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Transfer Petition (Criminal) · 2026 INSC 1060
Where a marriage has irretrievably broken down and the parties reach a genuine, voluntary settlement, including on alimony, the Supreme Court can use its Article 142 powers to grant a mutual-consent divorce and close out all related litigation in one stroke, without requiring the usual statutory waiting period.
Writ Petition (Civil) · 2026 INSC 1061
In long-running, complex litigation involving apportioned government liabilities across states, the Supreme Court can use a mechanism like a retired-judge committee plus periodic compliance affidavits to bring genuine finality, including firm timelines, transparency obligations, and interest for delayed payment, rather than leaving matters open-ended.
Civil Appeal · 2026 INSC 1062
In an "as is where is" liquidation auction, a bidder who voluntarily accepts the auction terms cannot later resile from a forfeiture clause by citing regulatory caps or after-the-fact excuses for non-payment: courts will enforce the auction notice's own conditions.
Writ Petition (Criminal) · 2026:DHC:8338-DB
Once someone is released from custody because the police failed to properly communicate the grounds of arrest, the police cannot simply re-arrest them by adding new charges: a specific, court-supervised procedure with senior-officer accountability must be followed, or the re-arrest itself becomes illegal.
Bail Application · 2026:DHC:8308
In economic-offence cases, bail can still be granted where the method used to quantify the alleged financial evasion is not adequately justified, and where the apprehension of re-offending is speculative rather than evidence-based.
Writ Petition (Criminal) · 2026:DHC:8323
A parole claim must be backed by a genuine, verifiable application to the competent jail authority: courts will scrutinise irregularities like an incomplete address, an unexplained thumb mark, or reliance on a mere friend's affidavit rather than close family.
Bail Application · 2026:DHC:8337
Courts can grant short, strictly time-bound interim bail purely on humanitarian/compassionate grounds (such as caring for a seriously ill family member), even while a case remains pending trial and an earlier bail plea has failed.
Bail Application · 2026:DHC:8312
Courts will not repeatedly re-examine a bail plea already rejected on merits unless the applicant can point to a genuine change in circumstances since the earlier order.
First Appeal from Order · 2026:DHC:8334
Under the no-fault compensation scheme for railway accidents, a valid ticket-holder injured while attempting to board a train, even carelessly, is generally entitled to compensation unless the railway can show a deliberate, conscious exposure to danger, not mere negligence.
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Earth Infrastructures Limited (EIL), a real-estate developer, went through Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process after a financial creditor's petition. EIL, through subsidiary special-purpose companies, had been developing three GNIDA-allotted projects (Earth Towne, Earth TechOne, and Earth Sapphire Court) with substantial dues owed to GNIDA. The NCLT approved two rival resolution plans, one by Alpha Corp Development (for Earth TechOne and Earth Sapphire Court) and one by Roma Unicon Designex Consortium (for Earth Towne), but GNIDA challenged both before the NCLAT, which set aside both approvals. Alpha, Roma, various homebuyer associations, and GNIDA itself then filed a large batch of cross-appeals before the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court lifted the corporate veil, finding EIL was the real driving force behind the special-purpose companies used to hold the GNIDA leases, and restored the resolution plans of both Alpha and Roma, allowing most of the appeals filed by them and the supporting homebuyer associations. It held that GNIDA, having itself been negligent and slow in monitoring the projects and recovering its dues, was not entitled to charge penal interest or penal charges on its outstanding dues, though it remained entitled to recover the principal amount, to be recalculated and paid by Alpha and Roma in equal monthly instalments over 24 months without passing this burden onto the homebuyers. GNIDA's own cross-appeals seeking additional relief were dismissed, as was a separate appeal (Diary No. 19132 of 2023) that was filed 34 days late, since Section 62(2) of the IBC permits condonation of delay only up to 15 days.
In insolvency proceedings involving stalled real-estate projects, courts will protect homebuyers and approved resolution plans over a development authority's demand for full recovery (including penalties) where that authority's own inaction contributed to the delay; separately, statutory appeal deadlines under special laws like the IBC (here, a strict 15-day condonable limit under Section 62) are enforced strictly, with no exceptions for late filers.
