(1) WADIA TECHNO ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED Vs. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF MARRIED ACCOMMODATION PROJECT AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-03-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 37 — Appeals filed against common judgment of learned Single Judge who adjudicated petitions under Section 34 challenging arbitral awards — Learned Single Judge partly allowed one petition, setting aside arbitral award only in respect of certain claims and permitting fresh arbitral proceedings for those claims, while dismissing the petition regarding India Law Library Docid # 2441149
(2) SHRI VIRENDER KAUSHIK Vs. SATISH JINDAL[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 12 Rule 6 — Decree on admission — A decree on admission can only be passed if the admission is clear, unambiguous, and leaves no room for doubt — In this case, while the defendant's written statement reproduced the plaintiff's averments regarding outstanding rent, it also contained a denial of non-payment and a claim of timely payments, indicating a dispute rather than a clear admission — The High Court found that these averments raised triable India Law Library Docid # 2441150
(3) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Vs. HUKUM CHAND ALIAS MONU[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376 — Offences Against Women — Sexual Assault — Trial Court convicted accused for sexual assault based on victim's testimony corroborated by parents, medical witnesses, and others — High Court acquitted accused, citing improbabilities like distance traveled by victim and family animosity, and contradictions in witness testimonies — Supreme Court, while acknowledging the scope of interference in acquittals, analyzed India Law Library Docid # 2441206
(4) M/S BHARAT UDYOG LTD. (FORMERLY KNOWN AS M/S JAI HIND CONTRACTORS PVT. LTD.) Vs. AMBERNATH MUNICIPAL COUNCIL THROUGH COMMISSIONER AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Arbitration Act, 1940 — Section 2(a), Sections 30 & 33 — Arbitration agreement — Validity — Held, a clause in a contract that refers disputes to the Collector for a final decision and allows for appeals within the government hierarchy does not constitute an arbitration agreement — For a valid arbitration agreement, there must be mutual consent between parties India Law Library Docid # 2441207
(5) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. BALAKRISHNAN MULLIKOTE (EX HAV 256812 M)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Army Pension Regulations, 1961 — Condonation of shortfall in qualifying service for second pension for Defence Security Corps (DSC) personnel — The Union of India's contention that condonation for shortfall in qualifying service for a second pension is not applicable to DSC personnel is rejected— The court finds that the Pension Regulations for the Army, specifically Paragraphs 125 ( India Law Library Docid # 2441208
(6) M/S. RASHTRIYA CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS LIMITED Vs. COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE AND SERVICE TAX (LTU)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Central Excise Act, 1944 — Section 11A(1) proviso — Extended period of limitation — Invocation of extended period of limitation for recovery of excise duty on Naphtha — Requires proof of fraud, collusion, wilful misstatement, or suppression of facts with intent to evade duty — Revenue failed to establish any deliberate act of suppression India Law Library Docid # 2441209
(7) CHINTHADA ANAND Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s), 3(2)(va) — Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 341, 323, 506 read with Section 34 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Appellant converted to Christianity and worked as a Pastor for ten years — High Court quashed proceedings, holding appellant disentitled to protection under SC/ST Act due to conversion — Supreme India Law Library Docid # 2441210
(8) YOGENDRA KUMAR SINGH Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Service Law — Indian Navy — Short Service Commission Officers (SSCOs) — Grant of Permanent Commission (PC) — Assessment of suitability for PC — Whether casual grading of ACRs and “Not Recommended for PC” endorsements prejudiced officers' chances of PC — Held yes, as officers were considered ineligible for PC at the time of their ACRs, leading to a distorted assessment of their inter se merit for PC — This circularity transformed past ineligibility into deemed unsuitability for career progression India Law Library Docid # 2441211
(9) LT. COL. POOJA PAL AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Army Act, 1950 — Section 12 — Eligibility for Permanent Commission for Short Service Commission Women Officers (SSCWOs) — The judgment addresses the eligibility of SSCWOs for Permanent Commission (PC), tracing the historical evolution of policies and judicial pronouncements that gradually allowed women into this scheme, India Law Library Docid # 2441212
