(141) ANGELWOODS APARTMENT ALLOTTEES ASSOCIATION Vs. M LALITHA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-05-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 61 — Appeal against NCLT order — Requirement of certified copy of impugned order — Rules for filing appeal before NCLAT — Presentation of appeals under Rule 22 of NCLAT Rules, 2016 — Appeal must be accompanied by a certified copy of impugned order — Applying for certified copy before expiry of limitation period is India Law Library Docid # 2443628
(142) CANARA BANK Vs. PREM LATHA UPPAL (DEAD) THROUGH LRS.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-05-2026 Canara Bank Officer Employees’ (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations, 1976 — Regulation 10 — Common Proceedings — The word "may" in Regulation 10, which empowers the competent authority to direct common disciplinary proceedings against multiple employees India Law Library Docid # 2443629
(143) MOHINDER KAUR (D) THROUGH L.R. Vs. BRIJ LAL ARORA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-05-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Enhancement — Deceased was an engineering student with good academic record and potential future earnings — High Court enhanced compensation but it was found to be on the lower side — The Supreme Court assessed the monthly income at Rs. 12,000/-, added 40 India Law Library Docid # 2443630
(144) PADAM MEHTA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-05-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 19(1)(a) and Article 21A — Right to education — Medium of instruction — Freedom of speech and expression includes the right to receive information in a comprehensible manner — Education must be imparted in a language that the child understands best — Right India Law Library Docid # 2443631
(145) ANN SAURABH DUTT Vs. LIEUTENANT COLONEL SAURABH IQBAL BAHADUR DUTT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-05-2026 Family Law — Divorce — Grounds — Cruelty and Desertion — Wife's pursuit of professional career and desire to provide safe environment for child are not grounds for cruelty or desertion India Law Library Docid # 2443632
(146) SANAND PROPERTIES P. LTD. Vs. JT. COMMR. OF I.T. RANGE 6 AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-05-2026 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 147 and 148 — Reopening of assessment — Validity — Tangible material — Change of opinion — Assessing Officer has no power to review an assessment; reassessment must be based on tangible material, not a mere change of opinion — The discovery of fresh information during a survey, which reveals the true nature of a transaction and suggests income has escaped assessment, can form the India Law Library Docid # 2443633
(147) SANTHOSH Vs. UNITED INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-05-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Assessment of loss of earning capacity due to disability — Tribunal correctly assessed loss of earning capacity based on salary, age, and future prospects for a self-employed person, granting 20% compensation due to disability — High Court's method of calculation was erroneous. India Law Library Docid # 2443871
(148) K RANGANAYAKULU Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-05-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of Cheque — Liability of Authorized Signatory of an NGO — Appellant signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) as Treasurer of an NGO for collecting electricity bills on behalf of APCPDCL. The MOU designated the NGO as responsible for remittances India Law Library Docid # 2445021
(149) MITESH @ T.V. VAGHELA Vs. THE STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-05-2026 Criminal Law — Murder and offence under Bombay Police Act — Prosecution's case — Complainant's brother (deceased) running a tea stall — Dispute over a cigarette butt — Deceased informed complainant, then assaulted, and died — Deceased India Law Library Docid # 2443555
(150) URMILA DEVI Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-05-2026 Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1947 — Section 12C — Election Dispute — Candidate challenging election results — Prescribed Authority passed an order allowing the election petition and directing recounting of votes — Later, after recounting, the authority declared the appellant as the returned candidate — The High Court set aside this India Law Library Docid # 2443556
(151) GUNJAN @ GIRIJA KUMARI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE (NCT OF DELHI) AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-05-2026 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (SC/ST Act) — Sections 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) — Essential ingredient — "in any place within public view" — Both sections require the act of insult, intimidation, or abuse India Law Library Docid # 2443557
(152) YATIN NARENDRA OZA Vs. SUO MOTU, HIGH COURT OF GUJARATAND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-05-2026 Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Section 2(c) — Criminal Contempt — Publication of scandalous matter or doing any act that scandalises or tends to scandalise, lowers or tends to lower the authority of any court, prejudices or interferes with judicial proceedings, or obstructs justice — Appellant, President of the Gujarat High Court Advocates’ Association and a senior advocate, made unwarranted and disreputable allegations India Law Library Docid # 2443558
(153) SUNISHA ANAND Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Quashing of FIR — Forged General Power of Attorneys (GPAs) — Land dispute primarily civil in nature — While admitting existence of criminal elements, High Court declined relief and noted that accused prepared forged GPAs despite knowing part of land transferred to State — Supreme Court observed that appellant was initially not an accused in the India Law Library Docid # 2443807
(154) THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS Vs. RANJAN KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-05-2026 Police Manual, Jharkhand, Rule 828 read with Appendix 49 — Procedure for imposition of major penalties — Respondent No — 1 was provided with charge memorandum, relevant materials, afforded adequate defence opportunity, participated in enquiry, received enquiry report, and submitted representation, satisfying procedural fairness. India Law Library Docid # 2443375
(155) SANJAY SINGH Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 34 — Common intention — Requires proof of pre-arranged plan or prior meeting of minds, which must be clearly discernible from the material on record — Mere presence at the scene of offence without proof of participation or shared intention is insufficient to sustain conviction with the aid of India Law Library Docid # 2443376
(156) INDIAN RAILWAYS Vs. WEST BENGAL STATE ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-05-2026 Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 14, Third Proviso — Deemed Distribution Licensee (DDL) — Indian Railways sought to be declared a DDL — Court held that mere operation and maintenance of a distribution system is not sufficient for being a DDL; it must also supply electricity to consumers — Indian Railways' internal network for its own consumption doesn't qualify as a distribution system or India Law Library Docid # 2443378
(157) ANAND NARAYAN SHUKLA Vs. JAGAT DHARI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-05-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 28 — Rescission of contract for failure to pay purchase money within time limit prescribed by decree — Court's discretion to extend time or rescind — Dismissal of appeal for non-prosecution does not result in merger of trial court decree — Permitting deposit of balance amount does not extinguish India Law Library Docid # 2443379
(158) MANJULA AND OTHERS Vs. D.A. SRINIVAS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(a) and (d) — Rejection of plaint — Suit for declaration of ownership based on a Will — Trial Court rejected plaint on grounds of no cause of action and bar under Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988 (Benami Act) — High Court reversed this order, restoring suit for adjudication on merits — Supreme Court affirmed High Court's decision, holding that the plaint disclosed a cause India Law Library Docid # 2443377
(159) ELECON ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED Vs. BHARTIYA RAIL BIJLEE COMPANY LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6) — Non-signatories to Arbitration Clause — Entitled to invoke if veritable party — Collaborator, through DJU and subsequent actions, was a veritable party to the arbitration agreement within the main contract. India Law Library Docid # 2443310
(160) SEETHAMMA W/O LATE SATHYAPPA Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2026 Karnataka Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prohibition of Transfer of Certain Lands) Act, 1978 — Section 4 — Null and Void Transfers — Any transfer of granted land without prior government permission is void India Law Library Docid # 2443311