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In Re: Condition Being Imposed While Granting Bail by High Court of Orissa and District Courts in the State of Odisha - Caste Colored Bail Conditions

Bail Conditions - Caste-coloured and oppressive conditions- Bail orders of the Orissa High Court and subordinate courts that required Adivasi and Dalit accused, arrested during protests against Vedanta’s mining project, to clean police station premises for two months as a condition of bail. The Supreme Court held that such

Bail

Sachin Yadav v. State (NCT of Delhi) - Bail Condition - Right Of Residence Restriction

Can Bail Conditions restricting Accused's Right Of Residence be imposed?

public employment

Commissioner, Delhi Police & Anr. v. Uttam Kumar 2026 INSC 314 -Public Employment

Public Employment - Public employment is scarce. The youth of the country eagerly await such employment opportunities, as and when the same are thrown open, with fervent hopes for a brighter future. [Context: The respondent, having qualified in the first tier of recruitment for the post of Constable in Delhi

Bail

Mahesh Chand v. State of Uttar Pradesh 2026 INSC 440 - Bail - Dowry Death Cases

Bail - Dowry Death Cases - Bail court at any level should remain very careful to ensure that its order like the one impugned before us should not be seen or read by the society at large that the courts are taking serious crimes against women very lightly. (Para 28)

Labour Law

Bonatrans India (Pvt.) Ltd. v. Bonatrans Employees Union 2026 INSC 445 - MRTU & PULP Act

Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions and Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act, 1971 (MRTU & PULP Act) - Industrial Disputes Act - If in course of adjudication of a complaint under the MRTU & PULP Act the management as a point of demurrer either denies the employer-employee relationship or disputes

Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act

Justice Sunanda Bhandare Foundation v. Union of India 2026 INSC 441 - Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act

Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 - The Supreme Court accepts the Union of India’s clarification, through DoPT instructions, that PwBD candidates who qualify on their own merit without relaxed standards must be adjusted against unreserved vacancies, with reservation operating horizontally and “upward movement” permitted. Persistent non‑compliance

Right To Education Act

Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir v. Saba Wani 2026 INSC 439 - Rehbar‑e‑Taleem (ReT) scheme - RTE

Rehbar‑e‑Taleem (ReT) scheme - RTE

Service Law

State of Tamil Nadu & Anr v. R. Sasipriya 2026 INSC 446 -Service Matters - Fence Sitters

Fence-sitters cannot be permitted to raise a dispute relating to seniority and consequential promotion or challenge the validity of an order after the matter has concluded

Corporate Law

Dr. Bais Surgical and Medical Institute Pvt. Ltd. v. Dhananjay Pande 2026 INSC 447 - Ss.397-399 Companies Act 1956 - Member

Companies Act, 1956 - Sections 397, 398 and 399 - The expression “member” cannot be construed in isolation or confined to the technical formulation contained in Section 41(2). It must be construed with reference to the wider definitional framework provided in Section 2(27) and allied provisions governing the

public employment

Rajasthan Public Service Commission v. Lavanshu Sankhla 2026 INSC 444 - Public Employment - Recruitment

What is expressly prohibited by law cannot be circumvented through indirect means.

Consumer Protection Act

Kumud Lall v. Suresh Chandra Roy (D) T2026 INSC 443 - Consumer Protection Act - Medical Negligence - Death Of Doctor - Appellate Stage

Whether, upon death of the doctor during pendency of proceedings at appellate stage, the legal heirs can be impleaded and held liable for the alleged act of medical negligence of the deceased doctor? If yes, to what extent

Code Of Criminal Procedure 1973: Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023

Sujal Vishwas Attavar v. State of Maharashtra 2026 INSC 442 - Writ Jurisdiction - Non-Registeration Of FIR

The High Court is not bound to entertain a writ petition merely because a case of alleged inaction or negligence is made out against a statutory authority.

Indian Penal Code

Narendra Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 INSC 433 - S.498A IPC - Family Members

Section 498A IPC is to ensure the safety of women in their marital homes and not to take grudges against all the members of the family even in the absence of any role attributable to them

Constitutional Law

Prem Porwal vs. Jagdeesh Chandra Prajapati 2026 INSC 435 - PIL Jurisdiction - Titular Issues - Review Scope

Travelling into the area to adjudicate the titular issues would be a wrongful exercise of public interest jurisdiction

Constitutional Law

Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises Ltd. v. B. Gurappa Naidu 2026 INSC 434 - Art.227 Constitution - Supervisory Jurisdiction - Scope

Supervisory jurisdiction is not to correct every error of fact or even a legal flaw when the final finding is justified or can be supported.

Code Of Criminal Procedure 1973: Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023

Pawan Khera v. State of Assam 2026 INSC 437 - Anticipatory Bail - Political Overtones

Personal liberty of an individual enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution of India cannot be put to jeopardy lightly.

Commercial Courts Act

Reliance Eminent Trading and Commercial Private Limited v. Delhi Development Authority 2026 INSC 436 - CPC - Commercial Suits - Summary Judgment- Guidelines

Guidelines for considering an application for summary judgment under Order XIII-A of the CPC (Commercial Suits)

Code Of Criminal Procedure 1973: Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023

P. Sugumar v. Palanisamy @ Vinayaga Palanisamy 2026 INSC 430 - Bail - Consistency

The need for consistency in bail matters arising out of the same FIR.

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code

Shankar Khandelwal v. Omkara Asset Reconstruction Pvt. Ltd. & Anr., 2026 INSC 429 - IBC - Limitation Act - RP

IRP’s admission of secured financial creditors debt in first CIRP was not an acknowledgement under Section 18 Limitation Act

Constitutional Law

R. Iyyappan v. Union of India 2026 INSC 431 - State - Model Employer

Read Judgment In LawLens Constitution of India - Article 14- The obligation of the State to act as a model employer is not a mere exhortation but flows directly from the guarantee of equality enshrined in Article 14 of the Constitution. Article 14 strikes at arbitrariness and mandates fairness, non-discrimination,

Bail

Vaibhav Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh - Bail- Under Trial - Speedy Trial Right

Howsoever grave the crime may be, but if the accused is denied his right of speedy trial and is languishing in jail for years together and for no fault on his part, he cannot be kept in jail for indefinite period.

Code Of Criminal Procedure 1973: Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023

Yashwant Kumar Nag v. State of Chhattisgarh - S.323 CrPC

The power under Section 323 of Cr.P.C. is exercisable where there is any inquiry into an offence or trial pending before a Magistrate.

Constitutional Law

Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay v. Union of India 2026 INSC 432 - Hate Speech - Fraternity

Read Judgment In LawLens Constitution of India - Article 32- Supreme Court, in exercise of its constitutional jurisdiction, cannot create or expand criminal offences or prescribe punishments in the absence of legislative sanction. Any such exercise would transgress the settled doctrine of separation of powers and encroach upon the legislative

Taxation

Aspinwall and Co. Ltd. v. Inspecting Assistant Commissioner, 2026 INSC 359 Kerala Agricultural Income Tax Act

Neither there is any statutory requirement for issuing notice to the State Government before any scheme of amalgamation is approved by the Court under the 1956 Act nor such notice was issued.

Code Of Civil Procedure

Akkiraju Panduranga Rao v. Gundlapally Ranga Rao 2026 INSC 428 CPC - Amendment Of Pleadings -Liberal Approach

While deciding an application seeking amendment of pleadings, courts should not delve into the technicalities of law; rather, a liberal approach should be followed.