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(1) SHATRUGHN YADAV Vs. THE FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS TRAVANCORE LTD. (F.A.C.T.) AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-08-2026
Service Law — Termination — Suppression of criminal antecedents in verification form — Writ jurisdiction — Maintainability — Held, existence of alternative remedy under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 does not operate as absolute bar to writ jurisdiction, particularly where challenge is to legality of termination order itself — High Court's finding that disputed questions of fact rendered writ petition
India Law Library Docid # 2448883

(2) BASUDEV AND OTHERS Vs. SANJAY KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-08-2026
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 8 Rules 6A to 6D and Section 96 — Suit and counterclaim disposed of by common judgment — Maintainability of composite appeal — Held, a suit and counterclaim, when adjudicated by a single common judgment, can be challenged by a composite appeal — Rule 6A treats counterclaim as cross-suit facilitating a common judgment — Rule 6C's exclusion of
India Law Library Docid # 2448884

(3) SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA Vs. RAJEEV VASANT SHETH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-08-2026
Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 — Section 12A(d)(e) and 15G — Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015 — Regulation 4(1) — Insider trading — Trading while in possession of UPSI — Purpose of proceeds irrelevant — Held, once it is established that a person traded while in possession of unpublished price sensitive
India Law Library Docid # 2448885

(4) NATIONAL PROJECTS CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION LTD. Vs. ISHVAKOO (INDIA) PVT. LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-08-2026
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 9 — Maintainability of post-award application by unsuccessful party (Award Debtor) — Held, a Section 9 application filed post-award by a party that has lost in arbitration is maintainable — denying such relief would leave an unsuccessful party remediless where the challenge under Section 34 is pending, since Sections 34 and 36 provide no protective remedy for a losing party — however, the threshold for grant of interim relief is higher for an
India Law Library Docid # 2448886

(5) RAHUL Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-08-2026
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — Dowry death — Plea of alibi supported by unimpeachable official record — Held, Where the accused places on record an official, contemporaneous service certificate issued by an Armed Forces unit, never disputed as to authenticity or issuing authority, and never impugned by the prosecution at any stage, such material
India Law Library Docid # 2448887

(6) JUPUDI SURESH Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-08-2026
Evidence Act, 1872 — Dying declaration — Reliability — Two dying declarations recorded on same day by different persons but overlapping in timing, one showing recording time inconsistent with FIR registered over 15 hours later — Medical evidence indicating credible statement possible only where burns between 80-90%, whereas victim suffered 96% burns — Motive stated differing between the two declarations — Held, dying declarations rendered suspicious and unsafe to found
India Law Library Docid # 2448881

(7) STATE (NCT OF DELHI) Vs. SAJID ALI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 10-08-2026
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 2(1)(d) — Proof of age of victim — Age of prosecutrix being a jurisdictional pre-requisite to invoke POCSO Act, prosecution must satisfactorily establish minority through reliable documentary proof — Birth certificate not corroborated by original entry in the birth register, and registration effected 13 years after birth without any traceable order of SDM permitting delayed registration, held insufficient to prove minority —
India Law Library Docid # 2448823

(8) MOHAN @ SUNNY Vs. STATE (NCT OF DELHI)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 10-08-2026
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 232 — Mandatory compliance — Non-compliance of Section 232 Cr.P.C. does not ipso facto vitiate proceedings unless shown to have resulted in serious and substantial prejudice to accused — Accused failed to establish any prejudice caused due to non-compliance of Section 232 Cr.P.C.
India Law Library Docid # 2448824

(9) MUKESH Vs. STATE (NCT OF DELHI)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 10-08-2026
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 300 Thirdly — Murder — Essential requisites — Prosecution must establish the presence of bodily injury, its nature, intention to inflict that specific injury, and that the injury was sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death — Absence of motive or previous animosity is of no consequence when actus reus and required intent/knowledge are established — Single
India Law Library Docid # 2448825

(10) HARPREET SAWHNEY Vs. PUNEET SHARMA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-08-2026
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 24 and 26 — Child maintenance — Enhancement of — Quantum — Determination of — Family Court initially awarding Rs 40,000 per child per month, later enhanced to Rs 50,000 per child per month — High Court, in appeal, further enhancing maintenance to Rs 1,25,000 for both children jointly — Held, documented monthly expenditure on children (Rs 1,66,847),
India Law Library Docid # 2448851

