(1) BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. S.M. KAMAL PASHA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-10-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Sections 12A, 30(2), 30(4) & 31 — Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) Regulations, 2016 — Regulation 30A — Approved Resolution Plan — Withdrawal or modification after CoC approval — Permissibility — Held, once a Resolution Plan is approved by the Committee of Creditors (CoC) with the required statutory majority, it is binding inter se the CoC and the Successful Resolution Applicant (SRA) under India Law Library Docid # 2456842
(2) THE MUPPATHADAM SERVICE CO-OPERATIVE BANK LTD. Vs. THE STATE CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-10-2026 Right to Information Act, 2005 — Sections 2(f) & 2(j) — Definition of "Information" and access to records of a private body/Co-operative Society — Member of a Co-operative Society sought copies of a construction agreement and General Body Meeting minutes — Appellant-Society contended it is not a "public authority" and the Registrar cannot access its documents without a pending inquiry — Held, Section 2(f) defines "information" to include material relating to a private body which "can be accessed India Law Library Docid # 2456843
(3) THE A.P. STATE WAKF BOARD, (NOW TELANGANA STATE WAKF BOARD) Vs. SYED MASOOD AHMED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-10-2026 Waqf Act, 1954 — Section 4 & Section 5(2) — Publication of list of waqf properties — Finality of Gazette Notification — Land attached to Mosque, Dargah, and Graveyard — Service Inam — High Court erred in setting aside the injunction decree granted in favour of the Waqf Board on the ground of absence of occupancy certificate or revenue pahanis. Survey Commissioner's Report and subsequent Gazette Notification published under Section 5(2) of the Waqf Act conclusively identified the entire suit prop India Law Library Docid # 2456844
(4) N. ARASAPPA Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-10-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 3(f)(vi) and Section 4(1) — Prior approval of housing scheme sponsored by Co-operative Society — Mandatory requirement — Framing of scheme forma et descriptio (layout and blueprint) disclosing total eligible members, plot sizes, and broad mode of development — Held, approval cannot be granted on a mere requisition or sketch without a proper layout plan placed before the Government — Acquisition initiated without prior approval of a proper scheme India Law Library Docid # 2456845
(5) ARUN @ DEEPAK Vs. STATE OF U.P.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-10-2026 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 65B — Admissibility of Electronic Records — CCTV footage and Call Detail Records (CDR) — Admissibility of electronic evidence depends on mandatory compliance with Section 65B — Neither the CCTV footage obtained from the Tehsil nor the CDR reports of mobile numbers were supported by a mandatory certificate under Section 65B of the Evidence Act — CCTV footage was blurry, rendering identification of persons travelling on the motorcycle unviable India Law Library Docid # 2456846
(6) BALAKRISHNA (DEAD) THR. LRS Vs. G.N. KANNIAH NAIDU (DEAD) THR. LRS. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 21, Rule 101 — Bar to separate suit — Scope of Executing Court's jurisdiction — Executing Court possesses full jurisdiction under Order 21, Rule 101 CPC to decide all questions (including questions relating to right, title, or interest in the property) arising between the parties to a proceeding on an application under Rule 97 or Rule 99 — A separate suit to set aside the decree or determine title is explicitly barred — High Court's finding that the third India Law Library Docid # 2457037
(7) ATIBIR INDUSTRIES CO. LTD. Vs. STATE BANK OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-10-2026 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) — Sections 5 & 13 — Assignment of debt to Asset Reconstruction Company (ARC) — Retrospective NPA classification — Equitable settlement of assignment liability — Appellant (borrower) challenged NPA classification of its loan account and subsequent e-auction/assignment by Respondent No. 1 (Bank) in favour of Respondent No. 2 (ARC) — Single Judge set aside NPA classification and debt India Law Library Docid # 2457038
(8) DAKSHIN GUJARAT VIJ COMPANY LIMITED AND ANOTHER Vs. VAIBHAV METAL CRUSHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-10-2026 Electricity Act, 2003 — Sections 126, 135(1A), 154(5) & 154(6) — Theft of electricity — Procedure for assessment of amount for restoration of electricity supply — Third proviso to Section 135(1A) enables consumer facing theft charges to seek restoration of disconnected electricity supply upon deposit or payment of "assessed amount" — Absence of specific assessment procedure for theft cases under Supply Code — Held: In absence of separate statutory provision, "assessed amount" under third proviso India Law Library Docid # 2457039
(9) THE ASSESSING OFFICER, TEXTILES COMMITTEE Vs. M/S. PREMIUM SUITING PVT. LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-10-2026 Textiles Committee Act, 1963 — Section 5A — Levy of Textile Cess — Exemption to Handloom and Powerloom Industry — Job Work Processing — Show cause notice raising a demand of textile cess was issued to the respondent, an independent processor engaged in bleaching, dyeing, and processing 100% man-made fabrics on a job work basis for small handloom and powerloom units — High Court quashed the demand — Held — Section 5A provides an express exemption from cess on textiles manufactured out of handloom India Law Library Docid # 2457040
(10) JASMIN QURESHI (MATVA JASMIN FARUKBHAI Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 26-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Quashing of FIR — Inherent powers — Ongoing investigation — Applicant sought quashing of FIR registered under Section 108 BNS, 2023 and Section 3(2)(v) of SC/ST Act, 1989 for abetment of suicide — Deceased allegedly consumed poison near applicant's house due to illicit relationship — Prosecution produced recorded conversation where deceased stated he consumed poison because of applicant — Held, since investigation is ongoing and incriminat India Law Library Docid # 2457060
