(1) MATHU ALIAS JAGDISH Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304 Part II — Culpable Homicide not Amounting to Murder — Conviction and sentence — Appeal against — Abatement of appeal due to death of co-accused — Death of two appellants during pendency of appeal — Appeal survives only for the third appellant. India Law Library Docid # 2447141
(2) SHANKAR DUTT Vs. UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-06-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 168 — Notional income of skilled worker — Carpenter — Assessment — The appellant, a carpenter aged 38 years, suffered amputation of his right leg below the knee in a road accident in November 2004 — The Claims Tribunal assessed his monthly income at Rs. 3,000/- and the High Court enhanced it to Rs. 5,000/- relying on minimum wages. Held — A carpenter is a India Law Library Docid # 2447132
(3) ISRAFIL @ PAPPU @ NAIMUDDIN KHAN Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-06-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 — Forgery and use of forged documents in judicial proceedings — Appeal confined to quantum of sentence, conviction upheld — Occurrence of offence in 2014, appellant facing proceedings for over a decade, no prior or subsequent criminal antecedents, forged document detected at early stage, no irreversible consequences — These factors warrant reconsideration India Law Library Docid # 2447125
(4) M. PARAMESH Vs. VRL LOGISTICS LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-06-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Compensation — Enhancement — High Court enhanced compensation, but calculation of future prospects and omission of certain awarded amounts were infirmities — Supreme Court addressed these infirmities. India Law Library Docid # 2447126
(5) THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. KALU RAM AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-06-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 and 140 — Compensation for death in motor vehicular accident — Negligence — Truck stationed on road at night without warning lights or indicators — Wagon-R car collided from behind — Held, truck driver was negligent in leaving the vehicle unattended on the road without adequate precautionary measures, which was the proximate cause of the accident. [Paras 4, 8, India Law Library Docid # 2447127
(6) MOHAMMED KHALEEL (D) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS Vs. JAYAMMA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-06-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 16(c) — "Readiness and Willingness" — Relief of specific performance is equitable and discretionary — Plaintiff must specifically aver and prove continuous readiness and willingness to perform obligations — Failure to do so disentitles plaintiff to relief — "Readiness" refers to financial capacity, "Willingness" to conduct and intention — Both cumulatively must India Law Library Docid # 2447128
(7) SARAFAT ALI (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS Vs. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CONSOLIDATION HARIDWAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-06-2026 Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 — Section 154 — Transfer of land in contravention of ceiling limit — Not void ipso facto — Capable of ratification — Legality of transfer to be judged by law on date of execution — Sale deed executed on 04.06.1957 — Ceiling limit then was 30 acres, subsequently amended to 12.5 acres retrospectively from 01.07.1952 — Transfer in contravention India Law Library Docid # 2447129
(8) RAJAT KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. S D ADARSH JAIN KANYA MAHA VIDYALAYA SADHAURA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-06-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 21 — Execution proceedings — High Court's directions for assessment of compensation in execution proceedings — Held, impermissible when original suit did not seek compensation and parties did not consent — Setting aside of trial court and first appellate court decrees, followed by India Law Library Docid # 2447086
(9) MANIYAR ILIYAZ @ SHAIK RIYAZ AND ANOTHER Vs. P. AYYAPPAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-06-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 19(1)(d), Article 21 — Fundamental Right to Walk — The right to walk is a fundamental right integral to the right to movement under Article 19(1)(d), read with other provisions of Article 19 and Article 21 — This fundamental right includes the right to demarcated footpaths, which must take India Law Library Docid # 2447087
(10) RAJESH SHARMA Vs. NORTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-06-2026 Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 — Section 59(d), 92 and 95(1) — Delhi Municipal Corporation Service (Control and Appeal) Regulations, 1959 — Regn. 7, Schedule — Disciplinary Authority — Competency of Commissioner to dismiss Group 'A' Officer — Substitution of Section 59(d) by Delhi Municipal Corporation India Law Library Docid # 2446965
