(41) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. BALAKRISHNAN MULLIKOTE (EX HAV 256812 M)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Army Pension Regulations, 1961 — Condonation of shortfall in qualifying service for second pension for Defence Security Corps (DSC) personnel — The Union of India's contention that condonation for shortfall in qualifying service for a second pension is not applicable to DSC personnel is rejected— The court finds that the Pension Regulations for the Army, specifically Paragraphs 125 ( India Law Library Docid # 2441208
(42) M/S. RASHTRIYA CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS LIMITED Vs. COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE AND SERVICE TAX (LTU)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Central Excise Act, 1944 — Section 11A(1) proviso — Extended period of limitation — Invocation of extended period of limitation for recovery of excise duty on Naphtha — Requires proof of fraud, collusion, wilful misstatement, or suppression of facts with intent to evade duty — Revenue failed to establish any deliberate act of suppression India Law Library Docid # 2441209
(43) CHINTHADA ANAND Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s), 3(2)(va) — Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 341, 323, 506 read with Section 34 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Appellant converted to Christianity and worked as a Pastor for ten years — High Court quashed proceedings, holding appellant disentitled to protection under SC/ST Act due to conversion — Supreme India Law Library Docid # 2441210
(44) YOGENDRA KUMAR SINGH Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Service Law — Indian Navy — Short Service Commission Officers (SSCOs) — Grant of Permanent Commission (PC) — Assessment of suitability for PC — Whether casual grading of ACRs and “Not Recommended for PC” endorsements prejudiced officers' chances of PC — Held yes, as officers were considered ineligible for PC at the time of their ACRs, leading to a distorted assessment of their inter se merit for PC — This circularity transformed past ineligibility into deemed unsuitability for career progression India Law Library Docid # 2441211
(45) LT. COL. POOJA PAL AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Army Act, 1950 — Section 12 — Eligibility for Permanent Commission for Short Service Commission Women Officers (SSCWOs) — The judgment addresses the eligibility of SSCWOs for Permanent Commission (PC), tracing the historical evolution of policies and judicial pronouncements that gradually allowed women into this scheme, India Law Library Docid # 2441212
(46) WG. CDR. SUCHETA EDN Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Air Force Act, 1950 — Short Service Commission Women Officers (SSCWOs) — Permanent Commission (PC) — Denial of PC — Assessment of performance and eligibility — HRP 01/2019 — Minimum Performance Criteria — ACR gradings — Mandatory In-Service Courses (MISCs) — Categorisation — Arbitrariness — Hurried implementation — Inadequate opportunity to meet criteria — Pregnancy — Deemed qualifying service India Law Library Docid # 2441213
(47) SQN. LDR. NITU THAPLIYAL AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Short Service Commission Women Officers (SSCWOs) — Eligibility for Permanent Commission (PC) and pensionary benefits — Applicability of Air Force Human Resource Policy — Refusal of benefits due to not meeting minimum average Annual Confidential Report (ACR) grading of 6.5 — Court's refusal to grant benefits where minimum India Law Library Docid # 2441214
(48) NEERAJ KUMAR AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Indian Air Force — Short Service Commission Officers (SSCOs) — Reinstatement and consideration for Permanent Commission (PC) — Dismissal of appeal challenging AFT order — Delay in approaching legal forum. India Law Library Docid # 2441215
(49) SANJAY JUKARIA Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 24-03-2026 Universities Act, 1973 — H.N.B — Garhwal University Conversion to Central University — Policy decision regarding re-engagement of temporary Guest Faculty — Petitioners appointed after conversion to Central University — Claim for adjustment as Guest Faculty in State Colleges rejected — Director, Higher Education's order upheld — No material on record to prove appointment before conversion India Law Library Docid # 2441229
(50) KM. SUMITRA YADAV @ SUMETRY Vs. M.A.C.T. AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 24-03-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation awarded to a minor — Direction for Fixed Deposit Receipt (FDR) — Duty of care — Court-directed deposits for minors are not ordinary commercial transactions and require careful safeguarding and periodic renewal to ensure maximum benefit for the beneficiary — Failure to comply with such directions constitutes gross administrative negligence India Law Library Docid # 2441230
