(1) BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. S.M. KAMAL PASHA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-10-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Sections 12A, 30(2), 30(4) & 31 — Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) Regulations, 2016 — Regulation 30A — Approved Resolution Plan — Withdrawal or modification after CoC approval — Permissibility — Held, once a Resolution Plan is approved by the Committee of Creditors (CoC) with the required statutory majority, it is binding inter se the CoC and the Successful Resolution Applicant (SRA) under India Law Library Docid # 2456842
(2) THE MUPPATHADAM SERVICE CO-OPERATIVE BANK LTD. Vs. THE STATE CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-10-2026 Right to Information Act, 2005 — Sections 2(f) & 2(j) — Definition of "Information" and access to records of a private body/Co-operative Society — Member of a Co-operative Society sought copies of a construction agreement and General Body Meeting minutes — Appellant-Society contended it is not a "public authority" and the Registrar cannot access its documents without a pending inquiry — Held, Section 2(f) defines "information" to include material relating to a private body which "can be accessed India Law Library Docid # 2456843
(3) THE A.P. STATE WAKF BOARD, (NOW TELANGANA STATE WAKF BOARD) Vs. SYED MASOOD AHMED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-10-2026 Waqf Act, 1954 — Section 4 & Section 5(2) — Publication of list of waqf properties — Finality of Gazette Notification — Land attached to Mosque, Dargah, and Graveyard — Service Inam — High Court erred in setting aside the injunction decree granted in favour of the Waqf Board on the ground of absence of occupancy certificate or revenue pahanis. Survey Commissioner's Report and subsequent Gazette Notification published under Section 5(2) of the Waqf Act conclusively identified the entire suit prop India Law Library Docid # 2456844
(4) N. ARASAPPA Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-10-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 3(f)(vi) and Section 4(1) — Prior approval of housing scheme sponsored by Co-operative Society — Mandatory requirement — Framing of scheme forma et descriptio (layout and blueprint) disclosing total eligible members, plot sizes, and broad mode of development — Held, approval cannot be granted on a mere requisition or sketch without a proper layout plan placed before the Government — Acquisition initiated without prior approval of a proper scheme India Law Library Docid # 2456845
(5) ARUN @ DEEPAK Vs. STATE OF U.P.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-10-2026 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 65B — Admissibility of Electronic Records — CCTV footage and Call Detail Records (CDR) — Admissibility of electronic evidence depends on mandatory compliance with Section 65B — Neither the CCTV footage obtained from the Tehsil nor the CDR reports of mobile numbers were supported by a mandatory certificate under Section 65B of the Evidence Act — CCTV footage was blurry, rendering identification of persons travelling on the motorcycle unviable India Law Library Docid # 2456846
(6) BALAKRISHNA (DEAD) THR. LRS Vs. G.N. KANNIAH NAIDU (DEAD) THR. LRS. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 21, Rule 101 — Bar to separate suit — Scope of Executing Court's jurisdiction — Executing Court possesses full jurisdiction under Order 21, Rule 101 CPC to decide all questions (including questions relating to right, title, or interest in the property) arising between the parties to a proceeding on an application under Rule 97 or Rule 99 — A separate suit to set aside the decree or determine title is explicitly barred — High Court's finding that the third India Law Library Docid # 2457037
(7) ATIBIR INDUSTRIES CO. LTD. Vs. STATE BANK OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-10-2026 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) — Sections 5 & 13 — Assignment of debt to Asset Reconstruction Company (ARC) — Retrospective NPA classification — Equitable settlement of assignment liability — Appellant (borrower) challenged NPA classification of its loan account and subsequent e-auction/assignment by Respondent No. 1 (Bank) in favour of Respondent No. 2 (ARC) — Single Judge set aside NPA classification and debt India Law Library Docid # 2457038
(8) DAKSHIN GUJARAT VIJ COMPANY LIMITED AND ANOTHER Vs. VAIBHAV METAL CRUSHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-10-2026 Electricity Act, 2003 — Sections 126, 135(1A), 154(5) & 154(6) — Theft of electricity — Procedure for assessment of amount for restoration of electricity supply — Third proviso to Section 135(1A) enables consumer facing theft charges to seek restoration of disconnected electricity supply upon deposit or payment of "assessed amount" — Absence of specific assessment procedure for theft cases under Supply Code — Held: In absence of separate statutory provision, "assessed amount" under third proviso India Law Library Docid # 2457039
(9) THE ASSESSING OFFICER, TEXTILES COMMITTEE Vs. M/S. PREMIUM SUITING PVT. LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-10-2026 Textiles Committee Act, 1963 — Section 5A — Levy of Textile Cess — Exemption to Handloom and Powerloom Industry — Job Work Processing — Show cause notice raising a demand of textile cess was issued to the respondent, an independent processor engaged in bleaching, dyeing, and processing 100% man-made fabrics on a job work basis for small handloom and powerloom units — High Court quashed the demand — Held — Section 5A provides an express exemption from cess on textiles manufactured out of handloom India Law Library Docid # 2457040
(10) NEHA Vs. THE STATE NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 23-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 126 and 130 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Preventive proceedings — Judicial review at show cause notice stage — Challenge to notice requiring execution of bond for keeping peace — Held, proceedings under Chapter IX BNSS are preventive and based on the Magistrate's subjective satisfaction — High Court in writ jurisdiction will not interfere at the threshold of a show cause notice unless there is complete lack of jurisdiction or t India Law Library Docid # 2456612
