(621) INDIAN RAILWAYS Vs. WEST BENGAL STATE ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-05-2026 Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 14, Third Proviso — Deemed Distribution Licensee (DDL) — Indian Railways sought to be declared a DDL — Court held that mere operation and maintenance of a distribution system is not sufficient for being a DDL; it must also supply electricity to consumers — Indian Railways' internal network for its own consumption doesn't qualify as a distribution system or India Law Library Docid # 2443378
(622) ANAND NARAYAN SHUKLA Vs. JAGAT DHARI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-05-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 28 — Rescission of contract for failure to pay purchase money within time limit prescribed by decree — Court's discretion to extend time or rescind — Dismissal of appeal for non-prosecution does not result in merger of trial court decree — Permitting deposit of balance amount does not extinguish India Law Library Docid # 2443379
(623) B. YERRAJI AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-05-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Suppression of material facts — Maintainability of subsequent writ petition after withdrawal of earlier petition without liberty — Earlier writ petition challenging conditional delay condonation order was withdrawn without liberty — Appellants filed subsequent writ petition seeking implementation of Tribunal's final order without disclosing prior proceedings — Held, suppression must be of a material fact that would affect the merits of the case — Non-g India Law Library Docid # 2451003
(624) DELHI ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION Vs. TATA POWER DELHI DISTRIBUTION LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2026 Electricity Act, 2003 — Sections 61(d), 62, 125 — Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for Determination of Generation Tariff) Regulations, 2011 — Regulations 4.1, 6.30, 6.31, 6.32 — Tariff determination — Balancing consumer interests and cost recovery — Power Plant — Capital cost recovery through depreciation limited by operational India Law Library Docid # 2443663
(625) ELECON ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED Vs. BHARTIYA RAIL BIJLEE COMPANY LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6) — Non-signatories to Arbitration Clause — Entitled to invoke if veritable party — Collaborator, through DJU and subsequent actions, was a veritable party to the arbitration agreement within the main contract. India Law Library Docid # 2443310
(626) SEETHAMMA W/O LATE SATHYAPPA Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2026 Karnataka Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prohibition of Transfer of Certain Lands) Act, 1978 — Section 4 — Null and Void Transfers — Any transfer of granted land without prior government permission is void India Law Library Docid # 2443311
(627) SUNIL KUMAR YADAV AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2026 Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) — Engagement of para-teachers on contract basis — Part of Government of India's flagship program for universal elementary education — Aimed to address human resource gaps in employing teachers — Jharkhand Education Project Council responsible for implementation in Jharkhand — Para India Law Library Docid # 2443312
(628) DELHI ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION Vs. TATA POWER DELHI DISTRIBUTION LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2026 Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 61(d), Section 62, Section 125 — Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for Determination of Generation Tariff) Regulations, 2011 — Regulation 6.32, Regulation 4.1 — Capital Cost Recovery — Depreciation — Consumers' Interest — The Electricity Act India Law Library Docid # 2443313
(629) DHANLAXMI BANK LIMITED Vs. MOHAMMED JAVED SULTAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 7 — Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) — Invocation of Section 7 requires existence of a 'financial debt' and 'default' — CIRP is a collective resolution mechanism, not a forum for adjudicating individual contractual claims — Using the Code to compel payment India Law Library Docid # 2443314
(630) DURGAPUR STEEL PLANT AND OTHERS Vs. BIDHAN CHANDRA CHOWDHURY AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2026 Recruitment Process — Advertisement and Selection — While filling vacancies, State instrumentalities must adhere to comparative merit and avoid discrimination — A candidate in a select list does not gain an indefeasible right to appointment without specific rules to that effect. India Law Library Docid # 2443315
(631) L.K. TRUST Vs. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2026 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 36(1)(iii) — Deductibility of interest on borrowed capital — Assessee borrowed a substantial sum to purchase shares of another company — The Assessing Officer disallowed the deduction of interest paid on this loan, viewing the transaction as a colorable device to transfer funds to a group company for share purchase — The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal India Law Library Docid # 2443634
(632) SHEIKH ABEDIN Vs. IQBAL AHMED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 12 Rule 6 — Decree on Admission — A decree can be passed under Order 12, Rule 6 CPC on the basis of an admission, whether it is contained in the pleadings or elsewhere, in writing or oral, without any specific form — The purpose is to enable a party to obtain speedy justice regarding the admitted claim. India Law Library Docid # 2443836
(633) ARJUN JANI @ TUNTUN Vs. STATE OF ORISSA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Delay in filing appeal — High Court declining to condone delay of 3157 days in filing criminal appeal — Order of High Court set aside by Supreme Court — Supreme Court grants bail to petitioner as exceptional measure, considering his undergoing sentence of 22 years with India Law Library Docid # 2447380
(634) VADIYALA PRABHAKAR RAO AND OTHERS Vs. THE GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-05-2026 Forest Laws — Hyderabad Forest Act, 1326F vs — 1355F — Inclusion of land in reserve forest — Notification issued under a repealed Act is not automatically invalid if it aligns with the provisions of the new Act — The Court presumes validity if the intention and purpose are consistent with the current law. India Law Library Docid # 2443251
(635) NEETU SOLVENTS Vs. VINEET NAGAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-05-2026 Environmental Law — Environmental Clearance (EC) — Ex-post facto EC — The Supreme Court has held that the concept of ex-post facto Environmental Clearance is alien to Indian environmental jurisprudence and struck down notifications allowing it — However, in cases where industries were established based on Consent to Establish India Law Library Docid # 2443252
(636) HANSRAJ Vs. MUKESH NATH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-05-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166 and 173 — Compensation for accident — Appellant sustained 100% permanent disability at the age of 14 due to a road accident — Claim petition filed for compensation — The Tribunal awarded Rs. 7,76,543/- and the High Court enhanced it to Rs. 12,17,543/- — The Supreme Court further enhanced the compensation. India Law Library Docid # 2443253
(637) DR. NIGAM PRAKASH NARAIN Vs. NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-05-2026 Medical Council of India Regulations, 2002 — Regulations 8.4 and 8.7 — Time limit for deciding complaints against physicians — Regulation 8.4 providing a six-month limit is a caution for expeditious disposal, not an absolute bar. India Law Library Docid # 2443254
(638) HABBAN SHAH Vs. SHERUDDIN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-05-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 28(1) and 28(4) — Decree for specific performance — Executability — Non-deposit of balance sale consideration within stipulated time — Plaintiff's failure to deposit balance sale consideration within three months as stipulated in the decree — No application for extension of time filed within India Law Library Docid # 2443255
(639) DHRUV VARMA AND ANOTHER Vs. J K VARMA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-05-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 139 — Presumption of cheque dishonour — Rebuttal of presumption — Court found that the presumption under Section 139 was duly rebutted — However, due to concurrent findings of three courts regarding the existence of debt or liability, the conviction was maintained. India Law Library Docid # 2447386
(640) ALPHA CORP DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. GREATER NOIDA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (GNIDA) AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-05-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 62 — Appeals against NCLAT judgment — Appeals filed beyond the permissible limitation period are liable to be dismissed. India Law Library Docid # 2443236