(141) DHASHRATH SINGH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-09-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 8 and 15 — Regular bail — Parity — Car intercepted carrying 70.400 Kg of Poppy Straw — Appellant was driving the vehicle, whereas two co-accused persons allegedly in actual possession of contraband had already been granted bail by the High Court — State opposed bail on the ground that twelve out of nineteen prosecution witnesses had already been examined — Held, considering the facts on record, a case for bail is made out — Appellan India Law Library Docid # 2451808
(142) KUNAL RAMESHBHAI KALYANI Vs. THE STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-09-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) — Section 69 — Sexual intercourse on false promise to marry or deceitful means — Quashing of FIR — Deceitful conduct or promise made without intention of fulfilling same — Essential ingredient — Under Section 69 BNS, rigor of promise having been given from very beginning with intention of never being fulfilled must be satisfied — Parties developed friendship on digital platform leading to love affair and consensual sexual relationship — First physical India Law Library Docid # 2451726
(143) M/S MAA BHAIRABI TRADERS Vs. THE DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER (ELECT) AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-09-2026 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 — Section 18(2) — Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 34 and 37 — Absence of conciliation proceedings — Appointment of Arbitrator — High Court set aside arbitral award passed by Facilitation Council on ground that conciliation under Section 18(2) was not conducted — Finding no convincing material to show conciliation was attempted, and to prevent prolonged delay by remanding, Supreme Court, with parties' consent, appointed a India Law Library Docid # 2451736
(144) RELIANCE GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. PRIYANKA DAS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim Petition for death of bachelor — Selection of Multiplier — Multiplier to be determined based on age of deceased and not age of dependents/parents — Deceased was 33 years old at the time of accident — Correct multiplier applicable according to standardized matrix in Sarla Verma and Pranay Sethi is 16 — Argument of insurer that multiplier should correspond to age of parents rejected — MACT and High Court rightly applied India Law Library Docid # 2451073
(145) SHIRISH PANDHARINATH PATIL Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Power to do complete justice — Invalidation of Scheduled Tribe caste certificate — Protection of retiral and pensionary benefits — Appellant served as Junior Engineer with Municipal Corporation for over three decades — Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee invalidated the appellant's "Tokre Koli" tribe claim and cancelled his caste certificate, which was affirmed by High Court — Pre-constitutional records of father India Law Library Docid # 2451074
(146) SANJAY KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 498-A and 306 r/w Section 107 — Dowry harassment and Abetment of suicide — Reversal of acquittal by High Court — Legality — High Court reversed the trial court's order of acquittal and convicted the husband under Sections 498-A and 306 IPC — Standard of proof and appreciation of evidence — Prosecution examined family members and other witnesses whose testimonies were general in nature and lacked specific details of torture, harassment, India Law Library Docid # 2451075
(147) THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHERS EDUCATION Vs. ASSOCIATION OF NCTE APPROVED COLLEGES TRUST AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-09-2026 National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 — Sections 12(k), 19 & 27 — Mandatory submission of Performance Appraisal Report (PAR) by Teacher Education Institutes (TEIs) — Public Notice issued by Member Secretary of Executive Committee — Validity and Regulatory Scope — The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) and its Executive Committee possess ample statutory authority under Section 12(k) of the NCTE Act to evolve a suitable performance appraisal system and enforce accountability India Law Library Docid # 2451173
(148) THE AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE FOR GRANITE GATE PROPERTIES PRIVATE LIMITED, MS. RAKESH VERMA Vs. M/S NEW OKHLA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-09-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) — Lease terms and time extension charges as CIRP costs — Real estate developer in CIRP — Time extension charges levied by a industrial development authority (NOIDA) for delay in completion of real estate projects cannot be mulcted on homebuyers or the Successful Resolution Applicant (SRA) as CIRP costs — Time extension charges are penal in nature, designed to deter delay by the defaulting developer — Wher India Law Library Docid # 2451174
(149) KONDAPAKA SRIDHAR @SHEKAR @MADHU @GOPI @CHINNA Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-09-2026 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 106 — Burden of proving fact especially within knowledge — Application to leased premises where body is recovered — Failure of prosecution to establish lease, tenancy, or occupation — High Court erred in drawing an adverse inference against appellant under Section 106 on the premise that he failed to explain the presence of the deceased's body in the apartment leased by him — Prosecution failed to produce any lease deed, prove the ownership of the flat, or establish India Law Library Docid # 2451175
(150) SANDEEP S. GHANDAT AND OTHERS Vs. RESERVE BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 243ZL read with Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act) — Section 36AAA — Supersession of Board of Multi-State Co-operative Bank — Six-month constitutional limit — Applicability — Power of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to supersede the Board of Directors of a multi-State co-operative bank under Section 36AAA(1) of the BR Act is not circumscribed by the six-month limit prescribed under Article 243ZL(1) of the Constitution — The third proviso to Article 243ZL( India Law Library Docid # 2451171
