(1) NATIONAL LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 21, 32, 14, 142 — Prisoners, rights of — Elderly and terminally ill convicts — Continued incarceration despite advanced age (above 70 years) or terminal illness — Held, imprisonment does not suspend constitutional guarantees of dignity and humane treatment — Right to life under Art. India Law Library Docid # 2447675
(2) M/S BAJAJ TRADING COMPANY Vs. UNION OF INDIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2026 Railways Act, 1989 — Section 93 vis-a-vis S. 97 — Non obstante clause — Effect of — Non obstante clause in S. 97 excludes general obligation of railway administration under S. 93 — Where goods booked at "owner's risk" rate, liability of Railways can be fastened only upon proof of negligence or misconduct on part of railway administration or its servants — General India Law Library Docid # 2447677
(3) RAHUL S/o. RAMNARAYAN MADANKAR AND ANOTHER Vs. THE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2026 Compassionate Appointment — Scheme for Compassionate Appointment in Public Sector General Insurance Companies, Cl. 1.1 — Age threshold of 55 years — Employer's delay in scrutiny — Effect — Employee applying for voluntary retirement on medical grounds before attaining 55 years, supported by Government medical certificate, sending reminders before crossing age threshold — Employer India Law Library Docid # 2447678
(4) BASAMMA AND ANOTHER Vs. GOPARAPPA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ of certiorari — Scope and limits of — Certiorari jurisdiction is supervisory, not appellate — High Court cannot review or reweigh evidence, or substitute its own findings for those of subordinate courts — Interference permissible only for errors of jurisdiction, patent illegality, or findings based on no evidence — India Law Library Docid # 2447676
(5) SANJAY SHARMA @ SANJAY BHARDWAJ Vs. KRISHNADHAN KHAWARE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-07-2026 Succession Act, 1925 — Sections 222 and 276 — Probate of Will — Limitation for application — Limitation Act, 1963 — Article 137 — Executor's application for probate of Will filed on 31-8-2005, testator having died about a decade before 7-6-1995 — Courts below rejected it under Or. 7 R. 11 CPC as barred by limitation, treating India Law Library Docid # 2447641
(6) LAKSHMI Vs. GOPI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-07-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96, Order 41 Rule 31 — First Appeal — Duty of Appellate Court — First appeal entitles re-hearing of whole case on facts and law; First Appellate Court is final court of fact — Judgment must show application of mind, with reasons, especially when reversing trial court findings; mere general agreement insufficient in case of reversal — High Court, in a two-paragraph order, set aside a reasoned decree merely by extracting trial court's reasoning and observ India Law Library Docid # 2447642
(7) DEO PRASAD AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-07-2026 Criminal Trial — Delay in forwarding FIR to Magistrate — Effect — Mere delay in transmission of FIR to jurisdictional Magistrate is not, by itself, fatal to prosecution case, but where allegations of ante-timing/fabrication are supported by attendant circumstances generating genuine suspicion, such delay assumes substantive significance and must be assessed cumulatively India Law Library Docid # 2447643
(8) MANASH KAMAL BEZBORUAH Vs. M/S BOKAHOLA TEA COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-07-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 16, 5, 34 & 37 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Supervisory jurisdiction over orders of Arbitral Tribunal — Rejection by Tribunal of application under S. 16 (raised as Order 7 R. 11 r/w O. I R. 10(2) and S. 151 CPC application) seeking deletion of non-signatories from array of parties — Maintainability of revision petition under Art. 227 against such order — Held, remedy against rejection India Law Library Docid # 2447582
(9) VENKATESHA AND ANOTHER Vs. K.M. VENKATAMUNIYAPPA (D) THR. LRS. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-07-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second appeal — Scope — First appellate court reversed reasoned findings of trial court based on conjectural comparison of boundaries and inference not founded on pleadings or evidence — High Court, instead of testing legality of reversal, independently re-appraised facts and introduced Section 43 India Law Library Docid # 2447583
(10) JASPAL SINGH Vs. ASHWANI KUMAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-07-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 23 — Earnest money/refund clause — Effect on availability of specific performance — Agreement to Sell providing that if Sale Deed could not be executed "due to certain reason", vendor would refund earnest money — High Court construed this as an option to walk away from the bargain, barring specific performance — Held, erroneous; clause records bare consequence of non-execution India Law Library Docid # 2447584
