{"id":386049,"date":"2026-06-03T17:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=386049"},"modified":"2026-06-03T17:42:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T12:12:24","slug":"supreme-court-may-2026-explore-key-judgments-and-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/06\/03\/supreme-court-may-2026-explore-key-judgments-and-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Electoral Integrity, Human Trafficking, Stray Dogs, UAPA Bail, Benami Property and More: Supreme Court May 2026 \u2014 Every Landmark Judgment in One Place"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n.animate-charcter{background-image: linear-gradient(-225deg, #231557 0%, #44107a 29%, #ff1361 67%, #fff800 100%); background-size: 200% auto; -webkit-background-clip: text; -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent; animation: textclip 0s linear infinite;}\n@keyframes textclip {to {background-position: 200% center;}}\n<\/style>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">This Supreme Court May 2026 Roundup highlights the month&#8217;s most important judgments, key legal developments, and institutional updates, along with features on judicial appointments, collegium recommendations, and the popular Know Thy Judge series.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">May 2026 proved to be a significant month in the evolution of Indian jurisprudence, with the Supreme Court delivering a series of landmark rulings that touched upon constitutional governance, electoral integrity, criminal justice, education, arbitration, human rights, service law, social welfare and issues of public importance. From upholding the constitutional validity of the Election Commission&#8217;s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar to issuing an extensive &#8220;Victim Protection Plan&#8221; for survivors of human trafficking, the implementation of free treatment for economically weaker sections in private hospitals, regulation of stray dog management, reforms in judicial administration, protection of individual liberty through bail jurisprudence, and accountability in public employment, several other judgments clarified crucial questions arising under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, arbitration law, consumer protection, family law, and property disputes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Don&#8217;t miss out on the latest Supreme Court judgments and important updates featured in SCC Weekly, capturing the evolving landscape of Indian jurisprudence.<\/p>\n<h2>Top Stories Spinning in May!<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/28\/special-intensive-revision-sir-eci-validity-upheld-sc\/\" target=\"_blank\">Article 324 Is Not a Dead Letter; ECI&#8217;s Special Intensive Revision of Bihar Electoral Rolls Is Constitutionally Valid: Supreme Court<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In a significant decision, while deliberating over the writ petitions challenging the validity of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Bench of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Surya Kant, CJI*<\/span> and Joymalya Bagchi, JJ., upheld the validity of the process conducted, holding that SIR exercise does not stand in direct conflict with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002801314\" target=\"_blank\">Representation of the People Act, 1950<\/a> (RP Act) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9000050527\" target=\"_blank\">Registration of Electors Rules, 1960<\/a> (1960 Rules), and it does not detract from the constitutional imperative of free and fair elections. It was held that exercise of SIR is traceable to Section 21(3) RP Act read with Article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001575148\" target=\"_blank\">324<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726967\" target=\"_blank\">Constitution<\/a>, undertaken to advance the very objective which Part XV of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726967\" target=\"_blank\">Constitution<\/a> is designed to protect. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Assn. for Democratic Reforms<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">ECI<\/span><\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/6hhHF6gw\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 990<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/31\/sc-upholds-mandatory-tet-for-in-service-teachers-extends-deadline\/\" target=\"_blank\">No Error in Anjuman Ishaat-e-Taleem Trust Verdict: SC Upholds TET Requirement for In-Service Teachers; Extends Compliance Deadline to 31 August 2028<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In a batch of review petitions filed by various States, teachers&#8217; associations, organizations and individual teachers seeking review of a part of judgment rendered in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Anjuman Ishaat-e-Taleem Trust<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Maharashtra<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/vJabpjG6\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2025 SCC OnLine SC 1912<\/span><\/a>, requiring in-service teachers, appointed prior to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002767705\" target=\"_blank\">Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009<\/a> (RTE Act) and having more than 5 years of service remaining, to qualify the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) within 2 years from 1 September 2025, failing which they would be ineligible to continue in service, the Bench of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Dipankar Datta*<\/span> and Manmohan, JJ., reaffirmed the correctness of its judgment in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Anjuman Ishaat-e-Taleem Trust<\/span>, holding that Section 23, RTE Act always contemplated acquisition of prescribed qualifications by in-service teachers and that TET is a mandatory eligibility requirement rooted in the constitutional guarantee of quality education under Article 21-A.