Indian Court Judgments — 2026

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Union of India and Others vs Rohith Nathan and Another, Etc.

Whether the clarificatory letter dated 14.10.2004 can have any overriding or superseding effect over the Office Memorandum dated 08.09.1993,…

Constitution

11 March 2026 · Dismissed · Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha, R Mahadevan

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Registrar Cane Cooperative Societies & Ors. vs Gurdeep Singh Narval (Dead) Through Lrs. & Ors.

Whether Sugarcane Growers Cooperative Societies, Bajpur and Gadarpur, situated in Udham Singh Nagar, District of Uttarakhand could be treate…

Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 2002 Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 Constitution Amendment Act No.11 of 2023

10 March 2026 · Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Pooranmal vs The State of Rajasthan & Anr.

Whether the conviction of the appellant-P based solely on circumstantial evidence as convicted by the trial court and upheld by the High Cou…

IPC Evidence Act Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 CrPC

10 March 2026 · Allowed · Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta

Constitutional SC Reportable ✓ HN

Rachana Gangu & Anr. vs Union of India & Ors.

Whether the absence of a uniform policy governing compensation in cases of death or injury following administration of COVID-19 vaccination…

Constitution Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

10 March 2026 · Disposed · Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Central Bureau of Investigation vs Baljeet Singh

Bereft of proof of the conspiracy theory and finding absence of the demand of bribe, the conviction of both the accused (A1 and A2) was over…

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 IPC

10 March 2026 · Allowed · Sanjay Kumar, K. Vinod Chandran

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Anurag Krishna Sinha vs State of Bihar & Anr.

i) Whether the Smt. Radhika Sinha Institute and Sachchidanand Sinha Library (Requisition & Management) Act, 2015 is manifestly arbitrary and…

Constitution Srimati Radhika Sinha Institute and… Trust Act, 1882

10 March 2026 · Allowed · Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Pannalal Bhansali vs Bharti Telecom Limited & Ors.

Issue arose whether the reduction of share capital u/s.66 of the Companies Act, 2013, and the consequent forced exit of minority shareholder…

Constitution Companies Act, 2013 Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 Special Court (Trial of Offences relating…

10 March 2026 · Dismissed · Sanjay Kumar, K. Vinod Chandran

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Ramadebi Rautray vs State of Odisha & Ors.

Issue arose as regards the correctness of the order passed by the High Court upholding the declaration that the election of the respondent t…

Orissa Panchayat Samiti Act, 1959

10 March 2026 · Allowed · Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta

Constitutional Gauhati HC Reportable ✓ HN

XXXX vs In Re - The State Of Nagaland And 7 Ors

This suo motu PIL, originally filed before the Kohima Bench of the Gauhati High Court as PIL No. 4(K)/2015 by Lotha Hoho and others, was con…

Constitution §Article 371-A Constitution §Article 245 Constitution §Article 246 Constitution §Article 248

10 March 2026 · Kalyan Rai Surana J, Manish Choudhury J

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Gobind Singh and Ors. vs Union of India and Ors.

Whether the High Court’s omission to expressly adjudicate the application filed u/Or.XLI, r.27 of CPC while deciding the first appeal has re…

CPC

9 March 2026 · Dismissed · Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Dr. Sushil Kumar Purbey & Anr. vs The State of Bihar and Ors.

Issue arose whether the High Court erred in granting the relief of quashing solely to sister-in-law, on the ground that the allegations agai…

IPC Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 CrPC

9 March 2026 · Allowed · Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Abhishek Sharma vs The State of Jammu and Kashmir & Ors.

Whether the respondent-State was justified in law in classifying the present appellants, who were engaged on an academic arrangement basis u…

Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Special… Constitution

9 March 2026 · Allowed · Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta

Constitutional MP HC ✓ HN

Ramniwas Rawat vs Mukesh Malhotra and Others

The Election Petitioner, a former five-term Member of Legislative Assembly from Assembly Constituency 02 Vijaypur, District Sheopur, contest…

Representation of the People Act, 1951 §80 Representation of the People Act, 1951 §81 Representation of the People Act, 1951 §100(1)(b) Representation of the People Act, 1951 §123(2)

9 March 2026 · G. S. Ahluwalia J.

Civil Karnataka HC ✓ HN

M/S Sobha Limited vs The Deputy Registrar Of Co-Operative Societies And Appellate Authority, Zone-I And Others

The petitioner, M/S Sobha Limited, a real estate developer, challenged the registration of respondent No.3, Sobha HRC Pristine Apartment Own…

Constitution §226 Constitution §227 Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1959 §106(1)(a) Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1959 §106(2)(a)

3 March 2026 · Hon'ble Mrs. Justice M G Uma

Criminal P&H HC ✓ HN

Raghuvir Singh @ Dhanna vs State Of Punjab

The petitioner filed his third petition for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, arising out of FIR No.16…

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 §483 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances… §22 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances… §37 CrPC §436-A

24 February 2026 · Allowed · Hon'ble Mr. Justice Surya Partap Singh

Service Matters Kerala HC ✓ HN

Sandeep K vs The Indian Council Of Agriculture Research (ICAR) & Ors.

The petitioner, son of a deceased employee of ICAR-CPCRI who died in service in 2011, challenged an order of the Central Administrative Trib…

Constitution §227 Central Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 §19

20 February 2026 · Dismissed · Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice P. V. Balak

Civil Bombay HC ✓ HN

The State Of Maharashtra vs D. Dayabhai And Co. Pvt. Ltd. And Ors.

These consolidated writ petitions arose from a dispute concerning land situated in the vicinity of Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Thane distri…

Companies Act §1956 Limited Liability Partnership Act §2008 Constitution §226

20 February 2026 · Ravindra V. Ghuge

Constitutional Bombay HC Reportable ✓ HN

Conservation Action Trust And Anr vs The State Of Maharashtra And Ors

The petitions arose out of disputes concerning land within and adjacent to Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Thane Municipal Corporation limit…

Constitution §226 Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 §26A Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 §35 Indian Forest Act, 1927 §4

20 February 2026 · Disposed · Ravindra V. Ghuge