(151) M/S. AMALGAM STEELS AND POWER LTD. AND ANOTHER Vs. ENERGY WATCHDOG AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-09-2026 Public Interest Litigation (PIL) — Maintainability and Locus Standi — Third-party participation in contractual breach proceedings — Interlocutory stage — In a PIL alleging illegal supply of captive power and non-payment of cross-subsidy surcharge, the High Court did not commit any perversity in permitting a third-party complainant to participate in proceedings initiated by the state distribution licensee (JBVNL) — Although the third party was not privy to the Captive Power India Law Library Docid # 2451172
(152) TAWREJ ANSARI @ TABREJ ANSARI Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 304-B and 34 — Anticipatory bail — Dowry death — Requirement of custodial interrogation — Rejection of pre-arrest bail by High Court — Investigating officer did not issue any notice to the appellant to join investigation despite liberty reserved by the Supreme Court — Non-issuance of notice indicated that custodial interrogation was not required — Impugned order set aside and anticipatory bail granted subject India Law Library Docid # 2451774
(153) UNION OF INDIA Vs. HARISH CHANDER NARULA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-09-2026 Property Law — Alternative Allotment — Resolution of 53-Year-Old Dispute — Cancellation of auction sale — Auction of a fuel depot plot finalized in 1973 was cancelled due to Master Plan restrictions — To resolve the protracted litigation spanning over five decades, the Union of India identified alternative plots — Respondent opted for a plot situated on the north side of Plot No. Q-4, Jangpura Extension — Supreme Court directed allotment of the said plot for consideration of Rs. 2,00,00,000/- pa India Law Library Docid # 2451823
(154) PRAMOD KUMAR RAO @ MUNNA SINGH Vs. LEGAL HEAD SAHARA INDIA COMMERCIAL CORPORATION LTD. OFFICE SAHARA INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order VII Rule 11 — Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 8 — Rejection of plaint — Delay in invoking arbitration — Defendant appeared in civil suit but failed to file written statement and raised an arbitration plea after four years — Application did not specify the exact arbitration clause — Prayer in suit was for injunction against eviction rather than declaration or possession, making the original allotment agreement irrelevant — Trial court and India Law Library Docid # 2451830
(155) M/S ABC EXPRESS Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2026 Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949 — Section 98(2) read with Section 132 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 497 [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 451] — Release of seized vehicle on interim custody — Statutory embargo — Scope of Section 98(2) of the Prohibition Act — Held, Section 98(2) does not impose an absolute embargo on the jurisdiction of the India Law Library Docid # 2450901
(156) EDELWEISS CUSTODIAL SERVICES LIMITED Vs. NSE CLEARING LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2026 Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 — Section 9(3)(b) — Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 — Section 11B — Restitution/Disgorgement of liquidated securities — Power of Stock Exchange / Clearing Corporation to order restitution — Held, Section 9(3)(b) of the Securities Act empowers Stock Exchanges to make bye-laws providing for penalties, but explicitly excludes any penalty involving the payment of money — Power of disgorgement or restitution is specifically conferred by the India Law Library Docid # 2450902
(157) MAHAVIR @ AVNISH Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 & Section 362 — Inherent powers of High Court — Recall of judgment — Plea of juvenility raised after final disposal — High Court dismissed Section 482 CrPC petition seeking recall of conviction on ground that the SLP against conviction had been dismissed as withdrawn and judgment attained finality — Held, bar under Section 362 CrPC against altering or reviewing judgments does not obliterate or render nugatory the inherent powers of the India Law Library Docid # 2450903
(158) BIJENDRA Vs. REKHA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ib) — Divorce on the ground of desertion — Essential ingredients — Factum of separation and animus deserendi — Parties living separately since December 2005 with no cohabitation or children born out of wedlock — Appellant-husband along with witness went to bring the respondent-wife back to the matrimonial home, but she refused without reasonable India Law Library Docid # 2450904
(159) FISHERMAN CARE Vs. THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRYING AND FISHERIES REP. BY ITS SECRETARY AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Legislative Competence & Cooperative Federalism — Entry 57, List I & Entry 21, List II of the Seventh Schedule — Territorial Waters vs. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) — Distinction between regulatory provinces — State of Tamil Nadu prohibited purse seine net fishing within its territorial waters under the Tamil Nadu Marine Fishing Regulation Act, 1983 and 2020 Rules, India Law Library Docid # 2450905
(160) VIJAY GHANSHYAM GADIYA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2026 Customs Act, 1962 — Section 114 — Adjudication Order — Reliance on Fake and Hallucinated AI-Generated Precedents — Nullity in Law — Order-in-Original passed by the adjudicating authority relying upon non-existent case laws, fake citations, or hallucinated AI-generated legal ratios is completely unsustainable and void — Adjudicating and judicial authorities must adopt a zero-tolerance policy against the use, citation, or reliance upon fake or unverified AI-generated material — India Law Library Docid # 2450990