(801) NIKHIL KUMAR @ PARAS Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-03-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 482 — Anticipatory Bail — High Court rejected anticipatory bail application — Supreme Court allowed appeal, set aside High Court's order, and directed release of appellant on bail upon arrest with specified security — Appellant directed to cooperate fully with investigation, not misuse liberty, influence witnesses, or tamper with evidence. [Paras 1–4] India Law Library Docid # 2441756
(802) PRAKASH MEENA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 164 — Statement of prosecutrix — Suspended sentence — High Court dismissed application for suspension of sentence, appellant convicted under POCSO Act for life imprisonment — Supreme Court considered prosecutrix's statement under Section 164 CrPC implicating another person named 'Shankar' not arrayed as accused — Supreme Court found arguable issues in appeal and held appellant entitled to suspension of sentence — Impugned order set aside, sentence s India Law Library Docid # 2441770
(803) NAZIBUL RAHIM KHAN AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — S. 482 — Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 420, 467, 468, 471, 506 — Quashing of FIR — Delay of 23 years in lodging FIR — Civil suit on identical cause of action filed long before FIR — Effect — Where the allegations forming the basis of an FIR are identical to those raised by the complainant in a civil suit instituted about 23 years earlier, and the complainant offers India Law Library Docid # 2446783
(804) RAMAPPA @ RAMEGOWDA Vs. ANJINAPPA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of plaint — Res judicata — Principle that rejection of plaint under Order 7 Rule 11 is to be based solely on plaint averments — The High Court erred by considering materials beyond the plaint to reject it, particularly when the difference in property descriptions between suits required factual determination — Res judicata is generally a matter for trial, not for threshold rejection, unless clearly apparent from the plaint itself — Th India Law Library Docid # 2441505
(805) GREENFIELDS PLOTHOLDERS CUM RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION Vs. URBAN IMPROVEMENT COMPANY PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Company Law — Appointment and Resignation of Chairman — Chairman appointed by judicial order sought personal relief to resign due to old age, and the Court directed him to file a formal application with supporting documents for listing on a future date. India Law Library Docid # 2441514
(806) ARUN KAKKAR (D) THROUGH LRS Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Interim Orders — Supreme Court affirmed an interim order previously granted by the High Court and continued by the Supreme Court, making it the final order in the Special Leave Petition — The Supreme Court directed parties in the pending Regular Second Appeal (RSA) to cooperate for expeditious disposal, warned against seeking adjournments, and clarified that the High Court's or Supreme Court's orders were not final pronouncements on the merits of the case — The India Law Library Docid # 2441697
(807) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Vs. HUKUM CHAND ALIAS MONU[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376 — Offences Against Women — Sexual Assault — Trial Court convicted accused for sexual assault based on victim's testimony corroborated by parents, medical witnesses, and others — High Court acquitted accused, citing improbabilities like distance traveled by victim and family animosity, and contradictions in witness testimonies — Supreme Court, while acknowledging the scope of interference in acquittals, analyzed India Law Library Docid # 2441206
(808) M/S BHARAT UDYOG LTD. (FORMERLY KNOWN AS M/S JAI HIND CONTRACTORS PVT. LTD.) Vs. AMBERNATH MUNICIPAL COUNCIL THROUGH COMMISSIONER AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Arbitration Act, 1940 — Section 2(a), Sections 30 & 33 — Arbitration agreement — Validity — Held, a clause in a contract that refers disputes to the Collector for a final decision and allows for appeals within the government hierarchy does not constitute an arbitration agreement — For a valid arbitration agreement, there must be mutual consent between parties India Law Library Docid # 2441207
(809) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. BALAKRISHNAN MULLIKOTE (EX HAV 256812 M)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Army Pension Regulations, 1961 — Condonation of shortfall in qualifying service for second pension for Defence Security Corps (DSC) personnel — The Union of India's contention that condonation for shortfall in qualifying service for a second pension is not applicable to DSC personnel is rejected— The court finds that the Pension Regulations for the Army, specifically Paragraphs 125 ( India Law Library Docid # 2441208