(11) OM SHANTI PROPERTIES AND OTHERS Vs. THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF GREATER MUMBAI AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 26-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Jurisdiction — Clean hands doctrine — Suppression of material facts — Petitioners challenged termination of Letter of Intent (LOI) for redevelopment without disclosing their registered undertaking stating that failure to complete the project by the revalidated date would entail LOI termination, and suppressed subsequent arbitral proceedings — Held, invoking extraordinary writ jurisdiction requires candid disclosure of all relevant facts — It is no India Law Library Docid # 2457063
(12) ARTI ASHOK MOTIYANI Vs. JITENDRA SHANKARBHAI VAZIRANI[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 26-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order XXXIX Rules 1 & 2 — Interlocutory findings — Effect on trial — Petitions challenging orders passed by District Court in Civil Misc. Appeals arising from interim orders below Exhibit-5 — Petitioner did not invite a reasoned order on merits but sought protection against adverse observations — Held, observations made by Appellate Court are tentative findings and shall not prejudice either party — Trial Court must decide India Law Library Docid # 2457070
(13) GOPAL KRISHNA AGRAWAL Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 26-10-2026 Legal Profession — Advocates' Liability — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Panel advocate furnished non-encumbrance certificates and title opinions for credit facilities, which subsequently turned into non-performing assets — Held, an advocate rendering bona fide legal advice cannot be fastened with criminal liability merely because the opinion was erroneous — Professional advice is purely advisory — Criminal liability arises only upon tangible evidence establishing that the advocate actively conspired India Law Library Docid # 2457071
(14) SHIHLPA GADWAL Vs. STATE OF H.P. & OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 26-10-2026 Education Law — Admission to Degree Course — Requisite Qualification and Equivalence Certificate — Himachal Pradesh University First Ordinances, Clause 2.1 — Petitioner sought direction to HP University to register her name for BBA course and to State School Education Board to grant equivalence certificate for 10+2 qualification obtained from open schooling institute — University declined registration on ground that petitioner's 10+2 examination was not equivalent to Board's examinations — Held, India Law Library Docid # 2457072
(15) FIROZ KHAN Vs. STATE OF H.P.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 26-10-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 21 and 22 — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 215 — Defective charge — Accused charged and convicted under Section 22 for possessing Spasmo-Proxyvon capsules containing dextropropoxyphene napsylate — Dextropropoxyphene being a manufactured drug falls under Section 21 and its salts are covered under Entry 33/Note 4 of Central Government notification — Held, mere mentioning of an incorrect section does not vitiate trial unles India Law Library Docid # 2457073
(16) A A ESTATES PVT. LTD. AND ANOTHER Vs. GOVIND NIWAS CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LTD.[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 26-10-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 14(1)(a) and Section 60(6) — Moratorium — Scope of prohibition — Proceedings by Corporate Debtor — Section 14(1)(a) interdicts institution and continuation of proceedings against the corporate debtor to protect its estate from pecuniary depletion, but does not bar proceedings initiated by the corporate debtor, including a counter-claim. The words "by or" used in Section 60(6) cannot be judicially imported into Section 14(1)(a). The arbitral tribunal India Law Library Docid # 2457074
(17) JASWANT SINGH Vs. STATE OF H.P.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 26-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 397 and 401 — Revisional Jurisdiction of High Court — Scope and limits — High Court in exercise of revisional jurisdiction does not sit as an appellate court and cannot embark upon an in-depth roving re-examination of oral evidence — Revisional authority is confined to determining the correctness, legality, or propriety of any finding, sentence, or order recorded by an inferior criminal court — Revisional court must exercise restraint and adhere st India Law Library Docid # 2457075
(18) MANISH KUMAR Vs. CHANCHLA DEVI[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 26-10-2026 Family Law — Maintenance — Quantum — Moral and legal obligation of husband — Family Court awarded Rs. 4,000/- monthly maintenance to wife — Husband challenged award seeking reduction on ground of earning only Rs. 10,500/- per month as a Lab Attendant — Held, husband is under both a moral and legal obligation to look after his wife — Award of Rs. 4,000/- per month is reasonable and by no stretch of imagination exorbitant — Order of Family Court calls for no interference. India Law Library Docid # 2457076
(19) NAVEEN VERMA Vs. STATE OF H.P.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 26-10-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 50 and Section 21 — Search and Seizure — Scope of personal search — Contraband (heroin) recovered from seat occupied by accused inside a bus — Contention raised regarding non-compliance with statutory requirement of Section 50 — Held, compliance with Section 50 is attracted only when search of a person is conducted — Recovery effected from a seat, bag, container, or vehicle does not fall within the ambit of Section 50 — Absence of of India Law Library Docid # 2457077
(20) NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA Vs. CHHOTA AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 26-10-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Award against a dead person — Nullity — Legal representatives — During pendency of arbitration proceedings, Respondent No. 1 passed away, but an application under Order XXII Rule 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 to bring his legal representatives on record remained undecided — The Arbitrator proceeded to pass an award against the deceased respondent — Held, it is a settled principle of law that a decree or award passed for or against a dead person i India Law Library Docid # 2457078