Miscellaneous

Harish Rana v. Union of India - Passive Euthanasia- Death

Passive Euthanasia - Medicine has its limits, and that prolonging life in ways a person would not choose for themselves is not always true care. Allowing someone to pass on their own terms and alleviating their suffering affirms their dignity in its truest sense [Context: This order records that, pursuant

Judiciary

Bar Council of India v. High Court of Andhra Pradesh -Judiciary - Bar and Bench

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public employment

Lokendra Kumar Tiwari v. Union of India 2026 INSC 487 - Public Employment

Public Employment - An advertisement was issued by IIIT‑Allahabad in 2013 for regular posts of Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor, under which the appellant was fully qualified, shortlisted, interviewed, and then appointed only on a one‑year contractual basis, while others selected through the same process were given regular

Criminal Trial

Talari Naresh v. State of Telangana 2026 INSC 486 - Postmortem Report -Hostile Witness Evidence

Criminal Trial - Hostile Witness Evidence -The evidence of a hostile witness can be used for convicting the accused, such evidence could indeed be applied and utilised also for the purpose of acquitting the accused, when what is testified by the hostile witness inspires credibility, when read with the other

Election

Dinesh Kumar v. Surta Nath @ Surat Nath 2026 INSC 485- UP Panchayat Raj - Election Disputes - Right To Cross Examination

U.P. Panchayat Raj (Settlement of Election Disputes) Rules, 1994 – Rule 4 - A party seeking cross-examination of a witness is entitled to make such a claim by giving sufficient and justifiable reasons for the same. Under Rule 4, the Sub-Divisional Officer, acting as Election Tribunal, is empowered to consider

Motor Accident Compensation

Mohinder Kaur (D) v. Brij Lal Arora 2026 INSC 477- Motor Accident Compensation - Death Of Engineering Student

Motor Accident Compensation - The objective of awarding compensation in motor accident claims is to ensure “just and reasonable compensation” to the victim or the aggrieved dependents of the deceased, not merely with a view to restoring the Claimant, So far as practicable, to the position existing prior to the

Interpretation Of Statutes

Canara Bank v. Prem Latha Uppal (D) 2026 INSC 478 -Statutory Interpretation - May

Interpretation of Statutes - The interpretation, particularly before a court of law, is not a conundrum, inasmuch as it is based on the interpretative cannons. A word or a section is interpreted not as what one thinks but what it means. Further, in the process of interpretation, there must be

Corporate Law

Angelwoods Apartment Allottees Association v. M. Lalitha  2026 INSC 479 - NCLAT Rules - Certified Copy Requirement

Practice and Procedure- National Company Law Appellate Tribunal Rules, 2016  - Rule 22 - The parties could not automatically dispense with their obligation to apply for and obtain a certified copy for filing an appeal under Rule 22- A person wishing to file an appeal is expected to file an

Land Acquisition

Project Director, National Highways Authority of India v. Alfa Remidis Ltd. 2026 INSC 480 - Average Sale Price- RFCTLARR Act

Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 - Section 26 ; National Highways Act, 1956 - The methodology for working out the ‘average sale price’ under Section 26(1)(b), as set out in Explanations 1 to 4 thereunder, does not permit placing reliance

Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996

Hirani Developers v. Nehru Nagar Samruddhi Co‑operative Housing Society Ltd. 2026 INSC 484 - Arbitration Agreement -Incorporation By Reference

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 - Section 7 - In arbitration clause in another document would get incorporated into the later contract by reference, if the contract contains a clear reference to the document containing the arbitration clause and such reference to the other document clearly indicates the intention to

Criminal Trial

Kailash Chandra Kapri v. State of Uttar Pradesh 2026 INSC 473 Quick Justice - Speedy Trial

Constitution of India - Article 21, 226 ; Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023- Section 528 - Speedy trial is one of the requirements of Article 21 of the Constitution and from the facts and circumstances of a given case if the High court finds that the proceeding if allowed to continue

Advocate on Record

Dania Nayyar v. Registrar General - AoR Exam Postponement

Advocates on Record Examination - These writ petitions under Article 32 were filed by advocates challenging the Registrar (Judicial)’s communication dated 30.04.2026 postponing the Advocates‑on‑Record (AOR) Examination for the 2026 cycle, which they claimed curtailed rights crystallised under Regulation 11(i) of the AOR Examination

