(721) RAJENDRA RAO MANNEWAR Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-03-2026 Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 — Rule 9(2)(b) — Proceedings not instituted before retirement — Cannot be initiated for events more than four years prior to institution — Charge sheet quashed by CAT for want of sanction attained finality — Fresh inquiry barred if event is more than 4 years old from CAT's decision — High Court's order permitting de novo inquiry set aside. [Paras 3-11] India Law Library Docid # 2441611
(722) DEEPAK SHARMA Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-03-2026 Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 — Sections 85 and 316(2) — Bail in anticipation of arrest — Where an appellant accused has joined investigation as per earlier court orders, and custodial interrogation is not required, Supreme Court may set aside the High Court's order rejecting bail and direct release on bail subject to trial court's conditions, clarifying that observations and bail grant do not constitute findings on merits of the case. [Paras 2, 6–8, 11–12] India Law Library Docid # 2441709
(723) PRIYA Vs. ARVIND[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-03-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(A) — Transfer of Proceedings — Wife filed petition to transfer a divorce case filed by husband from Jaipur, Rajasthan to Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh due to distance and inconvenience — Husband did not appear despite service of notice — Court allowed the transfer petition considering the inconvenience to the wife and the distance between the two locations — Transferee court has discretion to allow virtual presence of husband until necessarily required. [Paras 1 to India Law Library Docid # 2441745
(724) T. K. IMTHIAS Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 279, 337, 338, and 304A — Conviction maintained for rash and negligent driving resulting in injuries and death — Supreme Court reduced the sentence to the period already undergone by the appellant, considering the age of the incident and the appellant having suffered part of the sentence — Sentence of fine to remain intact — Appeal allowed in part. [Paras 2-7] India Law Library Docid # 2441767
(725) SOHAIL KHAN ALIAS SOHAIL AKHTAR AND OTHERS Vs. JUNAID EQBAL KHAN AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 11-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 6, Rule 17 — Amendment of pleadings — In eviction suit, court cannot force plaintiffs to amend pleadings or reliefs; court can only decide reliefs claimed based on existing pleadings — Dismissal of eviction suit due to denial of landlord-tenant relationship and claim of title by defendant does not India Law Library Docid # 2441860
(726) PREM KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 11-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 363, 365, 34 — Kidnapping — Prosecution failed to prove that the victim was kidnapped from lawful guardianship or wrongfully confined — Conviction not sustainable — Appeal allowed. India Law Library Docid # 2441861
(727) SHRI. LALNUNMAWIA GANGTE Vs. SPECIAL SECRETARY (HOME), GOVERNMENT OF MANIPUR AND OTHERS[MANIPUR HIGH COURT] 11-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Bail Conditions — Petitioners were released on bail but failed to furnish sureties, leading to their continued detention — The Court rejected the plea to quash the release order but preserved the right of petitioners to seek modification or deletion of bail conditions in the appropriate court. India Law Library Docid # 2442296
(728) SMT. HALIMA BEGAM Vs. RAFIQ AHMAD AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 11-03-2026 Chhattisgarh Rent Control Act, 2011 — Sections 2(5), 2(14), 12(2) and Schedule II — Landlord-Tenant Relationship — Eviction — Proof of ownership does not automatically establish landlord-tenant relationship, especially in family matteRs. Absence of attornment, rent payment, or rent agreement indicates lack of this relationship. India Law Library Docid # 2442390
(729) SINGHANIA BUILDCON PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. MERLIN PROJECTS LIMITED[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 11-03-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6) — Appointment of Arbitrator — Clause 46 of agreement dated 16.03.2007 provided for conciliation and not arbitration, as confirmed by Calcutta High Court and Supreme Court — Where a clause in an agreement, even if using the term "arbitration", in substance provides for India Law Library Docid # 2442391
(730) SURESH KURRE Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 11-03-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 7 — Demand and Acceptance of Illegal Gratification — Essential ingredients — Proof of demand is a sine qua non for constituting the offence — Mere recovery of tainted currency notes alone is not sufficient to sustain conviction unless demand and voluntary acceptance are proved India Law Library Docid # 2442392
