(21) CHINTHADA ANAND Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s), 3(2)(va) — Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 341, 323, 506 read with Section 34 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Appellant converted to Christianity and worked as a Pastor for ten years — High Court quashed proceedings, holding appellant disentitled to protection under SC/ST Act due to conversion — Supreme India Law Library Docid # 2441210
(22) YOGENDRA KUMAR SINGH Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Service Law — Indian Navy — Short Service Commission Officers (SSCOs) — Grant of Permanent Commission (PC) — Assessment of suitability for PC — Whether casual grading of ACRs and “Not Recommended for PC” endorsements prejudiced officers' chances of PC — Held yes, as officers were considered ineligible for PC at the time of their ACRs, leading to a distorted assessment of their inter se merit for PC — This circularity transformed past ineligibility into deemed unsuitability for career progression India Law Library Docid # 2441211
(23) LT. COL. POOJA PAL AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Army Act, 1950 — Section 12 — Eligibility for Permanent Commission for Short Service Commission Women Officers (SSCWOs) — The judgment addresses the eligibility of SSCWOs for Permanent Commission (PC), tracing the historical evolution of policies and judicial pronouncements that gradually allowed women into this scheme, India Law Library Docid # 2441212
(24) WG. CDR. SUCHETA EDN Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Air Force Act, 1950 — Short Service Commission Women Officers (SSCWOs) — Permanent Commission (PC) — Denial of PC — Assessment of performance and eligibility — HRP 01/2019 — Minimum Performance Criteria — ACR gradings — Mandatory In-Service Courses (MISCs) — Categorisation — Arbitrariness — Hurried implementation — Inadequate opportunity to meet criteria — Pregnancy — Deemed qualifying service India Law Library Docid # 2441213
(25) SQN. LDR. NITU THAPLIYAL AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Short Service Commission Women Officers (SSCWOs) — Eligibility for Permanent Commission (PC) and pensionary benefits — Applicability of Air Force Human Resource Policy — Refusal of benefits due to not meeting minimum average Annual Confidential Report (ACR) grading of 6.5 — Court's refusal to grant benefits where minimum India Law Library Docid # 2441214
(26) NEERAJ KUMAR AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Indian Air Force — Short Service Commission Officers (SSCOs) — Reinstatement and consideration for Permanent Commission (PC) — Dismissal of appeal challenging AFT order — Delay in approaching legal forum. India Law Library Docid # 2441215
(27) COMMON CAUSE Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Supreme Court Rules, 2013 — Appointment of Amicus Curiae — Upon the demise of the appointed amicus curiae, the Court appointed a new senior counsel as amicus curiae and directed all parties to furnish relevant papers within two weeks. India Law Library Docid # 2441391
(28) RAMAPPA @ RAMEGOWDA Vs. ANJINAPPA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of plaint — Res judicata — Principle that rejection of plaint under Order 7 Rule 11 is to be based solely on plaint averments — The High Court erred by considering materials beyond the plaint to reject it, particularly when the difference in property descriptions between suits required factual determination — Res judicata is generally a matter for trial, not for threshold rejection, unless clearly apparent from the plaint itself — Th India Law Library Docid # 2441505
(29) GREENFIELDS PLOTHOLDERS CUM RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION Vs. URBAN IMPROVEMENT COMPANY PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Company Law — Appointment and Resignation of Chairman — Chairman appointed by judicial order sought personal relief to resign due to old age, and the Court directed him to file a formal application with supporting documents for listing on a future date. India Law Library Docid # 2441514
(30) DISTRICT MAGISTRATE AND DISTRICT ELECTION OFFICER AND COLLECTOR, GWALIOR, M.P. Vs. NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-03-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 2(30), 173, 174 — Compensation — Liability for accident during requisition of vehicle — Bus owned by a school was requisitioned by the appellant (District Magistrate) for election purposes — Accident occurred while the bus was under the control of the appellant — Issue of shifting of liability from the insurance company to the requisitioning authority — Held, when a India Law Library Docid # 2441129
