(21) SANTOSH B. NAIK Vs. STATE OF GOA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-10-2026 Service Law — Recruitment — Essential Educational Qualifications — Interpretation of Recruitment Rules — Expression "Passed 10th standard under 10+2 system of education" prescribed for the post of Vocational Instructor (Practical) in the trade of Plumber cannot be ignored or treated as interchangeable with any qualification recognized generally as equivalent — Words "under 10+2 system of education" form an integral part of the qualification framework prescribed by the recruiting India Law Library Docid # 2454660
(22) CHHAGANBHAI KOHYABHAI PATELIYA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-10-2026 Service Law — Retirement benefits — Annual increment — Denial of annual increment falling due on 1st of July to employees retiring on 30th of June of preceding years — Legality — Right to be paid an increment is a legitimate right of an employee upon successful completion of a year of employment. India Law Library Docid # 2454661
(23) AJIT KUMAR Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-10-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7 and 13(2) — Trap case — Proof of demand — Sine qua non — Prosecution must prove demand of illegal gratification and subsequent acceptance as a matter of fact — Mere recovery of tainted money from accused, absent proof of demand, is insufficient to sustain conviction — Prosecution failed to establish demand beyond reasonable doubt, resting entirely on uncorroborated testimony of complainant where no independent India Law Library Docid # 2454628
(24) ADDL. COMMR. COMMERCIAL TAX AND OTHERS Vs. CADILA HEALTH CARE LTD AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-10-2026 M.P. Commercial Tax Act, 1994 — Schedule II Part IV Entry 20(ii) and Part VII Entry 1 — Classification of goods ('GRD Powder' and 'GRD Mix') — Taxable event and incidence of taxation are determined by the nature and physical form of the good at the time of sale, not by its subsequent end use by the consumer India Law Library Docid # 2454629
(25) SUDHA RAKESH Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Colourizing civil disputes into criminal offences — Tendency of litigants to give criminal colour to civil disputes is an open secret to prevent abuse of criminal process — Dispute arising out of agreement for sale and subsequent execution of sale deed in favour of ultimate buyer is purely civil in nature, lacking any element of criminality or foundational ingredients of cheating India Law Library Docid # 2454630
(26) PRASANTA KUMAR DHAR AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of criminal proceedings arising out of matrimonial disputes — In-laws — Supreme Court emphasized that criminalizing domestic disputes without specific allegations and credible materials may have disastrous consequences for the institution of family — Courts must be circumspect and judicious, allowing invocation of criminal process only when there are specific allegations with supporting materials clearly constituting criminal India Law Library Docid # 2454631
(27) RAJNIKANT DUDHABHAI PARMAR Vs. THE STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 227 — Discharge — Offence under Section 122 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Appellant, serving as a Sipahi at Sabarmati Central Prison, was discharged by the Sessions Court vide order dated 13th September 1999 on the allegation of receiving a mobile phone for repair from a co-accused — High Court set aside the discharge order after a gap of nearly 26 years vide judgment dated 11th August 2025 — Held, subjecting the appellant to trial India Law Library Docid # 2455040
(28) IRFAN AHMAD HAKAK Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-10-2026 Service Law — Recruitment & Selection — Qualification and Experience — Ambiguity/Vagueness in Advertisement — Prescribed qualification for the post of Librarian was Graduation with M.Lib having 3 years’ experience — High Court held that the required 3 years' experience had a direct nexus with acquiring the degree of M.Lib and could only be gained post-qualification — Held, the High Court undertook an exercise which normally should be conducted by the employer — The prescribed qualification in th India Law Library Docid # 2455039
(29) IN RE: RECENT RAPE INCIDENTS IN DELHI NCR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-10-2026 Criminal Law — Preventive Policing & Crimes Against Women — Broken Windows Theory — Application of the "Broken Windows" theory to public safety and crime prevention — Visible and unattended signs of disorder, civic neglect, non-functional CCTV cameras, broken streetlights, and unmonitored dark stretches convey a perception of diminished vigilance and neglect — Such neglect creates conditions conducive to disorder and provides a safe haven for anti-social elements — Public safety cannot be viewed India Law Library Docid # 2455431
(30) THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Vs. ANCHLA @ CHANCHLA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Circumstantial evidence — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of interference — High Court set aside trial court's conviction finding chain of circumstances incomplete — On appeal by State, held that appellate court will not ordinarily interfere with acquittal if view taken by High Court is plausible and supported by evidence — Unless judgment is perverse, legally erroneous India Law Library Docid # 2454544
