(781) RAHUL PARASHAR Vs. UNION OF INDIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-01-2026 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 — Sections 3 & 4 — Bail — Serious charges against appellants Rahul Parashar and David Mario Denis for offences under PMLA, involving utilization of proceeds of crime to the tune of Rs.73 lakhs — Appellant Devender Singh is a driver — Appellants have undergone incarceration for two years and six months, and trial has just commenced with 41 prosecution witnesses India Law Library Docid # 2438663
(782) PRAVEEN MANIK KADAM Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-01-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Anticipatory Bail — High Court rejected anticipatory bail application — Supreme Court allowed appeal, set aside High Court order — Appellant to be released on bail upon arrest, subject to furnishing cash security and sureties — Appellant to cooperate with investigation and not misuse liberty — Order protects appellant if he India Law Library Docid # 2438671
(783) RANBIR SINGH Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of plaint — A writ petition can be dismissed if it is frivolous and appears to be an abuse of the legal process. India Law Library Docid # 2438680
(784) MEENAKSHI Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-01-2026 Criminal Procedure — Appearance of accused in Appellate Court — Requirement for accused to appear in appellate court after sentence suspension and bail is not warranted and serves no purpose — Purpose of bail and suspension of sentence is to allow accused to await appeal outcome without constant physical presence — Such India Law Library Docid # 2438688
(785) RAJENDRA VERMA Vs. STATE OF U.P.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-01-2026 Bail Application — Appeal against rejection of bail by High Court — Appellant in jail for extended period — Trial progressing slowly with many witnesses yet to be examined — Co-accused already granted bail — Grounds for granting bail established. India Law Library Docid # 2438693
(786) RAJA Vs. STATE OF TAMIL NADU[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-01-2026 Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 8(c), 12D(b)(ii)(C), 25, 29(1) — Bail — Appellant charged under NDPS Act — Granted bail as contraband was not recovered from conscious possession — Co-accused with similar charges granted bail by the Supreme Court — CDR reports alone not India Law Library Docid # 2438695
(787) THE UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER Vs. PARESH CHANDRA MONDAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-01-2026 General Provident Fund (Central Service) Rules, 1960 — Rule 33(ii) — Provident Funds Act, 1925 — Sections 4(1)(b), 4(1)(c)(i) and 5 — Nominee's right to GPF amount — A valid nominee under the rules is entitled to receive the GPF amount of a deceased subscriber, and this right has primacy. India Law Library Docid # 2438702
(788) YOGESH DUA Vs. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT THROUGH ITS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 07-01-2026 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 — Section 19 — Power to Arrest — Mandatory Pre-conditions — Compliance — Arrestee must be informed of grounds for arrest — Officer must have material in possession — Must record "reasons to believe" in writing that person is guilty — Court should only review whether statutory and constitutional safeguards are met, not the sufficiency of the material. India Law Library Docid # 2438776
(789) ROHIT PATNI AND ANOTHER Vs. G. JAGWANI AND ANOTHER[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 07-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — Abuse of process of law — Criminal proceedings arising out of a civil dispute — When a dispute is essentially civil in nature, criminal proceedings sought to be initiated or continued should be quashed to prevent abuse of process of court. India Law Library Docid # 2438785
(790) SRI BIR MANIK JAMATIA Vs. THE STATE OF TRIPURA[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 07-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 – Murder – Conviction based on extra-judicial confession – Court must examine confession with great care and caution – It must be truthful and inspire confidence, corroborated by other evidence – Absence of such corroboration or presence of material discrepancies renders conviction unsafe. India Law Library Docid # 2438832
(791) RAMBALI SAHNI Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 362 — Alteration or review of judgment or order — Prohibition against — Except for clerical or arithmetical error — High Court recalled earlier bail order on basis of mistake in recording operative part of judgment by Court Master — High Court erroneously accepted apology and recalled bail order when no clerical or arithmetical error was present India Law Library Docid # 2438896
(792) VIVA HIGHWAYS LTD Vs. MADHYA PRADESH ROAD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-01-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 29A(4), 29A(5) and 29A(6) — Extension of arbitrator's mandate — Supreme Court's intention in Mohan Lal Fatehpuria judgment was not to mandate substitution of arbitrator in every case of mandate extension — This is also evident from India Law Library Docid # 2438900
(793) MS. SAPNA @ SAPNA CHOUDHARY Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 07-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Passport Act, 1967 — Section 6(2)(f) — Right to Travel Abroad — Renewal of Passport — Applicant seeking renewal of passport despite pending criminal case — Impugned order rejecting NOC for passport renewal on ground of insufficient documents for travel abroad — Court held that India Law Library Docid # 2438908
(794) ASHOK SINGH @ KALI SINGH Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 07-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 397/401 — Revision — Framing of Charge — Order taking Cognizance — Discrepancy in dates of chargesheet submission and cognizance taking — Court pragmatic in approach, finding discrepancy to be human error, not vitiating proceedings. India Law Library Docid # 2438909
(795) MAN SINGH Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 07-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 319 — Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offence — Basis for summoning additional accused — Court can summon a person not initially accused on the basis of evidence adduced during the trial, not on materials in charge-sheet or case diary. India Law Library Docid # 2438910
(796) LKO. DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY THRU. SECY. Vs. SHAKUNTALA DEVI (DEAD) THRU. SUDHIR KUMAR RASTOGI AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 07-01-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Sufficient cause — Length of delay versus genuineness of explanation — While the duration of delay is less important than the genuineness and acceptability of the explanation, a short delay with an unacceptable reason may be rejected, whereas a long delay with a satisfactory India Law Library Docid # 2438911
(797) SRI PAL Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 07-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 201, 498-A, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Sections 3, 4 — Appeal against conviction — Circumstantial evidence — Homicidal death — Last seen evidence — Contradictions in witness testimonies — False implication — Court held that the prosecution failed to establish a complete chain of India Law Library Docid # 2438912
(798) UV ASSET RECONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED Vs. ELECTROSTEEL CASTINGS LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-01-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Section 7 — Application by Financial Creditor — Rejection of application — Appeal against NCLAT order affirming NCLT rejection — Central Issue — Whether Deed of Undertaking constitutes a 'Contract of Guarantee' under Section 126 of the Indian India Law Library Docid # 2437781
(799) ELECTROSTEEL CASTINGS LIMITED Vs. UV ASSET RECONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-01-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Section 62 — Resolution Plan — Effect on third-party security providers/promoters — Extinguishment of Debt — Where a Resolution Plan explicitly reserves the rights of financial creditors against any third party (including a security provider or existing promoter) in relation to any portion of "Unsustainable Debt," the approval of the Resolution Plan for the Corporate Debtor (ESL) does not automatically extinguish India Law Library Docid # 2437782
(800) KADIRKHAN AHMEDKHAN PATHAN Vs. THE MAHARASHTRA STATE WAREHOUSING CORPORATION AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-01-2026 Service Law — Departmental Enquiry — Post-Superannuation Proceedings — Jurisdiction — Employee of Maharashtra State Warehousing Corporation — Corporation initiated departmental proceedings against a superannuated employee (after 11 months of retirement) for alleged financial losses — Corporation sought to apply Rule 27 of the Maharashtra Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1982 ('1982 Pension India Law Library Docid # 2437783