(701) K SRINIVAS AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Service Law — Regularization of service — Termination of daily wage workers — Division Bench erred in upholding termination of daily wage workers who had worked for a long period, based on a technicality of improper advertisement — Supreme Court allowed appeal, set aside High Court's order, and restored Single Judge's order to reinstate workers, counting period for pensionary benefits but denying back wages for a specific period due to their absence from service following the Division Bench's ju India Law Library Docid # 2441708
(702) SREE SANKARACHARYA UNIVERSITY OF SANSKRIT AND ANOTHER Vs. UNNIKRISHNA PILLAI J.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Contractual Employment — Guest Lecturers — Pay Parity — University appointed guest lecturers on contract basis and sought regularisation of services — High Court directed University to pay emoluments equal to gross salary of regularly appointed Assistant Professors — Supreme Court held that contractual appointees cannot claim pay parity with regularly appointed employees, as their duties and responsibilities may differ — Supreme Court also noted that guest lecture India Law Library Docid # 2441609
(703) JATINDER KAUR @ ALIYA Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Anticipatory Bail — Grant of — Considerations — Supreme Court granted anticipatory bail to the appellant, a lady, in a case involving cheating and obtaining a substantial amount of money by promising to send a person abroad, after considering the facts and circumstances and the amount involved — The order was set aside, and anticipatory bail was granted subject to terms and conditions imposed by the Trial Court — Additionally, the appellant was directed to deposit the amount of Rs — 12 Lakhs bef India Law Library Docid # 2441750
(704) FARHANA Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Supreme Court Rules 2013, Order XLVII Rule 1 — Review petitions — Dismissal — Applications for open court hearing rejected — Delay condoned — Review petitions dismissed as no error apparent on the face of the record and no case for review established. [Paras 1, 3-4] India Law Library Docid # 2441757
(705) PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX 1 INDORE AND OTHERS Vs. AMIT SHARMA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 132A(1)(c) and 132B — Model Code of Conduct — Seizure of goods during elections — Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) — High Court directed release of seized articles and imposed costs — Revenue contended that release should be under Section 132B — Court held that seizure was in violation of SOP and no reason to believe goods were related to influencing elections — Proceedings against courier employee Amit Sharma were arbitrary — Seized articles ought to be returned India Law Library Docid # 2441759
(706) SADAN KILLO Vs. UNION OF INDIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 8/29 — Bail — Petitioner arrested for offences under Sections 8/29, implicated based on a SIM card in his name but recovered from another person — Petitioner undergone about one year in custody — Supreme Court granted bail considering the facts and circumstances and period of custody, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case — Petitioner to furnish bail bonds and sureties, abide by trial court's terms and conditions, India Law Library Docid # 2441760
(707) NEHA SINGH RATHORE @ NEHA KUMARI Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Anticipatory Bail — Protection from arrest — Petitioner apprehended arrest in connection with FIR for offences under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Information Technology Act, 2008 — Interim protection of no coercive steps granted subject to cooperation in investigation — Petitioner appeared and cooperated as directed — Supreme Court confirmed interim protection and released petitioner on anticipatory bail, directing her to furnish bail bonds and sureties, join investigation as and when requi India Law Library Docid # 2441764
(708) BIRJU RAM @ BIRJU BABA Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 10-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 53A, 164, 313 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 118 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376(2) — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Section 6 — Appeal against conviction for offences under IPC and POCSO Act — Delay in lodging FIR and recording victim’s statement — No medical examination of accused — Competency of child witness not tested — Conviction based on sole testimony of child witness not safe, hence set aside. India Law Library Docid # 2441887
(709) MD. JAWED Vs. THE ACCOUNTANT GENERAL (A AND E), BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 10-03-2026 Compassionate Appointment — Object of compassionate appointment is to provide immediate succor to the family of a deceased employee to tide over financial crisis caused by sudden death of the sole breadwinner. India Law Library Docid # 2441888
(710) BINIT KUMAR (ASSISTANT ENGINEER UNDER SUSPENSION) Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 10-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 156(3) and Section 97 — Missing person case — Writ petition for lodging FIR and recovery of missing father — Petitioner alleged abduction of father by sisters with intent to grab property — No clear case of illegal confinement established — Court found efficacious alternative remedy available India Law Library Docid # 2441889