<\/p>\n<p class=\"animate-charcter\" style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; margin-left: 36pt; font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;The RTE Act is a child centric legislation and must be read so. Service of teachers cannot come at the cost of educational future of the children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court rejected all grounds urged in review, including allegations of retrospective application, conflict with the NCTE Act, and impermissible alteration of service conditions. However, adopting a pragmatic approach under Article 142, it extended the compliance period for obtaining TET qualification from 2 years to 3 years, fixing 31 August 2028 as the final deadline<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">. [<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Anjuman Ishaat-e-Taleem Trust<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Maharashtra<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/0h6mfu6S\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 998<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/26\/sc-issues-notice-to-nta-in-neet-ug-2026-paper-leak-case\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;NTA has not learnt its lesson yet&#8221;: Supreme Court issues notice to NTA in NEET Paper Leak case<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In a petition filed by the Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) against National Testing Agency (NTA), raising issues surrounding the recent NEET-UG exam, the Division Bench of P.S. Narasimha and Alok Aradhe, JJ., issued notice and directed NTA to file an affidavit detailing the steps taken to implement the recommendations of the High-Level Committee of Experts. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">FAIMA<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">NTA<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/IDQTzRWU\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 958<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/20\/key-takeaways-supreme-court-stray-dogs-case-sc\/\" target=\"_blank\">Applicability of ABC Rules, Tortious Liability, Euthanasia: Key Takeaways from Supreme Court&#8217;s Stray Dogs Case Ruling<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">While deliberating this suo motu case on stray dogs, the Court had to consider several applications seeking modification\/recall\/clarification\/stay on directions issued by the Court on 7 November 2025, while several applications were filed seeking expansion of these directions to other areas, including gated housing societies, housing complexes, parks, and other public places frequented by the public at large. The three-Judge Bench of Vikram Nath, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sandeep Mehta*<\/span> and N.V. Anjaria, JJ., issued comprehensive directions in the matter and affirmed the directions dated 7 November 2025 insofar as they exclude such premises from the operation of re-release under Rule 11(19), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001453391\" target=\"_blank\">Animal Birth Control Rules, 2023<\/a> (ABC Rules).<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">City Hounded by Strays, Kids Pay Price, In Re<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/Nr2XwLh1\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 894<\/span><\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; font-weight: bold;\">Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/19\/sc-stray-dogs-abc-rules-nationwide-sterilisation-directions-may-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Nationwide sterilisation, Full Implementation of ABC Rules, 2023: SC issues broad directions in Stray Dogs Suo Motu Case<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/26\/bhopal-dowry-death-case-transfer-cbi-urges-no-media-statements-sc\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bhopal Dowry Death Case: SC takes note of assurance to transfer case to CBI; Urges Parties to refrain from making statements before media<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">While deliberating over this suo motu writ petition concerning allegations of institutional bias and questions over fairness and impartiality of the investigation conducted into the unnatural death of 33-year-old woman at her matrimonial home, the three-Judge Bench of Surya Kant, CJI, Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi, JJ., took note of the Solicitor General&#8217;s assurances to ensure swift hand over of the investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as the same has already been recommended by the Madhya Pradesh government.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court further emphasised that the family members of the victim and accused should get their statements recorded before the investigating agency so that no prejudice or adverse impact is caused to the ongoing investigation, rather than making statements before the public and media. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Alleged institutional bias and procedural discrepancies in the unnatural death of a young girl at her matrimonial home, In re<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/I1Zu5pXX\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 959<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/16\/the-road-to-safety-supreme-courts-strong-push-for-installation-of-vehicle-tracking-devices-and-emergency-panic-buttons-in-public-transits\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Road to Safety: Supreme Court&#8217;s Strong Push for Installation of Vehicle Tracking Devices and Emergency Panic Buttons in Public Transits<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In a significant decision, the Division Bench of J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan, JJ., issued series of directives aiming to improve vehicle tracking for the purposes of swift emergency response for passengers and pedestrians alike. The Court strongly opined that all vehicle manufacturers are duty-bound to fit speed limiting devices (SLDs) at the time of manufacture. The Court issued important directions for mandatory installation of vehicle location tracking devices and panic buttons in public service vehicles. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">S. Rajaseekaran<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Union of India<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/SS8Pc6FY\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 877<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/22\/sc-directs-framing-guidelines-free-treatment-for-ews-in-delhi-hospitals\/\" target=\"_blank\">Supreme Court Convenes Policymakers, Hospitals and Land Agencies to Build an SOP for Implementation of Free EWS Treatment in Private Delhi Hospitals<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In an application arising out of judgment on free treatment to economically weaker sections in private hospitals of Delhi, the Division Bench of Prashant Kumar Mishra and N.V. Anjaria, JJ., directed a joint meeting for framing of guidelines-cum-SOP for implementation of directions pertaining to free treatment of economically weaker sections of society in private hospitals of Delhi, as directed in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Union of India<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Moolchand Kharaiti Ram Trust<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/lE9sEHT3\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(2018) 8 SCC 321<\/span><\/a>. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Union of India<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Moolchand Kharaiti Ram Trust<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/N31lv593\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 926<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/12\/supreme-court-suspends-yatin-ozas-contempt-conviction\/\" target=\"_blank\">Supreme Court Extends &#8216;A Final Act of Forgiveness&#8217; to Senior Advocate Yatin Oza; Suspends His Contempt Conviction<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The criminal appeal arose from controversy stemmed from a live press conference held on 5 June 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, wherein, appellant-senior advocate and former President of the Gujarat High Court Advocates&#8217; Association (GHCAA) made severe allegations against the functioning of the Gujarat High Court and its Registry and the High Court considered the remark &#8220;gambling den&#8221; made against it as scandalous and damaging to the institution of judiciary and by order dated 6 October 2020 convicted the appellant for criminal contempt under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001572929\" target=\"_blank\">2(c)(i)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002782345\" target=\"_blank\">Contempt of Courts Act, 1971<\/a> (Contempt of Courts Act). While holding that the Gujarat High Court&#8217;s findings and reasons in convicting the appellant for criminal contempt did not require interference, the Division Bench of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">J.K. Maheshwari*<\/span> and Atul S. Chandurkar, JJ., as a final act of forgiveness, exercised its powers under Article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001574873\" target=\"_blank\">142<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726967\" target=\"_blank\">Constitution<\/a> to indefinitely suspend Senior Advocate Yatin Oza&#8217;s contempt conviction and sentence.<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> [<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Yatin Narendra Oza<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Suo Motu, High Court of Gujarat<\/span><\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/h08K66vX\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 835<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/06\/gang-labourers-scheme-2012-struck-down\/\" target=\"_blank\">SC directs regularisation of ISRO daily-wage workers, quashes Gang Labourers Scheme, 2012 for non-compliance with binding CAT directions<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In an appeal concerning the regularisation of long-serving daily-wage employees engaged in a sensitive establishment under the Indian Space Research Organisation, a Division Bench of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Vikram Nath*<\/span> and Sandeep Mehta, JJ., set aside the judgment of the Madras High Court which had upheld the rejection of the appellants&#8217; claim. The Court held that the Gang Labourers (Employment for Sporadic Types of Work) Scheme, 2012 (Gang Labourers Scheme, 2012), framed by the respondents, failed to comply with the binding directions issued by the Central Administrative Tribunal in the earlier round of litigation, which had attained finality up to the Supreme Court. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">R. Iyyappan<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Union of India<\/span><\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/jC31fO19\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 742<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/05\/sc-cleaning-of-police-stations-bail-condition-null-and-void\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Abhorrent, Degrading, and Unknown to Law&#8221;; Supreme Court Declares Imposition of Bail Conditions Such as Cleaning of Police Stations as Null and Void<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In a suo motu cognizance triggered from series of bail orders passed by the Orissa High Court and subordinate courts, wherein accused persons were directed to undertake cleaning of police stations as bail condition, thereby raising serious concerns regarding accused persons&#8217; constitutional guarantees of dignity, equality, and fairness in criminal process, the Division Bench of Surya Kant, CJI., and Joymalya Bagchi, J., noting the same to be &#8220;abhorrent, degrading, and unknown to law&#8221;, declared all such conditions, requiring cleaning of police stations or similar acts, as null and void. Recognising broader implications, the Court further issued omnibus directions. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Condition Being Imposed While Granting Bail by High Court of Orissa and District Courts in the State of Odisha and Ancillary Issues, In re<\/span><\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/vBsAwXLq\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 809<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Notable Supreme Court Judgments in May<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">ARBITRATION AND ADR<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/27\/sc-restores-arbitral-award-in-teesta-stage-iii-bocw-cess-dispute\/\" target=\"_blank\">SC Restores Arbitral Award in Teesta Stage III BOCW Cess Dispute; Reiterates BOCW Cess Becomes Enforceable Only Upon Constitution of Welfare Boards<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Supreme Court: While deciding 2 appeals arising out of Sikkim High Court&#8217;s judgment dated 30 May 2025 wherein arbitral award passed in favour of a appellants, which held that levy of Building and Other Construction Workers&#8217; Welfare cess (BOCW cess) was contractually attributable to Sikkim Urja Limited, was set aside, the Division Bench of Sanjay Kumar and K. Vinod Chandran, JJ., set aside the impugned judgment insofar as it affected the appellants and restored the arbitral award, holding that the controversy was squarely covered by its earlier judgment in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Prakash Atlanta (JV)<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">NHAI<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/IoVgln5U\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 1998<\/span><\/a>, wherein it was held that BOCW cess could not be leviable until constitution of Welfare Boards under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002894884\" target=\"_blank\">Building and Other Construction Workers&#8217; (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996<\/a> (BOCW Act). <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Navayuga Engg. Co. Ltd.<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Sikkim Urja Ltd.<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/FlN6L188\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 957<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/16\/section-34-37-arbitration-limited-scope-judicial-interference-finance-charges-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\">Courts Have a &#8216;Disturbing Tendency&#8217; to Set Aside Arbitral Awards by Reassessing Facts: Karnataka HC Warning Upheld by Supreme Court<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In a special leave petition assailing the judgment of the Karnataka High Court whereby the arbitral award in favour of Navayuga Engineering Company against Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (&#8220;BMRCL&#8221;) was restored in its entirety, a Division Bench of Sanjay Kumar and K. Vinod Chandran, JJ., found no good ground or reason to interfere with the impugned judgment and accordingly dismissed the special leave petition while vacating the interim order dated 29 November 2024. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Bangalore Metro Rail Corpn. Ltd.<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Navayuga Engineering Co.<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/4m9Z7076\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 874<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/08\/permissive-clause-partnership-deed-arbitration-agreement-section-7-sc-stay\/\" target=\"_blank\">Can a Permissive Clause in a Partnership Deed be a Valid Arbitration Agreement? Supreme Court Stays Proceedings<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In an SLP assailing the Jammu &amp; Kashmir and Ladakh High Court order, whereby the High Court allowed a petition under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001544910\" target=\"_blank\">11(6)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726958\" target=\"_blank\">Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996<\/a> and proceeded to appoint a sole arbitrator by exercise of jurisdiction under Section 11 and treating a contractual clause as a binding arbitration agreement, the Division Bench of Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Alok Aradhe, JJ., stayed the arbitration proceedings before the arbitrator and issued notice. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Mudasir Ahmad Khuroo<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Foziya Habeeb<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/0ZBMM7N9\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 828<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">BAIL, PAROLE AND FURLOUGH<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/20\/sc-verdict-decoded-bail-is-rule-uapa-gulfisha-fatima-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Smaller Bench Cannot Hollow Out a Larger Bench Decision Without Expressly Disagreeing: Supreme Court on Judicial Discipline in UAPA Bail Cases<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">While considering this matter revolving around interface between Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001554070\" target=\"_blank\">43-D(5)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002808781\" target=\"_blank\">Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967<\/a> (UAPA) and the constitutional guarantee of personal liberty under Article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001574949\" target=\"_blank\">21<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726967\" target=\"_blank\">Constitution<\/a> and the propriety of smaller Benches hollowing out constitutional force of a larger Bench decision without expressly disagreeing with it; the Division Bench of B.V. Nagarathna and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Ujjal Bhuyan*<\/span>, JJ., expressed serious reservations on several aspects of the judgment rendered by a co-equal Bench in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Gulfisha Fatima<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State (NCT of Delhi)<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/p4SsK2cU\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 10<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court clarified that the often-invoked principle &#8220;bail is the rule and jail is the exception&#8221; flows from the constitutional primacy of personal liberty under Article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001574949\" target=\"_blank\">21<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726967\" target=\"_blank\">Constitution<\/a> and, therefore, cannot be displaced by legislation. The Court further clarified that three-Judge Bench decision in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Union of India<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">K.A. Najeeb<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/lD631q3N\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(2021) 3 SCC 713<\/span><\/a>, is binding law entitled to the protection of stare decisis. It cannot be diluted, circumvented, or disregarded by trial courts, High Courts or even by Benches of lower strength of Supreme Court. It was reiterated that K.A. Najeeb was not warning courts against treating incarceration as the sole factor favouring bail. Instead, it was warning against treating the statutory embargo as the sole factor justifying continued detention by ignoring constitutional principles. Therefore, the subsequent reading that K.A. Najeeb does not create an automatic entitlement to bail on account of delay answers a proposition that Najeeb itself never advanced. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Syed Iftikhar Andrabi<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">NIA<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/gFC01x3J\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 881<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/06\/right-to-speedy-trial-violation-justifies-bail-even-in-murder-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\">Right to Speedy Trial Prevails Over Gravity of Offence; Bail Must Be Considered When Article 21 Infringed: Supreme Court<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In a special leave petition (SLP) challenging Bombay High Court&#8217;s order dated 17 March 2026, regular bail was denied despite the petitioner being in judicial custody for past almost 4 years and not a single witness had been examined, the Division Bench of J.B. Pardiwala and Vijay Bishnoi, JJ., directed the petitioner to be release on bail, holding that in case of infringement of right of speedy trial, the Court must consider plea for bail, even where the alleged offence is of serious nature.<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> [<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Sahil Manoj Machare<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Maharashtra<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/7O4Btu3K\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 810<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">CONSUMER PROTECTION<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/12\/sc-denied-recovery-of-electricity-plant-depreciation-cost-calculation-beyond-approved-operational-limit\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Cannot Bill Consumers for Electricity You Did Not Supply&#8221;: Supreme Court Refuses TPDDL&#8217;s Depreciation Claim<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In an appeal under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001553426\" target=\"_blank\">125<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002782344\" target=\"_blank\">Electricity Act, 2003<\/a>, the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission assailing the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity order, whereby it permitted the respondent to recover the entire capital cost of the Rithala Combined Cycle Power Plant at Delhi (the Plant) through depreciation over a period of 15 years, even though the Plant ceased to supply electricity to the consumers from and after March 2018, the Division Bench of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Alok Aradhe*<\/span> and Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha, JJ., allowed the appeal and held that:<\/p>\n<p class=\"animate-charcter\" style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; margin-left: 36pt; font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;&#8230; Regulation 6.32 of the 2011 Regulations does not, and cannot, override the broader statutory and regulatory framework and the same does not confer an absolute and unconditional right upon the generating utility to recover depreciation from the consumers even for a period when the asset is free to supply electricity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court further stated that the true-up proceedings are intended to give effect to the tariff framework and not to reopen or reconfigure it. Accordingly, it held that Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) erred in disregarding the regulatory framework and the conditions governing approval. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd.<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/P59k4h1U\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 819<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">CORPORATE LAWS<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/11\/sc-ibc-not-for-adjudicating-individual-contractual-disputes\/\" target=\"_blank\">IBC Cannot Be Invoked as a Coercive Recovery Tool in Individual Contractual Property Dispute Pending before DRT: Supreme Court<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In a civil appeal challenging the judgment dated 2 August 2022 passed by the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), wherein the National Company Law Tribunal&#8217;s (NCLT) order admitting the application under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001549806\" target=\"_blank\">7<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002802178\" target=\"_blank\">Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016<\/a> (IBC) was set aside, the Division Bench of Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Alok Aradhe*<\/span>, JJ., affirmed the impugned order holding that present case does not involve a straightforward &#8220;financial debt-default&#8221; scenario warranting initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) and IBC cannot be invoked as a coercive recovery tool in individual contractual property dispute pending before Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT). <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Dhanlaxmi Bank Ltd.