(1) S. RAJENDRAN Vs. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (BENAMI PROHIBITION) AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-02-2026 Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988 vs. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Jurisdiction — Orders passed under Benami Act cannot be questioned before authorities under IBC — NCLT lacks jurisdiction to entertain challenges to provisional attachment orders under Benami Act — Remedy lies exclusively before competent forum under Benami Act — IBC cannot be converted India Law Library Docid # 2439907
(2) OMKARA ASSETS RECONSTRUCTION PRIVATE LIMITED. Vs. AMIT CHATURVEDI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-02-2026 Companies Act, 1956 — Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Section 238 (IBC) — Overriding effect of IBC — Scheme of arrangement (SOA) under Companies Act vs. Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) under IBC — Delay and non-compliance with statutory timelines in the SOA process renders it defunct — IBC provisions prevail over inconsistent provisions in other laws — India Law Library Docid # 2439908
(3) CATALYST TRUSTEESHIP LTD. Vs. ECSTASY REALTY PVT. LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-02-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 7 — Adjudicating authority must satisfy itself that a financial debt exists and there is a default — Pre-existing dispute is not a bar to admitting an application by a financial creditor under Section 7, unlike in the case of an operational creditor under Section 9. India Law Library Docid # 2439909
(4) RELIANCE GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. KANIKA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-02-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Deduction of amounts received under Haryana Compassionate Assistance to Dependents of Deceased Government Employees Rules, 2006 — Supreme Court clarifies that only benefits directly replacing lost income are deductible from compensation awarded under the Motor India Law Library Docid # 2439910
(5) PETER BECK UND PARTNER VERMOGENSVERWALTUNG GMBH Vs. PRAKASH INDUSTRIES LIMITED[DELHI HIGH COURT] 23-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 44A — Execution of foreign decrees — United Kingdom as a reciprocating territory — Indian courts should enforce judgments of foreign courts — Recognition of foreign rights outweighs practical difficulties — Alcon Electronics Private Limited v. Celem S.A. of FOS 34320 Roujan, Frane and Another (2012) 2 SCC 253 relied upon. India Law Library Docid # 2439740
(6) SHOBHA NAMDEV SONAVANE Vs. SAMADHAN BAJIRAO SONVANE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439(2) — Bail — Cancellation of Bail — Appeal against High Court order granting bail — Supreme Court can interfere if bail order is based on extraneous considerations or ignores relevant material, distinct from cancellation for misuse of bail. India Law Library Docid # 2439890
(7) AMAD NOORMAMAD BAKALI Vs. THE STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-02-2026 Customs Act, 1962 — Section 135(1)(b)(i) — Conviction — Admissibility of statements under Section 108 — Statements recorded under Section 108 of the Customs Act, 1962, by authorized officers are admissible in evidence if made voluntarily and do not violate Sections 24, 30, or 34 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 India Law Library Docid # 2439891
(8) SITARAM KUCHHBEDIA Vs. VIMAL RANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 149, 304 Part II — Murder vs. Culpable Homicide Not Amounting to Murder — Vicarious Liability — Unlawful Assembly — Appeal against High Court's judgment altering conviction from Section 302/149 to 304 Part II/149 IPC — Supreme Court restored trial court's conviction for murder — High Court's reasoning for altering conviction was flawed — Section 149 IPC creates India Law Library Docid # 2439892
(9) NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. REKHA CHAUDHARY AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-02-2026 Employees' Compensation Act, 1923 — Section 4A(3)(b) — Penalty for default in payment of compensation — Employer's liability — Legislative intent of amendment in 1995 aimed to separate penalty from compensation and interest, placing it solely on the employer due to personal fault or negligence, to ease the burden on India Law Library Docid # 2439893
(10) DR. NARESH KUMAR GARG Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-02-2026 Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 — Section 30(1) and Rule 18A(2)(ii) — Search and Seizure — Validity of search authorised by a single member of the District Appropriate Authority — Ratio in Ravinder Kumar applies, holding such a search illegal. However, evidence collected during an illegal search is not automatically vitiated and India Law Library Docid # 2439894
