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

Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1947 - Section 12C- The Prescribed Authority alone has the power to set aside the election result. Once the Prescribed Authority passes an order granting final relief, it ceases to have jurisdiction to pass any further order in relation to the election, as it would

Criminal Trial

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

Criminal Trial - It is the quality and not the quantity of evidence which is determinative. Even the testimony of a solitary witness, if found to be wholly reliable and of sterling quality, is sufficient to base a conviction - Indian Evidence Act 1872 - Section 32 - A truthful

SC-ST (Prevention Of Atrocities) Act

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

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 - Section 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s) - In order to make out the offence under these Sections, the occurrence of the incident and the act and conduct of hurling of caste-based abuses must take place at “a place

Contempt Of Court

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

Contempt of Court - The Supreme Court upheld the Gujarat High Court’s finding that senior advocate and Bar Association President Yatin Oza committed criminal contempt by his press conference remarks (including calling the High Court a “gambling den”), holding that such statements scandalised the court and undermined public confidence

Disciplinary Proceedings

Canara Bank v. Tapan Kumar Mallick Disciplinary Proceedings - Judicial Review

Constitution of India - Article 226 - Disciplinary Proceedings - High Court set aside the dismissal of a bank employee and remitted the matter to the Disciplinary Authority with a direction to impose any punishment other than dismissal or removal - SC held : While the High Court could remit the

Indian Evidence Act 1872 : Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023

Sri Sagar Mura v. State of Assam - Evidence - Last Seen Theory

Indian Evidence Act 1872 - Section 106 -The ‘last seen’ theory can be applied only if the gap between the last sighting of the deceased and the accused together and the discovery of the deceased’s body is so proximate that it allows no possibility for the intervention and interference

Indian Penal Code

Sanjay Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 INSC 467 - S.34 IPC - Common Intention

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 34 -Mere presence of an accused without proof of participation or shared intention is insufficient to sustain a conviction with the aid of Section 34 IPC. (Para 23) Common intention implies a pre-arranged plan and prior meeting of minds. Though such intention may develop

Disciplinary Proceedings

State of Jharkhand v. Ranjan Kumar 2026 INSC 466 - Disciplinary Proceedings - Public Employment- Police

Constitution of India - Article 226 - Disciplinary Proceedings - The findings of fact recorded by the disciplinary authority are not to be interfered with by the Court as a matter of course, particularly while exercising jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. In departmental proceedings, the standard

NDPS Act

State of Telangana v. Somanath Khara @ Mohesh @ Hedu - S.37 NDPS Act- Long Custody Duration

NDPS Act - Section 37 - In a case under the NDPS Act, long duration of custody or the completion of investigation are not sufficient factors for enlarging the accused on bail. The accused persons seeking bail have to overcome the rigors of Section 37 of the Act. (Para 6)

Code Of Civil Procedure

Sheikh Abedin v. Iqbal Ahmed- Order XII Rule 6 CPC - Judgment on Admission

Code of Civil Procedure 1908 -Order XII Rule 6 - A decree can be passed under Order XII, Rule 6 CPC on the basis of an admission, whether it is contained in the pleadings or elsewhere. Such an admission may be in writing or may even be oral. No particular

Hindu Succession Act

Manjula and Others v. D.A. Srinivas 2026 INSC 465 - S.25 Hindu Succession Act - Benami Prohibition

Hindu Succession Act, 1956 - Section 25 - The bar under Section 25 applies to both intestate and testamentary succession. A person accused of the murder of one from whom inheritance is claimed, is disentitled from asserting rights, not only under Section 25 but also on the principles of justice,

Electricity Act

Indian Railways v. West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited  2026 INSC 464 - Electricity Act - Deemed Distribution Licensee

Electricity Act, 2003 - Section 2(5),14 - Railways is not a deemed distribution licensee under the third proviso to section 14 of the Electricity Act because its electrical network is an internal, captive system for self‑use and it neither operates a “distribution system” connecting to consumers nor

Specific Relief Act

Anand Narayan Shukla vs. Jagat Dhari 2026 INSC 463 - S.28 Specific Relief Act - Rescission - Doctrine of Merger - Appeal Non- Prosecution

Specific Relief Act 1963 - Section 28 - (i) A decree for specific performance of a contract is in the nature of a preliminary decree and therefore, till the deed is executed pursuant to the decree, the Court that passed the decree is vested with the jurisdiction to either rescind

Code Of Criminal Procedure 1973: Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023

Dhruv Varma vs. J K Varma - CrPC/BNSS - Revisional Jurisdiction - Sentence Enhancement Suo Motu

Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - Section 397-401 - In the absence of any challenge by the complainant seeking enhancement of sentence, the High Court, while exercising revisional jurisdiction at the instance of the accused, could not have placed the accused in a worse position than under the appellate judgment.

Land Laws

Seethamma v. State of Karnataka 2026 INSC 457 - Karnataka SC/ST (Prohibition of Transfer of Certain Lands) Act

Karnataka Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prohibition of Transfer of Certain Lands) Act, 1978 - The Supreme Court set aside concurrent orders of the authorities and the High Court which had annulled a sale under the Karnataka SC/ST (Prohibition of Transfer of Certain Lands) Act, 1978, holding that the

public employment

Sunil Kumar Yadav and Others v. State of Jharkhand 2026 INSC 462 - Para - Teachers

Para - Teachers-Supreme Court held that Para‑teachers engaged under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan in Jharkhand have no enforceable right to blanket regularisation as Assistant Teachers or Sahayak Acharyas by judicial order, because that would bypass the statutory recruitment scheme framed under Article 309 and violate the principles in Umadevi. At

Electricity Act

Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission v. Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited 2026 INSC 461 - Electricity Act - DERC Tariff Regulations

Electricity Act, 2003: DERC (Terms and Conditions for Determination of Generation Tariff) Regulations, 2011- Regulation 6.32 - Regulation 6.32 does not, and cannot, override the broader statutory and regulatory framework and the same does not confer an absolute and unconditional right upon the generating utility to recover depreciation

public employment

Durgapur Steel Plant v. Bidhan Chandra Chowdhury 2026 INSC 459 - Public Employment -Recruitment

Public Employment - Recruitment- The State or its instrumentalities, while filling vacancies, are obligated to adhere to the principle of comparative merit of candidates based on their performance in the recruitment process, and no discrimination is permissible. A candidate whose name appears in the select list does not acquire any

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code

Dhanlaxmi Bank Limited v. Mohammed Javed Sultan  2026 INSC 460 - S.7 IBC

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 – Section 7 - The condition precedent invocation of Section 7 of the Code is the existence of a ‘financial debt’ and a ‘default’ in its repayment. The scheme of the Code is to ensure that when a debt becomes due and is not paid, the