(41) RAKESH JAIN Vs. STATE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Conditions for granting bail — High Court rejected extension of interim bail on failure to deposit balance amount as undertaken — Supreme Court directed High Court to decide bail application on merits. India Law Library Docid # 2438884
(42) NEHA LAL Vs. ABHISHEK KUMAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-01-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Dissolution of marriage — Irretrievable breakdown — Supreme Court can dissolve marriage in exercise of extraordinary powers under Article 142 when marriage has irretrievably broken down, even if one party opposes it, to do complete justice. Factors to consider include period of cohabitation, separation, nature of allegations, attempts at reconciliation, and economic/social status. India Law Library Docid # 2438390
(43) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. HEAVY VEHICLES FACTORY EMPLOYEES’ UNION AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-01-2026 Factories Act, 1948 — Section 59(2) — Overtime wages calculation — "Ordinary rate of wages" — Includes basic wages plus all allowances worker is entitled to, excluding only bonus and overtime wages — Compensatory allowances like House Rent Allowance (HRA), Transport Allowance (TA), Clothing and Washing Allowance (CWA), and Small Family Allowance (SFA) are includible. India Law Library Docid # 2438391
(44) RAJ SINGH GEHLOT AND OTHERS Vs. AMITABHA SEN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-01-2026 Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975 — Section 3(3A) — Amendment Act, 2020 — Retrospective validation of actions — Power to grant license includes power to modify, suspend, revoke, or delicense — Delicensing of land for commercial purposes after it was initially licensed for residential use is permissible. India Law Library Docid # 2438392
(45) PRAKASH ATLANTA (JV) Vs. NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-01-2026 Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 — Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Cess Act, 1996 — Applicability — Cess could not be levied or collected before the constitution of Welfare Boards, as their constitution is a condition precedent for the implementation of these Acts. India Law Library Docid # 2438393
(46) BERI MANOJ Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 161 and 164 — Statement of prosecutrix — Contradiction in statement recorded under Section 161 CrPC and Section 164 CrPC — Improvement of version after a considerable delay — Vague allegations without clear intention to cause alarm — Insufficient evidence for prosecution under Section 506 IPC. India Law Library Docid # 2438877
(47) GUJARAT PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Vs. GNANESHWARY DUSHYANTKUMAR SHAH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-01-2026 Government Service — Recruitment — Challenge to Selection Process — A candidate who participates in a selection process without protest cannot challenge the rules or method of selection after being declared unsuccessful. India Law Library Docid # 2438276
(48) ASIF ALI AND OTHERS Vs. RAJESAB AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-01-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 20 — Discretion to decree specific performance — The court's discretion to grant specific performance is not arbitrary but must be sound and reasonable, guided by judicial principles. Even if lawful, specific performance may not be granted if it is not judicious. India Law Library Docid # 2438883
(49) NAVEEN KUMAR SAH Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 173(2) — Charge-sheet — Quashing FIR — High Court quashed FIR without considering charge-sheet filed before passing order — Held, charge-sheet and supporting materials ought to have been brought to the notice of High Court — Impugned order unsustainable due to non-consideration of charge-sheet — Matter requires reconsideration by High Court. India Law Library Docid # 2438886
(50) PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS INC. (THR. AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE) Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 41A — Procedure for arrest — High Court should not direct compliance with Section 41A in a petition seeking quashing of FIR unless a prima facie case for quashing is made out, as this indirectly grants relief. India Law Library Docid # 2438889
(51) NAWAL KISHORE MEENA @ N.K MEENA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-01-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Jurisdiction of State Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to investigate Central Government employees — The ACB of a State has the jurisdiction to register and investigate criminal cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act against employees of the Central Government, even if the CBI is the designated agency for such matters. India Law Library Docid # 2438893
(52) ANIL DAIMA ETC. Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-01-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 17-A — Inquiry or investigation into offences related to recommendations or decisions by public servants — Applicability — State Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has jurisdiction to register cases against Central Government employees within its territorial limits, even without prior consent of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) — Prior approval India Law Library Docid # 2438894
(53) CONSTABLE UMA SHANKARAN Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-01-2026 Service Law — Dismissal from service — Setting aside of dismissal — Reinstatement with consequential benefits — Denial of back wages/arrears of salary — High Court found charge baseless and removal from service unjustified — Supreme Court held that denial of back wages was not justified when removal was illegal and employee was not gainfully employed elsewhere in the India Law Library Docid # 2438872
(54) AIRPORT AUTHORITY OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. SHAM KRISHNA B AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-01-2026 Reservation in Public Employment — Migration of Reserved Category Candidates — Reserved category candidates who score higher marks than the cut-off for General Category candidates must be treated as qualified against an open/unreserved post, provided they did not avail of any concession or relaxation. Their appointment on merit in the general category does not count against the reserved category quota. India Law Library Docid # 2438266
(55) MD. FIROZ MANSURI AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-01-2026 Bihar Pharmacists Cadre Rules, 2014 (as amended in 2024) — Rule 6(1) and Note in Appendix-I — Constitutional validity — Fixation of minimum qualification for recruitment of Pharmacist — Held valid — "Note" providing Bachelor’s/Master’s degree holders are eligible subject to possession of Diploma is not arbitrary or exclusionary — Supreme Court upheld the validity of the amended Cadre Rules, India Law Library Docid # 2438267
(56) TULASAREDDI @ MUDAKAPPA AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 120-B, 201, 506 read with Section 34 — Conviction by High Court after acquittal by Trial Court — Supreme Court's role — Appellate court can review and reconsider evidence, but must respect the presumption of innocence accorded to an accused who has been acquitted. A plausible view taken by the trial court should not be overturned merely because another view is possible. India Law Library Docid # 2438268
(57) HT MEDIA LIMITED Vs. PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER DELHI SOUTH GOODS AND SERVICE TAX[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-01-2026 Finance Act, 1994 — Section 65(105)(zu) — Event Management Service — Service Tax cannot be imposed if the activity does not fall strictly within the definition of "event management" as provided in the statute. Strict interpretation of taxing statutes is crucial. India Law Library Docid # 2438269
(58) X Vs. O/O SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF PEOPLE & ORS. . RESPONDENTS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-01-2026 Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968 — Section 3(2), First Proviso — Constitution of Joint Committee — Proviso applies only when notices of motion given on the same day in both Houses are admitted by both Houses — Does not mandate a Joint Committee if the motion is admitted in one House and rejected in the other — Presiding Officer of the House where motion is admitted can independently proceed to constitute a India Law Library Docid # 2438270
(59) BPL LIMITED Vs. MORGAN SECURITIES AND CREDITS PRIVATE LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 47, Rule 1, Section 152 — Review — Rectification of clerical errors — Court has the power to correct inadvertent clerical or typographical errors in its judgments to ensure accuracy and reflect the true intent of the court — Such corrections do not alter the substance of the original judgment but merely correct mistakes in its transcription. India Law Library Docid # 2438352
(60) NARINDERDEEP TANDAN @ NARINDERDEEP TANDON @ NENA Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Conditions of Bail — Court directed release on bail in anticipation of arrest, subject to terms and conditions imposed by trial court — Further directed appellant not to dissuade witnesses, and to attend police station if called for further investigation — Clarified that grant of bail India Law Library Docid # 2438517