Husband Cannot Enjoy Benefit of Consent Divorce and Then Claim Inability to Transfer Property Settled in Lieu of Alimony: Delhi High Court Adverse Inference Can't Be Drawn Against Bank For Non-Production Of Unproven Documents To Discharge Guarantors: Gujarat High Court Existing Petrol Pump Owners Have No Locus Standi To Challenge NOC Granted To Rival Outlets Merely To Eliminate Business Competition: Allahabad High Court Parking Space Lease Deeds Attract Stamp Duty Under Indian Stamp Act; Collector Under Section 31 Cannot Impose Penalty: Punjab & Haryana High Court Pending Crime Branch Probe No Bar To Bail When Initial Medical Evidence Points To Suicide: Orissa High Court Mortgagee In Possession Can Be Recognized As Statutory Tenant By Religious Institution: Madras High Court Dismisses Appeal Following Settlement 138 NI Act | Demand Notice Clubbing Stale Or Premature Cheques With Valid Ones Is Legally Invalid: Calcutta High Court Non-Disclosure of Settlement & Subsequent Sales as 'Just Cause' Under S. 263 Indian Succession Act: Madras HC Quashes Probate Grant Subsequent Property Auction Renders Decree For Return Of Factory Infructuous, Sets Aside Trial Court Direction: Kerala High Court Municipal Corporations Cannot Be Burdened With ESI Dues And Penal Damages Prior To Statutory Notification Under Section 1(5) ESI Act: Andhra Pradesh High Court Child Witnessing Mother's Murder By Father Is A Reliable Witness, Testimony Cannot Be Mechanically Discarded: Calcutta High Court Order 39 Rule 2A CPC Aims To Secure Compliance, Attachment And Imprisonment Are Not Ends In Themselves: Bombay High Court High Court Refuses To Interfere With CISF Constable's Dismissal For Sleeping On Duty And Misbehaving In J&K Prosecution Cannot Fill Gaps In Circumstantial Evidence Merely Because Delivery Occurred Inside Private Bathroom: Kerala High Court Acquits Mother In Infanticide Case Mere Presence And Possession Of Stick Cannot Establish Common Intention To Commit Murder Without Proof Of Functional Relationship: Allahabad High Court

(1) Raja Kumar Goswami @ Raj Kumar Goswami & Others ...Appellants Vs. The State of Bihar ...Respondent D.D 17/02/2026

Criminal Law – Murder and Criminal Conspiracy – Case Based on Circumstantial Evidence – Appellants convicted under Sections 302/201/120B/149 IPC – No eye-witness to occurrence – Prosecution relied on last seen theory, CDRs, recovery of mobile and motorcycle parts and confessional statements under Section 164 CrPC – Held: None of the incriminating circumstances f...

PATNA # CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No. 53 of 2020 with CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No. 5775 of 2019 with CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No. 16 of 2020 with CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No. 314 of 2020 with CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No. 359 of 2020 with CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No. 566 of 2021 Docid 2026 LEJ Crim Patna 827000

(2) State Bank of India ...Appellant Vs. M/s. Patel Engineering Limited ...Respondent D.D 17/02/2026

Banking Law - Jurisdiction – Bar under SARFAESI Act and RDB Act – Guarantor filed suit seeking declaration that no liability accrued under guarantee and obtained injunction restraining bank from proceeding under guarantee – Held: Suit in substance sought adjudication of liability forming subject matter of recovery proceedings – Section 34 SARFAESI Act bars civil court juris...

KARNATAKA # COMMERCIAL APPEAL NO. 372 OF 2024 Docid 2026 LEJ Civil Karnt 232058

(3) Bharat Kumar S/o Dhukaram and Others ...Petitioners Vs. State Of Rajasthan Through PP ...Respondent D.D 17/02/2026

Criminal Law – Withdrawal from Prosecution – Section 321 CrPC – Dismissal of State's Revision Upheld – FIR No. 53/2018 registered for offences under Sections 147, 148, 332, 333, 353, 336, 307 and 436 r/w 149 IPC and Section 3 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act arising from stone-pelting by protesters during "Bharat Band" on 02.04.2018 at Raniwa...

