(161) ASIANET SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS LTD Vs. M/S JEEVAN TELECASTING CORPORATION LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-02-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Delay in filing appeal — Appeal filed beyond time by 792 days — Delay condoned given pending review applications before Tribunal, which were also delayed. India Law Library Docid # 2439589
(162) MOSTARI BANU Vs. THE ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-02-2026 Public Interest Litigation — Election Process — Manpower for Election Commission — State's undertaking to provide officers for election duties — Court directs State to ensure reporting of officers and grants discretion to Election Commission to utilize their services. India Law Library Docid # 2439590
(163) V. PATHMAVATHI AND OTHERS Vs. BHARTHI AXA GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-02-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim petition for compensation — Deceased victim earning monthly income of Rs. 10,000/- (driver) — MACT and High Court assessed income at Rs. 6,000/- and Rs. 7,000/- respectively — Held, salary certificate and employer's affidavit constitute cogent documentary evidence, mandating acceptance of Rs. 10,000/- as monthly income. India Law Library Docid # 2439068
(164) JANE KAUSHIK Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-02-2026 Transgender Rights — Advisory Committee — Appointment of Members — Supreme Court allows application to include Ms. Aparna Mehrotra as a member of the Advisory Committee formed earlier to represent the Centre for Law and Policy Research and its scholarship in transgender rights. India Law Library Docid # 2439069
(165) AMIT KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-02-2026 Court Procedure — Appointment of Technical Consultant — Supreme Court directs appointment of former Chief Statistician of India as Technical Consultant to National Task Force for data analysis. India Law Library Docid # 2439070
(166) A (MOTHER OF X) Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-02-2026 Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 — Section 3 — Grounds for termination — Woman’s reproductive autonomy — Whether a woman can be compelled to continue a pregnancy against her will — Held, a woman cannot be compelled to continue a pregnancy, especially if she is a minor, as it infringes upon her bodily and decisional autonomy and can cause significant physical and mental trauma. India Law Library Docid # 2439541
(167) THARAMMEL PEETHAMBARAN AND ANOTHER Vs. T. USHAKRISHNAN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-02-2026 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 65 — Secondary evidence — Admissibility — Requirement of laying factual foundation stating original document existed and secondly establishing valid reasons for non-production of original — Mechanical copies, such as photocopies, are considered secondary evidence, but their admissibility depends on fulfilling the conditions of Section 65 — Failure to do so renders such evidence inadmissible India Law Library Docid # 2439065
(168) KANTA AND OTHERS Vs. SOMA DEVI (DEAD) THROUGH LR. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-02-2026 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Section 14(1) — Right to maintenance ripened into absolute ownership — A limited interest in property acquired by a Hindu female in lieu of maintenance ripens into absolute ownership. India Law Library Docid # 2439066
(169) STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS Vs. JAI HIND PVT. LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-02-2026 West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act, 1953 — Sections 6(1)(j), 57A, 53 — Powers of Revenue Officer — Review — Notification investing Revenue Officer with powers of Civil Court does not confer power of review; such power must be statutorily conferred — Power of review is a judicial function and cannot be exercised by executive authorities without express legislative mandate, to uphold separation of India Law Library Docid # 2439067
(170) ITC LIMITED Vs. AASHNA ROY[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-02-2026 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Deficiency in Service — Compensation — Inadequacy of evidence for claim — Supreme Court set aside compensation awarded by the National Commission, holding that photocopies of documents without proper proof of authenticity and without attempts to cross-examine authors or respondent herself, were insufficient to justify a huge claim. India Law Library Docid # 2439201
(171) VIVA HIGHWAYS LTD Vs. MADHYA PRADESH ROAD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-02-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 29A(6) — Court's power to substitute an Arbitrator — Misinterpretation of "obligates" by High Court — The expression "obligates" in Section 29A(6) means that a substitute Arbitrator would be appointed if the situation warrants, not that the mandate of an Arbitrator automatically terminates and a substitute must be appointed. India Law Library Docid # 2439588
(172) RATUL BHARALI AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-02-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 — Section 6 — Evidence — Age of victim — Investigating Officer stated that radiological report indicated age above 18 and below 19, but school certificate showed age as 15 years on a particular date, leading to non-annexation of the radiological report to the chargesheet. India Law Library Docid # 2439592
(173) MEHAL SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 372 (proviso) and Section 378(4) — Appeal against acquittal — Victim's right to appeal — A victim, as defined under Section 2(wa) of Cr.P.C., has the right to file an appeal against a judgment of acquittal under the proviso to Section 372 of Cr.P.C. — Such a victim does not require to obtain leave to appeal against an acquittal under Section 378(4) of Cr.P.C. — High Court's refusal to grant leave to appeal to a victim against an acquittal without co India Law Library Docid # 2439593
(174) M/s. NAV NIRMAN BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS PVT. LTD. Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA THROUGH DEPUTY DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT, GOVT OF INDIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-02-2026 Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 — Section 8(7) — Confiscation of property when trial cannot be concluded — Special Court cannot decide on Section 8(7) application if an appeal against the Section 8(3) confirmation order is pending before a higher forum like the Appellate Tribunal — Doctrine of merger applies — Proceedings under Section 8(7) are deemed stayed until the confirmation order becomes final. India Law Library Docid # 2439600
(175) STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANOTHER Vs. CONFEDERATION OF STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-02-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 309 — Power to frame rules for recruitment and conditions of service — Such power is extensive and expansive, and must be exercised in a just, fair, and reasonable manner, conforming to Articles 14 and 16. India Law Library Docid # 2439020
(176) M/s SHYAM BEEJ BHANDAR AND ANOTHER ETC Vs. SURESH ETC[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-02-2026 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 12 — Complaint by farmers against seed producer and distributor for sub-standard groundnut seeds leading to crop failure — Supreme Court examined the inspection report which indicated that 50% of the pods were not completely developed and attributed a potential 20-25% shortfall in yield due to excess rainfall and natural causes (vis-major) — Held that while there India Law Library Docid # 2439536
(177) DORAIRAJ Vs. DORAISAMY (DEAD) THROUGH LRs AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-02-2026 Hindu Law — Joint Family Property — Acquisition of Property — Presumption of Joint Nature — Proof of Ancestral Property and Income-Yielding Nucleus — Once ancestral properties yielding income are established, and acquisitions are made during the subsistence of a joint family, the burden shifts to the claimant to prove self-acquisition. India Law Library Docid # 2439022
(178) SHASHIN PATEL AND ANOTHER Vs. UDAY DALAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-02-2026 Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 — Section 152, 154, 23(2) — Societies Act — Membership — Dispute regarding grant of membership to successor of deceased tenant — Held, where an AGM resolution to admit a member has not been revoked, and the successor has genuinely sought membership and paid requisite amounts, denial of membership would create anomaly; subsequent transfer of India Law Library Docid # 2439023
(179) PRAMOD KUMAR NAVRATNA Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376(2)(n) — Rape — Repeated commission on the same woman — Elements — Requires at least one act of sexual assault followed by multiple acts under fear, pressure, captivity, or continued deceit, where the woman is vulnerable and unable to escape — A series of acts separate in nature, not a continuation of a single transaction. India Law Library Docid # 2439024
(180) ABDUL SATTAR Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA DEPARTMENT OF HOME AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 279, 337, 338, 304(A) — Accident and death due to negligence — Review petition for review of conviction — Appeal arising out of conviction for causing death by negligence — Supreme Court allowed review petition, restored special leave petition to file, and granted leave to appeal — Court considered age of deceased (13 years) and negligence of appellant — Section 304(A) India Law Library Docid # 2439594