(41) SAURABH BAJAJ Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-09-2026 Chhattisgarh Agricultural Cattle Preservation Act, 2004 — Sections 6, 10 & 11 — Illegal transport of cattle — Reverse burden of proof — Proof of essential ingredients — Interception of truck carrying cattle and escorting vehicle — Appellant convicted under Section 10 for alleged violation of Section 6 — Reverse presumption under Section 11 applies only when the essential ingredients alleging the offence are first proved by the prosecution India Law Library Docid # 2454543
(42) SURINDER AHUJA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-09-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 23(1) First Clause — Determination of market value — Spatial contiguity, project-wide parity, and suburban potential — Acquisition of land across six contiguous villages for the construction of Aspal Extension Drain — Reference Court enhanced the market value to Rs. 5,00,000/- per acre relying on the 1996 Sultanpur benchmark (Ex. PW-7/1) and local evidence establishing that the acquired land fell within 5 km of municipal limits ("Special Village" classificati India Law Library Docid # 2454041
(43) MULLA AFROZ Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-09-2026 National Security Act, 1980 — Section 3(2) — Preventive Detention — Inadmissibility of extra-judicial confession before police — Subjective satisfaction resting on uncorroborated confession — Appellant detained under NSA following violence during mosque survey — Confessional statement made while in police custody formed a core basis for the detention order — Held, an accused enjoys fundamental rights against self-incrimination under Article 20(3) of the Constitution, which finds statutory reflec India Law Library Docid # 2454042
(44) M/S ASJ FINSOLUTIONS PVT. LTD. Vs. VIKRAM BAJAJ[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-09-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Schedule I to Liquidation Process Regulations — Public Auction — Default in payment of balance sale consideration — Forfeiture of Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) and part consideration — Successful bidder in liquidation e-auction deposited 25% of the bid amount (comprising 10% EMD and part balance consideration) but failed to pay the remaining balance consideration within the stipulated time — Bidder sought refund on grounds of absence of explicit forfeit India Law Library Docid # 2453813
(45) BIHAR STATE ARDH SARKARI ARAJPATI KARAMCHARI MAHA SANGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Non-payment of legitimate dues — Fundamental right to life and dignity — Protracted delay in recognizing and discharging legitimate monetary entitlements of workmen over several decades violates fundamental rights — Court under constitutional jurisdiction can mold public law remedies to alleviate long-standing deprivations. India Law Library Docid # 2453814
(46) SHIKHA W/O VARUN SUREKHA @SHIKHA D/O SHARADKUMAR RANIWALA Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-09-2026 Constitution of India — Article 142(1) — Matrimonial Dispute — Dissolution of marriage by mutual consent and quashing of proceedings — Exercise of extraordinary powers — Marriage between parties had broken down irretrievably with parties living separately since 2022 — Multiple civil and criminal proceedings were pending between the parties and their family members — During pendency of transfer petitions, husband filed application under Article 142 seeking dissolution of marriage — Parties mutual India Law Library Docid # 2453815
(47) IN RE: RECENT RAPE INCIDENTS IN DELHI NCR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Right to Life and Personal Liberty — Public Safety and Institutional Accountability — Suo moto writ petition registered in light of recurring egregious crimes against women and minor girls in Delhi-NCR — Safety in public spaces is an intrinsic facet of the fundamental guarantee under Article 21 — Public spaces such as parks, roads, transport hubs, and subways cannot be allowed to become high-risk zones due to inadequate illumination, poor surveillance, India Law Library Docid # 2453957
(48) STATE OF MAHARASHTRA Vs. RAMESH SUKRYA MHATRE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-09-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) — Sections 121(1), 132, 189(2), 190, 191(2), 351(2) and 352 read with Maharashtra Medicare Service Persons and Medicare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage or Loss to Property) Act, 2010 — Sections 3 and 4 — Assault on doctors and medical staff — Cancellation of bail granted by High Court — High Court granted bail to respondents without recording any intervening circumstance India Law Library Docid # 2454659
(49) GEETA BAI AND OTHERS Vs. K. ARJUN SINGH AND ORS.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-09-2026 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Section 6 (as amended by Act 39 of 2005) — Partition suit — Rights of daughter — Necessary party — Daughter of a common ancestor possesses an undivided share in the suit schedule property by operation of amended Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. In a suit for partition, such daughter, or her legal heirs upon her demise, are indispensable and necessary parties to the proceedings. Partition proceedings conducted and concluded without impleading the daughter India Law Library Docid # 2455576
(50) OWNERS AND PARTIES INTERESTED IN M.V. NEREUS PROGRESS Vs. OM FREIGHT FORWARDERS LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-09-2026 Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017 — Section 5(1)(b) read with Section 5(2) — Arrest of sister vessel — Statutory preconditions — Order of arrest sought against vessel on the ground that defaulting charterer continued to be its demise charterer — Valid termination of demise charterparty — Effect on arrest — To sustain an order of arrest under Section 5(2) read with Section 5(1)(b) against a sister vessel, it must be established that the defaulting entity was the India Law Library Docid # 2453498
