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(361) KKH FINVEST PVT. LTD. AND ANOTHER Vs. ASHIESH SHUKLA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2026
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11 — Group of Companies Doctrine/Veritable parties — Non-signatory to arbitration agreement — Held, non-signatory may be treated as a "veritable party" to an arbitration agreement where its legal relationship with signatory parties and involvement in performance of the underlying contract indicates intention to be bound — Participation of non-signatory in negotiation, performance
India Law Library Docid # 2448557

(362) KAVITHA KURUGANTI Vs. PEPSICO INDIA HOLDINGS PVT. LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2026
Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001 — Sections 34(h) and 39(1)(iv) — Revocation on ground of vexatious action against farmers — Suits filed by breeder against individual farmers alleging infringement, whether vexatious/predatory so as to attract revocation under S. 34(h) — Held, mere filing of suits for protection of statutory rights conferred under the Act cannot per se be held intimidatory or vexatious — Allegation of vexatious suits
India Law Library Docid # 2448639

(363) CHANDU @ CHANDRA SHEKHAR AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2026
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302 and 364A — Kidnapping and murder of a minor child — Conspiracy and last seen theory — Evidence of witnesses alleging overheard conspiracy was unnatural, as school principal and teacher failed to report the kidnapping plan to police or family — Belated disclosure by witness who treated plan as a joke did not qualify as res gestae — Testimony on last seen suffered from material contradictions and failed to connect appellants with victim — Prosecution failed to
India Law Library Docid # 2451745

(364) VENKAT A. BHASHA BOINA AND OTHERS Vs. MUMBAI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2026
Municipal Law — Hawking and Non-Hawking Zones — Relocation of Licensees — Allotment of alternative premises — Mumbai Municipal Corporation placed on record details regarding allotment of alternative shops in MMRDA Market to licensees currently occupying stalls in a non-hawking zone. The Corporation was directed to make allotments within two weeks, and petitioners were granted two weeks thereafter to occupy the allotted premises. Failure to occupy the allotted spaces within time would deem petiti
India Law Library Docid # 2451794

(365) M MARIMUTHU AND OTHERS Vs. G.SIVASHANMUGAM AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2026
Alternative Dispute Resolution — Mediation — Reference of dispute to mediation — Suit for partition and declaration of settlement and sale deeds as null and void — Partial settlement arrived at between certain petitioners and respondents taken on record — Remaining petitioners and respondents unable to reach a consensus despite willingness to resolve the dispute — Supreme Court referred the remaining parties to mediation for an amicable settlement — Former Judge of the Supreme Court appointed as
India Law Library Docid # 2451815

(366) DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, CPC AND OTHERS Vs. M/S OM SIDDHAKALA ASSOCIATES[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2026
Income Tax Act, 1961 — Sections 43CA, 143(1), 156 and 264 — Revision under Section 264 — Impermissibility of revising return under the garb of revision — Assessee filed self-assessment return without claiming tolerance limits under Section 43CA and did not file a revised return within statutory time — Demand notice was issued based on the return — Assessee challenged demand under Section 264 — High Court remanded the matter — Held, remand was impermissible — Assessee cannot bypass limitation to
India Law Library Docid # 2451816

(367) BALVANT SINGH DHAN SINGH Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2026
Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949 — Sections 65(a), 65(c), 81, 98(2), 116-B — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 336(2), 336(3), 340(2) — Filing of charge-sheet — Custodial interrogation — High Court dismissed second anticipatory bail application — Appellant had joined investigation pursuant to an earlier order and charge-sheet was subsequently filed — Held, having regard to the nature of allegations and overall circumstances, custodial interrogation was not necessary — Impugned order set asid
India Law Library Docid # 2451740

(368) AMRAVATI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION Vs. GANESH DADARAO ANASANE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2026
Environmental Law — Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026 — Institutionalisation & Environmental Compensation — Environmental governance requires institutionalizing enforcement mechanisms beyond framing rules — Under Rules 17 and 18, a Central Implementation Committee must be constituted to supervise implementation and formulate structured, objective guidelines for levying
India Law Library Docid # 2448521

(369) K. BHARATHAMMA Vs. BANDARU SAKKU BAI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2026
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 18 Rule 17 & Section 151 — Scope and Parameters for Recalling Witness and Reopening Evidence — The power to recall and examine a witness under Order 8 Rule 17 is a discretionary power-cum-facilitator vested primarily in the court to clarify doubts or seeking clarifications regarding evidence already led — It cannot be routinely invoked at the instance of a party at the fag end of a trial to fill up lacunae, omissions, or gaps in evidence, nor to permit fu
India Law Library Docid # 2448522

(370) KUNTEGOWDA Vs. THURUBAIAH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2026
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 138, 118(a) and 139 — Presumption of Legally Enforceable Debt & Rebuttal by Accused — Once the execution of a cheque and the drawer's signature are admitted or proved, statutory mandatory presumptions arise under Sections 118 and 139 that the cheque was issued for consideration and in discharge of a legally enforceable debt — The burden shifts to the accused to disprove these presumptions by leading cogent direct or indirect
India Law Library Docid # 2448523

