(1) DR. JIJI K.S. AND OTHERS Vs. SHIBU K AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-02-2026 Kerala Technical Education Service (Amendment) Rules, 2004 — Rule 6A — Exemption from PhD requirement — Rule 6A(i) and (ii) — Validity — Supreme Court judgment in Christy James Jose v. State of Kerala (2016) held appointments not contrary to AICTE qualifications and Special Rule 6-A(2) in tune with AICTE India Law Library Docid # 2440099
(2) TORRENT POWER LTD. Vs. ASHISH ARJUNKUMAR RATHI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-02-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Committee of Creditors (CoC) — Commercial Wisdom — Legislative intent to vest decisive authority in CoC, which comprises financial creditors who bear economic consequences of failure — Decisions on viability, valuation, and haircuts are commercial, not judicial — Courts India Law Library Docid # 2440100
(3) BHAGYALAXMI CO-OPERATIVE BANK LTD. Vs. BABALDAS AMTHARAM PATEL (D) THROUGH LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-02-2026 Contract Act, 1872 — Section 133 — Discharge of surety by variance in terms of contract — A variance made without the surety’s consent in the terms of the contract between the principal debtor and the creditor discharges the surety only with respect to transactions occurring subsequent to the variance. The surety remains liable for the original amount guaranteed. India Law Library Docid # 2440101
(4) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. LARSEN AND TUBRO LIMITED (L&T)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-02-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 31(7)(a) — Interest awarded by Arbitral Tribunal — Contractual bar — Where a contract expressly prohibits the award of pre-award and pendente lite interest, an Arbitral Tribunal cannot award such interest, even if termed as compensation, as the arbitrator is bound by the terms of the contract. India Law Library Docid # 2440102
(5) WEST BENGAL STATE ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION CO. LTD. Vs. ADHUNIK POWER AND NATURAL RESOURCE LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-02-2026 Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) / Power Supply Agreement (PSA) — Interpretation of Contract — Surrounding Circumstances — Evidence Act, 1872, Sections 92, 94, 95 — Contractual terms can be clarified by attending circumstances and conduct of parties, even if contract is reduced to writing, to give meaning to terms that may otherwise be meaningless or unworkable. India Law Library Docid # 2440103
(6) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. AMSON AND ANOTHER[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT (CIRCUIT BENCH AT PORT BLAIR)] 27-02-2026 Central Administrative Tribunal — Jurisdiction — High Court can interfere with CAT's order in writ proceedings if there is a manifest error of law. India Law Library Docid # 2440112
(7) SMTI. EVANGELIST KHONGJEE Vs. STATE OF MEGHALAYA AND OTHERS[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 27-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail — Accused charged under Section 142 BNS, 2023 read with Section 3(a)/4 of POCSO Act, 2012 — Allegation of sexual relationship with a minor — Survivor's statement under Section 180 BNSS admits love relationship and consensual sex — High Court India Law Library Docid # 2440113
(8) PRABHU PRASAD SAO @ PRABHU SAO @ PRABHU SAW @ PRABHU SAHU @ PRABHU PRASAD SAHU Vs. UNION OF INDIA THROUGH NATIONAL INVESTIGATING AGENCY[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 27-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail — Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 — Section 43D(5) — Grant of bail — Delay in trial — Long incarceration and lack of progress in trial are grounds for granting bail, even under special statutes like UAPA. India Law Library Docid # 2440114
(9) USMAN KHAN Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 27-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 309 — Speedy Trial — Mandate for day-to-day proceedings once witness examination starts, with special reasons required for adjournment, to ensure timely conclusion of trial. India Law Library Docid # 2440115
(10) MANAGER, LEGAL (T.P. CLAIM), CHOLOMANDALAM, M/S. GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. KHORDHA Vs. PRIYADARSHI DAS AND ANOTHER[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 27-02-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166, 173(1) — Motor Accident Claims — Appeals by Insurer and Claimant — Challenge to quantum of compensation awarded for injuries sustained in motor vehicular accident — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal awarded Rs.1,12,71,231/- — Insurer appealed challenging disability assessment; India Law Library Docid # 2440116