RAJASTHAN - JAIPUR # JODHPUR - CRIMINAL REVISIONAL JURISDICTION S.B. CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION NO. 444/2024 Connected With S.B. CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION NO. 953/2021 Docid 2026 LEJ Crim Raj 292891

(4) Koli Parshottambhai Narsinhbhai & Anr. ...Petitioners Vs. State of Gujarat through Secretary (Appeals) & Ors. ...Respondents D.D 17/02/2026

Revenue Law – Suo Motu Proceedings – Delay – Section 79A – Bombay Land Revenue Code – Petitioners purchased agricultural land bearing Survey No. 59/paiki/1, Moje Ghanshyampur, Taluka Limbdi, District Surendranagar admeasuring 8 Acres 32 Gunthas from heirs of Raja Bechar under registered sale deed dated 19.03.1990 – Mutation Entry No. 650 certified on 24.05.1992 ...

GUJARAT # CIVIL EXTRAORDINARY JURISDICTION SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 253 OF 2013 Docid 2026 LEJ Civil Guj 874514

(5) Radhey Lal Gupta …Appellant (Plaintiff) Vs. Shyam Sunder Gupta @ Ganesh Prasad Gupta & 7 Others …Respondents D.D 17/02/2026

Temporary Injunction – HUF Property – Burden to Prove Joint Family Nucleus – Plaintiff alleged that disputed property “Shanker Godam” purchased in 1943 in name of Gaya Prasad was from HUF funds – No documentary evidence of existence of HUF in 1943 or of adequate joint family nucleus produced – Estate duty assessment order of 1974 insufficient to establish ...

ALLAHABAD # FIRST APPEAL FROM ORDER No. 2756 of 2025 Docid 2026 LEJ Civil Allh 141732

(6) Sapna Devi & Anr. …Petitioners Vs. Sheetal & Ors. …Respondents D.D 17/02/2026

Service Law – Recruitment – Change of Eligibility Criteria Midway – Advertisement prescribed 10+2 with Diploma in Knitting from ITI – During selection, Board issued clarification extending eligibility to Diploma in Knitting/Textile from recognized Institution/ITI – Selected candidates possessed qualifications like Diploma in Handloom Technology and Textile Technology ...

JAMMU AND KASHMIR # WP (C) No. 628/2022 WP (C) No. 1670/2023 (Clubbed) Docid 2026 LEJ Civil J&K 796499

(7) Mubas M.H. / Aloshious Xavier …Petitioners Vs. State of Kerala & Others …Respondents D.D 17/02/2026

Public Interest Litigation – Maintainability – Challenge to Government programme involving expenditure of ₹20 Crores – Allegation of misuse of public funds and violation of Rules of Business – Held: Petitioners, as citizens raising issue of public finance and constitutional compliance, have locus – Court can examine policy decisions where arbitrariness, illegality o...

KERALA # WP(PIL) No. 4 of 2026 WP(PIL) No. 8 of 2026 Docid 2026 LEJ Civil Kerl 500015

(8) Arun Pratap Singh and 37 others …Petitioner(s) Vs. State of U.P. and 4 others …Respondent(s) D.D 17/02/2026

Education Law – RTE Act, 2009 – Teacher Redeployment – Validity of G.O. dated 14.11.2025 – Government Order issued to maintain prescribed pupil–teacher ratio under Section 25 of the 2009 Act – Challenge on grounds of arbitrariness, mid-session transfer and absence of procedure – Held: G.O. is supplemental and curative in nature, issued to ensure strict sta...

ALLAHABAD # WRIT – A No. 179 of 2026 (Along with Writ – A Nos. 787 of 2026, 568 of 2026, 707 of 2026 and 564 of 2026) Docid 2026 LEJ Civil Allh 897642

(9) Prosecutrix (X) ...Petitioner Vs. State & Anr. / Sumit ...Respondents D.D 17/02/2026

Rape – Consent on Promise of Marriage – Discharge – Prosecutrix alleged physical relations on false assurance of marriage – Record revealed long-standing relationship of two years – Single incident alleged – Delay in complaint and FIR – No material indicating force, coercion or false inducement from inception – Held: No prima facie material to show c...

DELHI # CRL.REV.P. 630/2017 CRL.REV.P. 648/2017 Docid 2026 LEJ Crim Del 430489