(341) IN RE: SOCIAL SCIENCE TEXTBOOK FOR GRADE - 8 (PART-2) PUBLISHED BY NCERT AND ANCILLARY ISSUES[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-03-2026 Contempt of Court — Social Media — Courts have power to take action against individuals and sites responsible for irresponsible posts relating to court orders. India Law Library Docid # 2441504
(342) BINITA SINGH Vs. THE ADMINISTRATOR KURJEE HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-03-2026 Consumer Protection — Medical Negligence — Compensation — In a case of proven medical negligence where a surgical item was left inside a patient, the compensation awarded by lower consumer forums was found to be inadequate and interfering with the impugned order to grant the full compensation sought by the appellant. [Paras 1-7] India Law Library Docid # 2441506
(343) HIMANSHU SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-03-2026 Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) — Investigation of 45 new Special Leave Petitions (SLPs) — CBI directed to register regular cases and commence investigation forthwith without preliminary inquiry for remaining SLPs, and to commence investigation for 20 SLPs pertaining to projects already under their purview — CBI can incorporate new petitions into existing RCs if effective — Directors General of India Law Library Docid # 2441513
(344) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. BALRAJ SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-03-2026 Central Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008 — MACP Scheme — Applicability date — The MACP Scheme is applicable with effect from 01.09.2008, not from 01.01.2006. [Paras 5–6] India Law Library Docid # 2441588
(345) SHRIRAM GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. NANDHITHA N.S. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-03-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 174 — Contempt of Court — Collector, Bangalore, Karnataka, failed to recover amount as arrears of land revenue as directed by Supreme Court — Court issued notice to Collector to explain non-compliance and show cause why strict view should not be taken. India Law Library Docid # 2441596
(346) NARENDER BHARDWAJ Vs. M/S 108 SUPER COMPLEX R.W.A. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-03-2026 National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 — Section 14 — Jurisdiction of Tribunal — Tribunal has jurisdiction only over civil cases where a substantial question relating to environment, within the scope of enactments listed in Schedule I, is involved — An alleged encroachment and illegal construction, if violating municipal laws or town planning acts not listed in Schedule I, do not fall within the Tribunal's jurisdiction — The impugned order directing removal of such construction was quashed and set as India Law Library Docid # 2441603
(347) REJANISH K.V Vs. K. DEEPA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 233(2) — Interpretation of — Judicial officers are eligible for appointment as District Judges through direct recruitment, and their past service as judicial officers counts towards the minimum practice requirement — This decision overrules a previous judgment in Dheeraj Mor v — High Court of Delhi. India Law Library Docid # 2441605
(348) GUJARAT PUBLIC SCHOOL Vs. NAYA GUJARAT KAMDAR UNION[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-03-2026 Interference with Mediation and Settlement Process — Court took strong objection to individuals attempting to scuttle settlement and influence workmen, directing police to ensure non-interference and to take suo motu action if injunction violated. India Law Library Docid # 2441607
(349) CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Vs. BALJEET SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 7 — Demand and acceptance of bribe — Complainant's testimony regarding demand by accused (A2) on a specific date was clear and corroborated by other witnesses — Pre-trap proceedings were also established — Recovery of marked notes from A2’s person and hand wash turning pink confirmed the trap — Despite inconsistencies in complainant's testimony India Law Library Docid # 2440567
(350) ANURAG KRISHNA SINHA Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14 — Manifest Arbitrariness — Srimati Radhika Sinha Institute and Sachchidanand Sinha Library (Requisition & Management) Act, 2015 — Held, the Act is manifestly arbitrary and violative of Article 14 as it involves complete vesting of property, dissolution of trust, absence of India Law Library Docid # 2440568
(351) POORANMAL Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302/34, 201 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 103(1)/3(5), 238 — Circumstantial evidence — Conviction based on circumstantial evidence must fulfill stringent conditions — Circumstances must be fully established, consistent only with hypothesis of guilt, conclusive in nature, exclude every possible hypothesis except guilt, and form complete chain of evidence India Law Library Docid # 2440569
(352) RACHANA GANGU AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Right to Life — Includes Right to Health — State has positive obligation to safeguard health and ensure conditions for meaningful life — Absence of uniform policy for compensation for death/injury after vaccination raises constitutional concerns warranting institutional response. India Law Library Docid # 2440570
(353) REGISTRAR CANE COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES AND OTHERS Vs. GURDEEP SINGH NARVAL (DEAD) THROUGH LRS. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 — Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 2002 — Section 103 — Legal status of Cooperative Societies after State reorganisation — Cooperative societies restructured under the Reorganisation Act are not automatically deemed Multi-State Cooperative Societies under Section 103 of the India Law Library Docid # 2440571
(354) MANOJ KUMAR MUTTA Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Appellant not named in FIR, no raid at his business premises, earlier cases ended in bail, cooperating with investigation, and no misuse of liberty granted — High Court wrongly refused anticipatory bail — Supreme Court sets aside High Court order and India Law Library Docid # 2440572
(355) MUDDAM RAJU YADAV Vs. B. RAJA SHANKER (D) THROUGH LRS. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Specific Performance of Agreement to Sell — Trial Court decreed suit for specific performance of sale agreement — High Court set aside Trial Court's decree — Held, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) executed on the same day as sale agreement established that sale agreement was sham and nominal, executed as security for loan India Law Library Docid # 2440573
(356) PANNALAL BHANSALI Vs. BHARTI TELECOM LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Companies Act, 2013 — Section 66 — Reduction of Share Capital — Procedural Fairness — Minority Shareholders — Valuation of Shares — Non-disclosure of valuation report and fairness report in notice for general meeting — Held, not a "tricky notice" as statutory requirement for valuation report not mandated under India Law Library Docid # 2440574
(357) JAFFER SADIK AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 10-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 120-B and Section 420 — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) — Criminal Conspiracy and Cheating — Prosecution failed to prove the conspiracy or active role of the accused in any illegal activities for self-enrichment — Acquittal of the appellants — Appeals allowed. India Law Library Docid # 2440587
(358) RAMADEBI RAUTRAY Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Orissa Panchayat Samiti Act, 1959 — Section 45(1)(v) and Sections 44-E and 44-J — Disqualification for election — Having more than two children — Election of returned candidate declared invalid by Election Tribunal due to disqualification — Respondent failed to cross-examine appellant’s witnesses despite opportunities, leading to uncontroverted evidence — Election Appellate Tribunal upheld India Law Library Docid # 2440768
(359) KUSUM MISHRA AND ANOTHER Vs. U.P. AVAS EVAM VIKAS PARISHAD THRU. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER LKO. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 10-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Challenging order of Additional District Judge — Grant of temporary injunction — Scope of appellate court’s review — Appellate court can examine if trial court ignored settled principles for granting injunction, such as prima facie case, balance of convenience, and irreparable loss — Appellate court should not interfere unless discretion was exercised arbitrarily, India Law Library Docid # 2440773
(360) STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER Vs. ANSHUL JAGANNATH[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 10-03-2026 Disciplinary proceedings against a government servant — Completion within timeline fixed by court — Effect of delay — Order directing completion of disciplinary proceedings within a fixed period, failing which suspension would stand revoked, does not automatically vitiate further proceedings — The consequence of delay in completion is limited to revocation of suspension, not cessation of the entire disciplinary process — India Law Library Docid # 2440774