(301) JAGRUTI DHANESH THORAT Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-01-2026 Bail — Parity — Principle of parity to be considered for granting bail, especially when other co-accused with similar or identical allegations have been enlarged on bail. The court can deviate from parity if the accused has a demonstrably higher role or is on a significantly different footing, but this requires careful examination. India Law Library Docid # 2438540
(302) HARISH RANA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-01-2026 Medical Examination by Secondary Board — Report filed — Copy provided to counsel for petitioner and respondent — Counsel requested to study report and assist court. India Law Library Docid # 2438662
(303) SHAHID SALIM KHAN Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Grant of Bail — Delay in Trial — Long incarceration for over three years and six months without framing of charges — All co-accused granted bail — Appellant entitled to bail on grounds of delay in commencement of trial and period of incarceration. India Law Library Docid # 2438665
(304) ALAGU Vs. THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-01-2026 Preventive Detention — Conditions for Detaining a Person Already in Custody — Awareness of Custody, Likelihood of Release, and Likelihood of Future Prejudicial Activities — For preventive detention of a person already in jail, the detaining authority must be aware of the custody, have grounds to believe there's a real possibility of release on bail or otherwise, and be satisfied that on release, the person India Law Library Docid # 2438674
(305) JAGDISH CHAND SHARMA Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail — Factors considered — Delay in lodging FIR — Nature of injuries — Duration of incarceration — Supreme Court granted bail to appellant despite opposition from State, considering delay in FIR, minimal use of weapons, and over eight months of custody. India Law Library Docid # 2438675
(306) VIKASH KUCHBANDIYA Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 — Suspension of sentence and release on bail — Appeal pending for eight years — Appellant has suffered substantial period in custody (11 years 5 months 24 days) — Co-accused granted bail — High prospect of early hearing of appeal is remote — Supreme Court inclined to India Law Library Docid # 2438686
(307) VIKAS KOL Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail — Prima facie case — Court should not delve into merits of rival contentions at bail stage as it may prejudice trial — Factors like inducement or provocation to commit suicide or India Law Library Docid # 2438704
(308) DINESH BIWAJI ASHTIKAR Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-01-2026 Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act) — Section 12 — Constitutional Mandate — Free and Compulsory Education — Admission of children from weaker and disadvantaged sections — Obligation of "neighbourhood school" to admit twenty-five percent of class strength from weaker and disadvantaged sections (Section 12(1)(c)) is transformative, securing the preambular objective of 'equality of status' and the constitutional right under Article India Law Library Docid # 2438086
(309) NIRMALA BAI AND OTHERS Vs. MANSINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-01-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Compensation for motor accident — Assessment of income — Court can enhance the income of the deceased from ₹5,000/- per month to ₹8,000/- per month considering the nature of occupation (cultivation, animal husbandry, milk vending) and contribution to family. India Law Library Docid # 2438881
(310) RAI SINGH MARKAM ETC. Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-01-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 5(g) & 6 read with Section 376D of Indian Penal Code — Conviction and Sentence — Victim's age 16 years 4 months and 26 days — Evidence of prosecutrix and medical evidence corroborated — Defence failed to elicit anything substantial in cross-examination — High Court rightly affirmed Trial Court's conviction. India Law Library Docid # 2439654
(311) THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER Vs. THE LABOUR COURT MADURAI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 — Section 12 — Effect of release on probation — Release on probation does not erase the stigma of conviction — Conviction for an offense remains valid and can be a basis for departmental action or punishment, even if the offender is released on probation. India Law Library Docid # 2438887
(312) RAVI SHANKAR BHUSHAN Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 and Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 — Implementation of Court directions — Compliance — Court had directed a committee to oversee implementation of directions related to a fund for persons with disabilities. A compliance affidavit was filed showing successful recovery of India Law Library Docid # 2438901
(313) ALKA SHRIRANG CHAVAN AND ANOTHER Vs. HEMCHANDRA RAJARAM BHONSALE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 52 — Doctrine of Lis Pendens — Applicability to transferees pendente lite — Sale of property during pendency of suit for specific performance — Where property is transferred by judgment debtor during pendency of suit and after registration of lis pendens, the transfer is neither illegal nor void ab initio but remains subservient to the rights determined by the decree — India Law Library Docid # 2438078
(314) ANSAL CROWN HEIGHTS FLAT BUYERS ASSOCIATION (REGD.) Vs. M/S ANSAL CROWN INFRABUILD PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Consumer Protection Act, 2019 — Section 71 — Execution of Order — Judgment Debtor Company — Liability of Directors/Promoters — Execution must strictly conform to the decree; it cannot be employed to shift or enlarge liability to bind persons who were neither parties to the decree nor otherwise legally liable thereunder — Where consumer complaints were consciously proceeded against the Company alone (Corporate Debtor), and directors/promoters were dropped as parties during India Law Library Docid # 2438079
(315) STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER Vs. DINESH KUMAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Service Law — Recruitment and Appointment — Suppression of Criminal Antecedents — Candor and Integrity — Application forms (Attestation and Verification Forms) required disclosure of pending criminal cases — Applicant answered in the negative despite two criminal cases pending against him (Case Crime Nos. 198/2019 and 215/2018) — Non-disclosure was repeated (in both forms) and India Law Library Docid # 2438080
(316) KISHORILAL (D) THR. LRS AND OTHERS Vs. GOPAL AND OTHERS (S)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 22 Rule 4 — Abatement of Appeal — Non-substitution of Legal Representatives (LRs) — Suit for Specific Performance — Deceased Party's Estate Represented by Surviving LRs and Lis Pendens Transferees — Where one of the LRs of a deceased original party (vendor in a specific performance suit) dies during appeal, the appeal does not abate if the deceased party's interest (estate) remains sufficiently represented by the surviving LRs and the India Law Library Docid # 2438081
(317) PRADIP @ MONU ARUNKUMAR CHHOTELAL TIWARI Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail application — Suppression of material facts — Petitioner failed to disclose a previous case registered against him under the Gujarat (Bombay) Prohibition Act, 1949 — Such failure violates the principle that a petitioner approaching the court for relief must do so with clean hands and disclose all material facts — Failure to disclose amounts to abuse of the process of the court — Special leave petition dismissed on this ground. (Paras 2, 3, 4) India Law Library Docid # 2438178
(318) KESHAW MAHTO @ KESHAW KUMAR MAHTO Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Sections 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) — Ingredients for offence — Mere knowledge of complainant's caste is insufficient — Accusation must specify intentional insult or intimidation with intent to humiliate, or abuse by caste name, motivated by the victim's caste — Allegations against appellant must clearly demonstrate that the acts India Law Library Docid # 2438277
(319) GREENKO KA01 IREP PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. MUJAWAR PETROLEUMS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Civil Procedure — Settlement of dispute — Parties reached an agreement to shift a retail outlet — The Supreme Court issued directions for the shifting process and granted time limits for each step, including stock removal, de-gasification, and infrastructure shifting. India Law Library Docid # 2438623
(320) COMMON CAUSE Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Filing of Affidavits and Rejoinders — Court directed filing of counter affidavits by a specific date and allowed parties to file rejoinder affidavits within two weeks thereafter. India Law Library Docid # 2438351