(11) IKRAM TAHIR AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 23-10-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 49, 64 and 69 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Anticipatory Bail — Sexual exploitation on false promise of marriage — Consensual relationship — Complainant alleged that petitioner-accused sexually exploited her on promise of marriage — Record showed parties were in a consensual relationship and petitioner had proposed marriage, which complainant's family rejected — Relationship failed to mature as families did not agree — Petitio India Law Library Docid # 2456614
(12) MST. THEMU Vs. RAM NATH AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 23-10-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 6 — Accrual of cause of action and right to sue — Plaintiff minor at time of father's death and adverse mutation attestation — Limitation does not run against a minor until majority is attained — Bare denial of title or adverse revenue entry during minority does not constitute a clear and unequivocal threat triggering limitation — Cause of action arose upon subsequent unequivocal denial by defendants after majority — First Appellate Court erred in fixing limitation India Law Library Docid # 2456615
(13) PRESIDENT DOGRI SANSTHA AND ANOTHER Vs. SH. N.D. JAMWAL AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 23-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Infructuous litigation — Efflux of time — Renewal of membership — Suit seeking renewal of membership of a registered society for a fixed three-year term (1993-1996) — Membership period expired long before the decree of the First Appellate Court and over three decades prior to hearing of the second appeal — Held, when the term has expired by efflux of time, no live controversy or effective relief survives — Continuation of the appea India Law Library Docid # 2456618
(14) VICTIM X Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 23-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14 — Uttar Pradesh Rani Lakshmi Bai Mahila Evam Bal Samman Kosh Rules, 2015 — Entry 7, Annexure 1 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 6 — Compensation to child victim — Rejection of claim due to lack of injury report indicating penetrative sexual assault — Held, the condition is manifestly arbitrary and violates Article 14 — An injury report is not indispensable even in a criminal trial, let alone for preliminary relief under a India Law Library Docid # 2456627
(15) BANS BAHADUR SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF U.P.THROUGH PRINCIPAL SECY. LAND REVENUE AND 8 ORS.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 23-10-2026 U.P. Land Revenue Act, 1901 — Section 28 — Maintenance and correction of maps and field-books — Scope of summary proceedings — Adjudication of title — Revenue authorities cannot utilize Section 28 proceedings to adjudicate substantive rights, title, or possession, nor mechanically assume that an alleged deficiency in one plot can be compensated from an adjoining plot. Authorities must confine themselves strictly to determining whether a genuine error exists in the map based on reliable survey re India Law Library Docid # 2456643
(16) VIJESH K. V AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND ANOTHER[KERALA HIGH COURT] 23-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 296(b), 115(2), 118(1) read with Section 3(5) — Pre-arrest bail — Overt acts and weapon usage — Custodial interrogation — Accused persons allegedly assaulted the de facto complainant and his relative after locking a bar door — Specific overt acts involving use of an iron bar and inflicting injuries were attributed to Accused Nos. 1 to 3, requiring custodial interrogation and disqualifying them from India Law Library Docid # 2456731
(17) MR.SUHAIB M Vs. THE REGISTRAR (DISTRICT JUDICIARY) HIGH COURT OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 23-10-2026 Kerala Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1960 — Rule 15(3) — Disciplinary Proceedings — Amendment or modification of charges — Stage of enquiry — Petitioner challenged revised memo of charges issued after examination of several witnesses — Held, Rule 15(3) empowers the Inquiring Authority to amend, alter, or modify charges at any stage during the enquiry — In the absence of a challenge to the validity of the rule, alteration cannot be declared illegal — No prejudice is c India Law Library Docid # 2456732
(18) ADV.P.S.SUBEESH Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 23-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 22(2) — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 58 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 57 — Production of arrested person before Magistrate — 24-hour limit — Constitutional and statutory requirement to produce an arrested person before the nearest Magistrate within 24 hours prescribes an outer maximum limit and not an entitlement to detain an accused until the deadline approaches — Police are obligated to produce the arrestee without India Law Library Docid # 2456734
(19) ARSHAD KHAN Vs. STATE[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 23-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 316(2), 318(4) and 61(2) — West Bengal Protection of Interests of Depositors in Financial Establishments Act, 2013 — Section 3(2) — Economic offences — Multi-crore fraudulent multi-level marketing scheme — Bail application — Petitioner sought bail citing nine months' custody, family responsibilities, and clean antecedents — Case involved luring innocent public with false promises of self-employment India Law Library Docid # 2456790
(20) ABDUL AHAD KHAN ALIAS AAHAT KHAN Vs. STATE[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 23-10-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 21(c) and 29 — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 439 [Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483] — Regular Bail — Evidentiary value of co-accused's statement — Petitioner implicated solely on the basis of a statement made by a co-accused — Perusal of the case diary revealed that no contraband was seized from the possession of the co-accused — In the absence of recovery from the co-accused and with complicity re India Law Library Docid # 2456791