(1) NATIONAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION Vs. SURYA WIRES PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-09-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 7(5) read with 2(1)(h) and 37 — Multi-document commercial transaction — Incorporation of arbitration clause by reference — Binding nature on non-signatory guarantor — Appellant extended loan facilities to respondent-company for setting up training centres — Contemporaneous execution of Loan Agreements and Personal Guarantees by Respondent No. 2 (Managing India Law Library Docid # 2451611
(2) M/S. GVV CONSTRUCTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-09-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 16 — Competence of Arbitral Tribunal to rule on its jurisdiction (Kompetenz-Kompetenz) — "Excepted Matters" clause in contract — Scope of Arbitral Tribunal’s enquiry — The question whether a particular claim is covered by, or falls outside, an "excepted matters" clause of a works contract is a matter squarely within the competence of the Arbitral Tribunal under Section 16, and not a question for a court — Neither a referral court under Section India Law Library Docid # 2451612
(3) NEW OKHLA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND OTHERS Vs. M/S SUNSHINE TRADE TOWER PRIVATE LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-09-2026 Uttar Pradesh Industrial Area Development Act, 1976 — Section 12 — Read with U.P. Urban Planning and Development Act, 1973 — Section 41(3) — Allotment of Commercial Plot — Zero Period Policy (28.03.2016) — Clause 5 — Grant of benefit on non-availability of access road — Land allotted to developer with proposed 45-metre Front Road and 24-metre Side Road as per site plan — 45-metre Front Road was encroached, unacquired ‘Abadi’ land, and unconstructed — NOIDA failed to clear encroachment or acquire India Law Library Docid # 2451613
(4) MANAV BHANOT Vs. NATIONAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY OF INDIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-09-2026 National Highways Act, 1956 — Section 3G(1) & (5) — Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Sections 11 & 18 — Nature of determination of compensation by Competent Authority under NH Act — Determination of compensation made by Competent Authority under Section 3G(1) of the NH Act corresponds to an award passed by the Collector under Section 11 of the 1894 Act — Determination of dispute by an Arbitrator India Law Library Docid # 2451614
(5) SANTOSH SINGH Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 read with 34 / 149 — Reversal of acquittal — Overt acts and common intention — High Court acquitted A6 on the premise that holding the victim at close-range gunshot would have caused injury to A6, and acquitted A12 for lack of reliable evidence regarding exhortation — Held, the bullet entered the victim's chest and remained embedded inside, leaving no possibility of injury to the person holding him India Law Library Docid # 2451615
(6) ANNU KUMAR AND ANOTHER Vs. MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY ROHTAK AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-09-2026 Constitution of India — Article 226 — Writ of Quo Warranto — Service Law — Qualification for appointment — Burden of Proof — Primary onus lies on the writ petitioner, who may even be a stranger, to establish through unimpeachable evidence that an appointee lacks essential qualifications or suffers from a disqualification to hold a public office. Once established, the onus shifts to the appointer and appointee to demonstrate legality India Law Library Docid # 2451616
(7) ASHOK UPADHYAY AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302 r/w 34 — Arms Act, 1959 — Section 27 — Conviction for murder and firearm offense — Benefit of Doubt — Conviction of appellants based primarily on eyewitness testimony of close relatives — High Court affirmed conviction — Assailed before Supreme Court — Held, serious discrepancies and inconsistencies in eyewitness accounts — Omission of alleged injured witnesses' details in Section 161 statements and lack of medical corroboration for their injuries — Conduct India Law Library Docid # 2451617
(8) KHANINDRA KR. DUTTA Vs. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-09-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) and Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 120B — Offence of criminal misconduct by public servant — Essential ingredients — Requirement of obtaining valuable thing or pecuniary advantage — Appellant store-in-charge certified receipt of medicines without actual supply based on false entries made by storekeeper — High Court acquitted appellant under Sections 420, 465, 471, and 477A of IPC but India Law Library Docid # 2451618
(9) PUNJAB SCHOOL EDUCATION BOARD AND ANOTHER Vs. SATNAM SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-09-2026 Service Law — Regularization vs. Fresh Appointment — Standard for determining nature of engagement — Appellant-Board adopted Government Regularization Policy dated 23.01.2001 mutatis mutandis and issued appointment letters to contract/ad-hoc/daily-wage employees on regular basis — Appellant contended that issuance of appointment letters constituted fresh appointments post-01.01.2004 — Court held that substance of engagement must prevail over form — Public notice and internal communications expli India Law Library Docid # 2451619
(10) M/S PUNAHCHAKRAN PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. INDOTECH WASTE SOLUTION AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-09-2026 Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 — Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 — Revised Guidelines for Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment and Disposal Facilities, 2016 (RG, 2016) — Mandatory nature of RG, 2016 — Enforceability — Executive guidelines issued in exercise of statutory powers under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 are binding and mandatory in nature — Non-publication of RG, 2016 in Official Gazette does not India Law Library Docid # 2451338
