2026 KLT OnLine 3862 (SC)

Dipankar Datta,Augustine George Masih

Regenta Hotels Pvt. Ltd. v. M/s. Hotel Grand Centre Point

7th January, 2026

2026 KLT OnLine 1363

Co operative Societies Rules 1969 (Kerala), R.185(1) 2nd Proviso -- A reading of the second proviso, would go to show that if at all the employees in the feeder category to a post relinquishes promotion, an employee on the immediate lower category can be promoted to the post after promoting him to the feeder category post by creating a supernumerary post and the said supernumerary post has to be abolished on promotion of the said employee to the higher posts.

Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari,P.V. Balakrishnan

Joint Registrar of Co operative Societies(General) v. Jayakumar

25th February, 2026

2026 KLT OnLine 1367 (SC)

Civil P.C. 1908, Ss.151 & 152 -- Motor Vehicles Act 1988, S.166 - Compassionate Assistance to the Dependents of Deceased Government Employees Rules, 2006 (Haryana) -- The MVA does not create any independent procedural mechanism called a “clarification” of a concluded appellate judgment -- An application styled as one for clarification must be located within the limited corrective powers recognised by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (‘CPC or ‘the Code’) , principally Sections 151 and 152 -- It cannot operate as a parallel or substitute procedure.

Sanjay Karol,Augustine George Masih

Reliance General Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Kanika

24th February, 2026

2026 KLT OnLine 1366

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, S.2(1)(h) -- If the accused is an unknown person, then there is no question of furnishing his postal address.

C.S. Dias

Anagh v. State of Kerala

19th February, 2026

2026 KLT OnLine 1364

Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012, Ss.4(2), 3(d), 7, 8 & 40 -- Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Rules 2020, R.4 -- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, S.351 -- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, S.483(2) -- The victim is entitled to be heard, before granting bail to the accused, especially in serious and heinous offences.

C. Pratheep Kumar

XXXXXXXXXX v. State of Kerala

26th February, 2026

2026 KLT OnLine 1356

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, S.18 -- When prima facie commission of offence/offences punishable under the SC/ST (POA) Act is made out, grant of anticipatory bail is legally barred under Section 18 of the SC/ST (POA) Act and grant of anticipatory bail is permissible only if the prosecution allegations in toto do not substantiate, prima facie, offences under the SC/ST (POA) Act.

A. Badharudeen

Aboobacker v. State of Kerala

23rd February, 2026

2026 KLT OnLine 1355 (SC)

Companies Act 2013, Ss.391, 392, 393 & 394 -- Judicial discipline, though a corner stone of justice, equity and fairness; ensuring continued public trust in judicial institutions, cannot be urged by tardy litigators engaged in fractious and opulent litigations aimed at jeopardizing public funds and putting the economy in a hostage situation.

P.V. Sanjay Kumar,K. Vinod Chandran

Omkara Assets Reconstruction Pvt. Ltd. v. Amit Chaturvedi

24th February, 2026

2026 KLT OnLine 1361

Practice and Procedure -- Constitution of India Art.226 -- Practice of granting interim orders while remanding parties to avail alternative remedy – Deprecated -- Once the high court, upon application of mind, declines to entertain a writ petition in the exercise of its discretionary jurisdiction on the ground that an efficacious alternative remedy for grant of relief is available but such remedy has not been pursued by the petitioner, the proceedings do not survive and must draw to an end then and there -- In such a circumstance when no final relief can effectively be granted on the petition, it is impermissible to pass an order in the nature of an interim relief [either by granting stay of operation of the order under challenge or by directing status quo to be maintained] till such time the aggrieved petitioner approaches the alternative forum.

Dipankar Datta,Satish Chandra Sharma

Mangal Rajendra Kamthe v. Tahsildar, Purandhar

20th February, 2026

2026 KLT OnLine 1353 (SC)

Aravind Kumar,Prasanna B. Varale

New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Rekha Chaudhary

23rd February, 2026

2026 KLT OnLine 1354

Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System (CFCFRMS), Custody, Restoration of Money and Grievance Redressal, Dt.2.1.2026 -- Bank Fraud -- Account Freeze – Scope of Standard Operating Procedure Explained.

M.A. Abdul Hakhim

M/s. Kunnamangalam Co operative Rural Bank Ltd. v. Inspector of Police

20th February, 2026

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Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, S.2(1)(h) -- If the accused is an unknown person, then there is no question of furnishing his postal address.