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(241) SK MANTU Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2026
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 20(b)(ii)C — Grant of regular bail — Recovery of commercial quantity of 80.99 kgs of Ganja from a vehicle driven by appellant — Appellant claimed to be an illiterate driver hired by the co-accused vehicle owner without knowledge of the contraband — Appellant suffered custody for approximately 13 months without any of the 23 cited prosecution witnesses being examined — Co-accused vehicle owner already enlarged on interim bail — No cri
India Law Library Docid # 2451780

(242) GHANSHYAM TIWARI Vs. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2026
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Acquittal of co-accused — Plea of inseparable evidence by absconding accused — Appellant remained absconding for seventeen years and sought quashing of proceedings following acquittal of co-accused on the ground that evidence was inseparable — Held, evidentiary value against the appellant vis-a-vis acquitted co-accused and inseparability of evidence cannot be evaluated under Section 482 jurisdiction — Such de
India Law Library Docid # 2451795

(243) THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS Vs. SATYA PRAKASH SINHA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2026
Service Law — Promotion — Applicable rules — Consideration of vacancies arising prior to rule amendment — Overruling of Y.V. Rangaiah principle — There is no rule of universal application that vacancies must necessarily be filled based on rules existing when they arose — Right to be considered for promotion occurs on the date of consideration under the rules in force on that date — In the absence of a statutory obligation to make appointments within a specified time, and where rules permit leavi
India Law Library Docid # 2451828

(244) COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE, HYDERABAD-IV Vs. M/S XEROX INDIA LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2026
Central Excise Act, 1944 — Section2(f) — "Manufacture" — Test for — Held, levy of excise duty requires two-fold test: (1) emergence of distinct commercial goods with new identity, character or use (transformation), and (2) marketability of transformed goods — A process leaving the commodity commercially the same article is not manufacture, however much labour, skill or expense bestowed — Addition to value alone does not convert a process into manufacture — Conversely, elaborateness or chemical a
India Law Library Docid # 2448555

(245) M/S. PATEL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED Vs. M/S. ADITYA CONSTRUCTION[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2026
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 — Question whether a buyer of goods/services from an MSME can independently invoke arbitration under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 for its claim against the MSME — Held, not answered — Respondent MSME having agreed to arbitration through Delhi International Arbitration Centre, appeal disposed of by consent with venue fixed at New Delhi — Question of law raised left open to be considere
India Law Library Docid # 2448556

(246) KKH FINVEST PVT. LTD. AND ANOTHER Vs. ASHIESH SHUKLA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2026
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11 — Group of Companies Doctrine/Veritable parties — Non-signatory to arbitration agreement — Held, non-signatory may be treated as a "veritable party" to an arbitration agreement where its legal relationship with signatory parties and involvement in performance of the underlying contract indicates intention to be bound — Participation of non-signatory in negotiation, performance
India Law Library Docid # 2448557

(247) KAVITHA KURUGANTI Vs. PEPSICO INDIA HOLDINGS PVT. LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2026
Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001 — Sections 34(h) and 39(1)(iv) — Revocation on ground of vexatious action against farmers — Suits filed by breeder against individual farmers alleging infringement, whether vexatious/predatory so as to attract revocation under S. 34(h) — Held, mere filing of suits for protection of statutory rights conferred under the Act cannot per se be held intimidatory or vexatious — Allegation of vexatious suits
India Law Library Docid # 2448639

(248) CHANDU @ CHANDRA SHEKHAR AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2026
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302 and 364A — Kidnapping and murder of a minor child — Conspiracy and last seen theory — Evidence of witnesses alleging overheard conspiracy was unnatural, as school principal and teacher failed to report the kidnapping plan to police or family — Belated disclosure by witness who treated plan as a joke did not qualify as res gestae — Testimony on last seen suffered from material contradictions and failed to connect appellants with victim — Prosecution failed to
India Law Library Docid # 2451745

(249) VENKAT A. BHASHA BOINA AND OTHERS Vs. MUMBAI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2026
Municipal Law — Hawking and Non-Hawking Zones — Relocation of Licensees — Allotment of alternative premises — Mumbai Municipal Corporation placed on record details regarding allotment of alternative shops in MMRDA Market to licensees currently occupying stalls in a non-hawking zone. The Corporation was directed to make allotments within two weeks, and petitioners were granted two weeks thereafter to occupy the allotted premises. Failure to occupy the allotted spaces within time would deem petiti
India Law Library Docid # 2451794

(250) M MARIMUTHU AND OTHERS Vs. G.SIVASHANMUGAM AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2026
Alternative Dispute Resolution — Mediation — Reference of dispute to mediation — Suit for partition and declaration of settlement and sale deeds as null and void — Partial settlement arrived at between certain petitioners and respondents taken on record — Remaining petitioners and respondents unable to reach a consensus despite willingness to resolve the dispute — Supreme Court referred the remaining parties to mediation for an amicable settlement — Former Judge of the Supreme Court appointed as
India Law Library Docid # 2451815

