(41) BIHAR STATE ARDH SARKARI ARAJPATI KARAMCHARI MAHA SANGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-05-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Right to Livelihood and Dignity — Prolonged non-payment of salaries and retiral dues of employees of State-owned Corporations led to severe humanitarian consequences, including destitution and even suicides, impacting the right to livelihood and dignity guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution. India Law Library Docid # 2444427
(42) PUSHPA AND OTHERS Vs. DAYAWATI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 12 Rule 6 — Judgment on Admissions — Scope and Exercise of Discretion — Provision allows for speedy relief where there is no substantial dispute requiring trial, but cannot deprive a party of adjudication if controversy involves disputed questions of fact and requires evidence India Law Library Docid # 2444428
(43) PRAJWALA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-05-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 21 and 23 — Human Trafficking — Right to Rehabilitation — A combined reading of Article 21 (right to live with dignity) and Article 23 (prohibition of traffic in human beings and forced labour) of the Constitution establishes a fundamental right to rehabilitation for victims of trafficking for Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CSE) — Rescue alone, without rehabilitation, returns the victim to the very India Law Library Docid # 2444505
(44) ARJUN DASS Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-05-2026 Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987 (1987 Act) — Section 51(2) — Principles of Natural Justice — Failure to supply charge memo and supporting documents to the appellant — Enquiry conducted ex-parte — Order of removal vitiated — High Court erred in holding that opportunity at India Law Library Docid # 2444411
(45) DAUDAYAL Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-05-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 21, 32, 226 — Illegal detention — Compensation in public law — Parole — Rajasthan Prisoners Release on Parole Rules, 1958 — Rule 9 — Convict ordered to be released on permanent parole by Single Judge — Continued detention for 24 days after compliance with bail India Law Library Docid # 2444412
(46) CHATURBHUJ PRADHAN Vs. AMAR PRADHAN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-05-2026 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 112 — Presumption of legitimacy — DNA test can be directed to determine paternity only when there is sufficient prima facie material to dislodge the presumption under Section 112. India Law Library Docid # 2444413
(47) STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS Vs. RAGHVENDRA NATH SRIVASTAVA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-05-2026 Uttar Pradesh Urban Building (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 — Section 21(8), Proviso — Enhancement of rent — Application for enhancement of rent under the proviso to Section 21(8) is permissible and maintainable. India Law Library Docid # 2444414
(48) DHIRAJ DUTTA Vs. ANIRBAN SEN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-05-2026 Succession Act, 1925 — Section 263 — Revocation of probate — Limitation — No specific period of limitation prescribed for application for revocation of probate — Article 137 of Limitation Act, 1963 applies — Right to apply accrues when applicant has knowledge of the facts justifying revocation. India Law Library Docid # 2444415
(49) GOPI CHAND @ PAPPU Vs. STATE (NCT OF DELHI)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 306 — Pardon to accomplice — Court must make an enquiry as contemplated under Section 306 before committing the case to the Court of Session. India Law Library Docid # 2444416
(50) STATE OF U.P. Vs. ANJUMAN ISHAAT-E-TALEEM TRUST AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-05-2026 Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act) — Section 23 — Applicability to in-service teachers — Sub-section (1) governs eligibility for future appointments (prospective), while the first proviso to sub-section (2) specifically addresses teachers already in service, allowing them time to acquire India Law Library Docid # 2444417
(51) GOPALA AGRI FARMS PVT. LTD. Vs. THE STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-05-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 4 and 6 — Compensation for acquired land — Challenge to compensation awarded by High Court — Supreme Court upholds High Court's decision based on a previous judgment dealing with the same acquisition and village — Appellant denied further enhancement. India Law Library Docid # 2444418
(52) ASHOK AND OTHERS Vs. PADAM CHAND AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-05-2026 Arbitration Act, 1940 — Section 21 — Arbitration in suits — Mandatory requirement of court order of reference — For arbitration proceedings to be validly initiated or continued during pendency of a suit, parties must obtain an order of reference from the court under Section 21 — Failure to comply renders the award India Law Library Docid # 2444419
(53) MADHYA PRADESH ROAD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD. THROUGH ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR Vs. M/S JABALPUR CORRIDOR PVT. LTD. THROUGH ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-05-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 & 37 — Scope of Interference — Court's jurisdiction under Section 34 is narrowly circumscribed and confined to specific grounds enumerated — Court cannot act as an appellate forum to correct factual errors or review merits — Arbitral Tribunal is master of evidence and India Law Library Docid # 2444420
(54) GENERAL MANAGER, BANK OF BARODA AND OTHERS Vs. ASHOK KUMAR SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-05-2026 Service Law — Termination of probationer — Regulation 16(3)(a) of Vijaya Bank (Officers’) Regulations, 1982 — Termination simpliciter vs — punitive termination — Termination deemed punitive if based on allegations of misconduct without due process, even if framed as unsatisfactory performance — Bank’s attempt to terminate for misconduct shifted to termination for unsatisfactory performance to bypass India Law Library Docid # 2444421
(55) VIJAY KUMAR KELA AND ANOTHER Vs. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 420 and 471 — Cheating and using a forged document as genuine — Criminal prosecution after settlement of loan account through compromise approved by Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) — Held, continuation of criminal prosecution in such circumstances would be oppressive, India Law Library Docid # 2444422
(56) M/S ALUPRO BUILDING SYSTEMS PVT. LTD Vs. COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE BANGALORE-II[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-05-2026 Central Excise Act, 1944 — Section 35G — Appeal to High Court — Exclusion from jurisdiction — High Court cannot hear appeals that involve determining questions related to the rate of excise duty or the value of goods for assessment purposes. India Law Library Docid # 2444280
(57) SANJAY DAVE Vs. ANDHRA BANK LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-05-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Section 62 — Appeals against NCLAT judgment — Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) — Appellant as Promoter/Director submitted a Resolution Plan — Plan approved by Committee of Creditors (CoC) — Appellant's contentions regarding conditional Letter of Intent India Law Library Docid # 2444281
(58) DINESHCHAND SURANA Vs. UCO BANK[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-05-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 138 & 141 — Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Part III (Personal Insolvency) — Moratorium Provisions — Criminal Proceedings vs. Civil Liability — Dishonour of cheque is a criminal offence due to specific deeming fiction in Section 138, not merely a civil India Law Library Docid # 2444282
(59) MEHTAB Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 366, 374(2) — Death Sentence — Appeal against conviction and sentence — High Court partly allowed appeals by acquitting of one charge and confirming conviction and sentences for remaining offences, including death sentence — Supreme Court considered India Law Library Docid # 2444283
(60) SALIL DHAWAN Vs. PRIYANSHI GHAI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-05-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Supreme Court’s power to do complete justice — Marriage irretrievably broken down — Possibility of reconciliation non-existent — Multiple civil and criminal proceedings pending between parties — Compelling parties to remain married when ties have long been India Law Library Docid # 2444284