(11) STATE OF JAMMU & KASHMIR Vs. JAVAID AHMAD GANAI AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 27-02-2026 Compassionate Appointment — Exception to General Rule — Not a Matter of Right — Appointments under SRO 43 are exceptions to the general rule of public service appointments based on merit and equality under Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution. Such appointments are primarily to assist families facing financial hardship due to the death of a government employee and are not a guaranteed right or India Law Library Docid # 2440117
(12) SHER-E-KASHMIR UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY, JAMMU THROUGH ITS VICE CHANCELLOR Vs. DR. ANKUR SHARMA AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 27-02-2026 Civil Services Regulations (J&K) — Schedule XIX and Rule 14(b) of Leave Rules — Foreign Assignment — Government employee required to obtain prior permission for foreign employment — Applying and appearing for interview without formal permission constitutes misconduct. India Law Library Docid # 2440118
(13) D.K. BHUIYA Vs. A. K. SINHA[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 27-02-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 31(5) and Section 34(3) — Limitation for setting aside award — Compliance with Section 31(5) is essential for triggering the limitation period under Section 34(3) — If a signed copy of the arbitral award is not delivered to the party itself, the limitation period for applying to set aside the award does not begin — India Law Library Docid # 2440119
(14) NUMALIGARH REFINERY LIMITED Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 27-02-2026 Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Sections 64 and 77 — Protest against compensation — If the award becomes effective on a particular date, any correspondence or actions prior to that date are irrelevant for determining acceptance or protest of the award — Protest must be contemporaneous with or precede the receipt of compensation for a India Law Library Docid # 2440120
(15) THE GENERAL SECRETARY, VIVEKANANDA KENDRA Vs. PRADEEP KUMAR AGARWALLA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-02-2026 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 105 — Lease vs. License — Determining the nature of a document is based on the substance and intention of the parties, not just its wording — A lease transfers an interest in land, while a license merely permits use without transferring ownership or interest. India Law Library Docid # 2440040
(16) THE STATE OF KERALA AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S. PANACEA BIOTEC LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-02-2026 Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 — Section 17(b) and 17(c) read with Rule 96 of Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 — Misbranding of drugs — Allegation that outer carton and inner vial labels of a drug contained conflicting information regarding its composition — Held, the discrepancy amounted to misbranding. India Law Library Docid # 2440041
(17) ICICI BANK LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. ERA INFRASTRUCTURE (INDIA) LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-02-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016 — Sections 7 and 60(2) — Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) — Initiation against principal debtor and guarantor — Co-extensive liability — Creditor can initiate CIRP against both the principal debtor and guarantor simultaneously, and also file claims in the CIRP of both. India Law Library Docid # 2440042
(18) SUHAS CHAKMA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-02-2026 Prisoner Rights — Human Dignity and Rights — The strength of a constitutional democracy is tested not merely by the liberties it guarantees abstractly, but by the manner in which it treats those at its margins — Prisons, though instruments of lawful confinement, are not spaces where constitutional values cease to operate — The guarantee of life and personal dignity under Article 21 of the Constitution of India India Law Library Docid # 2440043
(19) M/S HAMDARD (WAKF) LABORATORIES Vs. COMMISSIONER, COMMERCIAL TAX, U.P. COMMERCIAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-02-2026 Uttar Pradesh Value Added Tax Act, 2008 — Schedule II, Part A, Entry 103 — Interpretation of entry — Non-alcoholic beverage "Sharbat Rooh Afza" — Classification as "fruit drink" — Essential character test — Common parlance test — Regulatory classification vs. fiscal classification — Burden of proof on Revenue — Interpretation favouring assessee. India Law Library Docid # 2439953
(20) GHANSHYAM MANDAL AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR (NOW JHARKHAND)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 read with Section 34 — Murder — Sustaining conviction — Ocular evidence — Eye-witness testimonies found to be consistent and reliable despite minor inconsistencies. India Law Library Docid # 2439954