(31) SANTOSH GURUNG Vs. STATE OF SIKKIM[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 376(2)(i), 302, and 201 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) — Sections 4 and 6 — Conviction based on circumstantial evidence — Standard of proof — Complete chain of circumstances — Primary prosecution evidence relied upon to establish guilt, including the last seen theory, recovery under Section 27 of the Evidence Act, FSL report, DNA test results, and statement India Law Library Docid # 2454545
(32) SACHIN GUPTA Vs. THE STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND ANR.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Principles governing quashing of criminal complaints as laid down in Pradeep Kumar Kesarwani v. State of Uttar Pradesh — Material relied upon by the accused indicated money paid by appellant and prior complaints lodged against the second respondent, satisfying the standard of sound, reasonable, and indubitable material. India Law Library Docid # 2454625
(33) THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER Vs. SADIQ PASHA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-10-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Section 20(b)(ii)C and Section 67 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — High Court quashed proceedings against respondent (accused no. 3) who had fled the spot, relying on precedents where convictions or bail cancellations were based solely on confessional statements under Section 67 — Supreme Court held that precedents concerning convictions or bail matters have no application to a case pending India Law Library Docid # 2454626
(34) MARTANDA SINGH Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 375 and 90 — Rape — Promise to marry — Consensual relationship spanning three years between adults — Second respondent, an engineering graduate, willingly permitted physical relationship after courtship knowing consequences — Failure to keep a promise to marry on a future uncertain date due to reasons that are not clear does not amount to misconception of fact unless accused had never really intended to marry from India Law Library Docid # 2454627
(35) M/S AWADHESH SINGH GAUTAM Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH & ORS.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-09-2026 Contract Law — Standard Bidding Document — Clause 44.1 and Clause 53.1(ii) of General Conditions of Contract — Clause 4.1 of Special Conditions of Contract — Cross-contract recovery — Alleged overpayment under earlier contracts sought to be recovered by deducting running bills of subsequent independent contracts — Permissibility — Held, none of the contractual clauses authorized cross-contract deduction — Clause 4.1 governing technical audit mandates opportunity of hearing, approval of Chief Exe India Law Library Docid # 2454263
(36) ORRIS INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. RAKESH KUMAR GUPTA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-09-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 9, Section 65 — Power of Adjudicating Authority to recall CIRP admission order — Fraud and collusion — Existence of debt and default constitutes a jurisdictional fact for initiating CIRP — Parties invoking statutory insolvency jurisdiction are under a public law obligation not to deceive or mislead the tribunal — Fraud in public law corrupts the adjudication process — Where admission of a Section 9 petition is procured fraudulently in collusion betw India Law Library Docid # 2454264
(37) STATE OF KERALA AND ANOTHER Vs. SAINABA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-09-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 proviso (b) — General Clauses Act, 1897 — Section 27 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 114 — Statutory demand notice — Presumption of service — Notice sent by registered post to correct address of drawer was received by his mother — Held, "giving of notice" is distinct from "receipt of notice" — Mandatory requirement of proviso (b) to Section 138 is complied with once notice is properly addressed, pre-paid, and dispatched by registered post — Complaina India Law Library Docid # 2454265
(38) STERLING HOLIDAY RESORTS LIMITED Vs. M/S P.M. ASSOCIATES AND ORS.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-09-2026 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 — Rules 8 and 9 of Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002 — Mandatory Nature of Procedure — Auction Sale — Procedural safeguards in Rules 8 and 9 are mandatory and must be strictly followed. Solicitation and receipt of bids during an operative restraint order of the DRAT is illegal and devoid of legal effect. Applying the maxim actus curiae neminem gravabit, the period during which the restr India Law Library Docid # 2454266
(39) BOMBAY GARAGE AHMEDABAD LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. JP ISCON PRIVATE LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 2 Rule 2 — Bar of suit — Omission to sue for one of several reliefs — Plaint in subsequent suit seeking specific performance based on an oral agreement — Plaintiff had previously instituted a suit for permanent injunction against alienation of suit property based on the same cause of action — Said earlier suit was withdrawn seeking liberty to file a fresh suit — Held, a subsequent suit claiming specific performance is barred by Order 2 Rule 2 when no leav India Law Library Docid # 2454043
(40) SANJAY BADAYA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Grant of Regular Bail — Pre-trial Incarceration — Prolonged Delay in Trial — Chargesheets filed and investigation complete qua the appellants — Evidence predominantly rests on voluminous documentary records and electronic trails already in safe custody of investigating agency — Trial yet to commence due to pending investigation against co-accused, absconding accused, and recent grant of sanction for prosecution — P India Law Library Docid # 2454044