(461) OM SAKTHI SEKAR Vs. V. SUKUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-03-2026 Debts Recovery Tribunal Act, 1993 — Auction Sale — Revaluation of Property — High Court's direction to reconsider valuation after confirmation of auction sale is permissible if there are credible issues regarding adequacy of valuation or fairness of process for fixing reserve price, to ensure best possible value is realised for the secured asset. India Law Library Docid # 2440695
(462) MIZO CHIEF COUNCIL MIZORAM, THR. PRESIDENT SHRI L. CHINZAH Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 32 — Writ Petition — Delay and Laches — Doctrine of laches is a flexible rule of practice, not a rigid rule of law, to be applied on case-to-case basis based on judicial discretion — It requires balancing the equity of not allowing stale claims against the constitutional duty to enforce fundamental rights — Key considerations include inordinate delay, explanation for delay, and India Law Library Docid # 2440696
(463) DEEKSHA N AMRUTHESH Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-03-2026 Legal Profession — Bar Associations — Representation of Women — Supreme Court directs that Bar Associations at all levels, including Taluka, District, and specialised bodies, must ensure at least 30% representation for women lawyers in their managing or executive committees — For jurisdictions where the number of enrolled women lawyers is less than 30%, available women lawyers should be included — District Judges are empowered to nominate women members to executive India Law Library Docid # 2441405
(464) KALLU @ SURAJSINGH Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Grant of bail in serious offences — Supreme Court grants bail to petitioner who has been in custody for over two years and charge has not yet been framed by the Trial Court — Supreme Court notes that the matter should not have reached the Supreme Court and that the petitioner has made out a case for bail — Petitioner to be released on bail subject to terms and conditions imposed by the Trial Court. [Paras 1, 5-7] India Law Library Docid # 2441412
(465) GANGISETTI SRI MANIKANTA Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Anticipatory Bail — High Court rejecting prayer for bail in anticipation of arrest — Supreme Court setting aside High Court's order and directing release on bail upon arrest, considering all circumstances and appellant joining investigation — Observations in order not to be treated as findings on merits of the case. [Para 2] India Law Library Docid # 2441418
(466) BHANU PRATAP PRASAD Vs. THE DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Grant of bail pending trial — Apex Court considered factors such as trial in progress, evidence recorded, bail granted to co-accused, and concluded that further detention of the appellant was not necessary — Apex Court set aside High Court's order rejecting bail and allowed the appeal, directing release on bail subject to furnishing bonds and other conditions, with a clarification that observations made do not amount to findings on merits of the case India Law Library Docid # 2441420
(467) KUNAL SINGH Vs. NEHPRIYA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-03-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 9 and 11 — Transfer of proceedings — Where one spouse filed a petition under Section 11 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 in Ranchi and the other spouse filed a petition under Section 9 of the same Act in Jamshedpur, and also other criminal cases were pending in Jamshedpur involving the parties, for the interest of justice, the proceedings under Section 9 of the Act should be transferred to Ranchi to be heard along with the petition filed under Section 11 of the India Law Library Docid # 2441425
(468) SAURAV KUMAR Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail Conditions — Where the appellant fully cooperated during investigation, did not threaten or intimidate witnesses, and did not attempt to influence the investigation, and the Supreme Court noted the nature of the crime and the manner it was allegedly committed, the appeal was allowed by confirming the previous order of interim bail with a direction for the appellant to continue cooperation during investigation/trial and report to the Investigating Offic India Law Library Docid # 2441429
(469) LADURAM Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Anticipatory Bail — Supreme Court allows appeal against High Court's rejection of anticipatory bail application, directing that the appellant be released on bail upon arrest, subject to furnishing security and conditions of cooperation, non-tampering with evidence, and non-influencing witnesses. [Paras 1-4] India Law Library Docid # 2441431
(470) VINOD KUMAR YADAV @ VINOD YADAV Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Grant of — Appellant incarcerated for over two years — Allegations under Section 307 IPC and Arms Act — Delay in trial not attributable to appellant, especially given his incarceration and victim's alleged intimidation within court premises — Incarceration not serving purpose pending trial completion — Appeal allowed, appellant directed to be released on bail on terms fixed by Trial Court — Trial Court directed to permit online appearance or exemptio India Law Library Docid # 2441434
