(21) HEMALATHA (D) BY LRS. Vs. TUKARAM (D) BY LRS. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-01-2026 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 58(c) — Mortgage by conditional sale — Proviso strictly requires that the condition for mortgage must be part of the sale document itself, not in a separate agreement. India Law Library Docid # 2438568
(22) ANANDA CHANDRA PANDA (DEAD) THROUGH LRs. Vs. THE COLLECTOR, KEONJHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 47 — Questions to be determined by the Court executing decree — Application under Section 47 after execution proceedings are closed and decree is satisfied is not maintainable — All questions relating to execution, discharge, or satisfaction of a decree must be raised and India Law Library Docid # 2438795
(23) VIRAJ IMPEX PVT. LTD. Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-01-2026 Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 — Section 3 — Notification — Publication in Official Gazette — Essential requirement for enforceability — Delegated legislation requires publication for accessibility, notice, accountability and solemnity — Not an empty formality but transforms executive decision into law — Strict compliance with publication requirement is a condition precedent — Law must be promulgated or published in a recognisable way. (Paras 16, 17, 18, India Law Library Docid # 2438473
(24) INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD. Vs. P.C. SATHIYADEVAN (D) BY LRS. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-01-2026 Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1964 — Section 106 — Leases for commercial or industrial purposes — Protection from eviction — Conditions for protection — Lease must be for commercial or industrial purposes, and lessee must have constructed buildings for such purpose before the appointed date (20.05.1967) — Failure to prove India Law Library Docid # 2438756
(25) NEHA LAL Vs. ABHISHEK KUMAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-01-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Dissolution of marriage — Irretrievable breakdown — Supreme Court can dissolve marriage in exercise of extraordinary powers under Article 142 when marriage has irretrievably broken down, even if one party opposes it, to do complete justice. Factors to consider include period of cohabitation, separation, nature of allegations, attempts at reconciliation, and economic/social status. India Law Library Docid # 2438390
(26) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. HEAVY VEHICLES FACTORY EMPLOYEES’ UNION AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-01-2026 Factories Act, 1948 — Section 59(2) — Overtime wages calculation — "Ordinary rate of wages" — Includes basic wages plus all allowances worker is entitled to, excluding only bonus and overtime wages — Compensatory allowances like House Rent Allowance (HRA), Transport Allowance (TA), Clothing and Washing Allowance (CWA), and Small Family Allowance (SFA) are includible. India Law Library Docid # 2438391
(27) RAJ SINGH GEHLOT AND OTHERS Vs. AMITABHA SEN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-01-2026 Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975 — Section 3(3A) — Amendment Act, 2020 — Retrospective validation of actions — Power to grant license includes power to modify, suspend, revoke, or delicense — Delicensing of land for commercial purposes after it was initially licensed for residential use is permissible. India Law Library Docid # 2438392
(28) PRAKASH ATLANTA (JV) Vs. NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-01-2026 Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 — Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Cess Act, 1996 — Applicability — Cess could not be levied or collected before the constitution of Welfare Boards, as their constitution is a condition precedent for the implementation of these Acts. India Law Library Docid # 2438393
(29) GUJARAT PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Vs. GNANESHWARY DUSHYANTKUMAR SHAH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-01-2026 Government Service — Recruitment — Challenge to Selection Process — A candidate who participates in a selection process without protest cannot challenge the rules or method of selection after being declared unsuccessful. India Law Library Docid # 2438276
(30) AIRPORT AUTHORITY OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. SHAM KRISHNA B AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-01-2026 Reservation in Public Employment — Migration of Reserved Category Candidates — Reserved category candidates who score higher marks than the cut-off for General Category candidates must be treated as qualified against an open/unreserved post, provided they did not avail of any concession or relaxation. Their appointment on merit in the general category does not count against the reserved category quota. India Law Library Docid # 2438266
(31) MD. FIROZ MANSURI AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-01-2026 Bihar Pharmacists Cadre Rules, 2014 (as amended in 2024) — Rule 6(1) and Note in Appendix-I — Constitutional validity — Fixation of minimum qualification for recruitment of Pharmacist — Held valid — "Note" providing Bachelor’s/Master’s degree holders are eligible subject to possession of Diploma is not arbitrary or exclusionary — Supreme Court upheld the validity of the amended Cadre Rules, India Law Library Docid # 2438267
(32) TULASAREDDI @ MUDAKAPPA AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 120-B, 201, 506 read with Section 34 — Conviction by High Court after acquittal by Trial Court — Supreme Court's role — Appellate court can review and reconsider evidence, but must respect the presumption of innocence accorded to an accused who has been acquitted. A plausible view taken by the trial court should not be overturned merely because another view is possible. India Law Library Docid # 2438268
(33) HT MEDIA LIMITED Vs. PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER DELHI SOUTH GOODS AND SERVICE TAX[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-01-2026 Finance Act, 1994 — Section 65(105)(zu) — Event Management Service — Service Tax cannot be imposed if the activity does not fall strictly within the definition of "event management" as provided in the statute. Strict interpretation of taxing statutes is crucial. India Law Library Docid # 2438269
(34) X Vs. O/O SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF PEOPLE & ORS. . RESPONDENTS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-01-2026 Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968 — Section 3(2), First Proviso — Constitution of Joint Committee — Proviso applies only when notices of motion given on the same day in both Houses are admitted by both Houses — Does not mandate a Joint Committee if the motion is admitted in one House and rejected in the other — Presiding Officer of the House where motion is admitted can independently proceed to constitute a India Law Library Docid # 2438270
(35) BPL LIMITED Vs. MORGAN SECURITIES AND CREDITS PRIVATE LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 47, Rule 1, Section 152 — Review — Rectification of clerical errors — Court has the power to correct inadvertent clerical or typographical errors in its judgments to ensure accuracy and reflect the true intent of the court — Such corrections do not alter the substance of the original judgment but merely correct mistakes in its transcription. India Law Library Docid # 2438352
(36) NARINDERDEEP TANDAN @ NARINDERDEEP TANDON @ NENA Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Conditions of Bail — Court directed release on bail in anticipation of arrest, subject to terms and conditions imposed by trial court — Further directed appellant not to dissuade witnesses, and to attend police station if called for further investigation — Clarified that grant of bail India Law Library Docid # 2438517
(37) KUSUM KUMARI @ SONI KUMARI Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Denial by High Court — Appellant aggrieved by denial of anticipatory bail by High Court — Supreme Court opinion that custodial interrogation not warranted — Appellant to cooperate with investigation — Supreme Court directs no coercive action. India Law Library Docid # 2438529
(38) ANIL Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 — Suspension of sentence — Appeal pending for seven years in High Court — Appellant has undergone more than nine years in custody with remission — High Court rejected application for suspension of sentence — Supreme Court granted leave, set aside High Court's order, and suspended sentence, releasing appellant on bail, considering the delay in appeal India Law Library Docid # 2438541
(39) MANOJ DAHARIYA Vs. THE STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-01-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 137(2), 87, 64 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 4, 6 — Bail — Appellant is uncle of co-accused, role attributed is innocuous, serious allegations of kidnapping made against appellant — Appellant in jail since 06.11.2024 — Eight material India Law Library Docid # 2438684
(40) M/S BRIDGE AND ROOF COMPANY (INDIA) LTD. Vs. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MANDI AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-01-2026 Contract Law — Bid Process — Justification for submitting undertaking — Company justified in submitting an undertaking that it had never been blacklisted by government bodies if it still stood by that submission. India Law Library Docid # 2438708