(661) SMT. MEENA DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. RAHUL HALDIYA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 11-02-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Appeal filed with 450 days delay — Claimants unaware of original judgment due to inability to contact counsel — Delay condoned subject to deposit of Rs. 11,000/- in "Junior Advocates Welfare Fund for purchasing Law Books" due to important questions of law and fact involved. India Law Library Docid # 2440173
(662) STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS Vs. ADITYA TIWARI AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 11-02-2026 Reservation Rules — Unreserved Quota — The unreserved quota is open to all candidates regardless of their category, and selection is based solely on merit. India Law Library Docid # 2440302
(663) SMT MAYA DEVI Vs. SMT. SUGAN SHARMA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 11-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of Plaint — Application for rejection of plaint under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC can only be decided based on the averments made in the plaint itself. India Law Library Docid # 2440303
(664) SMT. MANJARI TIWARI (DUBEY) Vs. VAIBHAV DUBEY[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 11-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 14 — Application for taking documents on record — Family Court Act, 1984 — Section 14 — Admissibility of evidence in Family Courts — While the right to privacy is a fundamental right, it is not absolute and is subject to reasonable restrictions. In matters of matrimonial disputes, the right of a party to bring relevant evidence before the court to prove their India Law Library Docid # 2440657
(665) FILISITA LAKRA Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 11-02-2026 Chhattisgarh Police Karmchari Varg Asadharan Parivar Nirvritti Vetan Niyam, 1965 — Rules 1965 — Chhattisgarh Civil Services (Extraordinary Pension) Rules, 1963 — Rules 1963 — Discrimination in family pension — Mother of deceased police personnel denied family pension after death of father who was receiving it — Rules of 1965 stated to have no provision for successor after death of primary family pensioner — Rules of 1963 have a provision for pension payable to mother after father's death India Law Library Docid # 2440658
(666) SUBHASHCHANDRA GUPTA Vs. AJAY KUMAR SHARMA AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 11-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 5 Rule 20 — Substituted Service — Requirements for — Court must be satisfied that defendant is evading service or summons cannot be served in ordinary way — Mere assertion of plaintiff is insufficient. India Law Library Docid # 2440835
(667) NARSINHBHAI PATHUJI THAKOR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 11-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 498A and 306 — Cruelty and abetment of suicide — Conviction for offences under Section 498A and 306 IPC — Appeal against conviction — While alleged harassment due to inability to conceive was claimed as cause for suicide, evidence showed matrimonial family sought medical India Law Library Docid # 2440971
(668) PIRZADA SAIYED BAHAUDDIN B. KADRI(SINCE DECD.THRO HEIRS AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 11-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Scope — High Court cannot interfere with findings of fact by the first Appellate Court unless they are contrary to law, based on inadmissible evidence, or made without any evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2440972
(669) VIRA MERU JOTWA Vs. RAMSHI SIDI GADHE AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 11-02-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Application for condoning a colossal delay of 16 years and 9 months in joining legal heirs as appellants — Applicants failed to provide convincing or cogent reasons for the extensive delay — Mere assertion of a "dormant" appeal or blaming the advocate does not constitute sufficient cause — The applicants' reasons were vague, evasive, India Law Library Docid # 2440973
(670) COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT RMPP VIDYALAYA INTER COLLEGE GURUKUL NARSAN Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 11-02-2026 Uttarakhand School Education Act, 2006 — Section 29(7) — Director's power to examine validity of election — In absence of dispute between rival committees, Director has no power to examine election validity, which must be raised under Societies Registration Act, 1860. India Law Library Docid # 2441312
(671) VINEET SHARMA Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 11-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125 — Maintenance for wife and child — Revisional Court's scope of interference — Limited, but permissible when order shows non-consideration of material or results in inequity. India Law Library Docid # 2441314
(672) USHA MITTAL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 11-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 145/146(1) — Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 — Section 528 — Jurisdiction of Magistrate under Sections 145/146(1) CrPC — Proceedings under Section 145 CrPC become infructuous once a competent civil court assumes jurisdiction over the dispute regarding possession and grants an injunction — Magistrate cannot pass any further order in such infructuous India Law Library Docid # 2441315
(673) M/S. PIONEER ALUMINIUM INDUSTRIES LIMITED Vs. M/S. RAS Al KHAIMAH INVESTMENT AUTHORITY, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 11-02-2026 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 12A — Exemption from pre-institution mediation — Plaintiff can be exempted if the suit requires urgent interim relief, and the purpose of Section 12A is not to paralyze deserving cases for injunctions but to encourage mediation for non-urgent suits. India Law Library Docid # 2441469
(674) HUKUM LAL B.P. Vs. MEGHWATI DEVI @ JYOTI CHOUHAN[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 10-02-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(i-a) and (i-b) — Cruelty and Desertion — Allegations of cruelty and desertion by husband against wife were not substantiated by cogent evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2439348
(675) DHANANJAI JHA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHER[PATNA HIGH COURT] 10-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 498A — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Sections 3 & 4 — Cruelty and dowry demand — Quashing of proceedings — Allegations in FIR were general and omnibus against aged parents residing separately abroad — Marriage dissolved by divorce decree prior to FIR — No prima facie case India Law Library Docid # 2439295
(676) THE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. SMT. DHANWATI DEVI AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 10-02-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeal against Motor Accident Claims Tribunal award — Driver holding licence for Light Motor Vehicle (LMV) is competent to drive transport vehicle within prescribed weight limit — Distinction between LMV (Private) and LMV (Transport) is not a bar to driving a transport India Law Library Docid # 2439296
(677) LOVEPREET SINGH @LOVE Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 10-02-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Sections 21, 25, 29 — Bail — Applicant in custody for over two years — No recovery of drugs from applicant's possession — Applicant not owner of vehicle from which contraband was recovered — Sole evidence connecting applicant to recovery is disclosure India Law Library Docid # 2439297
(678) ADAVAYYA Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 10-02-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 4, 5(j)(ii), 5(l) read with Section 6 and Indian Penal Code, 1860, Sections 376(2)(h), (i), (n) — Appeal against conviction — Delay in lodging complaint — Victim's age not conclusively proven by admissible documents — DNA report excluded accused as biological father — Access of other persons to victim's house — Enmity between India Law Library Docid # 2439681
(679) AMIN KHAN AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 10-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 362 BNSS (akin to Section 323 CrPC) — Committal of case — When an offence is exclusively triable by the Court of Sessions and a counter — case involves offenses triable by a Magistrate, the Magistrate's case should be committed to the Court of Sessions to ensure both are tried together by the same court. India Law Library Docid # 2440089
(680) JAI KISHAN Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 10-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 397(3) — Second Revision — Prohibition — A party cannot file a second revision petition after an earlier revision has been decided. The form of the petition doesn't matter, only the substance of the relief sought. The purpose is to ensure finality and prevent multiplicity of challenges. India Law Library Docid # 2440090