(810) M/S. RASHTRIYA CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS LIMITED Vs. COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE AND SERVICE TAX (LTU)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Central Excise Act, 1944 — Section 11A(1) proviso — Extended period of limitation — Invocation of extended period of limitation for recovery of excise duty on Naphtha — Requires proof of fraud, collusion, wilful misstatement, or suppression of facts with intent to evade duty — Revenue failed to establish any deliberate act of suppression India Law Library Docid # 2441209
(811) CHINTHADA ANAND Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s), 3(2)(va) — Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 341, 323, 506 read with Section 34 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Appellant converted to Christianity and worked as a Pastor for ten years — High Court quashed proceedings, holding appellant disentitled to protection under SC/ST Act due to conversion — Supreme India Law Library Docid # 2441210
(812) YOGENDRA KUMAR SINGH Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Service Law — Indian Navy — Short Service Commission Officers (SSCOs) — Grant of Permanent Commission (PC) — Assessment of suitability for PC — Whether casual grading of ACRs and “Not Recommended for PC” endorsements prejudiced officers' chances of PC — Held yes, as officers were considered ineligible for PC at the time of their ACRs, leading to a distorted assessment of their inter se merit for PC — This circularity transformed past ineligibility into deemed unsuitability for career progression India Law Library Docid # 2441211
(813) LT. COL. POOJA PAL AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Army Act, 1950 — Section 12 — Eligibility for Permanent Commission for Short Service Commission Women Officers (SSCWOs) — The judgment addresses the eligibility of SSCWOs for Permanent Commission (PC), tracing the historical evolution of policies and judicial pronouncements that gradually allowed women into this scheme, India Law Library Docid # 2441212
(814) WG. CDR. SUCHETA EDN Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Air Force Act, 1950 — Short Service Commission Women Officers (SSCWOs) — Permanent Commission (PC) — Denial of PC — Assessment of performance and eligibility — HRP 01/2019 — Minimum Performance Criteria — ACR gradings — Mandatory In-Service Courses (MISCs) — Categorisation — Arbitrariness — Hurried implementation — Inadequate opportunity to meet criteria — Pregnancy — Deemed qualifying service India Law Library Docid # 2441213
(815) SQN. LDR. NITU THAPLIYAL AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Short Service Commission Women Officers (SSCWOs) — Eligibility for Permanent Commission (PC) and pensionary benefits — Applicability of Air Force Human Resource Policy — Refusal of benefits due to not meeting minimum average Annual Confidential Report (ACR) grading of 6.5 — Court's refusal to grant benefits where minimum India Law Library Docid # 2441214
(816) NEERAJ KUMAR AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Indian Air Force — Short Service Commission Officers (SSCOs) — Reinstatement and consideration for Permanent Commission (PC) — Dismissal of appeal challenging AFT order — Delay in approaching legal forum. India Law Library Docid # 2441215
(817) COMMON CAUSE Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Supreme Court Rules, 2013 — Appointment of Amicus Curiae — Upon the demise of the appointed amicus curiae, the Court appointed a new senior counsel as amicus curiae and directed all parties to furnish relevant papers within two weeks. India Law Library Docid # 2441391
(818) MV GOLDEN PRIDE Vs. GAC SHIPPING (INDIA) PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Admiralty Law — Vessel Arrested and Sold — Special Leave Petitions challenging an interim order related to a vessel's sale and auction procedure were dismissed as infructuous because the main Admiralty Suit had already been disposed of — The Court noted that the petitioner's counsel had previously stated they were not pressing the issue of the vessel being sold as scrap. [Paras 1, 2, 5] India Law Library Docid # 2441592
(819) SHAGAF SHANAWAZ KAREL AND ANOTHER Vs. SAFWAN JAFAR HUSSAIN SAYYAD AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Municipal Law — Regularisation of unauthorized construction — Application for regularization of unauthorized construction filed, but not decided — High Court directed Municipal Corporation to take action for demolition — Supreme Court directed Appellate Authority to decide pending statutory appeal against rejection of regularization application within six months, continuing interim status quo order till disposal of appeal, and stating that the Appellate Authority would decide the appeal uninflue India Law Library Docid # 2441712
(820) TINKU Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Offence compoundable with consent of parties at any stage, even after conviction — Parties entered into a settlement agreement during pendency of appeal, resolving the monetary dispute underlying the cheque dishonour case — Settlement was verified by the High Court — Supreme Court set aside the conviction order and allowed the appeal in terms of the settlement, citing precedent that Section 147 of the N.I — Act makes the offence compoundable. [Par India Law Library Docid # 2441752