(711) KAILASH PRASAD MAHTO Vs. MEENA KUMARI[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 10-03-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Inordinate delay of 211 days in filing appeal — Appellant claimed he was suffering from kidney stone and undergoing treatment in Andhra Pradesh, preventing him from filing appeal on time — Held, delay was not sufficiently explained — Appellant was aware of the dismissal of the suit and the advice to appeal but failed to provide a cogent reason for India Law Library Docid # 2442002
(712) SRI CHANDRAJOY TRIPURA Vs. THE STATE OF TRIPURA[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 10-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder conviction — Appeal against — Trial Court convicted appellant under Section 302 IPC and sentenced him to life imprisonment and fine — Prosecution relied on eye-witnesses and circumstantial evidence — High Court examined evidence of key witnesses and found material omissions and contradictions — Key witness statements varied significantly from India Law Library Docid # 2442124
(713) SHRI SAMIR RANJAN BARMAN Vs. AGARTALA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND OTHERS[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 10-03-2026 Municipal Law — Illegal Construction — Section 133, Tripura Municipal Act, 1994 — Order for demolition of unauthorized construction set aside by appellate authority with direction for technical inspection — Failure of municipal authorities to comply with appellate order — High Court (in Writ Appeal) directed implementation of appellate order and ordered further inquiry into inaction of officials. India Law Library Docid # 2442125
(714) DR. SUSHIL KUMAR PURBEY AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — High Court quashed proceedings against sister-in-law on ground of general and omnibus allegations, but declined relief to father-in-law and mother-in-law (appellants) — Allegations against appellants were similarly general and omnibus, with no specific role or overt act attributed to them — Delay in lodging FIR, India Law Library Docid # 2440506
(715) GOBIND SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 27 — Additional evidence in appeal — Appellate court can allow additional evidence only in exceptional circumstances as laid down in the rule, such as where the court needs it to pronounce judgment or for any other substantial cause — Parties do not have a right to produce additional evidence and it cannot be introduced at their convenience — The provision India Law Library Docid # 2440507
(716) NEC CORPORATION Vs. THE CONTROLLER OF PATENTS AND DESIGNS AND ANOTHER[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 09-03-2026 Designs Act, 2000 — Section 2(a) and 2(d) — Graphic User Interface (GUI) — Registrability as design — Interpretation of "article" and "design" — The definition of "article" is broad and includes any article of manufacture or substance; the misconception that it must have a physical embodiment is a fallacy — The term "applied to an article by any industrial process" should be interpreted liberally, considering modern technological advancements — Permanence or touch are not India Law Library Docid # 2440512
(717) SHAKIR @ ANDHA Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 09-03-2026 Gujarat Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act, 1985 — Section 2(c) and Section 3(4) — Preventive detention — "Dangerous person" — Maintenance of public order vs. maintenance of law and order — Detention order based on criminal cases granted bail — Activities no bearing on public order — Mere disturbance of law and order not India Law Library Docid # 2440513
(718) SANDIPKUMAR SURESHBHAI PATEL Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 09-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Appeal against conviction for murder — Court examines the chain of circumstantial evidence — Held that the circumstances relied upon by the prosecution were proved beyond reasonable doubt, pointed overwhelmingly towards the guilt of the accused, formed a complete chain, India Law Library Docid # 2440514
(719) ARNAB LAMIN Vs. STATE OF MEGHALAYA[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 09-03-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 6 and Section 5(m) read with IPC, 1860 — Section 377 and Section 506 — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Medical evidence indicating tenderness, redness, and stretch marks in the anus of the survivor, consistent with sexual assault — Victim’s testimony and sister’s testimony corroborated each other and were consistent with the India Law Library Docid # 2440515
(720) VIKASH Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 09-03-2026 Public employment — Termination of service — Suppression of criminal cases — Petitioner, a Constable (Washerman) in Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), terminated for suppressing involvement in two criminal cases — One case was falsely alleged after investigation and the other was a compoundable family dispute resulting in acquittal — Held, while employers must take suppression of facts seriously, especially in disciplined forces, they must also consider the nature of the post, the candidate's social bac India Law Library Docid # 2440516