(11) GOPAL KRISHAN GOUR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MEGHALAYA AND OTHERS[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 21-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 397(2) — Revisional powers of High Court — Interlocutory orders — Cancellation of bail is an interlocutory order and therefore, High Court cannot exercise revisional powers against such an order. India Law Library Docid # 2439899
(12) STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. BHURABHAI DHARAMSHIBHAI SURELA AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 21-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — High Court's powers and principles — Appellate court can review and reconsider evidence, but must bear in mind double presumption of innocence for the accused after acquittal by trial court. If two reasonable conclusions are possible, appellate India Law Library Docid # 2439900
(13) MOHAMMAD RIZWAN Vs. STATE OF MEGHALAYA[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 21-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Abuse of Process of Law — Allegations in FIR not specific or general — Marriage solemnized on 08.06.2023, wife left on 07.08.2023, FIR lodged on 19.09.2023 — Chain of events within approximately 3 months 10 days — Dismissal of petition to India Law Library Docid # 2439901
(14) UNION OF INDIA Vs. SISTEMA SHYAM TELESERVICES LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-02-2026 Telecommunication Act, 2023 — Spectrum Allocation — Supreme Court's direction for auction of 2G Band Spectrum after quashing of licenses — Payment of reserve price by existing licensees continuing operations — Date of commencement and cessation of liability. India Law Library Docid # 2439660
(15) NEELU @ NILESH KOSHTI Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 27 — Admissibility of information received from accused in custody leading to discovery of fact — Recovery of dead body and Scooty at the instance of the accused, based on memorandum statement, considered a distinct fact and sufficient to prove guilt when connected to other circumstances. India Law Library Docid # 2439661
(16) SRIGANESH CHANDRASEKARAN AND OTHERS Vs. M/S UNISHIRE HOMES LLP AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-02-2026 Consumer Protection Act, 2019 — Section 67 — Joint Development Agreement (JDA) — Liability for delay in possession — Landowners granted a General Power of Attorney (GPA) to the developer for a joint development project — Developer agreed to construct and handover flats within a specified period — Developer failed to deliver possession within the stipulated time and grace period — Consumer India Law Library Docid # 2439662
(17) M/s SBS BIOTECH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-02-2026 Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 — Section 18(a)(vi) read with Rule 74 and Section 27(d) — Allegations of maintaining records not as per Schedule M and U — Such contravention falls under Section 18(a)(vi) and is punishable under Section 27(d) — Court needs to examine the averments in the complaint and the relevant provisions of the Act and Rules. India Law Library Docid # 2439663
(18) PARSVNATH DEVELOPERS LTD. Vs. MOHIT KHIRBAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-02-2026 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 14 — Powers of Consumer Forums — Jurisdiction — Not limited by contract — NCDRC has statutory power to adjudicate complaints and grant reliefs, including compensation for deficiency in service, regardless of contractual limitations. India Law Library Docid # 2439664
(19) DEEPAK BUILDERS AND ENGINEERS LIMITED Vs. M/S ENGINEERING PROJECTS (INDIA) LTD[DELHI HIGH COURT] 20-02-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 37 — Appeal against order setting aside arbitral award — Scope of appellate jurisdiction is limited and supervisory, not a substantive review of merits — Court cannot re-assess evidence or substitute its own view for that of the Arbitrator or the Section 34 Court — Appellate India Law Library Docid # 2439741
(20) BANK OF MAHARASHTRA Vs. JAI KUMAR BANSAL[DELHI HIGH COURT] 20-02-2026 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) — Auction Sale — "As is where is" Clause — While an "as is where is" sale clause is not absolute and does not absolve the seller of the duty to disclose known material defects or encumbrances, the buyer is bound by clear and unambiguous terms of the auction notice, especially when they specifically India Law Library Docid # 2439742