(11) THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH Vs. PONTHATI SIVA RAMI REDDY AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-08-2026
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 34 and 304 Part II — Conversion of conviction from murder to culpable homicide not amounting to murder — Appreciation of eyewitness testimony — Material inconsistencies — Respondents (A-1 to A-4) originally convicted by Sessions Court under S. 302 read with S. 34 IPC and sentenced to life imprisonment — High Court, in appeal, altered conviction to S. 304
India Law Library Docid # 2448852

(12) LACHCHAPPA AND OTHERS Vs. SPECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER UKP, BAGALKOT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-08-2026
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Sections 4(1) and 18 — Equal Compensation / Parity in Compensation — Acquisition of land under same Notification — Determination of market value at a higher rate for adjacent/similarly situated lands acquired under the very same Notification — Held, landlosers whose lands are acquired under the same Section 4(1) Notification are entitled to parity in compensation with other claimants covered by the same Notification whose market
India Law Library Docid # 2448705

(13) RAZIYA BEGUM AND OTHERS Vs. NAFISA BEGUM ABDUL HAMID AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-08-2026
Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 54 — Definition and Completion of Sale — Non-payment or Part-payment of Consideration — Effect on Passing of Title — Execution and registration of sale deeds upon payment of part consideration and retention of balance consideration by vendee to clear vendor's debts — Held, actual payment of the whole price at the time of execution is not a sine qua non for completion of sale — Non-payment of balance consideration does not invalidate the
India Law Library Docid # 2448706

(14) S. SANGEETHA AND OTHERS Vs. TMT. P. PONNI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-08-2026
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 13 Rule 3 — Rejection of Irrelevant or Inadmissible Documents — Application to Eschew Proof Affidavit and Exhibited Documents — Application seeking to eschew proof affidavit and documents on grounds of irrelevancy in a probate/testamentary suit — Single Judge rejected xerox copies filed without explanation, but allowed other documents subject to proof — Held, objections raised to other documents marked and exhibited do not make them
India Law Library Docid # 2448707

(15) IN RE: 2 MILLION LIVES AT RISK, CONTAMINATION IN JOJARI RIVER, RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-08-2026
Environment Protection Act, 1986 — Riverine Pollution & Industrial Effluents — Integrated Governance & Compliance — Severe environmental degradation, illegal discharge of industrial effluents, contamination of Jojari-Bandi-Luni river system, and failure of statutory oversight — Supreme Court directed the State of Rajasthan to constitute an "Integrated Coordination Group" headed by the Chief Secretary to ensure multi-departmental coordination, review existing
India Law Library Docid # 2448708

(16) WAHID KHAN Vs. STATE[DELHI HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 5(l) & 6 — Aggravated penetrative sexual assault on minor — Age determination — School Admission Register vs. Unattested Certificate / Statement under S. 161 CrPC — Admissibility — Held, a written certificate issued by a school principal during investigation constitutes a statement under S. 161 CrPC and is inadmissible in evidence — However, the extract of the Student Admission and Withdrawal Register
India Law Library Docid # 2448747

(17) A V INTERNATIONAL AND ANOTHER Vs. ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF REVENUE INTELLIGENCE & ORS.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026
Customs Act, 1962 — Sections 28, 28(9) & 28(9A) — Independent nature of Show Cause Notices (SCNs) originating from same investigation — Effect of interim stay on co-pending SCN — Held, two separate Show Cause Notices issued on different dates and dealing with distinct subject matters (e.g., one concerning seized goods and the other concerning earlier imports under Section 28) maintain their
India Law Library Docid # 2448748

(18) XXXXX Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 (corresponding to Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 482) — Scope of inherent powers of High Court — Concurrent findings of discharge by lower courts — Non-interference — Held, the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court under Section 528 BNSS cannot be invoked to conduct a re-appreciation of evidence or substitute its
India Law Library Docid # 2448749

(19) PRAKASH CHANDRA AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026
Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay in filing appeal — Economic hardship — Beneficial legislation — Held, delay in filing an appeal under Section 23 of the Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 can be condoned where the appellant belongs to an economically weaker section and was unable to contact counsel or secure timely legal advice due to paucity of funds — Keeping in view the
India Law Library Docid # 2448750

(20) SMT.VIJAYA RIZBUD Vs. DEEPAK KUMAR MISHRA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 07-08-2026
Madhya Pradesh Accommodation Control Act, 1961 — Section 12(1)(f) — Bona-fide requirement for business — Scope of "Son" — Inclusion of Stepson — Eviction sought by landlady for setting up business of her stepson — Stepson was born to husband from his previous marriage — No inter-se dispute and stepson resided with landlady — Term "son" is flexible and must be given a contextual interpretation aligned with object of Act — Stepson
India Law Library Docid # 2448809

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