(1) POOJA RAMESH SINGH Vs. JAMMU AND KASHMIR BANK LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-07-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Sections 7 and 14 — Corporate guarantee — Effect of demerger/amalgamation of corporate debtor — NCLT admission order under S. 7 relying on six judicial precedents to reject corporate guarantor's plea that liability stood extinguished on demerger/amalgamation — NCLAT dismissing appeal and reproducing the same precedents — On independent India Law Library Docid # 2447196
(2) PARVEEN KUMAR @ PARVEEN CHAUHAN Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-07-2026 Remission — Premature release of life convicts — Applicable policy — Conflict between Haryana's 2002 Policy (dated 12.4.2002) and 2008 Policy (dated 13.8.2008) — Source of power — Held, the 2002 Policy, being in substance and effect referable to Article 161 of the Constitution of India (papers to be routed to the Governor for orders), is constitutional in origin, notwithstanding that it does not expressly recite the India Law Library Docid # 2447197
(3) SHAURYA SUNIL KUMAR SINGH Vs. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-07-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 187(3) — Default bail — Non-filing of additional copies of charge-sheet under S.193(8) BNSS for supply to accused — Whether entitles accused to default bail — Held, no — The right to default bail under Section 187(3) BNSS (corresponding to Section 167(2) CrPC) is a conditional right that subsists only during the pendency of investigation and stands extinguished the moment a police report/charge-sheet, in compliance with the form India Law Library Docid # 2447198
(4) CHANDRIKABEN KISHOR DAFDA Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-07-2026 Gujarat Municipalities Act, 1963 — Gujarat Municipalities (Conduct of Elections) Rules, 1994 — Rule 7A(1) — Election affidavit — Non-disclosure of immovable property — Construction of Rule requiring disclosure of assets of "myself, my spouse and dependents" — Held, the comma after "myself" is a mere listing comma and does not create any distinction or exclusion — the word "of" governs all three categories India Law Library Docid # 2447199
(5) SHOBHA VASANT BHOIR AND OTHERS Vs. SONI @ VANDANA GURUMUKHDAS JAGIASI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-07-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(d) — Rejection of plaint — Suit barred by limitation — Suit for specific performance filed 38 years after an unregistered agreement to sell, seeking to enforce it — Held, plaint liable to be rejected — On a complete reading of the plaint, its foundation was the agreement to sell dated 21.08.1984, and no explanation was forthcoming for the respondents' India Law Library Docid # 2447200
(6) KRISHNA KUMAR OJHA AND OTHERS Vs. JITENDRA CHAUDHARY AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-07-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 23 Rule 3 — Compromise decree — Requirement of signature/voluntary authorisation — Compromise petition in a partition suit signed on behalf of defendant not personally but through counsel, absent express authorisation or exigent circumstance — Held, invalid — A compromise, to be lawful under Order XXIII Rule 3, must be in writing and signed by the parties India Law Library Docid # 2447201
(7) RASHMIREKHA TRIPATHY AND ANOTHER Vs. THE BRANCH MANAGER (LEGAL CLAIMS), SRIRAM GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-07-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166, 168 — Compensation — Assessment of annual income of deceased/claimant on the basis of Income Tax Returns — Whether the ITR of the previous year alone, or the average of the previous two/three years, is to be taken — Held, no hard and fast formula governs computation of annual income; ITRs, being statutory documents, are an important reference point, but a bifurcation must be made between salaried and self-employed individuals — (i) For India Law Library Docid # 2447202
(8) RAJANI AND OTHERS Vs. MUKESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-07-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166, 168 — Compensation — Assessment of annual income of a self-employed deceased (Insurance Agent) from Income Tax Returns — High Court had averaged the last four ITRs on record — Held, erroneous — Following the principles laid down in Rashmirekha Tripathy and Anr. v. The India Law Library Docid # 2447204
(9) SMT. REKHA AND OTHERS Vs. DINESH PORWAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-07-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections166, 168 — Compensation — Assessment of annual income of a self-employed deceased (wholesale grocery business) — Two ITRs filed after the death of the deceased excluded by the High Court altogether from the assessment of income — Held, following the principles in Rashmirekha Tripathy India Law Library Docid # 2447205
(10) NEERAJ GUPTA Vs. PARDEEP KUMAR BANSAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Sections 209, 244 — Commitment of case exclusively triable by Court of Session — Whether Magistrate is required to record prosecution evidence under Section 244 CrPC before committing such a case, where the complaint is one instituted otherwise than on a police report — Held, no — Section 244 CrPC, which mandates the Magistrate to hear the prosecution and take India Law Library Docid # 2447203
