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(21) RAMKISHAN DIGAMBAR JADHAV Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-11-2026
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 304-B, 498-A and 34 — Dowry death and murder — Deceased wife met an unnatural homicidal death (strangulation) within nine months of marriage in her matrimonial home — Husband's false defence (claiming death occurred due to epileptic fit during sexual intercourse) rejected by medical evidence — Under Section 106 of Evidence Act, heavy burden lay on husband in exclusive custody to explain circumstances
India Law Library Docid # 2457943

(22) PIYUSH S/O DEEPAK NARLAWAR Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-11-2026
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 304-B, 323, 498-A, 504 and 34 — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Sections 3 and 4 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Suicide by wife in Toronto, Canada — Coroner's investigation and Toronto Police report confirmed no foul play, no struggle, and recovery of a genuine suicide note indicating stress over employment and studies, with no mention of husband or
India Law Library Docid # 2457944

(23) IN RE: XXX, A JUDICIAL OFFICER IN THE DISTRICT JUDGE CADRE OF RAJASTHAN JUDICIAL SERVICES[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-11-2026
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Supervisory jurisdiction of High Court — Role as guardian of District Judiciary — Principles governing exercise of superintendence — High Court recorded severe adverse remarks against a Special POCSO Judge for typographical overlaps in judgments arising from same FIR, alleging negligence and reliance on cut-copy-paste methods — Held, supervisory power under Article 227 must guide, strengthen, and nurture the subordinate judiciary with magnanimity and f
India Law Library Docid # 2458392

(24) MATIN SHANKARRAO BHOSALE AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-11-2026
Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 304 and 304A — Culpable homicide not amounting to murder versus causing death by negligence — Distinction — Section 304 requires an act committed with the intention of causing death or bodily injury likely to cause death, or with knowledge that it is likely to cause death — In contrast, Section 304A carves out homicidal deaths outside the ambit of Sections 299 and 300, applying exclusively where there
India Law Library Docid # 2458389

(25) SANTHOSH KUMAR N.P Vs. STATE-STATION HOUSE OFFICER, KADIRUR POLICE, TELLICHERRY, KANNUR DISTRICT AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-10-2026
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376(2)(n) — Repeatedly Rape on the same woman — Discharge under Section 227 CrPC — Misconception of fact and consensual relationship — Respondent No. 2 cohabited with appellant for seven years based on an alleged marriage ceremony in Mysuru, during which physical intimacy occurred — Respondent No. 2 admitted being informed of appellant’s pre-existing marriage within months of cohabitation, yet voluntarily chose to continue the relationship — Consensual
India Law Library Docid # 2457598

(26) DAMODAR VALLEY CORPORATION Vs. MAITHAN ALLOYS LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-10-2026
Electricity Act, 2003 — Fourth Proviso to Section 14, Sections 61, 173 and 174 — Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948 (DVC Act) — Section 58 — Overriding effect and applicability of DVC Act — Fourth proviso to Section 14 of the Electricity Act, 2003 is a substantive provision that exempts Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) from obtaining a licence and explicitly preserves the continued application
India Law Library Docid # 2457599

(27) GIRISHBHAI NATWARLAL PATEL Vs. GAUTAM PUNJABHAI PALKHIWALA (DEAD) BY LRS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-10-2026
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96(3) read with Order 23 Rule 3 & Rule 3A — Consent decree — Maintainability of appeal and bar to suit — Rights of a stranger/non-party — Statutory bar on preferring an appeal against a consent decree under Section 96(3) CPC and the bar against filing an independent suit under Order XXIII Rule 3A CPC apply strictly to parties to the compromise agreement. A non-party/stranger to a consent decree, who asserts an independent legal right prejudicially affec
India Law Library Docid # 2457600

(28) BANDARI RAMCHANDER AND OTHERS Vs. MAITRI COOP. HOUSING SOCIETY LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2026
Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1982 — Sections 7, 8 and 9 — Land Grabbing Cases — Title and ownership of property — Subject lands situated in Survey Nos. 100 and 101 of Miyapur Village classified as sarkari poramboke as early as 1912 — State’s title and ownership clearly established through historical revenue records and statutory vesting under A.P. Abolition of Jagirs Regulation — Appellants and
India Law Library Docid # 2457523

(29) SHREERAM BUILDERS Vs. UPENDRA KANTILAL THANAWALA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2026
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 and Section 37 (read with unamended Section 34) — Scope of judicial review — Appellate jurisdiction under Section 37 is coterminous with and as broad as the jurisdiction under Section 34 — Unamended Section 34 applies to applications filed prior to 23.10.2015 — Arbitral award can be set aside if it is contrary to the fundamental policy of Indian law, against the terms of the contract, or patently illegal, going to the root of the matter.
India Law Library Docid # 2457524

(30) SRINIVASA T. AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ORS. ETC. ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2026
Karnataka Recruitment of Gazetted Probationers (Appointment by Competitive Examinations) Rules, 1997 — Recruitment process — Cancellation of 2011 recruitment — Rampant corruption, blatant nepotism, and manipulation of answer scripts and records by KPSC officials vitiated entire selection process — High Court and Supreme Court in earlier rounds rightly affirmed annulment of selection — Segregating tainted and untainted candidates when selection itself is fundamentally tainted would interfere with
India Law Library Docid # 2457526

