(1) HIRANI DEVELOPERS Vs. NEHRU NAGAR SAMRUDDHI CHS LTD. AND ANOTHER ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-05-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11 — Appointment of arbitrator — Dispute regarding existence of arbitration agreement — Held, incorporation of arbitration clause from earlier document into later contract requires clear intention to incorporate, not mere reference. India Law Library Docid # 2443662
(2) TALARI NARESH Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 161 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 157 and 145 — Hostile Witness — Evidence of a hostile witness remains admissible and can be accepted to the extent that their version is found dependable on careful scrutiny, and can be used to acquit the accused if it inspires credibility when read with India Law Library Docid # 2443660
(3) LOKENDRA KUMAR TIWARI Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-05-2026 Service Law — Appointment — Advertisement for regular posts — Appellant applied for Assistant Professor on regular basis as per advertisement for Pay Band-IV and Pay Band-III. The advertisement did not mention any contractual appointments. India Law Library Docid # 2443661
(4) RAJAN Vs. STATE[DELHI HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 — Interim suspension of sentence — Repeated applications for interim bail on same grounds — Applicant had repeatedly filed applications for interim suspension of sentence, primarily on the ground of attending to his ailing mother during her surgery, since 2019 — Several such applications were allowed, leading to extensions of bail — However, the applicant also failed to surrender India Law Library Docid # 2443559
(5) FAKIR MAMAD SULEMAN SAMEJA AND OTHERS Vs. ADANI PORTS AND SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-05-2026 Supreme Court Rules, 2013 — Order 12 Rule 3 — Correction of clerical or arithmetical mistakes or errors from accidental slip or omission — Application seeking clarification and correction regarding variance between dictated order and signed order — Held, Apex Court dismissed the application as not maintainable in law and on merits — Digitally signed order uploaded on the website is the fina India Law Library Docid # 2443624
(6) SHRIKANT OJHA Vs. STATE OF UP AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Investigation and Chargesheet Filing — Interim order restraining police from filing chargesheet is unsustainable if based on misinterpretation of law regarding High Court's power under Article 226 and Section 528 of BNSS — Investigation may continue, but further steps depend on legal India Law Library Docid # 2443625
(7) NARAYANA HEALTH AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of Criminal Proceedings — High Court's power to quash — Allegations in complaint, even if taken at face value, do not prima facie constitute any offence or make out a case against the accused — High Court failed to exercise its power under Section 482 CrPC. India Law Library Docid # 2443626
(8) PROJECT DIRECTOR, NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA Vs. ALFA REMIDIS LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-05-2026 National Highways Act, 1956 — Section 3A(1) and 3G(1) — Compensation — Applicability of Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (2013 LA Act) — Held that provisions of 2013 LA Act regarding determination of compensation apply to land acquisition India Law Library Docid # 2443627
(9) ANGELWOODS APARTMENT ALLOTTEES ASSOCIATION Vs. M LALITHA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-05-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 61 — Appeal against NCLT order — Requirement of certified copy of impugned order — Rules for filing appeal before NCLAT — Presentation of appeals under Rule 22 of NCLAT Rules, 2016 — Appeal must be accompanied by a certified copy of impugned order — Applying for certified copy before expiry of limitation period is India Law Library Docid # 2443628
(10) CANARA BANK Vs. PREM LATHA UPPAL (DEAD) THROUGH LRS.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-05-2026 Canara Bank Officer Employees’ (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations, 1976 — Regulation 10 — Common Proceedings — The word "may" in Regulation 10, which empowers the competent authority to direct common disciplinary proceedings against multiple employees India Law Library Docid # 2443629
(11) MOHINDER KAUR (D) THROUGH L.R. Vs. BRIJ LAL ARORA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-05-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Enhancement — Deceased was an engineering student with good academic record and potential future earnings — High Court enhanced compensation but it was found to be on the lower side — The Supreme Court assessed the monthly income at Rs. 12,000/-, added 40 India Law Library Docid # 2443630
(12) PADAM MEHTA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-05-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 19(1)(a) and Article 21A — Right to education — Medium of instruction — Freedom of speech and expression includes the right to receive information in a comprehensible manner — Education must be imparted in a language that the child understands best — Right India Law Library Docid # 2443631
(13) ANN SAURABH DUTT Vs. LIEUTENANT COLONEL SAURABH IQBAL BAHADUR DUTT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-05-2026 Family Law — Divorce — Grounds — Cruelty and Desertion — Wife's pursuit of professional career and desire to provide safe environment for child are not grounds for cruelty or desertion India Law Library Docid # 2443632
(14) SANAND PROPERTIES P. LTD. Vs. JT. COMMR. OF I.T. RANGE 6 AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-05-2026 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 147 and 148 — Reopening of assessment — Validity — Tangible material — Change of opinion — Assessing Officer has no power to review an assessment; reassessment must be based on tangible material, not a mere change of opinion — The discovery of fresh information during a survey, which reveals the true nature of a transaction and suggests income has escaped assessment, can form the India Law Library Docid # 2443633
(15) MUKESH PASWAN Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304-B — Dowry Death — Appeal against conviction — Prosecution failed to prove essential ingredients of cruelty or harassment soon before death with dowry demand — No proximate link between alleged cruelty and India Law Library Docid # 2443593
(16) PARASH NATH SHARMA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 467, 468, 471, 420, 120B — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) — Defalcation and misappropriation of government funds in canal repair works — False measurement entries and inflated bills — Conviction and sentence of public servants — Affirmation India Law Library Docid # 2443679
(17) RAJENDRA PRASAD Vs. COMPTROLLER & AUDITOR GENERAL OF INDIA AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Central Administrative Tribunal — Dismissal of Original Application — High Court's power of judicial review under Article 226 limited to illegality, perversity, or error apparent on the face of the order. India Law Library Docid # 2443699
(18) TARSIUS SORANG AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 302 read with Section 34 — Conviction for murder and rigorous imprisonment for life — Appeal against — High Court found material contradictions in witness testimonies and lack of corroboration for alleged eye-witness accounts — Witnesses declared hostile and their evidence not inspiring confidence — India Law Library Docid # 2443700
(19) DEVYANI KAMAL PRATAP @ DEVYANI Vs. KAMAL PRATAP[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(i-a) — Divorce on grounds of cruelty — Wife's appeal against divorce decree dismissed, while Husband's appeal against alimony amount allowed partially — Court found husband proved cruelty by wife, justifying divorce. India Law Library Docid # 2443701
(20) MITESH @ T.V. VAGHELA Vs. THE STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-05-2026 Criminal Law — Murder and offence under Bombay Police Act — Prosecution's case — Complainant's brother (deceased) running a tea stall — Dispute over a cigarette butt — Deceased informed complainant, then assaulted, and died — Deceased India Law Library Docid # 2443555