(11) SHAILESH R. GANDHI AND OTHERS Vs. LATE RAMCHANDRA R. GANDHI THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 30-06-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Ss. 9, 7 and 16 — Composite family settlement comprising Memorandum of Agreement, Branding Agreement, Registered User Agreement and Irrevocable Power of Attorney — Agreements executed contemporaneously as part of single transaction — Prima facie held, disputes cannot be viewed as arising solely from Registered User Agreement — India Law Library Docid # 2447177
(12) RAMPHAL AHIRWAR Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-06-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Judicial review of departmental punishment — Acquittal of delinquent in criminal trial on benefit of doubt — Effect on disciplinary proceedings — Held, acquittal by criminal court does not ipso facto absolve delinquent from liability in departmental proceedings — Standard of proof in the two proceedings being different, findings recorded in departmental enquiry on India Law Library Docid # 2447180
(13) RAMEN ROY Vs. SAMBRIDDHI REAL ESTATE PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 30-06-2026 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 2(1)(c)(vi) — "Commercial dispute" — Construction and infrastructure contracts — Development agreement contemplating transfer of ownership rights in addition to construction — Held, expression "dispute arising out of" construction and infrastructure contracts is of expansive connotation and sub-clause (vi) does not use the word "only" to India Law Library Docid # 2447183
(14) SOMANATH JANKA Vs. STATE OF ODISHA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 30-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374(2) — Appeal against conviction — Offences under Ss. 363, 366 and 376(2)(n), IPC read with S. 6, POCSO Act, 2012 — Victim turning hostile — Absence of eye-witness — Held, conviction based mainly on circumstantial and medical evidence, in the absence of any supporting testimony from the victim herself (star witness) and no other India Law Library Docid # 2447184
(15) THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS Vs. UMESH KUMAR SINGH[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 30-06-2026 Service Law — Departmental enquiry — Principles of natural justice — Non-service of second show-cause notice along with copy of inquiry report before imposing major penalty — Held, admittedly, the second show-cause notice along with the inquiry report was not served on the delinquent employee before imposition of penalty — Following Managing India Law Library Docid # 2447185
(16) STATE OF SIKKIM Vs. BISHAL SAHA[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 30-06-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 36A — Exclusive jurisdiction of Special Court — Charge-sheet filed before Chief Judicial Magistrate instead of Special Court — Effect — Held, once a Special Court is constituted for an area, it alone has exclusive jurisdiction, India Law Library Docid # 2447186
(17) All NEHU WORKERS’ UNION (ANWU) Vs. NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY (NEHU) AND OTHER[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 30-06-2026 Service Law — Regularization of casual/temporary workers — Long years of continuous service (10 to 30 years) without appointment against sanctioned posts or through regular selection process — Availability of vacant sanctioned posts — Held, a blanket denial of consideration for regularization would be unjustified where members of petitioner-Union have rendered long, continuous service and India Law Library Docid # 2447187
(18) STATE OF KERALA Vs. KERALA REVENUE DEPARTMENT STAFF ASSOCIATION KRDSA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 30-06-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Supervisory jurisdiction over Administrative Tribunal — Scope — Held, power of superintendence under Article 227 is to be kept to the minimum, is not appellate in nature, and can be exercised only where the order of the Tribunal is passed in grave dereliction of duty, in flagrant abuse of fundamental principles of law or justice, or reflects India Law Library Docid # 2447188
(19) M.MANUEL, MALABAR FASHION JEWELLERY Vs. MALABAR GOLD PRIVATE LTD.[KERALA HIGH COURT] 30-06-2026 Trade Marks Act, 1999 — Section 28(3) — Infringement action between two registered proprietors — Registrations in different classes — Held, S. 28(3) bars an infringement action between two registered proprietors only where both the marks are identical/nearly resembling AND the registrations relate to the same goods or services — Where rival registrations fall in different classes (goods India Law Library Docid # 2447189
(20) SHRI DHANPAT RAI GUPTA AND OTHERS Vs. SHRI KASHMIRI LAL GUPTA (SINCE DECEASED) REPRESENTED THROUGH LEGAL HEIRS/REPRESENTATIVES AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 29-06-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Regular Second Appeal — Scope of interference by First Appellate Court with findings of fact recorded by Trial Court — Held, where the Trial Court has appreciated the entire evidence and recorded cogent, reasoned findings based on documents and admissions on record, the First Appellate Court cannot reverse such findings without independently examining the evidence in its entirety, particularly where the view taken by the Trial Court is a plausible India Law Library Docid # 2447168