(1) C. VELUSAMY Vs. K INDHERA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-02-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 29A(5) — Extension of arbitrator's mandate — Court can entertain application to extend arbitrator's mandate even after an award is rendered, provided the award was made after the statutory time limit expired — Such an award is unenforceable, but it does not prevent the Court from exercising its power to extend the mandate. India Law Library Docid # 2438937
(2) SATINDER SINGH BHASIN Vs. COL. GAUTAM MULLICK AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-02-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 7 — Initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process — Real Estate Project — Financial Creditors/Allottees — Threshold Requirement — Section 7(1) second proviso — Minimum number of allottees — Ascertained on the date of filing of the application. India Law Library Docid # 2438932
(3) SANDEEP SINGH BORA Vs. NARENDRA SINGH DEOPA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-02-2026 Uttarakhand Panchayati Raj Act, 2016 — Section 131H — Election Disputes — Proper remedy for grievances arising from election matters, including improper rejection of nominations, is an election petition as prescribed by this Act — High Court should not entertain writ petitions in such cases as there is an efficacious alternative remedy. India Law Library Docid # 2438933
(4) RAJIA BEGUM Vs. BARNALI MUKHERJEE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-02-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 8 and 11 — Referral to arbitration — Appointment of arbitrator — Dispute regarding existence of arbitration agreement — Serious allegations of forgery and fabrication of Admission Deed — High Court's conflicting orders — Whether disputes can be referred to arbitration when arbitration agreement's existence is seriously disputed — Supreme Court held India Law Library Docid # 2438934
(5) DONIYAR VILDANOV Vs. THE STATE OF U.P.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-01-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS) — Sections 8, 20, 23 — Recovery of contraband — Search and seizure — Procedural safeguards — Failure to comply with mandatory provisions of the Act concerning search and seizure, including informing the accused of their rights to be searched before a Gazetted Officer or Magistrate, vitiates the entire process and raises reasonable doubt. India Law Library Docid # 2438791
(6) M/S SAISUDHIR ENERGY LTD. Vs. M/S NTPC VIDYUT VYAPAR NIGAM LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-01-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 37 — Appeal against order under Section 34 — Scope of interference by appellate court — Appellate court under Section 37 should only determine if the court under Section 34 exercised its jurisdiction properly and without exceeding its scope — Re-working and re India Law Library Docid # 2438825
(7) M/S. RHYTHM COUNTY Vs. SATISH SANJAY HEGDE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-01-2026 National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 — Sections 15, 20 — Environmental compensation — Quantification — Project cost — NGT has discretion to mould relief based on polluter pays principle, scale of offending activity, and capacity of violator — Project turnover or cost can be relevant yardstick for determining compensation — India Law Library Docid # 2438826
(8) CAPTAIN PRAMOD KUMAR BAJAJ Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-01-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 32 — Extraordinary Jurisdiction — Writ Petition — Petitioner claiming protracted persecution and targeted departmental vendetta — Sought remedy invoking extraordinary jurisdiction. India Law Library Docid # 2438827
(9) DR. S. MOHAN Vs. THE SECRETARY TO THE CHANCELLOR, PUDUCHERRY TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, PUDUCHERRY AND OTHERS ETC[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-01-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 254(2) and Seventh Schedule, List I, Entry 66 vs. List III, Entry 25 — Presidential Assent — Repugnancy — Doctrine of repugnancy and Arvind A. Patni v. State of Maharashtra, 2024 SCC OnLine SC 256 — The requirement of Presidential assent under Article 254(2) of the Constitution for India Law Library Docid # 2438828
(10) BHOLA NATH Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-01-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14 — Equality before law — Arbitrariness — State as a model employer is obligated to act with fairness and cannot exploit employees or take advantage of their unequal bargaining power — Prolonged contractual engagement on sanctioned posts, followed by abrupt discontinuation India Law Library Docid # 2438829
(11) USMAN ALI Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 439 — Bail — Cancellation of bail — Supreme Court's power to interfere with High Court's bail order — Supreme Court ordinarily does not interfere with High Court orders granting bail, but will intervene if discretion was exercised without due application of mind or contrary to law — India Law Library Docid # 2438830
(12) YASH CHARITABLE TRUST AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-01-2026 Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 — Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019 — Stem Cells — Definition of "drug" — Stem cells are considered "substances" under Section 3(b)(i) of the Drugs Act, 1940 and fall within the definition of "drugs." Stem cell-derived products are always considered "new drugs." Autologous stem cells used in India Law Library Docid # 2438831
(13) DR. JAYA THAKUR Vs. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-01-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Right to health — Includes right to menstrual health, sexual and reproductive health, and bodily autonomy for adolescent girls. India Law Library Docid # 2438921
(14) MRITUNJAY TIWARI Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-01-2026 University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026 — Clause 3(c) defining “Caste-based Discrimination” — Incorporation argued as restrictive and exclusionary — Claim that it renders individuals from non-reserved/general classes remediless against caste-based India Law Library Docid # 2438790
(15) M/S AARSUDAY PROJECTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE (P) LTD Vs. JOGEN CHOWDHURY AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 114A, Rules 17, 27, 28 of West Bengal Panchayat (Gram Panchayat Administration) Rules, 2004 — Competency of Gram Panchayat to grant building permission — Not competent if area governed by Act of 1979 and development plan exists — Panchayat Samiti is the competent authority. India Law Library Docid # 2438792
(16) MONTY GOYAL Vs. NAVRANG SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-01-2026 Advocates Act, 1961 — Section 38 — Appeal against Bar Council of India judgment — Professional misconduct — Failure to act with reasonable diligence and absence from Court hearing leading to dismissal of quashing petition — High Court ordered quashing of FIR subject to deposit of costs — Costs not deposited in time, FIR quashing order recalled and petition dismissed — Application to recall dismissal India Law Library Docid # 2438793
(17) JAGDEEP CHOWGULE Vs. SHEELA CHOWGULE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-01-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 29A(4) — Application for extension of time to make arbitral award — Where an arbitral tribunal is constituted by the High Court under Section 11(6), any application for extension of time under Section 29A(4) would lie with the High Court. Where an arbitral tribunal is India Law Library Docid # 2438794
(18) K.M. SHAJI Vs. M. V. NIKESH KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-01-2026 Representation of the People Act, 1951 — Sections 8A, 98, 99, 100(1)(b), 100(1)(d)(ii), 123(2)(a)(ii), 123(3), 123(4) — Election Petition — Corrupt Practices — Declaration of election void — Disqualification — Power to disqualify rests with the President of India, not the High Court. India Law Library Docid # 2438930
(19) RAM SINGH Vs. RAJENDRA PRATAP SINGH @ MOTI SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-01-2026 Representation of the People Act, 1951 — Section 100(1)(d)(iv) — Election petition — Grounds for declaring election void — Improper rejection/refusal of postal ballot papers — High Court found non-compliance with provisions of the 1951 Act, Rules of 1961, and the Handbook for Returning Officer, leading to declaration of India Law Library Docid # 2438931
(20) HABIB ALLADIN AND OTHERS Vs. MOHAMMED AHMED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-01-2026 Wakf Act, 1995 — Jurisdiction of Tribunal — Sections 6, 7, 83, 85 — Declaration of a property as waqf or not — Tribunal's jurisdiction is confined to properties specified in the "list of Auqaf" (published under Section 5(2) or registered under Section 37) — Civil suits for injunction simpliciter regarding properties not in the list are not maintainable before the Tribunal. India Law Library Docid # 2438755