(81) 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
(82) 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
(83) 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
(84) '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
(85) 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
(86) 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
(87) 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
(88) 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
(89) MAHANADI COALFIELDS LTD AND OTHERS Vs. M/S GSCO (GURMEET SINGH AND COMPANY) INFRASTRUCTURE PVT. LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-09-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34(3) — Limitation for filing application to set aside arbitral award — Arbitral award was passed on 25.10.2021 and applications under Section 34 were filed on 08.12.2021 — Petitions were filed well within the three-month period prescribed under Section 34(3) of the Act — High Court's finding that the applications were barred by limitation is contrary to admitted facts India Law Library Docid # 2453192
(90) O.P. MEHTA Vs. MOHINDER KALTA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-09-2026 Public Interest Litigation — Maintainability — Tenders and Government Contracts — Comparative assessment between competing bidders — High Court in a PIL quashed the award of tender for road construction and directed re-tendering — Held, validity of a tender involving inter-se comparative claims between competing tenderers generally cannot be raised India Law Library Docid # 2453193
(91) SUBHAS CHANDRA SARKAR Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 413, Proviso & Section 415(3) — Right of victim to appeal against acquittal — Maintainability of appeal before High Court vs. Sessions Court — Order of acquittal passed by Judicial Magistrate of First Class in respect of bailable offence — Victim preferring appeal — Appeal against order of conviction passed by Magistrate lies to Sessions Court under Section 415(3) — By virtue of proviso to Section 413, appeal by victim against order of acq India Law Library Docid # 2454046
(92) NORTH EASTERN ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION LIMITED (NEEPCO) Vs. ASTRA CONSTRUCTION PRIVATE LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-09-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 31(7) — Scope of arbitrator's power to award interest and impact of party autonomy — Section 31(7)(a) of the 1996 Act expressly subordinates the arbitrator's power to award interest to the parties' bargain through the opening words "unless otherwise agreed by the parties" — An express bar in the agreement suffices to exclude this power, even if it is not specifically addressed to the arbitrator's jurisdiction, marking a clear departure from the st India Law Library Docid # 2453045
(93) JASWINDER SINGH (DEAD THROUGH LRS.) Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-09-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7, 13(1)(d) and 13(2) — Proof of demand and acceptance of illegal gratification — Proof of demand and acceptance of illegal gratification by a public servant is a sine qua non in order to establish guilt under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) of the Act — Mere possession and recovery of tainted currency notes from a public servant, in the absence of proof of demand, is not sufficient to establish an offence — Without evidence of demand for illegal gratificati India Law Library Docid # 2453043
(94) ΑΝΤΟΝΕTTO J D'SOUZA Vs. ALDILA BRAGANZA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Re-agitation of issue — Principle of 'issue estoppel' — Prior writ petition filed by accused challenging FIR and chargesheet was dismissed by Division Bench of High Court holding that prima facie material existed to frame charge — Accused subsequently filed another writ petition under Section 482 CrPC before Single Judge raising identical ground of non-production of original document without challenging earlier Division Bench order — Principle India Law Library Docid # 2453046
(95) MIHIR PRAKASH BAJORIA Vs. VIDUSHI JAIN BAJORIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rules 1 and 2 read with Section 151 — Anti-suit injunction — Grant of anti-suit injunction in foreign matrimonial proceedings — Parameters and principles — Restraint on wife from prosecuting pending divorce and financial proceedings before UK Family Court — Power of Indian courts to issue anti-suit injunction is governed by equitable principles and doctrine of comity of courts — Anti-suit injunction is a directive to the party over whom the court has p India Law Library Docid # 2453047
(96) GANAPATI (DEAD) BY HIS LRS Vs. PRABHAKAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-09-2026 Hindu Women's Rights to Property Act, 1937 — Section 3(2) read with Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Section 14(1) — Absolute ownership of widow — Propositus died in 1949 leaving behind his son from his first wife and his second wife — Widow/second wife possessed interest in husband's property by virtue of Section 3(2) of the 1937 Act — Right acquired by widow under 1937 Act is a pre-existing legal right that automatically enlarges and blossoms into absolute ownership upon enactment of Section 14(1) India Law Library Docid # 2453048
(97) SANU VARGHESE Vs. SHOUKKATHALI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-09-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 & Section 145 — Evidence of accused on affidavit — Remand for fresh trial — High Court in revision remanded matter for fresh trial from stage of defence evidence relying on M/s Mandvi Cooperative Bank Limited v. Nimesh B. Thakore — Propriety — Accused never alleged or established any prejudice before India Law Library Docid # 2453958
(98) LOGANATHAN Vs. THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-09-2026 Administration of Justice — Protection of Officers of Court and Persons Assisting the Court — Threats to Person Assisting Senior Counsel — Officer of Court bringing to notice of Court non-compliance/relocation issue regarding coaching centers — Person travelling with Senior Counsel threatened with dire consequences over telephone following court appearance — FIR registered but no substantial action taken by police — Duty of Court to ensure protection — Person who assists Court must be able to do India Law Library Docid # 2455813
(99) KUSUMAVATI GOWDA Vs. THE GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Right to fair investigation — Fair investigation is as much a part of constitutional rights guaranteed under Article 21 as a fair trial, without which the trial will naturally not be fair — Investigation must be fair, transparent, and judicious as the minimum requirement India Law Library Docid # 2452969
(100) I.S.D.S. PRIVATE LIMITED AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S KHEMKA FOOD PRODUCTS PVT. LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-09-2026 Trade Marks Act, 1999 — Section 134 — Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Sections 3 and 21 — Jurisdiction to try suits for infringement — Restriction under Section 134 of Trade Marks Act to institute suit before any Court inferior to District Court vis-a-vis notifications issued under Commercial Courts Act designating Civil Judge (Senior Division) as Commercial Court — Apparent conflict between view India Law Library Docid # 2452970