Motor Accident Compensation Parmila v. Rajender 2026 INSC 420 - Motor Accident Compensation -Contributory Negligence
Criminal Investigation Sadek Ali @ Md. Sadek Ali v. State of Assam 2026 INSC 421 - Criminal Investigation - Scripted Enquiry An inept investigation or a scripted enquiry, both are fatal to criminal prosecution; but the latter has lethal consequences when there is a possibility of totally innocent persons being crucified.
Right To Education Act Lucknow Public School, Eldico v. State of Uttar Pradesh 2026 INSC 422 - Right To Education Act The mandate under Section 12 RTE Act must be enforced with conviction and commitment.
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code State Bank of India & Ors. v. Doha Bank Q.P.S.C. 2026 INSC 423 - IBC - Financial Debt - Corporate Guarantees Do the Corporate Guarantees executed by the Corporate Debtor constitute “financial debt” within the meaning of Section 5(8) IBC?
Matrimonial Deepa Joshi v. Gaurav Joshi 2026 INSC 370 - Maintenance - Deductions On Financial Commitments Voluntary financial commitments cannot be accorded precedence over the statutory and legally enforceable obligation of maintenance.
COFEPOSA Priyanka Sarkariya v. Union of India 2026 INSC 371 - COFEPOSA - Legal Assistance COFEPOSA detenu cannot seek legal assistance as a matter of right. Every document need not be supplied and the said requirement is only qua the relied upon documents.
Bail Venu Gopalakrishnan v. State of Kerala 2026 INSC 373 - Bail - Financial Settlement Venu Gopalakrishnan v. State of Kerala 2026 INSC 373 - Bail - Financial Settlement
Dowry Prohibition Act Rahul Gupta v. Station House Officer 2026 INSC 374 -Dowry Prohibition Act Rahul Gupta v. Station House Officer 2026 INSC 374 -Dowry Prohibition Act - Giving Of Dowry
IPC/BNS Balaji Jaiswal v. State of Chhattisgarh 2026 INSC 375 - S.306 IPC - Suicide Abetment Instigation or incitement on the part of the accused person is the gravamen of the offence of abetment to suicide.
Miscellaneous Shankar Mahto v. State of Bihar, 2026 INSC 369 - Legal Aid - Convicts In Custody Legal aid in India is not merely a matter of policy, but a constitutional responsibility that advances the broader ideals of justice, equality, secularism, and fairness envisioned in the Preamble.
Miscellaneous Pawan Garg v. South Delhi Municipal Corporation, 2026 INSC 389 A mere entry in the list of properties maintained by the MCD cannot, by itself, constitute a valid proof of title over the subject land.
Environmental Law New Delhi Nature Society v. Director Horticulture, DDA. 2026 INSC 419 - Spotted Deer Translocation Legality and propriety of translocating hundreds of spotted deer from A.N. Jha Deer Park, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, to tiger reserves in Rajasthan
BNSS/CrPC S. Anand v. State of Tamil Nadu 2026 INSC 418 - Purchaser Of Property - FIR Quashed Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - Section 482- Purchaser Of Property - FIR Quashed
Evidence Anand Jakkappa Pujari @ Gaddadar v. State of Karnataka; 2026 INSC 417 - S.27 Evidence Act - Joint Statements Indian Evidence Act 1872 - Joint Statement - Last Seen Theory - Circumstantial Evidence - Accomplice
Miscellaneous Surendra @ Sunda v. State of Uttar Pradesh 2026 INSC 414 -E‑Prisons Early Release Processing Module Surendra @ Sunda v. State of Uttar Pradesh 2026 INSC 414 -E‑Prisons Early Release Processing Module
wakf A.P. State Wakf Board through Chairperson v. Janaki Busappa 2026 INSC 413 - Wakf - Suit For Declaration In a suit for declaration of title, the burden lies squarely upon the plaintiff to establish a clear and legally sustainable title, and such a claim cannot succeed merely on perceived weaknesses in the defendant’s case
IPC/BNS Sivaram Nair v. State of Kerala 2026 INSC 412 - Ss.494,498A IPC Section 494 IPC- The complainant is required to prima facie prove the overt act or omission of the accused persons in the second marriage ceremony
NDPS Act State of Punjab v. Sukhwinder Singh @ Gora 2026 INSC 411 -S.37 NDPS Act - Successive Bail Petitions How Section 37 NDPS Act interacts with Article 21 (right to speedy trial) when considering bail in commercial‑quantity NDPS cases.?
Tenancy Laws Vinay Raghunath Deshmukh v. Natwarlal Shamji Gada 2026 INSC 416 - Tenancy Law - Bonafide Need - Death Of Original Landlord On the death of the original landlord, whether his bonafide need would come to an end ?
Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 Home Care Retails Marts Pvt. Ltd. v. Haresh N. Sanghavi 2026 INSC 415 - S.9 Arbitration Act- Unsuccessful Party whether a petition under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 ) at the post-award stage, by a party that has lost in the arbitral proceedings and has no enforceable award in its favour, is maintainable in law?
public employment Himakshi v. Rahul Verma 2026 INSC 391 - Public Employment - Recruitment - Qualifications In matters of public employment, the Court must be circumspect in issuing positive directions for appointment unless the entitlement is clear, unambiguous, and flows directly from the applicable rules.
BNSS/CrPC Om Prakash Chhawnika @ Om Prakash Chabnika @ Om Prakash Chawnika v. State of Jharkhand - CrPC - Complaint Case- Police Power To Arrest
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Anjani Technoplast Ltd. v. Shubh Gautam 2026 INSC 410 - IBC - Money Recovery Improper use of the IBC using insolvency as a substitute for debt enforcement and as a means of coercing the corporate debtor into payment.
