(41) TARUN KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 07-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302/34 (Murder with common intention) and 201/34 (Causing disappearance of evidence) — Appeal against conviction based on circumstantial evidence — Requirement of homicidal death — Deceased died within two months of marriage due to extensive burn injuries — Medical evidence (Post-mortem report and testimony of PW-8) noted lack of external/internal injuries India Law Library Docid # 2437908
(42) MR. DEEPAK AND OTHERS Vs. HEART & SOUL ENTERTAINMENT LTD. AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 07-01-2026 Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 (MRC Act) — Section 24 (Recovery of possession by licensor) and Section 44 (Revision) — Eviction of licensee — Scope of Revisional Authority’s Power — The Revisional Authority under Section 44 must restrict its consideration to whether the Competent Authority's order is in accordance with law — Consideration of documents extraneous to the license agreement (such as a film production contract and alleged arbitration awards creating a charge/lien on the flat) is India Law Library Docid # 2437956
(43) UV ASSET RECONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED Vs. ELECTROSTEEL CASTINGS LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-01-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Section 7 — Application by Financial Creditor — Rejection of application — Appeal against NCLAT order affirming NCLT rejection — Central Issue — Whether Deed of Undertaking constitutes a 'Contract of Guarantee' under Section 126 of the Indian India Law Library Docid # 2437781
(44) ELECTROSTEEL CASTINGS LIMITED Vs. UV ASSET RECONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-01-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Section 62 — Resolution Plan — Effect on third-party security providers/promoters — Extinguishment of Debt — Where a Resolution Plan explicitly reserves the rights of financial creditors against any third party (including a security provider or existing promoter) in relation to any portion of "Unsustainable Debt," the approval of the Resolution Plan for the Corporate Debtor (ESL) does not automatically extinguish India Law Library Docid # 2437782
(45) KADIRKHAN AHMEDKHAN PATHAN Vs. THE MAHARASHTRA STATE WAREHOUSING CORPORATION AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-01-2026 Service Law — Departmental Enquiry — Post-Superannuation Proceedings — Jurisdiction — Employee of Maharashtra State Warehousing Corporation — Corporation initiated departmental proceedings against a superannuated employee (after 11 months of retirement) for alleged financial losses — Corporation sought to apply Rule 27 of the Maharashtra Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1982 ('1982 Pension India Law Library Docid # 2437783
(46) UNION OF INDIA Vs. G. KIRAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-01-2026 Indian Forest Service Examination (IFS) — Cadre Allocation — Reserved Category Candidate Claiming Unreserved Vacancy (General Insider Cadre) — Effect of Availing Relaxation in Preliminary Examination — Rules for a Competitive Examination to be held by UPSC in 2013 ('Exam Rules, 2013') — Rule 14(ii) Proviso — Cadre Allocation Policy (2008/2011) — Paragraph 9 — A reserved category candidate (SC) who secured marks below the general cut- India Law Library Docid # 2437784
(47) PRATIMA DAS Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-01-2026 Education Law — Release of Academic Documents — Bonafide Student — Where a University (Manav Bharti University, which was under investigation for fake degrees) admitted, through an affidavit to the Supreme Court, that the Appellant was a bona fide student who completed and cleared all examinations for the B.A.LL.B. course (2017-2022 batch), and that the non-inclusion of her name in the Admission India Law Library Docid # 2437785
(48) ARVIND DHAM Vs. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-01-2026 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) — Section 45 — Bail — Economic Offence — Right to Speedy Trial (Article 21) — Prolonged incarceration (16 months and 20 days) without commencement or reasonable progress of trial, particularly when evidence is primarily documentary and in prosecution custody, violates the accused's right to speedy trial under Article 21 of the Constitution — India Law Library Docid # 2437786
(49) S. NAGESH Vs. SHOBHA S. ARADHYA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-01-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138, Proviso to Section 142(1)(b) — Cognizance of offence — Limitation — Delayed complaint — Requirement to condone delay before taking cognizance — The power conferred under the Proviso to Section 142(1)(b) to take cognizance of a belated complaint is subject to the complainant first satisfying the Court that there was sufficient India Law Library Docid # 2437793
(50) S. SHAKUL HAMEED Vs. TAMIL NADU STATE TRANSPORT CORPORATION LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-01-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 163A and 166 — Nature of Claim — Interpretation — Claim Petition mentioning Section 163A, but seeking Rs.7,40,000/- compensation and alleging accident due to rash and negligent driving — Held, despite mentioning Section 163A, the nature of the claim is determined by the substance of the averments, which points to a claim under India Law Library Docid # 2437794