(251) DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, CPC AND OTHERS Vs. M/S OM SIDDHAKALA ASSOCIATES[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2026
Income Tax Act, 1961 — Sections 43CA, 143(1), 156 and 264 — Revision under Section 264 — Impermissibility of revising return under the garb of revision — Assessee filed self-assessment return without claiming tolerance limits under Section 43CA and did not file a revised return within statutory time — Demand notice was issued based on the return — Assessee challenged demand under Section 264 — High Court remanded the matter — Held, remand was impermissible — Assessee cannot bypass limitation to
India Law Library Docid # 2451816

(252) BALVANT SINGH DHAN SINGH Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2026
Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949 — Sections 65(a), 65(c), 81, 98(2), 116-B — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 336(2), 336(3), 340(2) — Filing of charge-sheet — Custodial interrogation — High Court dismissed second anticipatory bail application — Appellant had joined investigation pursuant to an earlier order and charge-sheet was subsequently filed — Held, having regard to the nature of allegations and overall circumstances, custodial interrogation was not necessary — Impugned order set asid
India Law Library Docid # 2451740

(253) AMRAVATI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION Vs. GANESH DADARAO ANASANE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2026
Environmental Law — Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026 — Institutionalisation & Environmental Compensation — Environmental governance requires institutionalizing enforcement mechanisms beyond framing rules — Under Rules 17 and 18, a Central Implementation Committee must be constituted to supervise implementation and formulate structured, objective guidelines for levying
India Law Library Docid # 2448521

(254) K. BHARATHAMMA Vs. BANDARU SAKKU BAI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2026
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 18 Rule 17 & Section 151 — Scope and Parameters for Recalling Witness and Reopening Evidence — The power to recall and examine a witness under Order 8 Rule 17 is a discretionary power-cum-facilitator vested primarily in the court to clarify doubts or seeking clarifications regarding evidence already led — It cannot be routinely invoked at the instance of a party at the fag end of a trial to fill up lacunae, omissions, or gaps in evidence, nor to permit fu
India Law Library Docid # 2448522

(255) KUNTEGOWDA Vs. THURUBAIAH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2026
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 138, 118(a) and 139 — Presumption of Legally Enforceable Debt & Rebuttal by Accused — Once the execution of a cheque and the drawer's signature are admitted or proved, statutory mandatory presumptions arise under Sections 118 and 139 that the cheque was issued for consideration and in discharge of a legally enforceable debt — The burden shifts to the accused to disprove these presumptions by leading cogent direct or indirect
India Law Library Docid # 2448523

(256) NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. SMT. THUNGALA DHANA LAXMI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2026
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 146, 147, 196 and 207 — Motor Insurance — Uninsured Vehicles & Mandatory Coverage — Public Interest Directions for Integration of Technology and Policy Reforms — Despite statutory mandate under Section 146 of the MVA, over 56% of vehicles on Indian roads remain uninsured, severely impeding prompt compensation to accident victims and drawing affected families into prolonged litigation — Recognising the safety of commuters
India Law Library Docid # 2448524

(257) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND ANOTHER Vs. SRI DEVRAJ URS MEDICAL COLLEGE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2026
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 141 — Judicial Precedents — Retrospective Application — Judicial declarations of law by the Supreme Court operate retrospectively unless expressly stated to be prospective — The 11-Judge Bench decision in T.M.A. Pai Foundation (31.10.2002) declaring the subvention scheme unconstitutional took immediate retrospective effect, terminating executive
India Law Library Docid # 2448517

(258) ARJUN JANI @ TUNTUN Vs. STATE OF ORISSA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2026
Criminal Law — Access to Justice for Indigent Convicts — Constitutional Courts must adopt a proactive, liberal approach to condone inordinate delays in appeals filed by incarcerated, marginalized convicts to safeguard fundamental rights — High Court erred in refusing to condone a 3157-day delay in a jail appeal where the convict had already served 12 years of life imprisonment.
India Law Library Docid # 2448518

(259) SPO/CONSTABLE IRB SATPAL SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2026
Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 — Section 12 — Effect of Probation on Service Career — Release of a convict on probation under Section 3 or 4 of the 1958 Act does not obliterate conviction — The "disqualification" under Section 12 refers strictly to statutory disqualifications under other laws and does not bar disciplinary action, removal from public service, or override constitutional provisions like Article
India Law Library Docid # 2448519

(260) DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Vs. B.S. RAWAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2026
Service Law — Resignation — Unauthorized Acceptance & Doctrine of Ratification — An unauthorized acceptance of resignation by an incompetent authority takes effect and becomes valid from its inception once ratified by the competent authority, as ratification operates retrospectively under the doctrine of relation-back (ratihabitio mandato aequiparatur) — Where an employee voluntarily
India Law Library Docid # 2448520

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