(1) RAJASTHAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, AJMER Vs. YATI JAIN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-01-2026 Public Service Commission — Recruitment — Waiting List — Validity — A waiting list has a limited validity period, usually determined by recruitment rules or a reasonable period until the next advertisement. Candidates on a waiting list do not have an indefeasible right to appointment, but can be considered if vacancies arise within the validity period and the appointing authority acts arbitrarily. India Law Library Docid # 2438221
(2) AMIT KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 154 — Information as to the commission of cognizable offence — Mandatory registration of FIR — Court reiterates the mandatory duty to register an FIR upon disclosure of a cognizable offence and reminds educational institutions of their civic and legal obligation to promptly lodge an FIR in case of a student suicide on campus. India Law Library Docid # 2438222
(3) ELEGNA CO-OP. HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL SOCIETY LTD. Vs. EDELWEISS ASSET RECONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-01-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 7 — Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) — Admission of CIRP — Adjudicating Authority’s power and duty — Legal position is well-settled that once the Adjudicating Authority is satisfied that a financial debt exists and a default has occurred, it must admit the application — Inquiry under Section 7(5)(a) is confined strictly to determination of India Law Library Docid # 2438223
(4) THE AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE RULINGS (INCOME TAX) AND OTHERS Vs. TIGER GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL II HOLDINGS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-01-2026 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 197, 245Q, 245R(2)(iii) — Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) between India and Mauritius, Article 13(4) — Capital Gains Tax — Advance Ruling — Tax Avoidance — The Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) rejected an application for an advance ruling on the grounds that the transaction (sale of shares of a Singapore company by a Mauritius company) was India Law Library Docid # 2438224
(5) SANJAY PALIWAL AND ANOTHER Vs. BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LTD. THROUGH ITS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-01-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 41(h) — Injunction when refused — Equally efficacious remedy — A suit for mandatory injunction for removal of a wall is barred if the plaintiff has not claimed possession, and possession is disputed, as a suit for possession would be a more efficacious remedy. India Law Library Docid # 2438225
(6) VAYYAETI SRINIVASARAO Vs. GAINEEDI JAGAJYOTHI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-01-2026 Andhra Pradesh Stamp Act — Schedule I-A, Article 47A, Explanation I — Agreement to Sell — Deemed Conveyance — For an agreement to sell to be deemed a conveyance under Explanation I, the delivery of possession must be linked to the agreement to sell, either following it or evidenced by it. If possession existed prior to the agreement and was not surrendered or changed because of the agreement, it does India Law Library Docid # 2438226
(7) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Vs. CHAMAN LAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Dying declaration — Admissibility and weight — A dying declaration can be the sole basis for conviction if it is voluntary, truthful, and reliable, even without corroboration. The court must scrutinize it carefully for tutoring or manipulation and consider the declarant's opportunity to observe and identify the assailant and their fitness to make the India Law Library Docid # 2438227
(8) KANCHANA RAI Vs. GEETA SHARMA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-01-2026 Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 — Sections 21(vii) and 22 — Maintenance of Dependents — Widow of Son — Legal entitlement to claim maintenance from the estate of the deceased father-in-law — Interpretation of "any widow of his son" under Section 21(vii) — The phrase "any widow of his son" is clear and unambiguous, applying to a son's widow irrespective of whether the son India Law Library Docid # 2438083
(9) SUJATA BORA Vs. COAL INDIA LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-01-2026 Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPwD Act) — Sections 2(y), 2(ze) — Appointment under reserved quota — Management Trainee recruitment by Coal India Limited (CIL) — Denial of appointment based on initial finding of unfitness and recruitment process expiry — Appellant suffering from disability above the benchmark (57%) based on subsequent AIIMS medical report — Expiry of India Law Library Docid # 2438082
(10) CENTRE FOR PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION Vs. UNION OF INDIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-01-2026 Justice K.V. Viswanathan upheld the constitutional validity of Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act but held that it must operate with mandatory independent screening by the Lokpal or Lokayukta, whose recommendation would be binding on the Government, in order to cure the defects identified in Vineet Narain and Subramanian Swamy and to balance protection of honest public servants with the rule of law, whereas Justice B.V. Nagarathna, in dissent, held that Section 17A is India Law Library Docid # 2438085
(11) 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
(12) THE STATE OF HARYANA Vs. KRISHAN KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-01-2026 Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 — Drug Rules, 1945 — Rule 49 — Essential Qualifications — Appointment of Drug Inspector/Drug Control Officer — State Government cannot prescribe qualifications different from those prescribed by Central Government under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and Rules. India Law Library Docid # 2438228
(13) 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
(14) 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
(15) 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
(16) 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
(17) 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
(18) THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH Vs. ANURUDH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-01-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 — Determination of Victim's Age — Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act, 2015 (JJ Act) — Section 94 — Procedure for Determination of Age — Bail Stage — Medical Age Determination — Determination of the victim’s age, which is the sine qua non for applying the POCSO Act, is fundamentally a matter for trial, not the bail stage. — India Law Library Docid # 2437969
(19) M/S JINDAL EQUIPMENT LEASING CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD Vs. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX DELHI - II, NEW DELHI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-01-2026 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Sections 28, 47(vii), 2(47), 2(14) — Taxability of Amalgamation — Shares held as Stock-in-Trade vs. Capital Assets — Receipt of shares of amalgamated company in lieu of shares of amalgamating company — If the shares of the amalgamating company were held as capital assets, the receipt of shares of the amalgamated company is a "transfer" under Section 2(47) but exempt from Capital Gains India Law Library Docid # 2437970
(20) SHRIKRISHNA Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) Sections 302, 304 Part II, 147, 149 — Culpable Homicide not amounting to Murder — Distinction between Murder (Section 302) and Culpable Homicide (Section 304) — Circumstances warranting conviction under Section 304 Part II — Initial conviction under Section 302/149 altered by High Court to Section 304 Part II, IPC — Incident arising from sudden quarrel and group fight (free fight) India Law Library Docid # 2437971