(31) M/S MANSI FINANCE (CHENNAI) LTD. Vs. M. LALITHA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2026
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 and Section 141 — Proceedings under — Clarification of judgment — M/s. Mansi Finance (Chennai) Ltd. vs. M. Lalitha & Others, AIR 2026 SC 2657 dealt with vicarious liability and maintainability of complaints where loans were advanced on promissory notes and cheques were dishonoured — Such judgment did not examine or adjudicate upon the specific provisions of the Tamil Nadu Money-lenders Act, 1957 or the Maharashtra Money-Lending (Regulation) Act, 201
India Law Library Docid # 2457525

(32) V. GOPALAKRISHANAN Vs. THE STATE OF KERALA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2026
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 13(1)(e) read with 13(2) — Disproportionate assets — Burden of proof and evidentiary standards — Onus on prosecution is to establish initial foundational facts regarding known sources of income and total assets/expenditure accumulated during check period — Once prosecution establishes that assets possessed by public servant are disproportionate to known sources of income, burden shifts to accused to account for same under Section 106 of Evidence Act,
India Law Library Docid # 2457335

(33) PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, BHUBANESHWAR Vs. ORISSA MINING CORPORATION LTD[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2026
Income Tax Act, 1961 — Sections 143(2) & 292BB — Non-issuance of notice under Section 143(2) — Applicability of deeming fiction under Section 292BB — Assessment proceedings were reopened under Section 147 and notices under Section 148 were issued — Assessees requested that their original returns filed under Section 139 be treated as returns filed in response to Section 148 notice — Admittedly, no notice under Section 143(2) was issued before framing reassessment orders — Revenue contended that u
India Law Library Docid # 2457336

(34) M/S THE SUPREME INDUSTRIES LIMITED Vs. M/S SUPREMO INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2026
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 25 — Transfer of commercial cross-suits — Convenience of parties and avoidance of conflicting decisions — Cross-suits filed by rival parties alleging trademark infringement, passing off, and copyright infringement pending in different jurisdictions (District Judge Commercial, Indore and High Court
India Law Library Docid # 2457337

(35) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. JHABRA RAM[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 47 [corresponding to Section 50, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC)] & Article 22(1) of the Constitution of India — Communication of grounds of arrest — Prejudice-oriented test — High Court enlarged respondent on regular bail solely on ground that grounds of arrest were not furnished in writing prior to or at time of remand — Non-furnishing of written grounds of arrest does not ipso facto render arrest illegal or entitle accused to b
India Law Library Docid # 2457338

(36) M/S ROYAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY PVT. LTD. Vs. M/S NATIONAL PROJECTS CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2026
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Execution and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards — Scope of Supreme Court's jurisdiction on certified question of law vs. Executing Court's jurisdiction — High Court granted liberty to seek clarification from Supreme Court as to why prior payment of principal amount in Indian Rupees in 2009 was not brought to its notice during reference on substantial question of law — Supreme Court held that once a certified substantial question of law under Article 134-A re
India Law Library Docid # 2457339

(37) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. NARENDER KUMAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2026
Armed Forces Pension Rules — Ministry of Defence (MoD) Policy Letter dated 31.01.2001 / Pension Regulations for Army, 2008, Regulation 82 — Category E(i) — Grant of War Injury Pension vs. Disability Pension — Entitlement of personnel posted in notified operational areas — Respondent contracted 'Rheumatoid Arthritis (Seropositive)' while posted at Kargil during 'Operation Rakshak' — Ministry of Defence contended that 'Operation Rakshak' is an ongoing operation and does not qualify as an operation
India Law Library Docid # 2457340

(38) SOUTH BIHAR POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LTD. Vs. INDIA POWER CORPORATION LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2026
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 4 & 16(2) — Appointment of Sole Arbitrator vs. Three-Member Panel — Waiver and Acquiescence — Distribution Franchisee Agreement provided for arbitration by a panel of three arbitrators — High Court appointed a sole arbitrator with consent of both parties, and subsequently substituted him with a new sole arbitrator, also with consent — Appellant participated in proceedings for over 18 months, consented to initial extension of time, and filed count
India Law Library Docid # 2457341

(39) CHETAN SABHARWAL Vs. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX CIRCLE 28(1) NEW DELHI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2026
Income Tax Act, 1961 — Sections 147 & 148 — Reopening of assessment — Test of "reason to believe" vs. "change of opinion" — Reassessment notices issued after expiry of 4 years based on a post-assessment Investigation Report from DGIT (Inv.) — Report revealed that shares of two companies sold by assessees were significantly overvalued compared to cost of land/building, and proceeds were utilized to acquire property and claim Section 54F deduction — Revenue recorded reasons that capital gains were
India Law Library Docid # 2457342

(40) M/S. LAKSHMI SUGAR MILLS CO. LTD Vs. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, DELHI -II[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-10-2026
Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 43B r/w Section 145A — Disallowance of unpaid excise duty on closing stock — Exclusive method of accounting — Assessee following standard mercantile accounting method did not debit unpaid excise duty on uncleared closing stock stored in bonded warehouse to Profit & Loss Account nor claimed it as an allowable deduction — AO disallowed unpaid excise duty on closing stock under Section 43B read with Section 145A and added
India Law Library Docid # 2457223

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