(51) TRILOK SINGH RANA Vs. DIRECTOR REHABILITATION AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 24-03-2026 Constitutional of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Petition — Rejection of rehabilitation benefits and cancellation of agricultural plot — Petitioner claimed entitlement as legal heir of deceased — Name not in revenue records on cut-off date but mutated later — Order rejecting claim based solely on cut-off date without considering India Law Library Docid # 2441231
(52) COMMON CAUSE Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Supreme Court Rules, 2013 — Appointment of Amicus Curiae — Upon the demise of the appointed amicus curiae, the Court appointed a new senior counsel as amicus curiae and directed all parties to furnish relevant papers within two weeks. India Law Library Docid # 2441391
(53) RAMAPPA @ RAMEGOWDA Vs. ANJINAPPA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of plaint — Res judicata — Principle that rejection of plaint under Order 7 Rule 11 is to be based solely on plaint averments — The High Court erred by considering materials beyond the plaint to reject it, particularly when the difference in property descriptions between suits required factual determination — Res judicata is generally a matter for trial, not for threshold rejection, unless clearly apparent from the plaint itself — Th India Law Library Docid # 2441505
(54) GREENFIELDS PLOTHOLDERS CUM RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION Vs. URBAN IMPROVEMENT COMPANY PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Company Law — Appointment and Resignation of Chairman — Chairman appointed by judicial order sought personal relief to resign due to old age, and the Court directed him to file a formal application with supporting documents for listing on a future date. India Law Library Docid # 2441514
(55) S. PRABHU Vs. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, THENI AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 24-03-2026 Constitution of India, Article 226 — Writ jurisdiction — Power of Court — Court's writ jurisdiction cannot be used to enforce personal stubbornness under the guise of pursuing constitutional liberty. India Law Library Docid # 2441546
(56) MV GOLDEN PRIDE Vs. GAC SHIPPING (INDIA) PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Admiralty Law — Vessel Arrested and Sold — Special Leave Petitions challenging an interim order related to a vessel's sale and auction procedure were dismissed as infructuous because the main Admiralty Suit had already been disposed of — The Court noted that the petitioner's counsel had previously stated they were not pressing the issue of the vessel being sold as scrap. [Paras 1, 2, 5] India Law Library Docid # 2441592
(57) DISTRICT MAGISTRATE AND DISTRICT ELECTION OFFICER AND COLLECTOR, GWALIOR, M.P. Vs. NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-03-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 2(30), 173, 174 — Compensation — Liability for accident during requisition of vehicle — Bus owned by a school was requisitioned by the appellant (District Magistrate) for election purposes — Accident occurred while the bus was under the control of the appellant — Issue of shifting of liability from the insurance company to the requisitioning authority — Held, when a India Law Library Docid # 2441129
(58) INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD. Vs. DEEPAK SHARMA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-03-2026 National Green Tribunal (NGT) — Adjudicatory Function — NGT cannot abdicate its powers and entrust its adjudicatory functions to a committee, even an expert committee — The role of such a committee is only to assist the NGT, not to decide the case. India Law Library Docid # 2441130
(59) CHAYA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14, 15(1), 16, 309 — Relaxation in qualifying examination (TET) marks for reserved category candidates — The provision of relaxation in qualifying marks in TET enables reserved category candidates to enter the zone of consideration and does not affect their inter se merit in the main selection process (TAIT) — Migration to the open category is permissible if recruitment rules do not expressly prohibit it or are silent on the matter — Decisions India Law Library Docid # 2441131
(60) STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS Vs. SANTHOSH KUMAR C[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-03-2026 Karnataka Recruitment of Gazetted Probationers (Appointment by Competitive Examinations) Rules, 1997 — Rule 11(1), 11(3) & Rule 4(3) — Selection process for Gazetted Probationers — Vacancy arising from non-joining candidate — Claims of next eligible candidate — Held, select list is not an open-ended reservoir of candidates but is prepared for notified vacancies & operates within statutory India Law Library Docid # 2441132