(371) NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. SMT. THUNGALA DHANA LAXMI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2026
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 146, 147, 196 and 207 — Motor Insurance — Uninsured Vehicles & Mandatory Coverage — Public Interest Directions for Integration of Technology and Policy Reforms — Despite statutory mandate under Section 146 of the MVA, over 56% of vehicles on Indian roads remain uninsured, severely impeding prompt compensation to accident victims and drawing affected families into prolonged litigation — Recognising the safety of commuters
India Law Library Docid # 2448524

(372) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND ANOTHER Vs. SRI DEVRAJ URS MEDICAL COLLEGE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2026
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 141 — Judicial Precedents — Retrospective Application — Judicial declarations of law by the Supreme Court operate retrospectively unless expressly stated to be prospective — The 11-Judge Bench decision in T.M.A. Pai Foundation (31.10.2002) declaring the subvention scheme unconstitutional took immediate retrospective effect, terminating executive
India Law Library Docid # 2448517

(373) ARJUN JANI @ TUNTUN Vs. STATE OF ORISSA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2026
Criminal Law — Access to Justice for Indigent Convicts — Constitutional Courts must adopt a proactive, liberal approach to condone inordinate delays in appeals filed by incarcerated, marginalized convicts to safeguard fundamental rights — High Court erred in refusing to condone a 3157-day delay in a jail appeal where the convict had already served 12 years of life imprisonment.
India Law Library Docid # 2448518

(374) SPO/CONSTABLE IRB SATPAL SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2026
Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 — Section 12 — Effect of Probation on Service Career — Release of a convict on probation under Section 3 or 4 of the 1958 Act does not obliterate conviction — The "disqualification" under Section 12 refers strictly to statutory disqualifications under other laws and does not bar disciplinary action, removal from public service, or override constitutional provisions like Article
India Law Library Docid # 2448519

(375) DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Vs. B.S. RAWAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2026
Service Law — Resignation — Unauthorized Acceptance & Doctrine of Ratification — An unauthorized acceptance of resignation by an incompetent authority takes effect and becomes valid from its inception once ratified by the competent authority, as ratification operates retrospectively under the doctrine of relation-back (ratihabitio mandato aequiparatur) — Where an employee voluntarily
India Law Library Docid # 2448520

(376) RUPESH R. GAONKAR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF GOA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2026
Service Law — Regularisation — Engagement through State-constituted Labour Supply Society — Appellants were engaged through a Society headed by the Principal Chief Engineer, PWD, formed to eliminate exploitation of contract labour — After scrutiny, State conferred temporary status with parity in pay and emoluments, recognising entitlement to absorption — Held, temporary status granted after a structured administrative exercise is not an empty label devoid of legal consequence — Having extracted
India Law Library Docid # 2450994

(377) SATVIR Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2026
Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 18 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 8 and 12 — Anticipatory bail — Maintainability and grant — Appellant, aged 69 years, charged under SC/ST Act, POCSO Act, and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Charge-sheet filed citing 27 witnesses, but charges yet to be framed and trial likely to take time — Appellant joined investigation — Statutory bar under Section 18 of SC/ST Act held n
India Law Library Docid # 2451741

(378) GANESH PRASAD NIGAM ALIAS G.P. NIGAM Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2026
Penal Code, 1860, Sections 420, 166, 467, 468, 471, 120-B — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Section 7 — High Court dismissed anticipatory bail application on grounds that appellant abused legal process by failing to appear before trial court — Supreme Court held that interests of justice warrant grant of pre-arrest bail — Impugned order set aside — Bail granted subject to conditions including appearing before trial court on all fixed dates physically or virtually, and not dissuading witnesse
India Law Library Docid # 2451803

(379) IN RE: VICTIMS OF DIGITAL ARREST RELATED TO FORGED DOCUMENTS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2026
Criminal Law — Cyber Crime — Digital Arrest Scams — Institutional Coordination and Public Awareness — Supreme Court issued comprehensive interim directions to combat digital-arrest scams, noting declining complaints and encouraging progress — States and Union Territories directed to operationalize Grievance Redressal and Money Restoration Modules, notify State Cybercrime Coordination Centres, and adopt e-Zero FIR mechanisms — Inter-Departmental Committee instructed to examine a shared-liability
India Law Library Docid # 2451825

(380) DR. LOKESH B.H. AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-08-2026
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 498A — Applicability to "Live-In Relationships" / "Relationships in the Nature of Marriage" — Purposive Interpretation — Scope of the term "Husband" — Criminal liability for domestic cruelty — The term "husband" occurring in Section 498A IPC is not restricted strictly to a man in a legally solemnized or valid marriage — Keeping in view the social and reformative
India Law Library Docid # 2448450

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