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Civil Property & InheritanceSupreme Court of India

Sultan Singh (Dead) Thru. LRs v. The Financial Commissioner Govt. of NCT of Delhi

Civil Appeal · 2026 INSC 1107

A Hindu woman's property rights are governed by the law in force on the date of her death, not the date she originally acquired the property, so a limited "widow's estate" that existed before 1956 can mature into full ownership by the time she dies, changing who her property legally passes to.

Decided 9 Oct 2026View details

Criminal LawSupreme Court of India

Charming Rupon v. State of Meghalaya

Criminal Appeal · 2026 INSC 1102

In serious criminal cases, especially those relying on a child witness, courts must carefully scrutinise identification evidence, unexplained delays in lodging an FIR, and withheld material witnesses before sustaining a conviction: the benefit of any genuine doubt must go to the accused, however grave the allegation.

Decided 9 Oct 2026View details

Service & Administrative LawSupreme Court of India

M. Prema v. The State of Tamil Nadu Rep. by its Secretary to the Government and Ors.

Civil Appeal · 2026 INSC 1105

Employees who enter government service through a regular, competitive selection process are generally entitled to outrank those who entered through temporary, ad hoc, or compassionate routes, even where a departmental executive order purports to grant the latter an earlier seniority date: such an order cannot override the basic statutory scheme.

Decided 9 Oct 2026View details

Criminal LawSupreme Court of India

Ramkrushna Prahllad Dongardive v. The State of Maharashtra

Criminal Appeal · 2026 INSC 1099

When the police or an appellate court attempt to reverse an acquittal, they must point to solid, unexplained documentary proof of the wrongdoing: courts cannot assume guilt merely because an accused person failed to produce an alternative explanation on his own, especially when the key records needed to prove the charge were never even placed on record by the prosecution.

Decided 8 Oct 2026View details

Arbitration & Commercial LawSupreme Court of India

Modern Asset v. KNK Constructions Private Limited

Civil Appeal · 2026 INSC 1103

Under the IBC's "clean slate" principle, a creditor's claims against a company that went through insolvency resolution are wiped out for recovery purposes, but equity can still let that creditor raise the same claim defensively, as a set-off, if the revived company later sues it on the very same transaction.

Decided 8 Oct 2026View details

Company & Insolvency LawDelhi High Court

M/S Meena Steels Limited vs. Punjab National Bank

Writ Petition (Civil) · 2026:DHC:8899

A review petition is not a second chance to re-argue a case: it succeeds only where there is a genuine error apparent on the record, and a party cannot avoid complying with a specific court direction by invoking a statutory provision that does not actually cover the situation.

Decided 8 Oct 2026View details

Arbitration & Commercial LawSupreme Court of India

Shubham Equipment Private Limited & Anr. v. Rothwell Water Company Limited & Ors.

Arbitration Petition (Civil) · 2026 INSC 1098

When businesses sign multiple related contracts, each with its own dispute-resolution clause, a court deciding only whether to refer a dispute to arbitration will generally honour the specific agreement's own clause rather than assume one "mother" contract's clause overrides all the others: that deeper merits question is for the arbitrator to resolve, not the referral court.

Decided 8 Oct 2026View details

Constitutional LawSupreme Court of India

Federation of Medical and Sales Representatives Associations of India & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.

Writ Petition (Civil) · 2026 INSC 1097

There is no final ruling yet on whether pharmaceutical companies will face an enforceable code for their marketing practices. The question is now with a government committee, and the Court will review progress in early 2027.

Decided 8 Oct 2026View details

Arbitration & Commercial LawDelhi High Court

S And P Infrastructure Developers (Pvt) Ltd vs. National Highways Authority of India

Enforcement Petition (Commercial Arbitration) · 2026:DHC:8938

Arbitral awards must be properly stamped within the statutory period at the time of execution: a delayed top-up payment of stamp duty, however well-intentioned, does not cure the defect, and enforcement petitions can be dismissed (with liberty to refile) until the stamping is done correctly.

Decided 8 Oct 2026View details

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