(61) COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (IMPORT) Vs. M/S WELKIN FOODS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-01-2026 Customs Tariff Act, 1975 — Customs Act, 1962 — Classification of Imported Goods — Aluminium Shelves for Mushroom Growing — Classification dispute between CTI 76109010 (Aluminium Structures) and CTI 84369900 (Parts of Agricultural Machinery) — Classification must be determined by the General Rules for Interpretation (GRI), applied sequentially, prioritizing the terms of the headings and relative Section/Chapter Notes (GRI 1) — Reliance on statutory guidance (headings and notes) trumps other class India Law Library Docid # 2437790
(62) SUBHASH AGGARWAL Vs. MAHENDER PAL CHHABRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-01-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 16(c) — Suit for specific performance — Readiness and willingness — Standard of proof — Appellant (plaintiff) failed to demonstrate the necessary financial capacity (readiness and wherewithal) to pay the balance consideration of Rs. India Law Library Docid # 2437731
(63) DHARMENDRA SHARMA Vs. M. ARUNMOZHI AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-01-2026 Contempt of Court — Non-compliance with Supreme Court Order — Directions to Development Authority (ADA) — Supreme Court previously directed ADA to pay compensation, refund amount with interest, and return non-judicial stamp worth Rs. 3,99,100 to petitioner — ADA returned expired physical stamp papers instead of refunding the value — Petitioner India Law Library Docid # 2437732
(64) PANGANTI VIJAYA Vs. UNITED INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-01-2026 Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923 — Claim for Compensation — Employer-Employee Relationship — Death arising out of and in the course of employment — Commissioner for Workmen’s Compensation found that the deceased driver was employed and the accident occurred during and in the course of employment, awarding compensation — High Court set aside the award based on the owner's initial counter-affidavit denying employment — Supreme Court restored the Commissioner’s award, noting that the owner India Law Library Docid # 2437733
(65) M/S BHAGHEERATHA ENGINEERING LTD. Vs. STATE OF KERALA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-01-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 and Section 37 — Setting aside of Arbitral Award — Scope of judicial review — Arbitral Tribunal's jurisdiction — Contractual dispute resolution mechanism (Adjudicator to Arbitrator) — Setting aside of award by High Court on the ground that the Arbitral Tribunal was appointed to adjudicate only one dispute and exceeded its jurisdiction by deciding others — The arbitration clause was widely worded, and the conduct of the respondent-State indicate India Law Library Docid # 2437734
(66) NAK ENGINEERING COMPANY PVT. LTD. Vs. TARUN KESHRICHAND SHAH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 1 Rule 10 — Impleadment of parties — Necessary party vs. Proper party — Definition and test — A necessary party is one without whom no effective order or decree can be made; the suit is liable to be dismissed if a necessary party is not impleaded — A proper party is one whose presence enables the court to completely and adequately India Law Library Docid # 2437735
(67) BHADRA INTERNATIONAL (INDIA) PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-01-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 12(5) read with Seventh Schedule — Ineligibility of Arbitrator — Unilateral Appointment — Effect of 2015 Amendment Act — Section 12(5) renders any person whose relationship falls under the Seventh Schedule ineligible to be appointed as an arbitrator, notwithstanding any prior agreement — Where the arbitration clause empowers the Chairman of one party (Airports Authority of India) to unilaterally appoint the India Law Library Docid # 2437736
(68) MOTILAL OSWAL FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED Vs. SANTOSH CORDEIRO AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-01-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6-A) — Appointment of Arbitrator — Scope of judicial review — The court, while considering an application under Section 11, must confine its examination to the prima facie existence of an arbitration agreement, as mandated by the un-notified but effective Section 11(6-A) — The court's role is merely to inspect or scrutinize India Law Library Docid # 2437737
(69) NIRBHAY SINGH SULIYA Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-01-2026 Service Law — Disciplinary Proceedings — Judicial Officer — Removal from Service — Misconduct — Judicial orders and grant of bail — A judicial officer, with 27 years of unblemished service, was removed based solely on four bail orders where Section 59-A of the Madhya Pradesh Excise Act, 1915 (imposing twin conditions for bail) was not expressly mentioned, contrasted with 14 other India Law Library Docid # 2437738
(70) ANJANI SINGH Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 307, 504 read with 34 — Appreciation of Evidence — Sole Eye Witness Testimony (PW-1) — Reliability — Where a sole eye witness's testimony is wavering, inconsistent regarding the scene of the crime and the specific role of the accused, and where motive is alleged only against the PW but multiple innocent persons were killed at close range (suggesting targeted killing) without motive, the testimony India Law Library Docid # 2437739
