2026 INSC 109708 Oct 2026
FEDERATION OF MEDICAL & SALES REPRESENTATIVES ASSOCIATION OF INDIA & ORS v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS
In a writ petition on unethical pharmaceutical marketing practices, the Supreme Court held that it cannot substitute its own policy determination for that of the executive and, under…
Constitutional LawWrit / Public Law
2026 INSC 104323 Sept 2026
DEBARATI BHUNIA v. SUMAN SANKAR
In an interim order on a custody appeal, the Supreme Court held that a parent facing a pending POCSO prosecution cannot be considered entitled to custody of the child, expunged a High…
Criminal / BNSFamily / Matrimonial
2026 INSC 100116 Sept 2026
ABDUL RAJIK v. STATE OF M.P
The Supreme Court acquitted the appellants of NDPS Act charges, holding that an unexplained five-day gap in the custody of seized samples broke the chain of custody, that total…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 98210 Sept 2026
ABU SALEM ABDUL QAYOOM ANSARI v. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ORS
The Supreme Court dismissed Abu Salem's appeal against denial of premature release, holding that the same period of custody cannot be counted twice across concurrent sentences and that…
Criminal / BNSConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 87318 Aug 2026
RISHI MALHOTRA & ANR v. UNION OF INDIA
A public interest petition under Article 32 challenged Section 354(5) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and Section 393(5) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, which…
Criminal / BNSService / LabourConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 84012 Aug 2026
LAHRA BAI TAMRE & ORS v. STATE OF CHATTISGARH AND ORS
In a special leave petition arising from a writ petition concerning the custodial death of Shri Shravan Suryavanshi, who died in judicial custody after sustaining a head injury, the Supreme…
Criminal / BNSConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 81207 Aug 2026
IN RE: 2 MILLION LIVES AT RISK, CONTAMINATION IN JOJARI RIVER, RAJASTHAN
In a suo motu writ petition monitoring contamination of the Jojari river system in Rajasthan, the Supreme Court directed constitution of an Integrated Coordination Group and a River…
Constitutional LawCriminal / BNS
2026 INSC 74627 Jul 2026
Tejas J. Shah & Amisha T. Shah & Ors v. Mantri Technology Constellations Pvt. Ltd. (now Buoyant Technology Constellations Pvt. Ltd.) & Ors
The Supreme Court held that a moratorium under Section 14 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code operates only against the corporate debtor and does not protect its promoters, directors,…
Criminal / BNSCommercial / IBC
2026 INSC 71316 Jul 2026Landmark
National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India & Ors
In a writ petition by the National Legal Services Authority, the Supreme Court held that the right to life with dignity under Article 21 does not cease on conviction, and that the continued…
Criminal / BNSConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 60530 May 2026
A. JOHN KENNEDY AND OTHERS v. STATE OF TAMIL NADU AND OTHERS
The Supreme Court, monitoring compliance in the Agasthyamalai landscape encroachment matter, reaffirmed the constitutional and eco-centric basis of forest and wildlife protection, held that…
Property / LandConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 60729 May 2026
BIHAR STATE ARDH SARKARI ARAJPATI KARAMCHARI MAHA SANGH AND ORS v. STATE OF BIHAR AND ORS
Deciding the final report of a Committee headed by Justice Dinesh Maheshwari (Retd.), the Supreme Court settled the apportionment between Bihar and Jharkhand of unpaid salaries and retiral…
Service / LabourConstitutional Law