(471) JANSHRUTI (PEOPLES VOICE) Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 32 — Public Interest Litigation — Scope of — Writ petition seeking numerous directions regarding public safety, infrastructure maintenance, accountability, compensation, and data collection across multiple states and the Union — Directions sought were numerous, not interrelated, and pertained to various states and the Union, making them unmanageable for a single writ petition — Court declined to entertain the petition, suggesting petitioner approach jurisdic India Law Library Docid # 2441440
(472) STUTI JOHRI @ CHARU Vs. RAHUL SRIVASTAVA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Dissolution of marriage by mutual consent and quashing of consequent criminal and civil cases — Parties amicably resolved inter se disputes and differences through mediation and jointly applied for divorce by mutual consent under Article 142 — Supreme Court, in exercise of powers under Article 142, dissolved the marriage, granted decree of divorce, quashed all pending criminal and civil cases, directed closure of proceedings, and ordered no further cas India Law Library Docid # 2441602
(473) POONAM Vs. RAJIT SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Divorce by mutual consent — Supreme Court has the power to grant a decree of divorce by mutual consent by invoking its inherent powers under Article 142, particularly when parties have amicably settled all their matrimonial disputes and entered into a Settlement India Law Library Docid # 2441713
(474) K. K. MOHANAN Vs. AUTHORISED OFFICER / CHIEF MANAGER AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-03-2026 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) — Sections 14 and 17 — High Court erred in directing the borrower to vacate and deliver possession of the secured asset to the secured creditor while the borrower's interim application for stay of confirmation and implementation of sale was pending before the Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT) — Such a direction would effectively dispossess the borrower without his interim application b India Law Library Docid # 2441753
(475) DUJAI LAL Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail Application Pending — Supreme Court requests High Court to expedite disposal of bail application filed by an octogenarian petitioner who has been in custody since September 2024, preferably within one month of the order's communication. [Paras 1-2] India Law Library Docid # 2441494
(476) SARAVANAN Vs. THE STATE REP BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-03-2026 Evidence Act, 1872 — DNA Evidence — Reliability of DNA evidence is not infallible and its probative value varies from case to case, depending on the facts and circumstances and other corroborative or contrary evidence on record. India Law Library Docid # 2441614
(477) VIBHUTI GUDDA MINES PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. REDDY VEERANNA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-03-2026 Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 — Section 11 — Mineral Concession Rules, 1960 — Grant of mining lease — High Court erred in quashing recommendation and approval of mining lease based on an erroneous interpretation of evaluation report and statutory provisions — The State Government and Central Government's decisions were based on due consideration of all applications as per prescribed procedures — Supreme Court allowed appeals, setting aside High Court's judgment and af India Law Library Docid # 2441616
(478) TRANSMISSION CORPORATION OF ANDHRA PRADESH LIMITED (A.P. TRANSCO) Vs. HARYANA MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES FACILITATION COUNCIL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-03-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Awards passed by Facilitation Council under MSME Act — Challenges to awards failed before ADJ, High Court, and Supreme Court — Execution proceedings initiated by decree holder — Facilitation Council's order for securing interest amount and restricting payments held to be passed without providing opportunity to appellant, violating principles of natural justice — High Court rightly set aside the order and remanded the case — Supreme Court dire India Law Library Docid # 2441685
(479) CONVENT OF OUR LADY PROVIDENCE HIGH SCHOOL AND OTHERS Vs. RATNA MITTER AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-03-2026 Educational Institutions — Disciplinary Proceedings — Inquiry — De novo inquiry — Supreme Court held that the High Court's interpretation of a previous Supreme Court order directing a "de novo inquiry" was erroneous — The previous order clearly indicated that proceedings should resume from the stage of serving the inquiry report, not from the beginning — Therefore, a de novo inquiry was not permissible. [Paras 9 to 10] India Law Library Docid # 2441692
(480) SONAM Vs. ROHIT SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-03-2026 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Section 25 — Transfer of proceedings — Divorce Case — Wife seeking transfer of divorce case from Delhi to Rae Bareli, U.P — — Supreme Court considered submissions and materials on record — Held, transfer petition deserves to be allowed — Divorce case transferred to Family Court, Rae Bareli — Transferor Court to transmit entire record forthwith — Parties permitted to appear through video conferencing except when physical presence is necessary — Transfer Petition allowed. India Law Library Docid # 2441698