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(1) YUSUF Vs. VIGYAPAN LOKE DELHI ADVERTISING CGHS LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2026
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of plaint on ground of limitation — Plaint cannot be rejected at the threshold under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC when the plaintiff relies on continuous entries and balance sheets reflecting amounts carried forward, which raise triable issues regarding acknowledgment of liability under Section 18 of the Limitation Act, 1963 — Court ought not to delve into the depths of evidence or conclusively determine the non-existence of liability at the
India Law Library Docid # 3000178

(2) CHATUR SINGH DHRUW Vs. THE STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2026
Service Law — Compulsory Retirement — Scope of judicial review — An order of compulsory retirement is not punitive or stigmatic and is based on the subjective satisfaction of the competent authority regarding public interest and administrative efficiency — Judicial review is limited to examining whether relevant material existed, whether norms/criteria prescribed by the government were observed, and whether the decision is arbitrary, perverse, or vitiated by mala fides — Courts will not re-appre
India Law Library Docid # 3000179

(3) THE CHAIRMAN NATIONAL BOOK TRUST, INDIA AND ANOTHER Vs. A.R. ABDUL GAFFAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2026
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 12 — "State" or "other authorities" — Status of National Book Trust (NBT) — National Book Trust is financially, functionally, and administratively dominated by and under the deep and pervasive control of the Government of India, making it an instrumentality or agency of the State and consequently an "authority" / "State" within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution
India Law Library Docid # 3000181

(4) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. ROHITH NATHAN AND ANOTHER, ETC[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2026
Supreme Court Rules / Practice — Miscellaneous Applications — Scope of clarification — Miscellaneous applications in disposed-of proceedings cannot be employed to seek a rehearing, reopen concluded issues, or secure a reconsideration of the merits of a judgment; they are maintainable only to clarify the scope, temporal operation, and implementation of directions already issued
India Law Library Docid # 3000182

(5) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2026
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 131 — Original jurisdiction — Inter-State water and power sharing disputes — Implementation of a declaratory decree — Where a suit regarding a share in power generated from inter-state hydel projects (Bhakra-Nangal and Beas Projects) is decreed in part, and subsequent differences arise regarding computation, valuation, and capital cost liabilities, the Supreme Court in the nature of execution proceedings can formulate a cashless settlement framework involvin
India Law Library Docid # 3000183

(6) J. RAJESH (MINOR) THR. HIS MOTHER AND NATURAL GUARDIAN J. GOMATHI Vs. M. KUMARAN. (DEAD) THR. LRS. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2026
Hindu Law — Succession / Partition — Ancestral property — Devolution of property under Section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Property inherited by a son from his father upon a partition or intestate succession does not constitute Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) or coparcenary property vis-a-vis his own son — Grandson (son's son) is excluded from Class I heirs and does not acquire a right by birth in such property during the lifetime of his father — Once a partition takes place among Class I
India Law Library Docid # 3000177

(7) A. JOHN KENNEDY AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF TAMIL NADU AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2026
Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 — Sections 2(c), 2(o), and 6 — Determination of forest rights — The statutory process for recognizing forest rights of Forest Dwelling Scheduled Tribes (FDST) and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (OTFD) must be strictly adhered to through the three-tiered mechanism (Gram Sabha, Sub-Divisional Level Committee, and District Level
India Law Library Docid # 3000180

(8) SRI SUJIT DAS AND OTHERS ETC. Vs. UNION OF INDIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-11-2026
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 22(2) — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 57 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 58 — Mandatory 24-hour timeline — Commencement of arrest — The conjunctive phrase "arrested and detained in custody" under Article 22(2) means the 24-hour timeline to produce an arrestee before a Magistrate commences immediately upon actual detention when personal liberty is curtailed, and not from the formally recorded time of arrest — The Constitution do
India Law Library Docid # 2458390

(9) SAU. KAMALBAI WAMAN PATIL Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-11-2026
Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 302 and 34 — Charge of common intention — Acquittal of co-accused — Propriety of convicting sole accused for substantive offence — Accused persons were conjointly charged under Section 302 read with Section 34 without an independent charge under Section 302 simpliciter — High Court upheld acquittal of three co-accused but convicted the appellant alone under Section 302 — Held, when co-accused are acquitted, constructive liability fails — Convicting a sole accused unde
India Law Library Docid # 2458391

(10) RAMA PANDEY AND OTHERS Vs. RAM LAL (DEAD) THROUGH LR. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-11-2026
Uttar Pradesh Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953 — Section 19 — Consolidation scheme — Allotment of chaks — Displacement of original tenure holders — Commercial roadside land — Purpose of consolidation proceedings is not to dislodge original tenure holders from their prime commercial land and allot it to strangers having no pre-existing right or holding — High Court correctly set aside the Deputy Director of Consolidation's
India Law Library Docid # 2458387

