(1) RAJESH SHARMA Vs. NORTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-06-2026 Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 — Section 59(d), 92 and 95(1) — Delhi Municipal Corporation Service (Control and Appeal) Regulations, 1959 — Regn. 7, Schedule — Disciplinary Authority — Competency of Commissioner to dismiss Group 'A' Officer — Substitution of Section 59(d) by Delhi Municipal Corporation India Law Library Docid # 2446965
(2) SHOWKAT AHMAD SEER Vs. UT OF JK[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 16-06-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376 — Attempt to commit rape — Conviction under Section 376 altered to Section 376/511 RPC — Medical evidence indicating no penetrative sexual assault, but injuries and expert opinion suggesting a sexual encounter without full penetration — Evidence showing torn pyjama, ejaculation, and rubbing of genital organ between thighs, leading to perineal laceration — India Law Library Docid # 2446970
(3) SPECIAL POLICE ESTABLISHMENT Vs. KAMTA PRASAD MISHRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-06-2026 Right to Information Act, 2005 — S. 24(4) — Madhya Pradesh Special Police Establishment Act, 1947 — S. 2(1), S. 3 — "Intelligence and Security Organisation" — Scope and Applicability of Exemption — Jurisdiction of Special Police Establishment (SPE) — The expression "intelligence and security organisations" under Section 24 of the RTI Act implies that the concerned entity must be statutory or institutionally empowered to handle matters of intelligence and national/state security India Law Library Docid # 2446870
(4) S. SENTHIL KUMARAN BOSE Vs. THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-06-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Art. 16 and 226 — Public Employment — Direct Recruitment — Eligibility Criteria — Workshop Experience — Pendency of workshop renewal applications — Effect on candidates — Where a recruitment notification mandates a minimum of one year of experience in a Government-approved workshop, candidates cannot be prejudiced or disqualified merely because India Law Library Docid # 2446871
(5) MANDAR SURESH BHATWADEKAR AND OTHERS Vs. SHREE NAV VINAYAK CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LTD. (HOUSING SOCIETY) AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 15-06-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 8 Rule 6A — Counter-claim — A defendant can file a counter-claim to set up any right or claim against the plaintiff arising from a cause of action that accrued before or after the suit filing, but before delivering their defense — The aim is to avoid multiple lawsuits and resolve all India Law Library Docid # 2446915
(6) OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORPORATION LIMITED Vs. SWIBER OFFSHORE CONSTRUCTION PTE LIMITED[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 15-06-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 9 — Post-award interim protection — Unsuccessful party must demonstrate exceptional circumstances to justify deviation from award, with a higher threshold than for pre-award protection — Mere existence of arguable challenge is insufficient; situation must be so India Law Library Docid # 2446916
(7) NISHA NARESH KHILNANI Vs. SHASHI MANOHAR ADVANI AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 15-06-2026 Court Fees Act, 1859 (Bombay) — Section 46 — Government Notification dated 1st October 1994 — Explanatory Notification dated 23rd March 2000 — Exemption from Court Fees — Woman Litigants — The exemption from court fees for women litigants is limited to specific categories: maintenance, property disputes, violence, and divorce — "Property disputes" are restricted to those arising from matrimonial India Law Library Docid # 2446917
(8) MEENAKSHI NATARAJAN Vs. ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-06-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Arts. 32 and 329(b) — Representation of the People Act, 1951 — S. 100 — Writ petition challenging order of Returning Officer rejecting nomination paper for Rajya Sabha election — Maintainability — Held, not maintainable — Bar contained in Art. 329(b) is absolute and excludes jurisdiction of this Court under Art. 32 (and of the High Court under Art. 226) in respect of all India Law Library Docid # 2446782
(9) PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT GOT OF MAHARASHTRA NATIONAL HIGHWAYS Vs. KHARE AND TARKUNDE INFRASTRUCTURE PVT. LTD.[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 12-06-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Challenge to arbitral award — Clause 4.1.5 of contract limiting aggregate damages to 1% of contract price — Arbitral Tribunal found this limit inapplicable due to fundamental breach by PWD in failing to provide Right of Way (ROW) within stipulated timeframe — Court held India Law Library Docid # 2446918
(10) MADHAVI VILAS GOSAVI AND ANOTHER Vs. RAJESH MISHRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 12-06-2026 Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 — Section 154B-24(1) and Section 73-ID — Motion of No Confidence — Co-operative Housing Societies — Requirement of Two-Third Majority — A motion of no confidence against an officer of a co-operative housing society requires the support of not less than two-thirds of the committee members who are present and entitled to vote at the meeting — This India Law Library Docid # 2446919