(11) AMIT KATYAL Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-07-2026 Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 — Sections 44(1), 43 & 46 — Territorial jurisdiction of Special Court — Transfer of PMLA prosecution — Prosecution complaint filed at Gurugram where 'proceeds of crime' were acquired/attached, though part of proceeds (cash, jewellery, vehicles, FDs) also seized/attached at Delhi and connected scheduled India Law Library Docid # 2447585
(12) R. VERONICA AND ANOTHER Vs. RUDRAYANI DEVAKI(D) THROUGH LRS. S. SATHA KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-07-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second appeal — Formulation of substantial question of law — Mandatory requirement — High Court allowing second appeal without formulating any substantial question of law as required by S. 100 read with Or. 42 R. 2 CPC — Held, formulation of substantial question of law is a condition precedent to admission and hearing of second appeal; judgment rendered without India Law Library Docid # 2447586
(13) MAHINDER AND OTHERS Vs. PURAN SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-07-2026 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Section 22 — Applicability to agricultural land — Held, applicable — Preferential right of Class I heirs to acquire a co-heir's share on proposed transfer applies equally to agricultural land; S. 22 is a succession-based, not a transfer-based, provision India Law Library Docid # 2447587
(14) GULFAM @ IMRAN Vs. NCT DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-07-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 12 and 11(iv) — Indian Penal Code, 1872 — Section 354D — Stalking and sexual harassment of a minor — Accused repeatedly followed a 17-year-old girl despite her clear disinterest, with the intent to threaten and sexually harass her, constituting the offences of India Law Library Docid # 2447601
(15) DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Vs. SATISH KUMAR[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-07-2026 Land Acquisition and Allotment Policy — Entitlement to alternative plot — Recommendations for allotment of alternative plots are subject to availability and do not confer a vested right, especially when policies are revised or updated prior to actual allotment — The right is merely to be considered for such allotment based on India Law Library Docid # 2447602
(16) XXX Vs. YYY[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-07-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 24 — Interim Maintenance — Appeal as continuation of Original Proceeding — An appeal filed under Section 19 of the Family Courts Act is a continuation of the original matrimonial proceeding — Therefore, the word "proceeding" in Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, India Law Library Docid # 2447603
(17) RAJARAM FOOD PRODUCTS INDIA LIMITED Vs. THE JOINT DISTRICT REGISTRAR (CLASS-1) AND COLLECTOR OF STAMPS, NASHIK AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 14-07-2026 Registration Act, 1908 — Section 17(2)(xii) and Section 89(4) — Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958 — Article 16 of Schedule I — Sale Certificate — Auction Sale — A sale certificate issued in a public auction sale by a liquidator under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) is exempt from compulsory registration — Only a copy needs India Law Library Docid # 2447606
(18) MONARCH ORCHID CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING LTD. Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 14-07-2026 Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 — Section 154B-7 — Membership in Housing Society — Auction purchaser cannot claim membership without clearing past maintenance dues of previous owner — The law mandates payment of society dues for a transfer of share or interest to be effective, and this applies to auction sales India Law Library Docid # 2447607
(19) UNISTAR METALS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. GE POWER LIMITED[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 14-07-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11 — Appointment of Arbitrator — Jurisdiction — The clause stating that competent courts at the place of the buyer's registered office have exclusive jurisdiction for the order and implementation of arbitral awards determines the jurisdiction for a Section 11 application and the seat of arbitration. India Law Library Docid # 2447608
(20) IBRAHEEM Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 14-07-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 52-A, 43, 42, 50 — Bail Application — Non-compliance with Section 52-A and delay in sending samples to FSL are procedural irregularities that do not vitiate the trial or entitle the accused to bail, especially when the recovery is a chance recovery from a vehicle in a India Law Library Docid # 2447663