(11) G. PAZHANIVEL Vs. S. THILAGAVATHY[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-11-2026
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 7 Rule 11, Order 4 Rules 1 and 2 — Rejection of plaint — Stage of exercise of power — Rejection prior to registration of suit — Power under Order 7 Rule 11 can be exercised at any stage of proceedings commencing from presentation of the plaint, including before registration or issuance of summons, and at any time prior to conclusion of trial — Formal registration of a plaint does not confer invulnerability, as maintainability can always be questioned under Orde
India Law Library Docid # 2458388

(12) STATE OF UTTARAKHAND THR. CHIEF SECRETARY AND OTHERS Vs. M.C. BHANDARI AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2026
Uttarakhand Public Service Commission (Conditions of Service) Regulations, 2004 — Regulation 7(1) and 7(2) — Fixation of salary of retired Government servants appointed as Chairman or Member of Uttarakhand Public Service Commission — Principle of "pay minus pension" — Validity of deduction — High Court declared Regulation 7(2) ultra vires Articles 14 and 39(d) of Constitution on ground of violating "equal pay for equal work" — Supreme Court held that pension earned for previous service is kept i
India Law Library Docid # 2458193

(13) MANGALA BHIMRAO INGLE Vs. THE ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER, AMRAVATI DIVISION AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2026
Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act, 1959 — Section 14(1)(j-1) — Disqualification from contesting panchayat elections on having more than two children — Relevance of laws penalising more than two children — Foundation of such laws (fear of overpopulation) has crumbled due to demographic changes and fall in Total Fertility Rate (TFR) from 3.0 to 1.9, which is below replacement level — Continued operation of such laws requires immediate re-visitation, compelling reference to
India Law Library Docid # 2458194

(14) ARJUN FLOUR MILLS Vs. THE STATE OF ODISHA FINANCE DEPARTMENT SECRETARY AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2026
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 246, Read with List II Entry 54 of Seventh Schedule — State Legislative Competence — Surcharge/Additional tax on sales tax — Validity — Surcharge computed as a percentage of sales tax payable by dealers exceeding a specified turnover threshold is in substance an enhancement of rate of sales tax and a tax on sale or purchase of goods — Mode of computation (with reference to tax payable
India Law Library Docid # 2458195

(15) GOVERDHAN Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-11-2026
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 306 — Abetment of suicide — Burden of proof — Prosecution must stand on its own legs and establish guilt of accused beyond reasonable doubt — It cannot derive strength from perceived weakness in defence or treat failure of accused to specifically deny a circumstance under Section 313 CrPC as substitute for proof.
India Law Library Docid # 2458018

(16) SHEKAPPA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-11-2026
Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 143, 148, 302, 323, 341 read with 149 — Appeal against acquittal — Murder of two persons by multiple accused armed with axes during intervening night — Trial Court acquitted accused by discarding crucial evidence, glorifying non-essential aspects, and misreading testimony — High Court reversed acquittal, finding judgment wholly unreasonable and perverse — Supreme Court concurred, holding that no two views were possible and guilt of appellants was clearly established b
India Law Library Docid # 2458019

(17) N. SRIDHAR REDDY Vs. THE STATE OF A.P. THROUGH SECRETARY AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-11-2026
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Sections 13 and 14 — Recognition of foreign matrimonial decree — Foreign decree of divorce obtained on ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage — Validity in India — Marriage solemnized under Hindu law in India cannot be dissolved on a ground not statutorily recognized under Indian matrimonial law — Foreign decree failing to satisfy conditions of Section 13 of CPC and principles laid down in Y. Narasimha Rao cannot be accorded automatic recognition — Husba
India Law Library Docid # 2458020

(18) A. ARUN Vs. VARSHA SHARMA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-11-2026
Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Cyber Law Offenders, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Sexual Offenders, Slum-Grabbers and Video Pirates Act, 1982 — Section 3(1) — Preventive detention — Detention order passed against detenue (classified as a "Goonda" following registration of Crime No. 178 of 2025 for offences relating to cheating, forgery, and criminal breach of trust involving a real estate
India Law Library Docid # 2457945

(19) AKANKSHA DEVI Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-11-2026
U.P. Police Constable Civil Direct Recruitment, 2023 — Medical examination — Rejection of appellant on ground of alleged eye defect (squint eye) — High Court dismissing writ petition on ground of concluded selection process — Supreme Court directing examination by a medical board comprising experts in Ophthalmology from King George's Medical University, Lucknow — Report of medical board certifying appellant's
India Law Library Docid # 2457946

(20) SURENDRA MANJHI AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-11-2026
Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 — Sections 4 to 6, 10 to 14 — Central Sector Scheme for Rehabilitation of Bonded Labourers — Identification, rescue and rehabilitation of bonded labourers — State's obligations extend beyond securing physical liberty to ensuring meaningful, enduring freedom with financial assistance and rehabilitation — Identification, release and rehabilitation are interconnected stages of a continuing constitutional responsibility — Rehabilitation delayed amounts to r
India Law Library Docid # 2457942

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