(11) KU. DISHA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 12-06-2026 Scheduled Tribes — Caste Claim Verification — Invalidation of Claim — Court found that the Caste Scrutiny Committee had erroneously invalidated the petitioners' caste claim based on adverse entries without establishing a clear link to the petitioners' established lineage — The committee failed to connect the adverse entries to the India Law Library Docid # 2446931
(12) SAMPATRAO RAMCHANDRA KADAM AND OTHERS Vs. ARUN VIRUPAKSHA KHALIPE AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (KOLHAPUR BENCH)] 12-06-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Jurisdiction of High Court is confined to substantial questions of law arising from the judgment of the lower appellate court — Interference with findings of fact is permissible only when material evidence is not considered or inadmissible evidence is relied upon, which could India Law Library Docid # 2446935
(13) SMT. BHANWARI DEVI Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 12-06-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Personal Liberty — Habeas Corpus Petition — Illegal Detention — Suspension of Sentence — Defiance of Judicial Orders — Duty of Public Functionaries — Accountability — Violation of Fundamental Rights — Compensation awarded for prolonged illegal confinement despite suspension of sentence by appellate authority, including for period after the India Law Library Docid # 2446971
(14) SHISHU PAL @ SHISH RAM AND OTHERS Vs. SURJEET AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-06-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 168 — Compensation — Death of homemaker — New head of 'Loss of Domestic Care' — Basis and quantum — The conventional method of computing compensation upon the death of a homemaker suffers from an inherent disadvantage — Notional income, as assigned by earlier decisions, fails to capture the economic, emotional and managerial contributions that a homemaker makes to the household and to nation-building at large — In recognition of the multifarious yet unquantifie India Law Library Docid # 2445045
(15) GAURAV MEHLA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-06-2026 Service Law — Public employment — Recruitment — Mandatory rule — Non-compliance — Whether fatal — Rule 3 of Service Rules, 2003 — Presence and concurrence of departmental supervisory officials at appointment meeting — Role of such officials is supervisory and meant to cross-check compliance with recruitment norms, not to confer eligibility on candidates — Their absence at third (appointment) India Law Library Docid # 2445128
(16) ATUL CHAUHAN Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-06-2026 Service Law — Compassionate appointment — Nature — Not a vested right — Compassionate appointment is not a condition of service; it is a humane response to sudden financial destitution caused by death-in-harness of the breadwinner — Claim is subject to fulfilment of all eligibility requirements under the applicable rules — However, the same principle that binds the claimant equally binds the State: refusal or India Law Library Docid # 2445129
(17) SUREKHA DOMAJI BELE Vs. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, TESTING DIVISION, MSEDCL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-06-2026 Disciplinary proceedings — Dismissal from service — Competence of authority — Employee appointed by Superintending Engineer, dismissed by Executive Engineer — Dismissal order held valid as Executive Engineer was competent under MSEDCL Service Regulations to punish an employee of Appellant's pay grade — India Law Library Docid # 2445130
(18) SHEETAL VASANT THAKUR Vs. CHIRAG ARORA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-06-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Sections 24, 33(5), 36, 39 — Child-sensitive judicial processes — Mandatory safeguards for child victims — Courts must ensure child-friendly procedures, minimum intrusion, and psychological safety, avoiding re-traumatisation and secondary victimisation in all proceedings concerning children, especially those involving allegations of sexual India Law Library Docid # 2445131
(19) THE COMMISSIONER, BRUHAT BANGALORE MAHANAGARA PALIKE Vs. K.K.UMESH KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-06-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 165 and 166 — Liability for injuries sustained due to falling tree branch — Injuries caused by falling tree branch while vehicle was stationary under the tree during rain — Held, not an accident "arising out of the use of a motor vehicle" as the motor vehicle did not play an active role. [Paras India Law Library Docid # 2445132
(20) MAKARDHWAJ RAM Vs. JAGDISH RAI (DEAD) TH. LRS. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-06-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 11, Explanation IV — Constructive Res Judicata — Application of the principle depends on the facts and circumstances of each case, considering the ambit of earlier proceedings and the nexus of the matter to the controversy — It is founded on public policy to prevent multiplicity of proceedings and avoid parties being vexed twice over for the same litigation — India Law Library Docid # 2445133