(1) RAJ BAHADUR SINGH Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-03-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (PC Act) — Sections 7 and 13(2) — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Supreme Court upheld the concurrent findings of the Trial Court and High Court regarding the guilt of the appellant based on ocular evidence and corroboration from independent witnesses — No error found in India Law Library Docid # 2440693
(2) RAJENDRA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 376(2)(g) and 506 — Conviction based on sole testimony of prosecutrix — Delay in lodging FIR — Lack of corroborative evidence — Court held that conviction can be based on sole testimony of prosecutrix only if it inspires confidence — In this case, the prosecutrix's version did not inspire confidence due to unexplained delay and lack of disclosure to family, inconsistencies India Law Library Docid # 2440694
(3) OM SAKTHI SEKAR Vs. V. SUKUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-03-2026 Debts Recovery Tribunal Act, 1993 — Auction Sale — Revaluation of Property — High Court's direction to reconsider valuation after confirmation of auction sale is permissible if there are credible issues regarding adequacy of valuation or fairness of process for fixing reserve price, to ensure best possible value is realised for the secured asset. India Law Library Docid # 2440695
(4) MIZO CHIEF COUNCIL MIZORAM, THR. PRESIDENT SHRI L. CHINZAH Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 32 — Writ Petition — Delay and Laches — Doctrine of laches is a flexible rule of practice, not a rigid rule of law, to be applied on case-to-case basis based on judicial discretion — It requires balancing the equity of not allowing stale claims against the constitutional duty to enforce fundamental rights — Key considerations include inordinate delay, explanation for delay, and India Law Library Docid # 2440696
(5) MANOHAR LAL Vs. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 311(2) second proviso (b) — Dismissal from service without departmental inquiry — Requirement of reasonable practicability — Mere presumption or belief by disciplinary authority not sufficient — Must be based on objective facts and material on record. India Law Library Docid # 2440638
(6) SUDHANSHU KARDAM Vs. COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-03-2026 Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPwD Act) — Section 33 & 34 — Notification dated 4th January, 2021 — Identification of posts suitable for persons with benchmark disabilities — Court directs consideration for appointment in appropriate categories based on the notification and the respondent's undertaking to India Law Library Docid # 2440639
(7) SANJAY KUMAR SHARMA Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 313 — Examination of accused — Trial court's questioning of accused was scanty and did not put all incriminating circumstances to them, which is a serious flaw — A public prosecutor has a duty to assist the court in framing questions and bringing material circumstances to the notice of the court if the court omits to do so — Failure to do so can lead to incurable injustice to the accused — Appeals dismissed. India Law Library Docid # 2440628
(8) DABLU ETC. AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-03-2026 Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302/149 — Murder — Conviction and sentence for life imprisonment — Unlawful assembly and common object — Accused alighting from a bus together, armed with firearms, establishes unlawful assembly with a common object — Vicarious liability under Section 149 IPC applies to all India Law Library Docid # 2440629
(9) MONIVEDA CONSULTANTS LLP AND ANOTHER Vs. SHAJAS DEVELOPERS PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-03-2026 Companies Act, 2013 — Sections 241, 242, 244, 59 — Oppression and mismanagement — Interim protection — Supreme Court's role is to preserve the subject matter of the dispute until the competent forum adjudicates the matter — Interim measures should ensure that the subject matter remains protected while India Law Library Docid # 2440630
(10) M. THANIGIVELU AND OTHERS Vs. TAMIL NADU ELECTRICITY BOARD AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-03-2026 Tamil Nadu Electricity Board Service Regulations, 1967 — Regulations 10(9), 87, and 97 — Seniority of direct recruits — Determination of date of appointment — A person is considered on 'duty' when performing duties of a post or undergoing probation or training — Appointed to a class of service when discharging duties or India Law Library Docid # 2440631
(11) THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS Vs. RAJKUMAR YADAV[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-03-2026 Police Recruitment — Criminal Antecedents — Suitability for Appointment — A candidate with criminal antecedents, even if acquitted by giving benefit of doubt, can be deemed unsuitable for police service by the screening committee, as the employer has the right to assess character and integrity for a disciplined force. India Law Library Docid # 2440632
(12) MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF GREATER MUMBAI Vs. M/S R.V. ANDERSON ASSOCIATES LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-03-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – Section 34 and 37 – Challenge to arbitral award – Improper constitution of arbitral tribunal – Interpretation of Clause 8.3(b) of the agreement – Co-arbitrators' power to appoint the presiding arbitrator after 30 days – High Court's upholding of arbitral tribunal's decision – Appeals dismissed India Law Library Docid # 2440633
(13) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. ROHITH NATHAN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-03-2026 Reservation Policy — Other Backward Classes (OBC) — Creamy Layer Exclusion — Interpretation of Office Memorandum (OM) dated 08.09.1993 and Clarificatory Letter dated 14.10.2004 — Salary income exclusion — Hostile discrimination — Held, the clarificatory letter dated 14.10.2004, particularly paragraph 9 thereof, India Law Library Docid # 2440634
(14) HARISH RANA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Right to life — Includes right to die with dignity — Passive euthanasia and Advance Medical Directives (AMD) are permissible under Article 21 — Active euthanasia is not permissible — Withdrawal or withholding of medical treatment is a constitutional right derived from the dignity, liberty, privacy, and India Law Library Docid # 2440635
(15) CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Vs. BALJEET SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 7 — Demand and acceptance of bribe — Complainant's testimony regarding demand by accused (A2) on a specific date was clear and corroborated by other witnesses — Pre-trap proceedings were also established — Recovery of marked notes from A2’s person and hand wash turning pink confirmed the trap — Despite inconsistencies in complainant's testimony India Law Library Docid # 2440567
(16) ANURAG KRISHNA SINHA Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14 — Manifest Arbitrariness — Srimati Radhika Sinha Institute and Sachchidanand Sinha Library (Requisition & Management) Act, 2015 — Held, the Act is manifestly arbitrary and violative of Article 14 as it involves complete vesting of property, dissolution of trust, absence of India Law Library Docid # 2440568
(17) POORANMAL Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302/34, 201 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 103(1)/3(5), 238 — Circumstantial evidence — Conviction based on circumstantial evidence must fulfill stringent conditions — Circumstances must be fully established, consistent only with hypothesis of guilt, conclusive in nature, exclude every possible hypothesis except guilt, and form complete chain of evidence India Law Library Docid # 2440569
(18) RACHANA GANGU AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Right to Life — Includes Right to Health — State has positive obligation to safeguard health and ensure conditions for meaningful life — Absence of uniform policy for compensation for death/injury after vaccination raises constitutional concerns warranting institutional response. India Law Library Docid # 2440570
(19) REGISTRAR CANE COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES AND OTHERS Vs. GURDEEP SINGH NARVAL (DEAD) THROUGH LRS. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 — Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 2002 — Section 103 — Legal status of Cooperative Societies after State reorganisation — Cooperative societies restructured under the Reorganisation Act are not automatically deemed Multi-State Cooperative Societies under Section 103 of the India Law Library Docid # 2440571
(20) MANOJ KUMAR MUTTA Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Appellant not named in FIR, no raid at his business premises, earlier cases ended in bail, cooperating with investigation, and no misuse of liberty granted — High Court wrongly refused anticipatory bail — Supreme Court sets aside High Court order and India Law Library Docid # 2440572