to set aside abatement and substitute legal heirs — Delay in filing substitution applications — India Law Library Docid # 2440201
(592) NISHAD AND OTHERS Vs. MUMTHAZ BEEGUM[KERALA HIGH COURT] 16-02-2026 Family Law — Recovery of gold ornaments and money — Entrustment to husband and mother-in-law — Evidence showed wife was given gold ornaments at marriage and entrusted them to husband and mother-in-law — Husband's financial position at marriage made his claim about gifting ornaments to wife unconvincing — Wife's evidence regarding gold ornaments, money, and household articles was credible — India Law Library Docid # 2440415
(593) YOGESH KOSLE AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 16-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304-B — Dowry Death — Essential ingredients of Section 304-B IPC include death of a woman by burns or bodily injury or otherwise than under normal circumstances, occurrence within seven years of marriage, subject to cruelty or harassment by husband or his relative soon before death in connection with dowry demand — If any ingredient is absent, presumption under Section 113B of India Law Library Docid # 2440651
(594) STATE OF CHHATTISGARH Vs. TOBIUS XAXA[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 16-02-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7 and 13(1)(D) read with Section 13(2) — Proof of demand for illegal gratification — Essential ingredient for conviction — Demand can be proved by direct evidence (oral, documentary) or circumstantial evidence — Mere acceptance without demand is not an offence — Section 20 mandates India Law Library Docid # 2440652
(595) NASIR BAKHSH AND OTHERS Vs. SMT. KAUSAR BANO AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 16-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 23 Rule 3 — Compromise of Suit — Rejection of Compromise Application by Trial Court — Grounds for Rejection — Prior Agreement to Sell by a Third Party — Appellants are co-sharers among themselves and sought partition. Parties entered into an amicable settlement and filed a joint application under Order 23 Rule 3 CPC. Trial Court rejected the application on grounds of non-joinder of parties and existence of a prior agreement to sell with a third party. Hel India Law Library Docid # 2440653
(596) VASUDEO GOND Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 16-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 375, 376, 511 — Attempt to commit rape — Partial penetration — Victim's testimony and medical report indicating hymen not ruptured and possibility of partial penetration — Held, sufficient to establish attempt to commit rape but not actual rape. Evidence of forcibly taking victim into room, stripping, and rubbing India Law Library Docid # 2440654
(597) ANTRAM (DEAD) THR LRS. Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 16-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 458 — Lurking house-trespass by night after preparation for hurt, assault, or wrongful restraint — Prosecution successfully proved ingredients of Section 458 IPC through evidence of victim and other witnesses; accused trespassed into courtyard at night and assaulted victim with a blunt weapon as India Law Library Docid # 2440655
(598) ALI HASAN AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 16-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374(2) — Appeal against conviction and sentence for dacoity — Trial court presumed dacoity occurred without proper examination of evidence — Appellants claimed false implication due to village politics and past enmity — Court found material inconsistencies in prosecution witnesses' testimonies regarding identification, weapons used, injuries sustained, and recovery of looted items — No recovery of any booty despite arrests — Accused were India Law Library Docid # 2440979
(599) RAM PHERAN AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 16-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 302/34, 498-A — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Sections 3, 5 — Conviction for murder and cruelty — Death by strangulation followed by burning to conceal crime — Plea of alibi disbelieved as after-thought and contrary to accused's own admission — Evidence of defense witnesses not reliable — Circumstantial evidence supporting guilt beyond reasonable India Law Library Docid # 2440980
(600) LH OF DECD JOSHEF JEROM CHRISTIAN AND OTHERS Vs. KIRITKUMAR JEROM VENDELIN AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 16-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of plaint — Grounds of limitation and absence of cause of action — Held, for deciding an application under Order 7 Rule 11, only averments in the plaint are to be considered — A cause of action barred by limitation cannot be decided summarily under Order 7 Rule 11 if it involves disputed questions of fact or hinges on the date of knowledge, as India Law Library Docid # 2441051