2026 INSC 106028 Sept 2026
SHIKHA v. STATE OF ODISHA & OTHERS
The Supreme Court exercised its power under Article 142(1) of the Constitution to grant a decree of divorce by mutual consent on the ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage, and…
Family / MatrimonialCriminal / BNSConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 77331 Jul 2026
TEHRI HYDRO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD v. S.P. SINGH & ORS
The Supreme Court held that the additional amount, solatium and statutory interest under Sections 23(1-A), 23(2) and 28 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 are integral, inseparable…
Property / LandCivil Procedure / CPC
2026 INSC 62327 May 2026
Gopalakrishna Surapaneni v. Anuradha Surpaneni
The Supreme Court, exercising its power under Article 142 of the Constitution, granted a decree of divorce on the ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage despite the wife's…
Family / MatrimonialConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 46508 May 2026Landmark
MANJULA AND OTHERS v. D.A. SRINIVAS
The Supreme Court held that a suit which is in substance an attempt to enforce a benami purchase is barred by law and liable to rejection under Order VII Rule 11 CPC, and that once a…
Property / LandCivil Procedure / CPC
2026 INSC 34710 Apr 2026
RAM CHANDRA CHOUDHARY & ORS v. ROOP NAGAR DUGDH UTPADAK SAHAKARI SAMITI LIMITED AND OTHERS
The Supreme Court held that District Milk Producers' Co-operative Unions are not "State" under Article 12 and their internal election disputes, carrying an efficacious statutory remedy, are…
Constitutional LawWrit / Public Law
2026 INSC 62523 Mar 2026
RELIANCE GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD v. AVTAR SINGH & ORS
The Supreme Court replaced an open-ended, periodically replenished deposit for future attendant charges with a quantified lump sum of Rs.50,00,000, holding that compensation for a claimant…
Motor Accidents
2026 INSC 24617 Mar 2026
Hamsaanandini Nanduri v. Union of India & Ors.
The Supreme Court struck down the three month age limit in Section 60(4) of the Code on Social Security, 2020, holding that confining maternity benefit to a woman who adopts a child below…
Service / LabourConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 23613 Mar 2026
MIZO CHIEF COUNCIL MIZORAM, THR. PRESIDENT SHRI L. CHINZAH v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS
The Supreme Court held that delay and laches under Article 32 turns on whether the delay is explained rather than merely long, and declined to dismiss the Mizo Chiefs' six-decade-old…
Property / LandConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 23011 Mar 2026
UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS v. ROHITH NATHAN AND ANOTHER, ETC
The Supreme Court held that the clarificatory letter dated 14.10.2004 cannot override the Office Memorandum dated 08.09.1993, and that creamy layer status among Other Backward Classes…
Service / LabourConstitutional Law