(51) SUKHABHAI NANJIBHAI MAKWANA AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-09-2026 Railways Act, 1989 — Section 124-A — Untoward incident — Compensation — Bona fide passenger — Absence of railway ticket — Shift of burden — Deceased fell from a train due to sudden jerk and sustained grievous injuries, subsequently succumbing to them — Claim application filed by parents was allowed by Railway Claims Tribunal, but set aside by High Court on ground that non-disclosure of travel details and absence of ticket meant victim was not a bona fide passenger — Held, mere absence of a ticke India Law Library Docid # 2453499
(52) PARAMJIT SINGH BEDI Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376 — Rape — Consent — Credibility of prosecutrix — Conviction of appellant under Section 376 IPC by Sessions Judge as affirmed by High Court — Legality of — Prosecutrix alleged that appellant forcibly took her to different locations, confined her, and committed rape — Evidence revealed prosecutrix was a major at time of incident — Prosecutrix voluntarily accompanied appellant to multiple places via car and scooter, passing through crowded streets and brightly li India Law Library Docid # 2453500
(53) CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Vs. ANIL DIXIT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 91 and Section 227 — Production of unrelied documents — Stage of framing of charges — Accused sought production of documents seized during investigation but not relied upon by the CBI — Accused is entitled to documents available with the prosecuting agency to shape their defence, but in the ordinary course is not entitled to seek copies of unrelied documents at the stage of framing charges — Entitlement of the accused to seek production under Sectio India Law Library Docid # 2454267
(54) KINETIC GREEN ENERGY AND POWER SOLUTIONS LIMITED Vs. SAERA ELECTRIC AUTO LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-09-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 9 and Section 37 — Grant of interim measures and ex-parte stay — Commercial Court granted interim injunction under Section 9 restraining respondent from manufacturing, marketing, or selling certain electric three-wheelers under non-compete/exclusivity clauses — High Court in appeal under Section 37 stayed Commercial Court's order at first hearing on grounds that joint venture had not taken off and no monetary consideration had flowed — Joint conse India Law Library Docid # 2454045
(55) WARIS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302 & 376AB — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 5 & 6 — Conviction for Rape and Murder of Minor — Absence of Male DNA — Medical Evidence — Physical findings recorded during post-mortem examination showed a fresh tear at the fourchette with oozing of blood, establishing recent penetrative sexual assault upon the child child — Autopsy surgeon affirmed death was homicidal caused by throttling — Absence of male DNA in the vaginal smear India Law Library Docid # 2453322
(56) 'R' Vs. 'E' AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-09-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) — Section 10 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 323, 504, 506 and 34 — Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 — Section 75 — Allegation of sexual harassment/assault against biological father during ongoing matrimonial and child custody dispute — Criminal proceedings initiated via FIR — Investigation transferred to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) with aid of an expert committee comprising child/adolescent p India Law Library Docid # 2453323
(57) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. RAMDHANI PRASAD[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-09-2026 Constitution of India — Article 311(1) — Railway Protection Force Act, 1957 — Sections 4, 6 & 9 — Railway Protection Force Rules, 1959 — Rules 20 & 43 read with Schedules I & II — Termination/Removal from service — Competency of removing authority — Respondent, a Rakshak in the Railway Protection Special Force (RPSF), was issued a call letter dated 03.05.1979 by the Commandant to report for initial training — Upon successful completion of training, formal appointment order was issued on 04.12.19 India Law Library Docid # 2453435
(58) NAVAL KISHORE AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 read with Section 34 — Murder — Sentencing Power of Trial/Sessions Court — Competency to pass Special Category Sentence excluding Remission — Trial Court convicted appellants for murder and sentenced them to life imprisonment with a specific direction that they shall "remain in prison till rest of their life" — High Court affirmed the conviction and sentence without examining the competence of the Trial Court to pass such a direction — Held: While IPC Section India Law Library Docid # 2453436
(59) DEBARATI BHUNIA CHAKRABORTY Vs. SUMAN SANKAR BHUNIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-09-2026 Guardianship and Wards Act, 1890 — Sections 7 and 25 — Custody of minor children — Paramount consideration of welfare and best interests of children — Appellant-mother served as primary caregiver of minor children for years, establishing deep emotional bonds — Family Court and High Court erred in declaring respondent-father as sole custodian and branding mother's career moves India Law Library Docid # 2453190
(60) DR. JAYA THAKUR AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 145(3) read with Order 38 of the Supreme Court Rules, 2013 — Reference to Constitution Bench — Split verdict by Division Bench on whether the challenge to the constitutional validity of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023 involves a substantial question of law as to the interpretation of the Constitution requiring a reference to a larger bench. In view of India Law Library Docid # 2453191