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(1) AEGON SHIPPING INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, (GENERAL)[CUSTOMS, EXCISE AND SERVICE TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, MUMBAI REGIONAL BENCH COURT NO. 5] 24-09-2026
Customs Act, 1962 — Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018 (SCMTR) — Handling of Cargo in Customs Areas Regulations, 2009 (HCCAR) — Status and obligations of Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC) — Appellant, an NVOCC, contended it was exempt from responsibilities under SCMTR — Held, NVOCC falls within the category of "Authorised Carrier (other notified carriers)" under SCMTR and is bound by statutory registration and operational obligations — Furthermore, as an entity handl
India Law Library Docid # 2453288

(2) 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

(3) 'R' Vs. 'E' AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-09-2026
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) — Misuse of Law & Matrimonial Disputes — Safeguards against Irreparable Harm — Allegation of sexual assault/harassment under POCSO Act against a parent or family member residing in the same household — Pre-existing strained relationship or matrimonial dispute between parents — Growing alarm on false accusations created as an "arm-twisting" tactic to secure custody or settle personal grudges — Held — Investigating Officer/Special Juven
India Law Library Docid # 2453323

(4) ANIL AHLUWALIA Vs. STATE NCT OF DELHI AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 23-09-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 438(3) and 528 [Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 397(3) and 482] — Maintainability of petition under inherent powers after dismissal of revision — Statutory bar against second revision — What is explicitly prohibited by law under Section 438(3) BNSS cannot be granted backdoor entry by invoking inherent powers under Section 528 BNSS — High Court must exercise inherent powers sparingly and cautiously — Routine interference would re
India Law Library Docid # 2453080

(5) 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

(6) 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

(7) 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

(8) 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

(9) ASL ENTERPRISES LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND ANOTHER[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 23-09-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 406, 420 and 506/34 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Amicable settlement — Dispute predominantly civil and private in nature — Parties arrived at a compromise with the intervention of well-wishers and informant agreed not to proceed further — Offences alleged were neither heinous nor involving mental depravity — Possibility of conviction rendered remote and bleak — Continuation of criminal proceedings
India Law Library Docid # 2453268

(10) PAWAN KUMAR Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 23-09-2026
Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition & Development) Act, 1957 — Section 14(i) — Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy, 2012 — Land Looser Scheme — Clubbing of holdings — Entitlement to employment — Land measuring two acres was acquired by Central Coalfields Limited — Scheme mandated one employment for every two acres acquired — Petitioner's family holding 83 decimals clubbed land with co-tenants holding 1.17 acres to satisfy the scheme's requirements — Agreement executed providing compensation and e
India Law Library Docid # 2453278

(11) SARYU YADAV Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 23-09-2026
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 82 — Proclamation for person absconding — Essential statutory requirements — Recording of satisfaction — Time and place for appearance — High Court held that a court issuing proclamation under Section 82 of Cr.P.C. must explicitly record its satisfaction that the accused is absconding or concealing himself to evade arrest — Furthermore, the court must specify the time and place for appearance of the accused within the order itself — Failure to recor
India Law Library Docid # 2453262

(12) AGRI S.S.KRISHNAMURTHY Vs. THE SECRETARY AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 23-09-2026
Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 212 and 194 — Scope of Judicial Review — Procedural Irregularity vs. Want of Jurisdiction — Validity of Assembly Resolution — Petitioner challenged inclusion of a tribunal clause in an Assembly Resolution, alleging non-compliance with amendment procedures under Rule 104 of Legislative Assembly Rules — Held, Article 212 bars judicial scrutiny of legislative proceedings on grounds of procedural irregularity — Non-compliance with rules of internal procedure do
India Law Library Docid # 2453314

(13) 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

(14) 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

(15) 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

(16) 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

(17) 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

(18) RAJ KUMARI Vs. SANJAY KUMAR[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(i-a) — Mental Cruelty — Ground for divorce — Allegations of illicit relationship and infidelity — Respondent-wife made serious, unsubstantiated allegations that the appellant-husband was having an illicit relationship with his sister-in-law and lodged complaints with his Army superiors — Held, armed forces operate on strict discipline and moral standards — Sullying an officer's reputation before his superiors and colleagues directly attacks his dig
India Law Library Docid # 2453052

(19) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Vs. BHAWAN SOOD[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of interference — Acquittal reinforces the presumption of innocence in favour of the accused. The appellate court is generally slow in disturbing findings of fact recorded by the trial court which had the advantage of observing witness demeanor. Interference is warranted only when the judgment under appeal is patently perverse, based on misreading or omission of material evidence, or causes a gross miscarri
India Law Library Docid # 2453053

(20) HARI NARAYAN SINGH Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026
Service Law — Departmental Enquiry — Service of Notice — Obligation to inform change of address — Delinquent employee challenged proceedings on ground of non-communication of notices — Notices were dispatched to permanent and local addresses provided by employee at time of appointment, but returned unserved — Employer is duty-bound to communicate only at the address furnished in official records — If an employee changes residence, the obligation to intimate the employer rests squarely on him — D
India Law Library Docid # 2453116

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