(421) ARVIND KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-07-2026 Uttar Pradesh Industrial Training Institutes (Instructors) Service Rules, 2014 — Rules 9(B), 16(3)(a)(iii) and 17(3) — Craft Instructor Training Scheme (CITS) certificate reduced from essential to preferential qualification — Challenge thereto — Appellants having participated in selection process without objection, held estopped from challenging validity India Law Library Docid # 2447944
(422) RUTVIJ BHAGAT SINGH WAKHARE Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-07-2026 Cyber Fraud — Multiple FIRs across States — Clubbing declined — Clubbing/consolidation of FIRs registered in different States was declined where each FIR was lodged by a different complainant induced to part with money on separate occasions, with distinct victims, amounts and transactions, notwithstanding a common bank account India Law Library Docid # 2447945
(423) N. DAMODARAN Vs. STATE REP. BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-07-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7, 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) — Trap case — Proof of demand and acceptance of bribe — Conviction upheld where complainant's testimony regarding demand was corroborated by an accompanying witness and an independent trap witness, and recovery of tainted currency from accused's pocket was confirmed by positive chemical test — Defence of prior enmity India Law Library Docid # 2448198
(424) MOHAMMADALI ANSARAHMAD KHAN Vs. THE STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-07-2026 Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Applicability — Compensation to purchaser of ceiling-vested land subsequently acquired — Where purchaser acquired land in 2016, after it had already been developed as an industrial estate decades earlier under a mala fide/surreptitious transaction, and had no equity in the earlier development, held not India Law Library Docid # 2448199
(425) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. HARBANS LAL VERMA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-07-2026 Service Law — Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme (MACPS) — Grade Pay convergence — Effect on promotions within cadre — Convergence of Grade Pay pursuant to Sixth Central Pay Commission does not obliterate separate identity of promotional posts within a cadre — Promotions carry promotional India Law Library Docid # 2447898
(426) M/S BIRLA CORPORATION LIMITED Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-07-2026 Stamp Act, 1899 — Section 26, proviso — Mining lease — Stamp duty on instrument with indeterminate value — Determinant of stamp duty — Where value of subject-matter is indeterminate at execution, proviso to S.26 specifically governs mining leases, directing that estimated royalty or value of share, as estimated by the Collector where State is lessor, suffices for stamp duty purposes — Proviso held not inconsistent with main provision — actual value of mining lease is India Law Library Docid # 2447899
(427) MRS. MAHABANOO CONTRACTOR AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S. KALIKUND DEVELOPERS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-07-2026 Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Act, 1976 — Section 2(25) — "Occupier" — Scope of definition — The MHAD Act defines only "occupier," which includes any person liable to pay rent, an owner in occupation, a rent-free tenant, a licensee, or one liable to pay damages for use and occupation — Occupancy is not a statutory tenancy dependent on the owner's will, and even a person in India Law Library Docid # 2447900
(428) ARCHANA AVINASH SHELKE Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 164 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 — Section 8 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 354 — FIR quashed — Allegations of sexual molestation by paternal aunt against nephew — FIR filed by divorced mother as a counterblast to FIR filed by divorced father — Victim boy's statement under Section 164 CrPC indicated no assault India Law Library Docid # 2448275
(429) STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS Vs. DEV KANT MEENA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-07-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 19 — Review/reconsideration of order declining sanction — Permissibility — Absent express statutory power of review, sanctioning authority cannot reconsider a refusal of sanction on the very same materials — Mere change of opinion on identical materials, without fresh material and proper application of mind thereto, cannot justify reversal of an earlier order India Law Library Docid # 2448200
(430) DILIP AGARWAL Vs. RAJSHRI AGARWAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-07-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 165, 166 — Death allegedly caused by murder inside a motor vehicle — Claim for compensation — Requirement of causal link between death and "use" of motor vehicle — Held, mere presence of a motor vehicle in the chain of circumstances leading to death does not attract liability under MVA — Some nexus between the vehicle and the death must be established. India Law Library Docid # 2447896