Code Of Criminal Procedure 1973: Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023

Shrikant Ojha v. State of UP & 2026 INSC 482 - Restraining Filing OF Police Report

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) - Section 528,193(3) - In this case, the Allahabad High Court interim order that allowed investigation to continue but restrained filing of the police report under Section 193(3) BNSS in respect of FIR - The Supreme Court held that such a

Indian Penal Code

Narayana Health v. State of West Bengal 2026 INSC 481 - IPC - Complaint Quashed

Indian Penal Code - Section 405 - In the absence of entrustment, dishonest misappropriation, or violation of a fiduciary obligation, foundational ingredients of the offence of criminal breach of trust are not satisfied. (Para 11) Section 420 -For the offence of cheating under Section 420, IPC there must be deception

Supreme Court Rules

Fakir Mamad Suleman Sameja v. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zones Ltd 2026 INSC 483 - Dictated Order - Alteration

Supreme Court Rules, 2013 - Practice and Procedure - An order dictated in open Court can be altered and changed so long as no material changes are being made in the order, at which stage re-hearing would be required -The draft order dictated in Court has to be subject to

Matrimonial

Ann Saurabh Dutt v. Lieutenant Colonel Saurabh Iqbal Bahadur Dutt 2026 INSC 475 - Wife Career - Cruelty

Matrimonial - To brandish the effort of the wife to pursue her own career goals as acts of cruelty, as the same may have hurt the sentiments of the husband or the in-laws, is highly objectionable and deplorable in the era where the society proudly talks of women empowerment. (Para

Constitutional Law

Padam Mehta and Another v. State of Rajasthan  2026 INSC 476 - Mother Language - Education

Constitution of India - Article 19(1)(a) - The right to receive education in one’s mother language finds its normative basis in Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution, for the guarantee of freedom of speech and expression necessarily encompasses the right to receive information in a form

Income Tax Act

L.K. Trust v. Commissioner of Income Tax 2026 INSC 474- Income Tax Act - Deduction - Interest

Income-tax Act, 1961 - Section 36(1)(iii) - In this case, High Court disallowed the deduction on the footing that the borrowing benefitted a subsidiary/group concern and was not for the assessee’s own business. The Supreme Court held that interest on capital borrowed for the purposes of

Income Tax Act

Sanand Properties Pvt. Ltd. v. Joint Commissioner of Income Tax, Range 6 2026 INSC 472 - IT Act - Reopening Of Assessment

Income Tax Act 1961 - Section 147,148 - The essential condition precedents to exercise jurisdiction for reopening an assessment under Section 147 read with Section 148 of the Act are: a) The Assessing Officer must have ‘reason to believe’ that ‘income’ chargeable to tax has ‘escaped assessment;’ and b)

NIA Act

In Re: Creation of Special Exclusive Courts - National Investigation Agency Act

National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 - The Supreme Court directed the Union of India, States/UTs and High Courts to operationalise exclusive Special Courts, particularly for NIA Act Section 11 trials, with Union funding as per the Office Memorandum dated 07.01.2026. High Courts are requested to designate exclusive

Practice and Procedure

Brij Kishore v. Gouri Shanker (Mrat) Dwara Smt Jaijuvar - MP HC Rules - Prior Surrender Requirement - Criminal Appeal & Revision

High Court of Madhya Pradesh Rules, 2008 - Rule 48, Chapter 10 - Prior Surrender Requirement - This Rules provide that Memorandum of appeal or revision petition against conviction, except in cases where the sentence has been suspended by the Court below, shall contain a declaration to the effect that

Election

Urmila Devi v. State of Uttar Pradesh 2026 INSC 471 - UP Panchayat Raj Act - Election Law

Criminal Trial

Mitesh @ T.V. Vaghela v. State of Gujarat 2026 INSC 469 - Murder Case - Witness - Dying Declaration

SC-ST (Prevention Of Atrocities) Act

Gunjan @ Girija Kumari v. State (NCT of Delhi) 2026 INSC 468 - SC-ST Act - Within Public View

Contempt Of Court

Yatin Narendra Oza v. Suo Motu, High Court of Gujarat 2026 INSC 470 - Contempt