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(81) 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

(82) 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

(83) M/S STL NETWORKS LIMITED Vs. CASPIAN INDIA ENGICON PVT. LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-09-2026
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11 — Appointment of Arbitrator — Multiple agreements between same parties — Consolidation/Common Sole Arbitrator — Respondent initiated arbitration under first agreement (Mahanet Agreement) wherein a Sole Arbitrator was appointed by High Court — Disputes subsequently arose under a separate agreement (T-Fiber Agreement) between same parties, leading to appointment of a different Arbitrator under Section 11 — Appellant claimed cross-project
India Law Library Docid # 2451620

(84) KUNAL RAMESHBHAI KALYANI Vs. THE STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-09-2026
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) — Section 69 — Sexual intercourse on false promise to marry or deceitful means — Quashing of FIR — Deceitful conduct or promise made without intention of fulfilling same — Essential ingredient — Under Section 69 BNS, rigor of promise having been given from very beginning with intention of never being fulfilled must be satisfied — Parties developed friendship on digital platform leading to love affair and consensual sexual relationship — First physical
India Law Library Docid # 2451726

(85) VIJAY CHHAGANRAO KUMAWAT Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-09-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 316(2), 318(4), 336(2) and 340(2) — Anticipatory bail — Cooperation with investigation — High Court rejected the appellant's anticipatory bail application — Supreme Court had granted interim protection — Counsel for the State conceded that the appellant was cooperating with the investigation — Taking note of the facts and circumstances, the Supreme Court made the interim protection absolute and set
India Law Library Docid # 2451761

(86) AMRITPAL SINGH @ DOCTOR Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-09-2026
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 318(4), 61(2), 336(2), 336(3) and 338 — Information Technology Act, 2000 — Section 66(D) — Prolonged trial — Appellant was arrested and detained in custody while the trial was ongoing — Only one out of twenty-six proposed prosecution witnesses had been examined, indicating that the trial was likely to take considerable time to conclude — Taking an overall view of the allegations, appellant was not required to be detained any longer — Order of the High Cou
India Law Library Docid # 2451767

(87) ABHIMANYU SINGH @ ABHIMANYU KUMAR SINGH Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-09-2026
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 and Section 374(2) — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304B — Suspension of sentence pending appeal — Pendency of appeals and delay in hearing — Appellant convicted under Section 304B IPC and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment had served over 50% of the sentence in custody — High Court declined suspension of sentence — Substantial pendency of criminal appeals indicated no likelihood of an early hearing, justifying reasonable apprehension that sen
India Law Library Docid # 2451785

(88) SURENDRA MISHRA @ SURENDRA PRASAD MISHRA Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-09-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 318 — Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 — Sections 18A, 18(c), 27(b)(ii) and 28 — Anticipatory bail — Ground of implication — Appellant was implicated solely on the basis that a seized Bolero vehicle stood in his name, though it had been sold long ago — Appellant cooperated with the investigation and had been granted interim protection — Rejection of anticipatory bail by the High Court set aside — Interi
India Law Library Docid # 2451788

(89) SIDDHNATH Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-09-2026
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 147, 148, 353, 341, 323, 294, 506, 332 and 427 — M.P. Sampatti Virupan Nivaran Adhiniyam, 1994 — Section 3 — Anticipatory bail — Reversal of High Court order — FIR was lodged nearly four years prior, but appellant was neither summoned nor notified to join investigation — Co-accused were granted regular bail — Appellant was a government servant working as a Patwari having no role in the incident — Interim prote
India Law Library Docid # 2451800

(90) DHASHRATH SINGH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-09-2026
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 8 and 15 — Regular bail — Parity — Car intercepted carrying 70.400 Kg of Poppy Straw — Appellant was driving the vehicle, whereas two co-accused persons allegedly in actual possession of contraband had already been granted bail by the High Court — State opposed bail on the ground that twelve out of nineteen prosecution witnesses had already been examined — Held, considering the facts on record, a case for bail is made out — Appellan
India Law Library Docid # 2451808

(91) M/S MAA BHAIRABI TRADERS Vs. THE DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER (ELECT) AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-09-2026
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 — Section 18(2) — Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 34 and 37 — Absence of conciliation proceedings — Appointment of Arbitrator — High Court set aside arbitral award passed by Facilitation Council on ground that conciliation under Section 18(2) was not conducted — Finding no convincing material to show conciliation was attempted, and to prevent prolonged delay by remanding, Supreme Court, with parties' consent, appointed a
India Law Library Docid # 2451736

