(1) RELIANCE GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. PRIYANKA DAS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim Petition for death of bachelor — Selection of Multiplier — Multiplier to be determined based on age of deceased and not age of dependents/parents — Deceased was 33 years old at the time of accident — Correct multiplier applicable according to standardized matrix in Sarla Verma and Pranay Sethi is 16 — Argument of insurer that multiplier should correspond to age of parents rejected — MACT and High Court rightly applied India Law Library Docid # 2451073
(2) SHIRISH PANDHARINATH PATIL Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Power to do complete justice — Invalidation of Scheduled Tribe caste certificate — Protection of retiral and pensionary benefits — Appellant served as Junior Engineer with Municipal Corporation for over three decades — Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee invalidated the appellant's "Tokre Koli" tribe claim and cancelled his caste certificate, which was affirmed by High Court — Pre-constitutional records of father India Law Library Docid # 2451074
(3) SANJAY KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 498-A and 306 r/w Section 107 — Dowry harassment and Abetment of suicide — Reversal of acquittal by High Court — Legality — High Court reversed the trial court's order of acquittal and convicted the husband under Sections 498-A and 306 IPC — Standard of proof and appreciation of evidence — Prosecution examined family members and other witnesses whose testimonies were general in nature and lacked specific details of torture, harassment, India Law Library Docid # 2451075
(4) SHIVDHAR UPADHYAY Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 02-09-2026 Constitution of India — Articles 14 and 21 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Proviso to Section 372 and Section 378 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Proviso to Section 413 — Constitutional validity of Proviso to Section 372 Cr.P.C. — Challenge on ground of discrimination as State requires leave to appeal under Section 378 — Held, right of a victim to prefer an appeal cannot be equated with right of State or non-victim complainant — Parliament inserted proviso to recognise supe India Law Library Docid # 2450810
(5) INOX WIND LIMITED AND ANOTHER Vs. JASDAN ENERGY PRIVATE LIMITED AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 02-09-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34(3) — Condonation of delay — Sufficient cause — Limitation period for filing setting aside petition is three months, extendable by up to thirty days under the Proviso upon showing sufficient cause — Judgment debtor filed Section 34 petition with a delay of 27 days due to pending Section 33 application and active participation in enforcement proceedings — Court held that the petitioner acted bona fide and availed legal remedies continuously witho India Law Library Docid # 2450815
(6) M/S ABC EXPRESS Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2026 Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949 — Section 98(2) read with Section 132 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 497 [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 451] — Release of seized vehicle on interim custody — Statutory embargo — Scope of Section 98(2) of the Prohibition Act — Held, Section 98(2) does not impose an absolute embargo on the jurisdiction of the India Law Library Docid # 2450901
(7) EDELWEISS CUSTODIAL SERVICES LIMITED Vs. NSE CLEARING LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2026 Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 — Section 9(3)(b) — Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 — Section 11B — Restitution/Disgorgement of liquidated securities — Power of Stock Exchange / Clearing Corporation to order restitution — Held, Section 9(3)(b) of the Securities Act empowers Stock Exchanges to make bye-laws providing for penalties, but explicitly excludes any penalty involving the payment of money — Power of disgorgement or restitution is specifically conferred by the India Law Library Docid # 2450902
(8) MAHAVIR @ AVNISH Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 & Section 362 — Inherent powers of High Court — Recall of judgment — Plea of juvenility raised after final disposal — High Court dismissed Section 482 CrPC petition seeking recall of conviction on ground that the SLP against conviction had been dismissed as withdrawn and judgment attained finality — Held, bar under Section 362 CrPC against altering or reviewing judgments does not obliterate or render nugatory the inherent powers of the India Law Library Docid # 2450903
(9) BIJENDRA Vs. REKHA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ib) — Divorce on the ground of desertion — Essential ingredients — Factum of separation and animus deserendi — Parties living separately since December 2005 with no cohabitation or children born out of wedlock — Appellant-husband along with witness went to bring the respondent-wife back to the matrimonial home, but she refused without reasonable India Law Library Docid # 2450904
(10) FISHERMAN CARE Vs. THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRYING AND FISHERIES REP. BY ITS SECRETARY AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Legislative Competence & Cooperative Federalism — Entry 57, List I & Entry 21, List II of the Seventh Schedule — Territorial Waters vs. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) — Distinction between regulatory provinces — State of Tamil Nadu prohibited purse seine net fishing within its territorial waters under the Tamil Nadu Marine Fishing Regulation Act, 1983 and 2020 Rules, India Law Library Docid # 2450905