(31) INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD. Vs. DEEPAK SHARMA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-03-2026 National Green Tribunal (NGT) — Adjudicatory Function — NGT cannot abdicate its powers and entrust its adjudicatory functions to a committee, even an expert committee — The role of such a committee is only to assist the NGT, not to decide the case. India Law Library Docid # 2441130
(32) CHAYA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14, 15(1), 16, 309 — Relaxation in qualifying examination (TET) marks for reserved category candidates — The provision of relaxation in qualifying marks in TET enables reserved category candidates to enter the zone of consideration and does not affect their inter se merit in the main selection process (TAIT) — Migration to the open category is permissible if recruitment rules do not expressly prohibit it or are silent on the matter — Decisions India Law Library Docid # 2441131
(33) STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS Vs. SANTHOSH KUMAR C[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-03-2026 Karnataka Recruitment of Gazetted Probationers (Appointment by Competitive Examinations) Rules, 1997 — Rule 11(1), 11(3) & Rule 4(3) — Selection process for Gazetted Probationers — Vacancy arising from non-joining candidate — Claims of next eligible candidate — Held, select list is not an open-ended reservoir of candidates but is prepared for notified vacancies & operates within statutory India Law Library Docid # 2441132
(34) M/S.LAMBA EXPORTS PVT. LTD Vs. M/S.DHIR GLOBAL INDUSTRIES PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-03-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Section 12A — Withdrawal of CIRP — Order of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and Civil Suit — Supreme Court expresses no opinion on the merits of proceedings under IBC or the pending civil suit, leaving all rights and contentions open to be urged before the competent forum. India Law Library Docid # 2441133
(35) M/S ABS MARINE SERVICES Vs. THE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ADMINISTRATION[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-03-2026 Contract Law — Interpretation of clauses — State as a party — Non-negotiable principles of Rule of Law apply — Clause providing that one party's decision is final and unchallengeable in any court or arbitration is unsustainable if it leads to a vacuum in legal remedies or violates the principle of natural justice that no one can be a judge in their own cause. India Law Library Docid # 2441134
(36) CENTRAL TRANSMISSION UTILITY OF INDIA LIMITED Vs. SUMIT BINANI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-03-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Section 14 — Appropriation of security deposit towards pre-CIRP dues — Deposit made by a Corporate Debtor (CD) in lieu of a Letter of Credit (LoC) towards an Operational Creditor (OC) for availing transmission services, is the property of the CD and remains so until duly adjusted against any defaulted dues — Moratorium under Section 14 of the IBC prohibits any action to recover India Law Library Docid # 2441216
(37) ANIL KUMAR SAINI Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Grant of bail pending trial — Appellant accused in a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Chargesheet filed and charges framed — Trial likely to take time to conclude — Appellant having no prior criminal antecedent — Further detention of appellant pending trial not necessary — Appeal allowed and appellant admitted to bail subject to furnishing of bail bonds and other conditions imposed by the trial court — Observatons in the order not India Law Library Docid # 2441393
(38) SUMERUBHAI RASIKLAL AMIN Vs. THE STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Anticipatory Bail — Supreme Court confirmed interim protection for co-accused with conditions including cooperation in investigation and not tampering with evidence, considering no custodial interrogation was necessary. [Paras 3-4, 6-8] India Law Library Docid # 2441422
(39) PARDEEP Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Supreme Court confirmed interim anticipatory bail order, allowing appeal against High Court’s decision — The appellant had fully cooperated with the investigation, had not influenced witnesses, and had maintained good conduct — The Supreme India Law Library Docid # 2441430
(40) PURUSHOTTAM DADHICH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Grant of bail pending trial — Trial likely to take substantial time — Supreme Court set aside High Court's order rejecting bail application and directed release of appellant on bail subject to furnishing of bail bonds and other conditions imposed by the trial court — Observations made in India Law Library Docid # 2441442