(81) SUMIT Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Factors for granting bail — Continued incarceration not warranted at this stage where trial has commenced but is unlikely to conclude soon, and a separate writ petition regarding case transfer is pending consideration. India Law Library Docid # 2438536
(82) SHASHI KUMAR CHOUDHARY AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-01-2026 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 132(1)(c) — Fraudulent availment of Input Tax Credit (ITC) — Bail — High Court reversed bail granted by Magistrate — High Court found due procedure under BNSS, 2023 complied with — Grounds of arrest and relevant documents served to arrestees, with acknowledgement — Intimation of arrest given to wife/mother, also acknowledged — Videography of India Law Library Docid # 2438547
(83) VIMLA DEVI Vs. STATE OF U.P.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-01-2026 Bail, Grant of — Supreme Court granted bail to the appellant, who was seeking it after the High Court rejected her prayer. The appellant was an accused in a case registered under Sections 498-A, 323 & 326 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. A charge-sheet had been filed, and the court was of the considered opinion that further custodial interrogation was India Law Library Docid # 2438611
(84) ASIM KHA AFSAR KHA PATHAN AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-01-2026 Bail — Factors to consider — Incarceration period — Two co-accused already granted bail — Appellant 1 already undergone more than six years incarceration — Appellant 1 to be released on bail. India Law Library Docid # 2438612
(85) SAHIL KHAN Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Grant of Bail — Supreme Court sets aside the High Court's order refusing bail, finding further detention of the appellant unnecessary pending trial. India Law Library Docid # 2438666
(86) JAMNA PRASAD ASATI Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail — Appeal against dismissal of bail application by High Court — Appellant arrested under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 & 34 of Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Trial in progress, evidence of only one witness recorded out of sixteen — Trial likely to take time — Supreme Court India Law Library Docid # 2438668
(87) SWARAN SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Grant of — Septuagenarian appellant suffering from Parkinson’s disease, old age related ailment and forgetfulness — Appellant already joined investigation and complied with court orders — Custodial interrogation not necessary in light of health India Law Library Docid # 2438669
(88) MOHAMMAD SALIM Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Grant of — Factors considered — Trial in progress, substantial evidence recorded, no necessity for further detention. India Law Library Docid # 2438687
(89) VIJAY KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 397 & 401 — Revisional Jurisdiction — Delay in disposal of criminal revision petitions — Serious offences like dowry death — Revision petition pending for 23 years with interim orders — High Courts should ensure trials are not held up for long periods by interim orders, especially in serious crimes — Justice must be done swiftly for both accused and India Law Library Docid # 2438703
(90) MR. SASTRI VENKAT RAMANI AND ANOTHER Vs. JAI CORP LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-01-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 7 — Admission of petition — Interim order — Appeal against interim order denying stay of NCLT order admitting insolvency petition — Appellants argued existence of arguable issues including no existing debt due to novation and no default — Supreme Court directed to grant stay India Law Library Docid # 2438707
(91) ANUBHUTI GOEL AND ANOTHER Vs. THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-01-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 32 — Writ Petition seeking quashing of rejection letter and permission to appear for viva-voce examination — Petitioners were serving as Civil Judges in Uttarakhand; applied for Delhi Judicial Services Examination; cleared preliminary and main exams; faced rejection from Uttarakhand High Court for permission to attend viva-voce of Delhi exam — India Law Library Docid # 2438895
(92) PANCHAVATIGE MUTT Vs. GRAMA PANCHAYATHI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Declaratory suit and permanent injunction — Suit for declaration of ownership and possession — Plaintiff failed to prove ownership and possession of suit schedule property — Trial Court and High Court dismissed the suit — Supreme Court found no reason to India Law Library Docid # 2438875
(93) KANCHANA RAI Vs. GEETA SHARMA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-01-2026 Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 — Sections 21(vii) and 22 — Maintenance of Dependents — Widow of Son — Legal entitlement to claim maintenance from the estate of the deceased father-in-law — Interpretation of "any widow of his son" under Section 21(vii) — The phrase "any widow of his son" is clear and unambiguous, applying to a son's widow irrespective of whether the son India Law Library Docid # 2438083
(94) SUJATA BORA Vs. COAL INDIA LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-01-2026 Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPwD Act) — Sections 2(y), 2(ze) — Appointment under reserved quota — Management Trainee recruitment by Coal India Limited (CIL) — Denial of appointment based on initial finding of unfitness and recruitment process expiry — Appellant suffering from disability above the benchmark (57%) based on subsequent AIIMS medical report — Expiry of India Law Library Docid # 2438082
(95) CENTRE FOR PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION Vs. UNION OF INDIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-01-2026 Justice K.V. Viswanathan upheld the constitutional validity of Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act but held that it must operate with mandatory independent screening by the Lokpal or Lokayukta, whose recommendation would be binding on the Government, in order to cure the defects identified in Vineet Narain and Subramanian Swamy and to balance protection of honest public servants with the rule of law, whereas Justice B.V. Nagarathna, in dissent, held that Section 17A is India Law Library Docid # 2438085
(96) DINESH BIWAJI ASHTIKAR Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-01-2026 Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act) — Section 12 — Constitutional Mandate — Free and Compulsory Education — Admission of children from weaker and disadvantaged sections — Obligation of "neighbourhood school" to admit twenty-five percent of class strength from weaker and disadvantaged sections (Section 12(1)(c)) is transformative, securing the preambular objective of 'equality of status' and the constitutional right under Article India Law Library Docid # 2438086
(97) THE STATE OF HARYANA Vs. KRISHAN KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-01-2026 Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 — Drug Rules, 1945 — Rule 49 — Essential Qualifications — Appointment of Drug Inspector/Drug Control Officer — State Government cannot prescribe qualifications different from those prescribed by Central Government under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and Rules. India Law Library Docid # 2438228
(98) ALAGU Vs. THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-01-2026 Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Slum Grabbers Act, 1982 — Section 3(1) — Preventive detention — Person already in jail — Requirements for valid detention order — (i) Detaining authority must know detenue is in jail; (ii) Must have cogent material to believe there's a real possibility of release on bail soon; (iii) Must be India Law Library Docid # 2438275
(99) ANIL KUMAR @ KASHI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory bail — Grant of anticipatory bail — Factors to consider — Filing of charge sheet — Pendency before Trial Court — Non-cooperation of appellants — Issuance of bailable warrants — Direction for appearance before Trial Court — Grant of anticipatory bail on terms and conditions to satisfaction of Trial Court — Liberty to Trial Court to India Law Library Docid # 2438350
(100) STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS Vs. M/S. ALANKAR ELITE INNS AND HOTELS (P) LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-01-2026 Kerala Abkari Act, 1954 — Section 67(2) and (3) & Rule 19(iv) of Foreign Liquor Rules, 1953 — Regularization of hotel liquor license after reconstitution of Board of Directors without prior permission — Fee leviable based on the law in force at the time the permission or regularization is *granted*, not when the violation occurred — No right accrues to the State to demand fee until the act is permitted or allowed. India Law Library Docid # 2438361