(731) CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Vs. BALJEET SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 7 — Demand and acceptance of bribe — Complainant's testimony regarding demand by accused (A2) on a specific date was clear and corroborated by other witnesses — Pre-trap proceedings were also established — Recovery of marked notes from A2’s person and hand wash turning pink confirmed the trap — Despite inconsistencies in complainant's testimony India Law Library Docid # 2440567
(732) ANURAG KRISHNA SINHA Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14 — Manifest Arbitrariness — Srimati Radhika Sinha Institute and Sachchidanand Sinha Library (Requisition & Management) Act, 2015 — Held, the Act is manifestly arbitrary and violative of Article 14 as it involves complete vesting of property, dissolution of trust, absence of India Law Library Docid # 2440568
(733) POORANMAL Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302/34, 201 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 103(1)/3(5), 238 — Circumstantial evidence — Conviction based on circumstantial evidence must fulfill stringent conditions — Circumstances must be fully established, consistent only with hypothesis of guilt, conclusive in nature, exclude every possible hypothesis except guilt, and form complete chain of evidence India Law Library Docid # 2440569
(734) RACHANA GANGU AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Right to Life — Includes Right to Health — State has positive obligation to safeguard health and ensure conditions for meaningful life — Absence of uniform policy for compensation for death/injury after vaccination raises constitutional concerns warranting institutional response. India Law Library Docid # 2440570
(735) REGISTRAR CANE COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES AND OTHERS Vs. GURDEEP SINGH NARVAL (DEAD) THROUGH LRS. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 — Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 2002 — Section 103 — Legal status of Cooperative Societies after State reorganisation — Cooperative societies restructured under the Reorganisation Act are not automatically deemed Multi-State Cooperative Societies under Section 103 of the India Law Library Docid # 2440571
(736) MANOJ KUMAR MUTTA Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Appellant not named in FIR, no raid at his business premises, earlier cases ended in bail, cooperating with investigation, and no misuse of liberty granted — High Court wrongly refused anticipatory bail — Supreme Court sets aside High Court order and India Law Library Docid # 2440572
(737) MUDDAM RAJU YADAV Vs. B. RAJA SHANKER (D) THROUGH LRS. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Specific Performance of Agreement to Sell — Trial Court decreed suit for specific performance of sale agreement — High Court set aside Trial Court's decree — Held, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) executed on the same day as sale agreement established that sale agreement was sham and nominal, executed as security for loan India Law Library Docid # 2440573
(738) PANNALAL BHANSALI Vs. BHARTI TELECOM LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Companies Act, 2013 — Section 66 — Reduction of Share Capital — Procedural Fairness — Minority Shareholders — Valuation of Shares — Non-disclosure of valuation report and fairness report in notice for general meeting — Held, not a "tricky notice" as statutory requirement for valuation report not mandated under India Law Library Docid # 2440574
(739) JAYA GUPTA Vs. M/S IREO GRACE REALTECH PVT. LTD. AND OTHER[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 10-03-2026 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Unfair Trade Practice — One-sided clauses in apartment buyer's agreement — Developer cannot compel apartment buyers to be bound by such terms — Forfeiture of amounts beyond a reasonable limit is an unfair trade practice. India Law Library Docid # 2440666
(740) DR. VIVEK K. JAIN, VIVEK JAIN HOSPITAL AND OTHERS Vs. LAKHWINDER SINGH AND OTHERS[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 10-03-2026 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Sections 12, 21(b) — Medical Negligence — Injury to Common Bile Duct (CBD) during gall bladder surgery — Liability of doctors — Lower forums found Opposite Parties 1 & 2 liable for medical negligence and deficiency in service — National Commission upheld these findings — Revision petitions by Opposite Parties 1 & 2 dismissed — Revision petition by complainants allowed for enhancement of compensation — Opposite Parties 1 & 2 jointly and India Law Library Docid # 2440667