(92) RELIANCE GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. PRIYANKA DAS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-09-2026
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim Petition for death of bachelor — Selection of Multiplier — Multiplier to be determined based on age of deceased and not age of dependents/parents — Deceased was 33 years old at the time of accident — Correct multiplier applicable according to standardized matrix in Sarla Verma and Pranay Sethi is 16 — Argument of insurer that multiplier should correspond to age of parents rejected — MACT and High Court rightly applied
India Law Library Docid # 2451073

(93) SHIRISH PANDHARINATH PATIL Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-09-2026
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Power to do complete justice — Invalidation of Scheduled Tribe caste certificate — Protection of retiral and pensionary benefits — Appellant served as Junior Engineer with Municipal Corporation for over three decades — Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee invalidated the appellant's "Tokre Koli" tribe claim and cancelled his caste certificate, which was affirmed by High Court — Pre-constitutional records of father
India Law Library Docid # 2451074

(94) SANJAY KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-09-2026
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 498-A and 306 r/w Section 107 — Dowry harassment and Abetment of suicide — Reversal of acquittal by High Court — Legality — High Court reversed the trial court's order of acquittal and convicted the husband under Sections 498-A and 306 IPC — Standard of proof and appreciation of evidence — Prosecution examined family members and other witnesses whose testimonies were general in nature and lacked specific details of torture, harassment,
India Law Library Docid # 2451075

(95) THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHERS EDUCATION Vs. ASSOCIATION OF NCTE APPROVED COLLEGES TRUST AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-09-2026
National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 — Sections 12(k), 19 & 27 — Mandatory submission of Performance Appraisal Report (PAR) by Teacher Education Institutes (TEIs) — Public Notice issued by Member Secretary of Executive Committee — Validity and Regulatory Scope — The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) and its Executive Committee possess ample statutory authority under Section 12(k) of the NCTE Act to evolve a suitable performance appraisal system and enforce accountability
India Law Library Docid # 2451173

(96) THE AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE FOR GRANITE GATE PROPERTIES PRIVATE LIMITED, MS. RAKESH VERMA Vs. M/S NEW OKHLA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-09-2026
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) — Lease terms and time extension charges as CIRP costs — Real estate developer in CIRP — Time extension charges levied by a industrial development authority (NOIDA) for delay in completion of real estate projects cannot be mulcted on homebuyers or the Successful Resolution Applicant (SRA) as CIRP costs — Time extension charges are penal in nature, designed to deter delay by the defaulting developer — Wher
India Law Library Docid # 2451174

(97) KONDAPAKA SRIDHAR @SHEKAR @MADHU @GOPI @CHINNA Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-09-2026
Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 106 — Burden of proving fact especially within knowledge — Application to leased premises where body is recovered — Failure of prosecution to establish lease, tenancy, or occupation — High Court erred in drawing an adverse inference against appellant under Section 106 on the premise that he failed to explain the presence of the deceased's body in the apartment leased by him — Prosecution failed to produce any lease deed, prove the ownership of the flat, or establish
India Law Library Docid # 2451175

(98) SANDEEP S. GHANDAT AND OTHERS Vs. RESERVE BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-09-2026
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 243ZL read with Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act) — Section 36AAA — Supersession of Board of Multi-State Co-operative Bank — Six-month constitutional limit — Applicability — Power of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to supersede the Board of Directors of a multi-State co-operative bank under Section 36AAA(1) of the BR Act is not circumscribed by the six-month limit prescribed under Article 243ZL(1) of the Constitution — The third proviso to Article 243ZL(
India Law Library Docid # 2451171

(99) M/S. AMALGAM STEELS AND POWER LTD. AND ANOTHER Vs. ENERGY WATCHDOG AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-09-2026
Public Interest Litigation (PIL) — Maintainability and Locus Standi — Third-party participation in contractual breach proceedings — Interlocutory stage — In a PIL alleging illegal supply of captive power and non-payment of cross-subsidy surcharge, the High Court did not commit any perversity in permitting a third-party complainant to participate in proceedings initiated by the state distribution licensee (JBVNL) — Although the third party was not privy to the Captive Power
India Law Library Docid # 2451172

(100) TAWREJ ANSARI @ TABREJ ANSARI Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-09-2026
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 304-B and 34 — Anticipatory bail — Dowry death — Requirement of custodial interrogation — Rejection of pre-arrest bail by High Court — Investigating officer did not issue any notice to the appellant to join investigation despite liberty reserved by the Supreme Court — Non-issuance of notice indicated that custodial interrogation was not required — Impugned order set aside and anticipatory bail granted subject
India Law Library Docid # 2451774

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