(11) BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED Vs. THE DISTRICT REVENUE OFFICER (STAMPS) AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-09-2026 Stamp Act, 1899 — Section 47-A — Scope and Invocation — Power under Section 47-A — Pre-condition of "reason to believe" — Registering authority initiated proceedings under Section 47-A against the appellant on the premise that the guideline value of the property was higher than the value presented in the instrument — Single Judge quashed the show cause notice relying on V.N. Devadoss [(2009) 7 SCC 438], holding that jurisdiction under Section 47-A requires deliberate undervaluation with a fraudu India Law Library Docid # 2451424
(12) DHANRAJ Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 376, 376(2)(i)(j), 363, and 323 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) — Sections 3, 4, 5(m), and 6 — Identification of Accused — Test Identification Parade (TIP) vs. Dock Identification — Substantive vs. Corroborative Evidence — TIP conducted during investigation is merely corroborative in nature and does not constitute substantive evidence — Substantive evidence of identification is the dock identification of the accused by the witness India Law Library Docid # 2451425
(13) SANOFI INDIA LTD Vs. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-09-2026 Corporate Criminal Liability — Mens Rea — Principles of Attribution — Identification Doctrine — Scope and application — Corporate criminal liability under English and Indian jurisprudence examined — A corporation, being an artificial entity, acts through natural persons — To prosecute a corporate entity for an offence requiring mens rea, the state of mind and acts of a natural person must be attributed to the company — Under the identification doctrine, the acts and mental state of a India Law Library Docid # 2451426
(14) NATTALA PRADEEP PRAMODH AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 480 and 483 — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 20(b)(ii)(B) read with Section 8(c) — Regular Bail — Recovery of non-commercial quantity — Accused No. 1 was arrested on the spot and found in alleged possession of 2.00 kg of ganja — He remained in judicial custody for 31 days with no adverse criminal antecedents reported against him — Considering the period of incarceration, the non-commercial quantity of the contrab India Law Library Docid # 2451428
(15) TABA TAHANG AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF AP[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 07-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 456, 451, 354, 342 and 34 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Amicable settlement — Non-compoundable offences private in nature — Petition filed jointly by accused and victims seeking quashing of criminal proceedings based on deed of settlement — Dispute arose from a personal misunderstanding and did not affect society at large — Victims had no survivi India Law Library Docid # 2451429
(16) VINOD RAMCHANDRA GANGWANI Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 07-09-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 123 — Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 — Anticipatory Bail — Transportation of Gutkha and scented Pan Masala — Applicability of Section 123 BNS (analogous to Section 328 IPC) to illegal transport of Gutkha is pending adjudication before Supreme Court — Other alleged offences under BNS and FSSA are bailable — Applicant tendered undertaking to refrain from dealing in prohibited substances — Pre-arrest protection warranted due to legal uncertainty surround India Law Library Docid # 2451430
(17) BENGALURU DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND ANOTHER Vs. NATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTIONS HOUSING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD. AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 07-09-2026 Bangalore Development Authority Act, 1976 — Section 17, 19 and 36 — Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Section 24(2) — Inapplicability of 2013 Act to BDA acquisitions — Respondent sought declaration that acquisition proceedings initiated under BDA Act lapsed under Section 24 of 2013 Act — Held, provisions of 2013 Act do not apply to acquisitions initiated under BDA Act — Land Acquisition Act, 1894 stands incorporated into India Law Library Docid # 2451431
(18) NEERAJ JAIN AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 07-09-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Sections 34, 37 and 39 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rules 1 and 2 — Land Revenue Code — Jurisdiction of Revenue Court — Power to grant injunction — Revenue authorities have no statutory power or jurisdiction to grant temporary or permanent injunctions, whether directly or under the guise of stay orders — Powers under procedural or inherent provisions cannot be extended to grant injunctive relief — Dispute involving title and claims for injunction fall India Law Library Docid # 2451432
(19) DHARMESH @ DHAMO PRAKASHBHAI PATANI THROUGH SHARDABEN PRAKASHBHAI PATANI Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-09-2026 Gujarat Prevention of Anti-social Activities Act, 1985 — Sections 2(c) and 3(4) — Preventive detention — "Dangerous person" — "Public order" versus "Law and order" — Detention order was passed against petitioner based on two FIRs registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Distinction between "law and order" and "public order" turns on the degree, reach, and potentiality of the act to disturb the even tempo of community life — Offences impacting specific individuals concern law and order an India Law Library Docid # 2451433
(20) PHOMTORES KHARBANI Vs. STATE OF MEGHALAYA[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 07-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 304 Part-II — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 389 — Suspension of sentence pending appeal — Applicant was convicted under Section 304 Part-II IPC and sentenced to three years of rigorous imprisonment — Criminal appeal was preferred against conviction and sentence — Applicant had already served more than half of the sentence, and the appeal was unlikely to conclude in a short while — Relying on the Supreme Court ruling in Atul Alias Ashutosh v. State of M.P., India Law Library Docid # 2451434