2026 INSC 105724 Sept 2026
KINETIC GREEN ENERGY AND POWER SOLUTIONS LIMITED v. SAERA ELECTRIC AUTO LIMITED
The Supreme Court, at the joint request of the parties, appointed a sole Arbitrator, left interim relief to be sought from the Arbitral Tribunal under Section 17 of the Arbitration and…
Arbitration
2026 INSC 104824 Sept 2026
NAVAL KISHORE & ANR v. STATE OF PUNJAB
The Supreme Court held that a special category sentence of life imprisonment without remission can be imposed only by the High Courts and the Supreme Court, not by a Sessions Court, and…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 104724 Sept 2026
UNION OF INDIA & ORS v. RAMDHANI PRASAD
The Supreme Court held that Article 311(1) protects an employee from removal only by an authority subordinate in rank to the one which actually appointed him, and that Section 6 of the…
Service / LabourConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 98110 Sept 2026
INDIAN KAYAKING AND CANOEING ASSOCIATION v. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K AND ORS
The Supreme Court held that Article 14 governs the exercise of administrative discretion as much as a statutory decision, so a government employee's request for release for a national…
Service / LabourConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 94903 Sept 2026
SHIRISH PANDHARINATH PATIL v. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ORS
The Supreme Court declined to interfere with the invalidation of the appellant's ‘Tokre Koli’ Scheduled Tribe certificate, but exercised its power under Article 142 to protect the service…
Service / LabourConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 69313 Jul 2026
Asia Sugar & Chemical Co., Davangere v. State of Karnataka & Ors
The Supreme Court held that imported sugar was exempt under the Karnataka Sales Tax Act before the 2001 amendment, that the retrospective amendment confining the exemption to sugar…
TaxationConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 205 Jan 2026Landmark
Gulfisha Fatima v. State (Govt. of NCT of Delhi)
The Supreme Court held that prolonged pre-trial incarceration does not by itself displace the bail embargo in Section 43D(5) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, which…
Criminal / BNSConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 105 Jan 2026Landmark
Adani Power Ltd. & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.
The Supreme Court held that customs duty could not be levied on electrical energy cleared from a Special Economic Zone into the Domestic Tariff Area, because Section 25 of the Customs Act,…
TaxationConstitutional Law
2025 INSC 144616 Dec 2025
NORTH EASTERN DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION LTD. (NEDFI) v. M/S L. DOULO BUILDERS AND SUPPLIERS CO. PVT. LTD
The Supreme Court held that the North Eastern Development Finance Corporation could not invoke the SARFAESI Act against a Nagaland borrower whose loan of 2001 predated the Act's…
Commercial / IBCConstitutional Law
2025 INSC 133720 Nov 2025
RIKHAB CHAND JAIN v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS
The Supreme Court held that an alternative statutory remedy does not oust Article 226 jurisdiction but bears on the discretion to entertain a writ; where the statutory forum is the High…
TaxationConstitutional Law