Evidence Chaturbhuj Pradhan v. Amar Pradhan 2026 INSC 600 - DNA Test Direction Upheld Evidence Law - DNA test - When the Court is confronted with the question whether or not to order a DNA test, the only test to be satisfied is whether the result of the DNA test is directly in issue and whether any other evidence-on-record can substitute for the answer
Evidence Mehtab v. State of Uttarakhand 2026 INSC 578 - Gang Rape Case - Accused Acquitted - Death Sentence Set Aside Criminal Trial - Circumstantial Evidence - In a case resting entirely on circumstantial evidence, each incriminating circumstance must be firmly proved, and the chain of circumstances must be so complete as to unerringly point towards the guilt of the accused and rule out every hypothesis consistent with innocence. (Para 40-41.
Evidence Pune Bar Association v. Union of India - S.63(4) BSA - Hash Value Disclosure - Constitutional Validity
Evidence Uperndra Khare v. State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 INSC 538 - Panch Witness Hostile - Investigation Deficiencies
Evidence Papan Sarkar @ Pranab v. State of West Bengal 2026 INSC 528 - S.27 Evidence Act- Concealment - Exculpatory Statement
Evidence Chetan Dashrath Gade v. State of Maharashtra 2026 INSC 522 - Motive In Cases Of Circumstantial Evidence
Will Parvathi Nairthi (D) v. Laxmi Nairthy (D) 2026 INSC 521 - Unregistered Will - Exclusion Of Natural Heirs - Affidavit - Evidence
Evidence State of Tamil Nadu v. Ponnusamy 2026 INSC 507 - Evidence Based On Re-Enactment Or Demonstration
Election Dinesh Kumar v. Surta Nath @ Surat Nath 2026 INSC 485- UP Panchayat Raj - Election Disputes - Right To Cross Examination
Criminal Trial Mitesh @ T.V. Vaghela v. State of Gujarat 2026 INSC 469 - Murder Case - Witness - Dying Declaration
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
Evidence Nikhat Parveen @ Khusboo Khatoon v. Rafique @ Shillu, 2026 INSC 399 - DNA Test - Undisputed Despite technological advancements by leaps and bounds, Section 112 IEA presumption has been retained to save any child from the stigma of illegitimacy
Evidence Russi Fisheries P. Ltd. v. Bhavna Seth 2026 INSC 339 - Non-Appearance Of Plaintiff In Witness Box The adverse presumption drawn for non-appearing in the witness box by the plaintiff, is a rebuttable presumption.
Evidence Shankar v. State of Rajasthan 2026 INSC 315 - Gender Justice - Dying Declaration - Medical Evidence One cannot assume that all house-hold related work falls to the woman, whereas it is only the male who is tasked with bread winning.
Prevention of Corruption Act Central Bureau of Investigation v. Baljeet Singh 2026 INSC 221 - PC Act - Raiding Party - Interested Witness "There is no inflexible rule of discarding the testimony of the persons in the raiding party, unless independent corroboration is available."
Evidence Sanjay Kumar Sharma v. State of Bihar 2026 INSC 223 - Evidence Act - Dying Declaration - S.313 CrPC Overzealous investigation is as fatal to prosecution as are the lethargic and the tardy
Evidence Neelu @ Nilesh Koshti v. State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 INSC 173 - S.27 Evidence Act - Missing Report Lodging Delay - DNA Testing - Motive "The basic idea embedded in Section 27 is the doctrine of confirmation by subsequent events"
Evidence Rohit Jangde v. State of Chhattisgarh 2026 INSC 162 - S.27 Evidence Act - Accused Not In Custody Will Section 27 Evidence Act apply when the accused at the time of the statement is not in the custody of the police?