(11) VIJAY GHANSHYAM GADIYA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2026 Customs Act, 1962 — Section 114 — Adjudication Order — Reliance on Fake and Hallucinated AI-Generated Precedents — Nullity in Law — Order-in-Original passed by the adjudicating authority relying upon non-existent case laws, fake citations, or hallucinated AI-generated legal ratios is completely unsustainable and void — Adjudicating and judicial authorities must adopt a zero-tolerance policy against the use, citation, or reliance upon fake or unverified AI-generated material — India Law Library Docid # 2450990
(12) KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK LIMITED Vs. TRUPTI SANJAY MEHTA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2026 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 — Sections 2(1)(c), 2(1)(f), 2(1)(ha), 2(1)(k), 2(1)(m), 2(1)(zb), 2(1)(zc), 2(1)(zd), 2(1)(zf) & 13 — Recovery of Assigned Debt — Takeover of Loan Account from Non-Notified Entity by Bank — Applicability and Recourse to SARFAESI Act — Bank acquiring/taking over non-performing or live loan account from Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) or financial entity not notified under Section 2(1)(m) at India Law Library Docid # 2450987
(13) M.R.R. SETTY (DEAD), BY LRS Vs. GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2026 Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964 — Section 56(3) Proviso — Revisional Power of Revenue/Survey Officer — Statutory Limitation of Three Years — Bar on Inordinate Delay — Revisional power under Section 56(1) of the Act of 1964 in respect of an order against which no appeal has been preferred can only be exercised within a strict statutory timeframe of three years from the date of the order sought to be revised — Provisions of the Limitation Act, 1963, cannot be imported to override India Law Library Docid # 2450988
(14) SAHAB SINGH ALIAS SAT PAL Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2026 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 27 [now Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 — Proviso to Section 23(2)] — Information Leading to Discovery of Fact — Inadmissibility of Disclosure Statement when Facts Already Known — Confession made to a police officer while in custody is inadmissible except to the extent permitted under Section 27, which requires the discovery of a new fact in consequence of the information received — Where the alleged disclosure statement India Law Library Docid # 2450989
(15) DHRUB SINGH ETC. Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 307, 147, 148, 149 read with Arms Act, 1959 — Section 27 — Conviction for murder and rioting — Material contradictions between eye-witness version and medical/expert evidence — Reliability of interested witnesses — Eye-witnesses claimed accused ambushed the party from behind and shot the victim while walking in a straight line, whereas medical expert opined that India Law Library Docid # 2450805
(16) V. BALAKRISHNAN Vs. STATE REP BY THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 420 read with Section 120B — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) — Alleged fraudulent sanction of bank loans by Branch Manager in conspiracy with co-accused — Complete failure of prosecution to prove allegations — Sanctions for loans were granted by Regional Office of Bank and not solely by Branch Manager (A1) — Entire India Law Library Docid # 2450806
(17) M/S. SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-09-2026 Finance Act, 1979 — Sections 35(2), 35A, 38(3) and 38(4) — Foreign Travel Tax Rules, 1979 — Rules 4 and 9 — Foreign Travel Tax (FTT) — Delay in payment vs. Failure to pay — Applicability of penalty under Section 38(3) — Section 38(3) contemplates a scenario where there is a complete failure to pay or non-payment of tax into the credit of the Central Government — Delayed payment of tax cannot be India Law Library Docid # 2450807
(18) RAS AL KHAIMAH INVESTMENT AUTHORITY Vs. MATRIX PHARMACORP PRIVATE LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 44A, Section 47 and Section 60 — Reciprocal enforcement of foreign decree — Foreign decree of superior court of reciprocating territory — Efficacy of execution — Protection of decree-holder's rights — Interlocutory protective orders — UAE is a reciprocating territory for the execution of foreign decrees under Section 44A of CPC — Where a foreign decree passed by a superior court of a reciprocating territory remains substantially unsatisfied and executio India Law Library Docid # 2450808
(19) LC INFRA PROJECTS PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 01-09-2026 Public Procurement — Request for Proposal — Consortium Bid — Earnest Money Deposit / Bank Guarantee — Submission by Consortium Member — Rejection of bid on ground that Bank Guarantee was procured by a Consortium member and not the Lead Member — Held, in absence of an express stipulation in the RFP or Corrigendum requiring the Bank Guarantee to be furnished solely by the Lead Member, the tendering authority cannot reject the bid on such ground — Rejection set aside and respondents directed to adm India Law Library Docid # 2450811
(20) ASHISH CHANDRA TRIPATHI Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 01-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 47 Rule 1 — Review Jurisdiction — Reversion from post — Consideration of subsequent developments — Petitioner challenged his reversion from Assistant Commandant to Inspector in Border Security Force on ground of pending representation against adverse performance gradings — Court observed that subsequent rejection of representation validated the order and Court is competent to take notice of subsequent events while deciding writ petition — No error apparen India Law Library Docid # 2450812