2026 INSC 87217 Aug 2026
M/S SANTOSH ASSOCIATE PRIVATE LIMITED v. HARYANA STATE INDUSTRIAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD
The Supreme Court, hearing a challenge to an arbitration clause that required only the contractor to furnish a ten per cent pre-deposit of the claim amount before invoking arbitration under…
ArbitrationConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 67710 Jul 2026
The Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research & Ors v. Anil Earnest
The Supreme Court held that Para 3(b) of the CSIR promotion circular dated 01.06.2011 requires the Assessment Committee to consider a scientist's APR/PMS and Work Report, not to average the…
Service / LabourConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 49305 Jun 2026
GAJULA THIRUPATHI v. RECRUITMENT BOARD AND OTHERS
The Supreme Court held that a candidate's past criminal case that was compounded could not, by itself, justify cancelling his police appointment, because the offence of cheating stood…
Service / LabourCriminal / BNS
2026 INSC 46308 May 2026
ANAND NARAYAN SHUKLA v. JAGAT DHARI
The Supreme Court holds that rescission of a contract under s.28 of the Specific Relief Act for delayed deposit of sale consideration is discretionary, not automatic, sets aside orders…
Civil Procedure / CPCProperty / Land
2025 INSC 143615 Dec 2025
NAYAN BHOWMICK v. APARNA CHAKRABORTY
The Supreme Court held that a twenty-four-year separation with no hope of reconciliation amounts to cruelty to both spouses, and that spouses' strongly held, irreconcilable views amount to…
Family / MatrimonialConstitutional Law
2025 INSC 137302 Dec 2025
TUHIN KUMAR BISWAS @ BUMBA v. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL
The Supreme Court discharged an accused facing charges under Sections 341, 354C and 506 IPC arising out of a property confrontation, holding that no offence of voyeurism, criminal…
Criminal / BNS
2025 INSC 115825 Sept 2025
SANJABIJ TARI v. KISHORE S. BORCAR & ANR
The Supreme Court restored concurrent s.138 NI Act convictions set aside ex parte in revision, held that a cash loan above ₹20,000 remains a legally enforceable debt despite s.269SS of the…
Criminal / BNSTaxation
2025 INSC 106301 Sept 2025
ANJUMAN ISHAAT-E-TALEEM TRUST v. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & OTHERS
A two-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court held that the Teacher Eligibility Test under the RTE Act is a mandatory minimum qualification for both initial appointment and promotion of teachers,…
Constitutional LawService / Labour