(181) MD. IDRISH Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 25-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — Appellate court's role — Acquittal strengthens presumption of innocence — Appellate court can re-appreciate evidence — If trial court's view is possible, appellate court cannot overturn acquittal merely because another view is possible — Interference only if guilt is India Law Library Docid # 2441832
(182) SOMA TARKOT @ SOMA TORKOT Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 25-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302/149, 307/149, 353/149, 379/149, 148 — Conviction and sentence — Appeal against — Held, appellant was acquitted from charges under Explosive Substance Act and not found to be member of unlawful assembly with intention to attack police — Mere presence and recovery of some articles India Law Library Docid # 2441990
(183) 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
(184) 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
(185) 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
(186) 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
(187) 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
(188) 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
(189) 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
(190) 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
(191) 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
(192) 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
(193) 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
(194) 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
(195) SANJAY JUKARIA Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 24-03-2026 Universities Act, 1973 — H.N.B — Garhwal University Conversion to Central University — Policy decision regarding re-engagement of temporary Guest Faculty — Petitioners appointed after conversion to Central University — Claim for adjustment as Guest Faculty in State Colleges rejected — Director, Higher Education's order upheld — No material on record to prove appointment before conversion India Law Library Docid # 2441229
(196) KM. SUMITRA YADAV @ SUMETRY Vs. M.A.C.T. AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 24-03-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation awarded to a minor — Direction for Fixed Deposit Receipt (FDR) — Duty of care — Court-directed deposits for minors are not ordinary commercial transactions and require careful safeguarding and periodic renewal to ensure maximum benefit for the beneficiary — Failure to comply with such directions constitutes gross administrative negligence India Law Library Docid # 2441230
(197) TRILOK SINGH RANA Vs. DIRECTOR REHABILITATION AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 24-03-2026 Constitutional of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Petition — Rejection of rehabilitation benefits and cancellation of agricultural plot — Petitioner claimed entitlement as legal heir of deceased — Name not in revenue records on cut-off date but mutated later — Order rejecting claim based solely on cut-off date without considering India Law Library Docid # 2441231
(198) COMMON CAUSE Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Supreme Court Rules, 2013 — Appointment of Amicus Curiae — Upon the demise of the appointed amicus curiae, the Court appointed a new senior counsel as amicus curiae and directed all parties to furnish relevant papers within two weeks. India Law Library Docid # 2441391
(199) RAMAPPA @ RAMEGOWDA Vs. ANJINAPPA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of plaint — Res judicata — Principle that rejection of plaint under Order 7 Rule 11 is to be based solely on plaint averments — The High Court erred by considering materials beyond the plaint to reject it, particularly when the difference in property descriptions between suits required factual determination — Res judicata is generally a matter for trial, not for threshold rejection, unless clearly apparent from the plaint itself — Th India Law Library Docid # 2441505
(200) GREENFIELDS PLOTHOLDERS CUM RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION Vs. URBAN IMPROVEMENT COMPANY PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Company Law — Appointment and Resignation of Chairman — Chairman appointed by judicial order sought personal relief to resign due to old age, and the Court directed him to file a formal application with supporting documents for listing on a future date. India Law Library Docid # 2441514