(11) SPECIAL POLICE ESTABLISHMENT Vs. KAMTA PRASAD MISHRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-06-2026 Right to Information Act, 2005 — S. 24(4) — Madhya Pradesh Special Police Establishment Act, 1947 — S. 2(1), S. 3 — "Intelligence and Security Organisation" — Scope and Applicability of Exemption — Jurisdiction of Special Police Establishment (SPE) — The expression "intelligence and security organisations" under Section 24 of the RTI Act implies that the concerned entity must be statutory or institutionally empowered to handle matters of intelligence and national/state security India Law Library Docid # 2446870
(12) S. SENTHIL KUMARAN BOSE Vs. THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-06-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Art. 16 and 226 — Public Employment — Direct Recruitment — Eligibility Criteria — Workshop Experience — Pendency of workshop renewal applications — Effect on candidates — Where a recruitment notification mandates a minimum of one year of experience in a Government-approved workshop, candidates cannot be prejudiced or disqualified merely because India Law Library Docid # 2446871
(13) MEENAKSHI NATARAJAN Vs. ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-06-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Arts. 32 and 329(b) — Representation of the People Act, 1951 — S. 100 — Writ petition challenging order of Returning Officer rejecting nomination paper for Rajya Sabha election — Maintainability — Held, not maintainable — Bar contained in Art. 329(b) is absolute and excludes jurisdiction of this Court under Art. 32 (and of the High Court under Art. 226) in respect of all India Law Library Docid # 2446782
(14) GAURAV MEHLA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-06-2026 Service Law — Public employment — Recruitment — Mandatory rule — Non-compliance — Whether fatal — Rule 3 of Service Rules, 2003 — Presence and concurrence of departmental supervisory officials at appointment meeting — Role of such officials is supervisory and meant to cross-check compliance with recruitment norms, not to confer eligibility on candidates — Their absence at third (appointment) India Law Library Docid # 2445128
(15) ATUL CHAUHAN Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-06-2026 Service Law — Compassionate appointment — Nature — Not a vested right — Compassionate appointment is not a condition of service; it is a humane response to sudden financial destitution caused by death-in-harness of the breadwinner — Claim is subject to fulfilment of all eligibility requirements under the applicable rules — However, the same principle that binds the claimant equally binds the State: refusal or India Law Library Docid # 2445129
(16) SUREKHA DOMAJI BELE Vs. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, TESTING DIVISION, MSEDCL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-06-2026 Disciplinary proceedings — Dismissal from service — Competence of authority — Employee appointed by Superintending Engineer, dismissed by Executive Engineer — Dismissal order held valid as Executive Engineer was competent under MSEDCL Service Regulations to punish an employee of Appellant's pay grade — India Law Library Docid # 2445130
(17) SHEETAL VASANT THAKUR Vs. CHIRAG ARORA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-06-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Sections 24, 33(5), 36, 39 — Child-sensitive judicial processes — Mandatory safeguards for child victims — Courts must ensure child-friendly procedures, minimum intrusion, and psychological safety, avoiding re-traumatisation and secondary victimisation in all proceedings concerning children, especially those involving allegations of sexual India Law Library Docid # 2445131
(18) THE COMMISSIONER, BRUHAT BANGALORE MAHANAGARA PALIKE Vs. K.K.UMESH KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-06-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 165 and 166 — Liability for injuries sustained due to falling tree branch — Injuries caused by falling tree branch while vehicle was stationary under the tree during rain — Held, not an accident "arising out of the use of a motor vehicle" as the motor vehicle did not play an active role. [Paras India Law Library Docid # 2445132
(19) MAKARDHWAJ RAM Vs. JAGDISH RAI (DEAD) TH. LRS. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-06-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 11, Explanation IV — Constructive Res Judicata — Application of the principle depends on the facts and circumstances of each case, considering the ambit of earlier proceedings and the nexus of the matter to the controversy — It is founded on public policy to prevent multiplicity of proceedings and avoid parties being vexed twice over for the same litigation — India Law Library Docid # 2445133
(20) DR. RAMESH Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-06-2026 Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 (PCPNDT Act) — Section 28(1)(a) — Cognizance of offences — Complaint by Appropriate Authority or authorized officer is a prerequisite for court to take cognizance of an offence under the Act. India Law Library Docid # 2445134