(51) GURUPADA BERA AND OTHERS Vs. BINOD KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-01-2026 Contempt of Court — Non-compliance with directions of Supreme Court and High Court — Directions stipulated payment of salary arrears (equivalent to basic pay of regular teachers) to part-time contractual teachers for specific periods and mandated consideration of further claims through representations, including a requirement for 'opportunity of hearing' and inspection of school records — Allegation that mandatory India Law Library Docid # 2437795
(52) PRASANNA KASINI Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-01-2026 Transfer of Criminal Proceedings — Grounds for Transfer — Allegation of Bias — Criminal proceedings initiated by wife transferred from Sangareddy to Hyderabad on husband's request alleging bias due to wife's relatives (one Head Constable, one Junior Assistant) working in the relevant jurisdiction — High Court passed an ex parte transfer order — Supreme Court held that mere fact of a relative working as a Head Constable in a Police Station or in the District Court does not automatically lead to India Law Library Docid # 2437796
(53) GOLDEN FOOD PRODUCTS INDIA Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH & OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-01-2026 Auction of Public Property — Cancellation of Highest Bid — Arbitrariness — Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) cancelled appellant's highest bid for an industrial plot (3150 sq. m.) which was 15.23% above the reserve price, on the ground that the bid was "low" compared to prices achieved for "smaller plots" (123-132 sq. m.) auctioned on the same day — Held, the cancellation was arbitrary, whimsical, and irrational because the comparison between a large industrial plot with low demand and small India Law Library Docid # 2437797
(54) THE KARNATAKA LOKAYUKTHA BAGALKOTE DISTRICT, BAGALKOT Vs. CHANDRASHEKAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-01-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (P.C. Act) — Quashing of Prosecution — Successful Trap Case — Where the allegation involves a successful trap for demand and acceptance of a bribe, and the disciplinary inquiry's exoneration was based on technical grounds (non-examination of the trap officer which the Enquiry Officer declined to summon, or witnesses standing outside the room), rather than a finding that the act did not occur, the criminal prosecution should not be quashed — The criminal court h India Law Library Docid # 2437798
(55) THE STATE (NCT) OF DELHI Vs. KHIMJI BHAI JADEJA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 395(2), 218, 219, 220, 223 —Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 420, 120B — Cheating of multiple investors under alleged criminal conspiracy — Amalgamation of complaints/FIRs — Whether each deposit constitutes a separate transaction requiring separate FIRs, or if all transactions can be clubbed into a single FIR (treating other complainants as witnesses) — High Court ruling requiring India Law Library Docid # 2437799
(56) ABHAY KUMAR PATEL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-01-2026 Service Law — Recruitment — Change in Rules Mid-Process — Bihar Engineering Services Class-II Recruitment Rules, 2019 — Bihar Engineering Service Class-II Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2022 (introducing Rule 8(5)) — The principle that ‘rules of the game cannot be changed once the game has begun’ is affirmed — Where selection process for Assistant Engineers commenced under 2019 Rules (mandating selection solely based on written India Law Library Docid # 2437800
(57) DALSUKHBHAI BACHUBHAI SATASIA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-01-2026 Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 — Section 10(3), (5), (6) — Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act, 1999 (Repealing Act) — Section 3, 4 — Acquisition of excess vacant land — Vesting vs. Possession — Consequence of Repeal — Vesting of land under Section 10(3) of ULC Act confers de jure possession (title/interests) on the State, but not de facto (actual physical) possession — Acquisition of title does India Law Library Docid # 2437801
(58) SMT. SHALINI BHATEJA AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR/Criminal Proceedings — Power of Supreme Court — Petitioners sought quashing of FIR which was declined by High Court — Dispute between parties allegedly civil in nature, with multiple cases filed on the same facts in different jurisdictions — Supreme Court ordered the closing or disposal as "not pressed" of two parallel India Law Library Docid # 2437802
(59) DIVJOT SEKHON Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-01-2026 Admission to Professional Courses — MBBS/BDS Admissions — Sports Quota — Changes in Criteria Mid-Stream — Principle against altering "rules of the game" after commencement of selection process: The criteria for admission, determining the zone of consideration for sports achievements, cannot be altered after the admission process has commenced (after the prospectus is issued and applications are submitted) — Modifying India Law Library Docid # 2437803
(60) JASWINDER SINGH @ SHINDER SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-01-2026 Criminal Law — Double Murder — Common intention or involvement via driving vehicle — Conviction solely based on appellant (accused) driving the vehicle in which assailants arrived — Evidence of key witness (PW-7, father of deceased) vague about appellant's direct role (overt act) in the crime proper — Statement regarding appellant dragging victim was omitted in the earlier police statement (Section 161 India Law Library Docid # 2437804