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Malkit Singh v. State of U.T. Chandigarh 2026 INSC 341 Street Vendors

Constitution of India - Article 19(1)(g) -Street Vendors - Every citizen has the right to practise any profession or to carry on any occupation, trade, or business. Street vending falls squarely within this protection. At the same time, this right is not absolute. Article 19(6) permits the

Labour Law

IPCA Laboratories Limited v. Laghu Udyog Mazdoor Union (CITU)2026 INSC 345 - Industrial Disputes Act

Labour Laws -Industrial Disputes Act and other similarly situated legislations are social welfare oriented and have to be interpreted in the light of the values enshrined in the Preamble and the provisions of Part IV of the Constitution of India, more particularly Article 38, 39(a) to (e), 43 and

Matrimonial

Mamta Devi v. Sanjay Kumar 2026 INSC 346 - Matrimonial - Wife Cruelty

Read Judgment In LawLens Note - No legal aspects discussed in this judgment -The Supreme Court upheld concurrent findings of the Family Court and the Jharkhand High Court that the wife’s conduct amounted to cruelty and that she had deserted the husband within the meaning of Sections 13(1)

Service Law

Union of India v. Sunil Kumar Rai 2026 INSC 311 - Service Law - Upgradation

Read Judgment In LawLens Note: No legal aspects discussed in this judgment - Examines the validity of letter by Border Road Organization rejecting the claim for extension of Non-Functional Upgradation. Case Info Basic Case Details Case name: Union of India & Others v. Sunil Kumar Rai & Others Neutral citation:

Motor Accident Compensation

Ahsan v. Shambhu Lal Vaishnav 2026 INSC 354 - Motor Accident Compensation

Note: No legal aspects discussed in the judgment - Supreme Court enhanced motor accident compensation Ahsan v. Shambhu Lal Vaishnav 2026 INSC 354 - Motor Accident Compensation Ahsan v. Shambhu Lal Vaishnav 2026 INSC 354 - Motor Accident Compensation .pdf150 KBdownload-circle Case Info Case Information Extracted Case name: Ahsan v.

Civil Suit

Hari Ram v. State of Rajasthan 2026 INSC 350 - Voidable Transaction- Delay Condonation

Voidable Transaction- The repudiation of a voidable transaction need not necessarily be in a suit instituted to set it aside and could as well be, by way of an unequivocal conduct. (Para 14) Limitation - Delay condonation cannot be an act of generosity defeating the cause of substantial justice and

reservation

Poonam Dwivedi v. State of U.P. 2026 INSC 351 - UPSSSC - EWS Reservation

UPSSSC - EWS Reservation - The Supreme Court held that to claim reservation under the EWS category for the UPSSSC 2021 recruitment of Female Health Workers, candidates were required to possess an Income and Asset Certificate in the prescribed Form‑I, relating to the financial year immediately preceding the year

Service Law

State of Kerala v. M. Vijayakumar 2026 INSC 352 - Service - DA and DR

Service Law - If dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) are to be added on salary and pension payable to serving employees and retired employees, respectively, whether there could be a higher rate for enhancement of DA than what it is for DR? SC held: Once pension is admissible

Service Law

Kamal Prasad Dubey v. State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 INSC 353- Service - Promotion

Service Law - The appellant, a long-serving employee of a Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society, was denied relaxation of educational qualifications for promotion to Society Manager by the Registrar, even though the Society’s Board and General Body had recommended such relaxation and similarly placed employees with the same Higher Secondary

Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996

State of West Bengal v. M/S B.B.M. Enterprises 2026 INSC 358 - Arbitration Act - Limitation - Recovery Of Amount

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 - Sections 21,42,43 ; Limitation Act 1961 - Article 18 - Arbitration though an alternate dispute resolution system, cannot deviate from the fundamental principle that law favours the diligent and not the indolent. Section 42 applies the Limitation Act to arbitrations as it is

Specific Relief Act

Kishan Chand (D) v. Gautam Gaur Hitkarak Sabha, Kota 2026 INSC 448 - Suit For Declaration - Burden On Plaintiff

Specific Relief Act 1963 - Section 34 - Civil Suit - A suit for declaration and consequential relief - The burden lies squarely upon the plaintiff to establish a clear and cogent title to the suit property. The plaintiff must succeed on the strength of his own case and not

Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act

Shaheen Malik v. Union of India - RPwD Act - Acid Attack Victims

Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 - Pending an appropriate amendment to the Schedule of the 2016 Act, for all intents and purposes, and in order to give full effect to the legislative scheme underlying the 2016 Act, the expression “acid attack victims” shall be construed to include victims

Corporate Law

Alpha Corp Development Private Limited v. Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) 2026 INSC 449 - Lifting Of Corporate Veil

Company Law - Lifting of the corporate veil - When, in reality, associated or group companies are inextricably connected so as to form part of one concern, the corporate veil should be lifted. Where protection of public interest is of paramount importance or where a company has been formed to

Bail

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.