2026 INSC 110308 Oct 2026
Modern Asset v. KNK Construction Private Limited
The Supreme Court held that the 'clean slate' principle applies as against a Successful Resolution Applicant, but, following Ujaas Energy, permitted an Operational Creditor that suffered a…
Commercial / IBCArbitration
2026 INSC 107629 Sept 2026
Saurabh Bajaj v. State of Chhattisgarh & Ors
The Supreme Court set aside convictions for transporting cattle under the Chhattisgarh Agricultural Cattle Preservation Act, 2004, holding that a mere presumption of intention to slaughter…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 106629 Sept 2026
Bombay Garage Ahmedabad Limited & Ors v. J P Iscon Private Ltd. & Anr
The Supreme Court allowed the appeal and dismissed a suit for specific performance of an oral agreement to sell, holding that the fresh suit was barred by Order II Rule 2 of the Code of…
Property / LandCivil Procedure / CPC
2026 INSC 106328 Sept 2026
IN RE: RECENT RAPE INCIDENTS IN DELHI NCR
In suo moto proceedings on recent sexual offences against minor girls and women in Delhi-NCR, the Supreme Court held that public spaces cannot be allowed to become zones of high risk,…
Criminal / BNSConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 106228 Sept 2026
M/S ASJ FINSOLUTIONS PVT. LTD v. VIKRAM BAJAJ
In an IBC liquidation e-auction, the Supreme Court upheld forfeiture of the entire amount deposited by the successful bidder, including the Earnest Money Deposit, for failing to pay the…
Commercial / IBC
2026 INSC 104924 Sept 2026
'R' v. 'E' & Anr
The Supreme Court laid down safeguards requiring an expert psychiatric or psychological evaluation of the child before a parent is arrested, or a Special Court takes cognizance, on a POCSO…
Criminal / BNSFamily / Matrimonial
2026 INSC 105322 Sept 2026
Sanu Varghese v. Shoukkathali
The Supreme Court held that a remand for fresh trial in a Section 138 NI Act case, grounded on the Mandvi Cooperative Bank dictum on affidavit evidence, cannot be ordered where the accused…
Criminal / BNS
SLP (C) No.18801 of 202521 Sept 2026
New Okhla Industrial Development Authority & Anr v. Rajveer Singh & Ors
The Supreme Court held that an application under Section 28A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 can be invoked only from an award of the Reference Court, and set aside an order entertaining…
Property / Land
2026 INSC 100918 Sept 2026
M/S BALAJI FORMALIN PVT. LTD. & ANR v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR
The Supreme Court held that Rules 18A and 18B of the Maharashtra Poisons Rules, 1972, which restricted the purchase of methanol and mandated addition of a bitterant and colourant before…
Constitutional Law
2026 INSC 98810 Sept 2026
3S AND OUR HEALTH SOCIETY v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR
In a continuing PIL on Front-of-Package Labelling of packaged foods, the Supreme Court declined to finally decide FSSAI's phased labelling proposal, posed thirteen clarificatory questions…
Constitutional Law
2026 INSC 99009 Sept 2026
M/s Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation v. Central Board of Trustees and Anr
In appeals over a Successful Resolution Applicant's liability for provident fund dues and damages under the Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, a two-Judge…
Commercial / IBCService / Labour
2026 INSC 97308 Sept 2026
Manav Bhanot v. National Highway Authority of India
The Supreme Court held that excluding National Highways Act landowners from solatium and interest available under general land acquisition law violates Article 14, and clarified that…
Property / LandConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 97008 Sept 2026
Khanindra Kr. Dutta v. Central Bureau of Investigation
The Supreme Court set aside a conviction under Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 for want of proof of pecuniary advantage, and held that the benefit of an…
Criminal / BNS