(10) WG. CDR. SUCHETA EDN Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Air Force Act, 1950 — Short Service Commission Women Officers (SSCWOs) — Permanent Commission (PC) — Denial of PC — Assessment of performance and eligibility — HRP 01/2019 — Minimum Performance Criteria — ACR gradings — Mandatory In-Service Courses (MISCs) — Categorisation — Arbitrariness — Hurried implementation — Inadequate opportunity to meet criteria — Pregnancy — Deemed qualifying service India Law Library Docid # 2441213
(11) SQN. LDR. NITU THAPLIYAL AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Short Service Commission Women Officers (SSCWOs) — Eligibility for Permanent Commission (PC) and pensionary benefits — Applicability of Air Force Human Resource Policy — Refusal of benefits due to not meeting minimum average Annual Confidential Report (ACR) grading of 6.5 — Court's refusal to grant benefits where minimum India Law Library Docid # 2441214
(12) NEERAJ KUMAR AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Indian Air Force — Short Service Commission Officers (SSCOs) — Reinstatement and consideration for Permanent Commission (PC) — Dismissal of appeal challenging AFT order — Delay in approaching legal forum. India Law Library Docid # 2441215
(13) DISTRICT MAGISTRATE AND DISTRICT ELECTION OFFICER AND COLLECTOR, GWALIOR, M.P. Vs. NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-03-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 2(30), 173, 174 — Compensation — Liability for accident during requisition of vehicle — Bus owned by a school was requisitioned by the appellant (District Magistrate) for election purposes — Accident occurred while the bus was under the control of the appellant — Issue of shifting of liability from the insurance company to the requisitioning authority — Held, when a India Law Library Docid # 2441129
(14) INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD. Vs. DEEPAK SHARMA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-03-2026 National Green Tribunal (NGT) — Adjudicatory Function — NGT cannot abdicate its powers and entrust its adjudicatory functions to a committee, even an expert committee — The role of such a committee is only to assist the NGT, not to decide the case. India Law Library Docid # 2441130
(15) CHAYA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14, 15(1), 16, 309 — Relaxation in qualifying examination (TET) marks for reserved category candidates — The provision of relaxation in qualifying marks in TET enables reserved category candidates to enter the zone of consideration and does not affect their inter se merit in the main selection process (TAIT) — Migration to the open category is permissible if recruitment rules do not expressly prohibit it or are silent on the matter — Decisions India Law Library Docid # 2441131
(16) STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS Vs. SANTHOSH KUMAR C[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-03-2026 Karnataka Recruitment of Gazetted Probationers (Appointment by Competitive Examinations) Rules, 1997 — Rule 11(1), 11(3) & Rule 4(3) — Selection process for Gazetted Probationers — Vacancy arising from non-joining candidate — Claims of next eligible candidate — Held, select list is not an open-ended reservoir of candidates but is prepared for notified vacancies & operates within statutory India Law Library Docid # 2441132
(17) M/S.LAMBA EXPORTS PVT. LTD Vs. M/S.DHIR GLOBAL INDUSTRIES PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-03-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Section 12A — Withdrawal of CIRP — Order of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and Civil Suit — Supreme Court expresses no opinion on the merits of proceedings under IBC or the pending civil suit, leaving all rights and contentions open to be urged before the competent forum. India Law Library Docid # 2441133
(18) M/S ABS MARINE SERVICES Vs. THE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ADMINISTRATION[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-03-2026 Contract Law — Interpretation of clauses — State as a party — Non-negotiable principles of Rule of Law apply — Clause providing that one party's decision is final and unchallengeable in any court or arbitration is unsustainable if it leads to a vacuum in legal remedies or violates the principle of natural justice that no one can be a judge in their own cause. India Law Library Docid # 2441134
(19) SANTOSH PANDEY Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374(2) — Appeal against conviction — Withdrawal of appeal by accused — An accused has the right to withdraw an appeal filed against an order of conviction, as an appeal is a statutory right and not a duty, and no one is compelled to continue it. India Law Library Docid # 2441135
(20) VISHAL SHARMA Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANOTHER[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Companies Act, 2013 — Section 439(2) — Complaint by Deputy Registrar of Companies — A Deputy Registrar is included within the definition of "Registrar" and is therefore empowered to file a complaint under Section 439(2) of the Companies Act, 2013, making the complaint maintainable. India Law Library Docid # 2441136