(431) IN RE: ILLEGAL SAND MINING IN THE NATIONAL CHAMBAL SANCTUARY AND THREAT TO ENDANGERED AQUATIC WILDLIFE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-07-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 218(3) — Notification protecting public servants discharging duties connected with maintenance of public order — Forest Officers/Guards protecting a wildlife sanctuary from organised illegal sand mining, poaching, and allied unlawful activities held, prima facie, to be discharging functions intrinsically connected with maintenance of public order — India Law Library Docid # 2448201
(432) RASILABEN AND ANOTHER Vs. DINESH DEUMAL HARANI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-07-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 1 Rule 10 — Impleadment of necessary party — Transferee pendente lite — Suit for declaration of tenancy status — Appellants purchased suit property during pendency of suit from erstwhile owner-defendant via registered sale deed — Trial Court and High Court rejected appellants' impleadment application — Held, plaintiff sought a declaration that he was a tenant-occupier of the suit property — Such relief could not be adjudicated in the absence of the proper India Law Library Docid # 2453810
(433) DR. ABDUL HAMEED Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-07-2026 Criminal Law — Fair Trial — Constitutional Guarantee — Right to effective legal representation — Denial of fair trial due to lack of legal representation vitiates conviction, even if accused has remained incarcerated for a long period. India Law Library Docid # 2447825
(434) X Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-07-2026 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 — Section 2(33) — "Heinous offences" — Offence punishable under Section 302 IPC, which prescribes punishment of "death or imprisonment for life", carries life imprisonment as its minimum punishment and is thus categorized as a "heinous offence". India Law Library Docid # 2447826
(435) VIJAYALAKSHMI R. Vs. C. L. BALAJI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-07-2026 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Section 19(1) read with Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) — Section 36, Order 21 Rule 10 — Execution Petition — Interpretation of settlement terms — Consent decree based on settlement petition — Clauses 8, 9, and 10 of settlement petition — Dispute over Clause 9 being an independent and continuing obligation for maintenance versus an interim measure — Held, Clause 9 India Law Library Docid # 2447827
(436) MADAN MOHAN (DEAD) THROUGH LRS. Vs. THAKAR DASS (DEAD) THR. LRS.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-07-2026 East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 — Section 13 — Eviction petition — Grounds of non-payment of rent and bona fide requirement — Landlord-tenant relationship undisputed — Tenant tendered arrears of rent, interest, and costs, which were accepted by landlord — Rent Controller and Appellate Authority decreed India Law Library Docid # 2447828
(437) MEHBOOB SHAH Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-07-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Sections 8 and 21 — Conviction for possession of contraband (smack) — Confirmed by Supreme Court — High Court's affirmation of Trial Court's judgment — Evidence considered reliable — No perversity or legal infirmity found — Appeals dismissed. India Law Library Docid # 2447829
(438) PRABHAKAR YESHWANT MASRAM AND ANOTHER Vs. SOU TULA NAMDEORAO JAIPURKAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 340 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 193, 199, 200 — Filing of complaint for making false statements — Court must be prima facie satisfied that false statements were made and it is expedient in the interest of justice to make a complaint — Mere "wrong statements" are not India Law Library Docid # 2447830
(439) STANDARD CHARTERED BANK AND ANOTHER Vs. ENFORCEMENT OFFICER MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 and Section 397 — Inherent powers of High Court and revisional jurisdiction — Availability of alternative remedy of revision under Section 397 does not operate as a bar to the exercise of inherent jurisdiction under Section 482 — High Court should not reject a petition under Section 482 solely on the ground of an alternative remedy — The India Law Library Docid # 2447831
(440) PRAKASH KUMAR DIXIT Vs. AJAY KUMAR BHALLA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-07-2026 Administrative Law — Judicial Review — Scope and Limitations — While judicial review of departmental inquiries is primarily procedural, it can extend to cases where decisions are without authority, vitiated by patent arbitrariness, extraneous considerations, or are blatantly perverse — Courts generally refrain from interfering with the disciplinary authority's discretion regarding findings of India Law Library Docid # 2447832