(241) STATE OF U.P. Vs. ANJUMAN ISHAAT-E-TALEEM TRUST AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-05-2026 Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act) — Section 23 — Applicability to in-service teachers — Sub-section (1) governs eligibility for future appointments (prospective), while the first proviso to sub-section (2) specifically addresses teachers already in service, allowing them time to acquire India Law Library Docid # 2444417
(242) GOPALA AGRI FARMS PVT. LTD. Vs. THE STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-05-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 4 and 6 — Compensation for acquired land — Challenge to compensation awarded by High Court — Supreme Court upholds High Court's decision based on a previous judgment dealing with the same acquisition and village — Appellant denied further enhancement. India Law Library Docid # 2444418
(243) ASHOK AND OTHERS Vs. PADAM CHAND AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-05-2026 Arbitration Act, 1940 — Section 21 — Arbitration in suits — Mandatory requirement of court order of reference — For arbitration proceedings to be validly initiated or continued during pendency of a suit, parties must obtain an order of reference from the court under Section 21 — Failure to comply renders the award India Law Library Docid # 2444419
(244) MADHYA PRADESH ROAD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD. THROUGH ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR Vs. M/S JABALPUR CORRIDOR PVT. LTD. THROUGH ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-05-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 & 37 — Scope of Interference — Court's jurisdiction under Section 34 is narrowly circumscribed and confined to specific grounds enumerated — Court cannot act as an appellate forum to correct factual errors or review merits — Arbitral Tribunal is master of evidence and India Law Library Docid # 2444420
(245) GENERAL MANAGER, BANK OF BARODA AND OTHERS Vs. ASHOK KUMAR SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-05-2026 Service Law — Termination of probationer — Regulation 16(3)(a) of Vijaya Bank (Officers’) Regulations, 1982 — Termination simpliciter vs — punitive termination — Termination deemed punitive if based on allegations of misconduct without due process, even if framed as unsatisfactory performance — Bank’s attempt to terminate for misconduct shifted to termination for unsatisfactory performance to bypass India Law Library Docid # 2444421
(246) VIJAY KUMAR KELA AND ANOTHER Vs. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 420 and 471 — Cheating and using a forged document as genuine — Criminal prosecution after settlement of loan account through compromise approved by Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) — Held, continuation of criminal prosecution in such circumstances would be oppressive, India Law Library Docid # 2444422
(247) M/S ALUPRO BUILDING SYSTEMS PVT. LTD Vs. COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE BANGALORE-II[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-05-2026 Central Excise Act, 1944 — Section 35G — Appeal to High Court — Exclusion from jurisdiction — High Court cannot hear appeals that involve determining questions related to the rate of excise duty or the value of goods for assessment purposes. India Law Library Docid # 2444280
(248) SANJAY DAVE Vs. ANDHRA BANK LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-05-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Section 62 — Appeals against NCLAT judgment — Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) — Appellant as Promoter/Director submitted a Resolution Plan — Plan approved by Committee of Creditors (CoC) — Appellant's contentions regarding conditional Letter of Intent India Law Library Docid # 2444281
(249) DINESHCHAND SURANA Vs. UCO BANK[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-05-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 138 & 141 — Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Part III (Personal Insolvency) — Moratorium Provisions — Criminal Proceedings vs. Civil Liability — Dishonour of cheque is a criminal offence due to specific deeming fiction in Section 138, not merely a civil India Law Library Docid # 2444282
(250) MEHTAB Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 366, 374(2) — Death Sentence — Appeal against conviction and sentence — High Court partly allowed appeals by acquitting of one charge and confirming conviction and sentences for remaining offences, including death sentence — Supreme Court considered India Law Library Docid # 2444283
(251) SALIL DHAWAN Vs. PRIYANSHI GHAI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-05-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Supreme Court’s power to do complete justice — Marriage irretrievably broken down — Possibility of reconciliation non-existent — Multiple civil and criminal proceedings pending between parties — Compelling parties to remain married when ties have long been India Law Library Docid # 2444284
(252) THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA Vs. RAHUL DATTA BHOSALE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Grant of Anticipatory Bail — Abuse of Authority by Law Enforcers — Supreme Court set aside the High Court's order granting anticipatory bail to police officers accused of misusing their authority, extorting money, and causing stress to a citizen and his minor daughter — India Law Library Docid # 2444408
(253) REENA KUMARI AND OTHERS ETC. Vs. PRAVEER KUMAR AND OTHERS ETC[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-05-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14 and 16 — Public Employment — Selection Process — Regularization of Contractual Workers — Meaning of 'Preference' versus 'Consideration' — Two-Stage Selection Sequence — Where a judicial mandate directs that long-serving contractual Auxiliary Nurses and Midwives (ANMs) must be given "preference" over outside candidates and considered first India Law Library Docid # 2446873
(254) AMAZON.COM NV INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LLC Vs. COMPETITION COMMISSION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-05-2026 Competition Act, 2002 — Merger control (Section 6 read with Sections 10, 31) — Disclosure obligations — Substance over form (Regulation 9(4) and 9(5)) — Inter-connected steps — Duty of complete notification — Whether mere naming of agreements in a filing constitutes sufficient notice? — Held, notification is sufficient if inter-connected steps and linkages are placed on record and explained, enabling India Law Library Docid # 2444285
(255) HARJINDRA SINGH ETC. Vs. THE STATE OF U.P.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-05-2026 Criminal Law — Kidnapping for ransom under Section 364A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Essential ingredients for conviction — The act of stopping children at pistol point and forcibly abducting a child satisfies the condition of threatening to cause death or hurt. India Law Library Docid # 2444286
(256) STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH Vs. A.K.GABA ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-05-2026 Criminal Law — Appeal Against Acquittal — Powers of Appellate Court — Supreme Court's scope of interference is limited unless findings are manifestly illegal, perverse, or result in miscarriage of justice. India Law Library Docid # 2444287
(257) MOHAMMAD HANIF JAINUM KHALIFA Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 279, 304A — Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (MV Act) — Sections 134, 187 — Rash and negligent driving causing death — Driver acted on conductor's signals for stopping and starting the bus — Driver cannot be held negligent when following conductor’s instructions — Death could be due to India Law Library Docid # 2444288
(258) A. SHAHUL HAMEED Vs. N. MALLIGARJUNA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-05-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 16(c) — 'Readiness and Willingness' — Plaintiff must aver and prove continuous readiness and willingness to perform contract terms — Such readiness and willingness is gathered from totality of facts and circumstances, including conduct of parties before and after filing suit — Amount to India Law Library Docid # 2444289
(259) JAGDISH PRASAD AND OTHERS Vs. P.M. MANOJ KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-05-2026 Andaman & Nicobar Administration (Police Department) Group 'C' Post Recruitment Rules, 2008 — Amendment by Substitution — Effect of — Word "substituted" in amending legislation means deletion of old provision and making new one operative — The process of substitution has two steps: old rule ceases to exist, India Law Library Docid # 2444290
(260) TIKKA SHATRUJIT SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. SUKJIT SINGH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-05-2026 Succession to property of erstwhile ruler — Rule of primogeniture vs. Personal Law — After merger of princely states, private properties of rulers devolved according to personal law, not rule of primogeniture, unless explicitly stated otherwise by covenant or law. India Law Library Docid # 2444291