(71) GULFISHA FATIMA Vs. STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-01-2026 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) — Section 43D(5) — Bail — Accused Sharjeel Imam — Role attributed is that of a "principal ideologue and early architect" of the alleged conspiracy, involving the creation of coordination platforms (WhatsApp groups), mobilization through pamphlets, and delivery of speeches advocating disruptive "Chakka Jam" (road blockage/paralysis of essential services) as India Law Library Docid # 2437740
(72) ADANI POWER LTD. AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-01-2026 Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (SEZ Act) — Section 30 — Customs Act, 1962 — Section 12 — Levy of Customs Duty on Electrical Energy — Clearance from Special Economic Zone (SEZ) to Domestic Tariff Area (DTA) — Absence of Charging Event — Electrical energy generated in India within an SEZ and supplied to DTA is not ‘imported into India’ under Section 12 of the Customs Act — The deeming fiction in Section 30 of the SEZ India Law Library Docid # 2437741
(73) SUKHCHAIN Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 — Suspension of Sentence — Fixed Term Sentence — Appellate Court's Approach — The High Court while considering an application for suspension of a fixed term substantive sentence passed by the Trial Court pending appeal must apply settled principles of law and consider the plea liberally, unless exceptional circumstances exist, in contrast to the approach India Law Library Docid # 2437833
(74) NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. MASTER FREWIN SEBY DE MELO AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-01-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 149(2) — Insurer's right to contest claim — Law settled by three-Judge Bench in Shila Datta’s case — Insurer, when impleaded as a party-respondent in the claim petition, is entitled to contest the claim on all available grounds, not being restricted to grounds available under Section 149(2) of the Act. India Law Library Docid # 2438180
(75) MAHESH KUMAR AGARWAL Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-12-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Right to travel abroad and right to hold a passport as a facet of personal liberty — Any restriction on this right must be fair, just, and reasonable, and proportionate to a legitimate purpose — The State’s power to restrain a citizen’s freedom must be narrowly confined, proportionate, and clearly anchored in law. India Law Library Docid # 2437139
(76) DR. AMIT ARYA Vs. KAMLESH KUMARI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-12-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 28 (1) — Decree for specific performance — Payment of purchase money — Extension of time — Execution of decree — Where a decree for specific performance allows a period for the purchaser to pay the purchase money, the court has the power under Section 28(1) to extend this time on such terms as it deems fit — The power to extend time for performance of the conditions of the decree cannot be the end of the transaction, and adopting a hyper-technical approach India Law Library Docid # 2437140
(77) TARACHANDRA Vs. BHAWARLAL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-12-2025 M.P. Land Revenue Code, 1959 (MPLRC) — Sections 109, 110 — Mutation of Land Records — Acquisition of Right — Mutation based on a Will — The MPLRC and the Madhya Pradesh Bhu-Rajasv Sanhita (Bhu-Abhilekhon Mein Namantaran) Niyam, 2018, do not prohibit mutation based on a registered will; application for mutation based on a will must be considered on merits — Full Bench decision of the High Court confirmed that an application for mutation based on a will cannot be rejected at the threshold — Where India Law Library Docid # 2437141
(78) BELIDE SWAGATH KUMAR Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 498A (Cruelty by husband or relatives) — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (DP Act) — Sections 3 and 4 (Penalty for giving/taking/demanding dowry) — Allegations of matrimonial discord and cruelty — High Court refused to quash FIR and consequent complaint case against husband (appellant) for Section 498A IPC and DP Act charges, despite quashing proceedings India Law Library Docid # 2437142
(79) BHIKA RAM AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-12-2025 Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956 — Section 16 — Creation of Revenue Villages — Naming Convention — Circular dated 20.08.2009, Clause 4 — Policy regarding naming — Clause 4 mandates that the name of a new Revenue Village shall not be based on any person, religion, caste, or sub-caste — Names "Amargarh" and "Sagatsar" derived from names of individuals (Amarram and Sagat Singh) — Naming India Law Library Docid # 2437143
(80) STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER Vs. MOHD ARSHAD KHAN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Quashing of FIR — Protection from Arrest — Directions for time-bound investigation — High Court, while declining to quash the FIR, directed the completion of investigation within 90 days and granted protection from arrest till the court takes cognizance (following 'Shobhit Nehra v. State of U.P.') — 'Legality': Such directions granting protection from arrest while India Law Library Docid # 2437144