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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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Home buyers of a Gurgaon housing project called Krrish Provence Estate, developed by Jasmine Buildmart Pvt. Ltd., had not received their flats even after eight years, so three of them filed an insolvency application against the builder. The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) admitted the case and started the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP), and the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) upheld this. The builder's promoter appealed to the Supreme Court, which stayed the insolvency process on condition of a deposit, and during the appeal, the builder eventually reached a settlement with the majority of the 128 affected home buyers (82 of them, including the original applicants), under which the builder promised to complete the project and hand over possession within a year.
The Supreme Court held that since a large majority of home buyers had voluntarily settled and wanted the project completed rather than the company pushed into insolvency/liquidation, and since almost no substantive insolvency steps had actually been taken (the process having been stayed early on), this was an appropriate case to use its special constitutional power under Article 142 to allow withdrawal of the insolvency proceedings, even without going through the normal procedural route (Section 12A applications before the NCLT/committee of creditors). The Court reasoned that continuing the insolvency process could actually harm home buyers, since resolution plans in liquidation often force creditors, including home buyers, to accept steep "haircuts," while builders successfully completing a project serves the wider purpose of the insolvency law, which is to keep viable businesses running rather than kill them. The Court accordingly permitted withdrawal of the case, quashed the NCLT/NCLAT orders and the committee of creditors, directed repayment to the original applicants from funds already deposited, and bound the builder to firm undertakings, including completing construction within a year and obtaining an occupancy certificate within six months, with a warning that any breach would be viewed very seriously.
When most affected home buyers agree to a realistic settlement that gets their homes completed, courts can use their special powers to let insolvency proceedings be withdrawn even after admission, rather than forcing a builder into liquidation, because getting a stalled project finished is often better for buyers than a formal insolvency payout.