<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Mohd. Javed Sultan<\/span><\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/SHLMTX07\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 820<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/07\/sc-membership-without-register-entry-companies-act-1956-oppression-mismanagement\/\" target=\"_blank\">Supreme Court: Oppression Petition Maintainable Even Without Name in Register of Members under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9000055985\" target=\"_blank\">Companies Act, 1956<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In appeals arising out of proceedings under Sections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001517702\" target=\"_blank\">397<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001517703\" target=\"_blank\">398<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9000055985\" target=\"_blank\">Companies Act, 1956<\/a> concerning allegations of oppression and mismanagement in a hospital management company, a Division Bench of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Alok Aradhe, JJ.<\/span>, upheld the judgments of the High Court and the Company Law Board treating Respondent 1 as a &#8220;member&#8221; of the Company despite absence of his name in the register of members. The Court held that the expression &#8220;member&#8221; occurring in Sections 397 and 398 cannot be construed in a narrow or technical sense confined solely to formal entry in the register of members, particularly having regard to the equitable nature of the jurisdiction exercised under the said provisions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Emphasising the wider definitional framework under Section 2(27) of the Act, the Court observed that Section 41 merely prescribes recognised procedural modes of acquisition of membership and was not intended to make entry in the register the exclusive test of membership. The Court further held that where contemporaneous records, conduct of the parties, financial dealings and consistent recognition of proprietary interest demonstrate that a person was treated as a stakeholder in the Company, absence of formal entry in the register would not defeat the right to maintain proceedings alleging oppression and mismanagement. Relying on precedents, the Court reaffirmed that equitable considerations must guide interpretation of Sections 397 and 398 so as to advance the remedial object of protecting minority shareholders. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Dr Bais Surgical and Medical Institute (P) Ltd.<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Dhananjay Pande<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/omembQ6g\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 794<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">CRIME AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/06\/01\/sc-ruling-on-protection-of-human-trafficking-survivors\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rescued Is Not Enough; State Must Rehabilitate Every Human Trafficking Survivor: Supreme Court Comprehensive &#8220;Victim Protection Plan&#8221; Tells Exactly How<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Supreme Court: In a comprehensive pronouncement on human trafficking and the protection of victims of commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) in India, originating from a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by petitioner, an anti-trafficking organisation, seeking enforcement of the assurances and undertakings given by the Union Government regarding the establishment of an Organised Crime Investigation Agency (OCIA) and the formulation of a comprehensive anti-trafficking law as recorded by the Supreme Court while disposing of the original writ petition in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Prajwala<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Union of India<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/25az054R\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(2015) 17 SCC 29<\/span><\/a>, the Division Bench of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">J.B. Pardiwala*<\/span> and R. Mahadevan, JJ., while recognising trafficking as a grave assault on human dignity, bodily autonomy and personal liberty, adopted a victim-centric approach and affirmed that rehabilitation is not merely a matter of governmental policy but an integral component of the constitutional guarantee of a life with dignity under Article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001574949\" target=\"_blank\">21<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726967\" target=\"_blank\">Constitution<\/a>. The Court issued a comprehensive &#8220;Victim Protection Plan&#8221; governing the pre-rescue, rescue, post-rescue, rehabilitation, reintegration and prosecution stages, while simultaneously recommending several legislative and policy reforms aimed at strengthening India&#8217;s anti-trafficking framework. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Prajwala<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Union of India<\/span>, Miscellaneous Application No. 530 of 2022, decided on 29-5-2026]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/27\/homicidal-hanging-not-suicide-sc-upholds-conviction-in-tripura-dowry-death-case\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Hopefully, the story of her life will be an eye-opener for many&#8221;: SC Upholds Conviction in Dowry Death Case<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In a criminal appeal concerning the death of a woman found hanging in her matrimonial home within 15 months of marriage, a Division Bench of Prashant Kumar Mishra and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">K.V. Viswanathan*<\/span>, JJ., upheld the conviction of the husband under Sections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561607\" target=\"_blank\">302<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561850\" target=\"_blank\">498-A<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\" target=\"_blank\">Penal Code, 1860<\/a> (IPC), holding that the case was not one of suicidal hanging but of &#8220;simulated hanging or homicidal hanging&#8221;. Relying on medical evidence, post-mortem findings and authoritative texts on medical jurisprudence, the Court observed that the absence of a typical ligature mark and the presence of multiple ante-mortem injuries on the body of the deceased clearly negated the theory of suicide. Reiterating that where an offence occurs within the privacy of a house, the inmates owe a corresponding duty to explain the circumstances leading to the victim&#8217;s death, the Court held that the appellant had failed to discharge the burden cast upon him under the facts of the case. Finding no reason to interfere with the concurrent findings of the trial court and the High Court, the Court dismissed the appeal and directed the Director General of Police, Tripura, to immediately take steps to apprehend the absconding convict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"animate-charcter\" style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; margin-left: 36pt; font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;Could the life of the young, deceased victim have been saved? Did the fear of societal opprobrium result in the deceased victim being thrown to the wolves? These questions will remain hypothetical&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"animate-charcter\" style=\"margin-left: 36pt; font-weight: bold;\">&#8230; Deceased victim&#8217;s near and dear naively believed that somehow-somehow-the situation will turn for the good. A false sense of optimism engulfed them. Their hopes were betrayed when the victim met with a tragic end at her matrimonial home. Hopefully, the story of her life will be an eye-opener for many.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Gour Acharjee<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Tripura<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/Et6BiODA\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 931<\/span><\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/08\/supreme-court-cancels-bail-in-dowry-death-case\/\" target=\"_blank\">Young Girls Don&#8217;t Get Married to Be Killed for Dowry; Supreme Court Cancels Bail Granted in Dowry Death Case<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In an appeal arising from Allahabad High Court&#8217;s order dated 27 August 2025 granting bail to the accused (husband of the deceased) in a case involving allegations of dowry death, wherein the complainant, deceased&#8217;s father, sought for cancellation of bail, the Division Bench of J.B. Pardiwala and Vijay Bishnoi, JJ., cancelled bail in dowry death case, holding that bail cannot be granted on tenuous grounds such as alleged delay in FIR or superficial reading of cause of death in dowry death cases.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court held that in cases involving dowry death, where there exists prima facie evidence of cruelty and death within 7 years of marriage, bail courts must apply statutory presumption under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001801042\" target=\"_blank\">118<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001801166\" target=\"_blank\">Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023<\/a> (BSA) [erstwhile Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001516693\" target=\"_blank\">113(B)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726934\" target=\"_blank\">Evidence Act, 1872<\/a>] and carefully scrutinise material evidence. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Mahesh Chand<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of U.P.<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/31lfP426\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 793<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">CRIMINAL LAW<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/30\/sc-on-recall-of-witness-under-section-311-crpc\/\" target=\"_blank\">Prosecutrix Cross-Examined 4 Times Over 5 Years, Defence Files 94 More Questions 4 Years Later: SC Says Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001519587\" target=\"_blank\">311<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\" target=\"_blank\">CrPC<\/a> Cannot Fill Defence Lacunae<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In an appeal arising from the Tripura High Court&#8217;s judgment dated 14 March 2024 wherein the High Court had set aside the order of the Additional Sessions Judge, West Tripura, Agartala dated 6 February 2024 and allowed an application under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001519587\" target=\"_blank\">311<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\" target=\"_blank\">Criminal Procedure Code, 1973<\/a> (CrPC) seeking recall of the prosecutrix (PW 1) for further cross-examination, the Bench of Dipankar Datta and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Satish Chandra Sharma*<\/span>, JJ., set aside impugned order passed by the High Court and restored the trial court&#8217;s order, holding that <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;power under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001519587\" target=\"_blank\">311<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\" target=\"_blank\">CrPC<\/a> cannot be exercised merely to fill up lacunae in the defence case&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court further observed that witnesses, particularly victims of heinous offences and sensitive crimes, cannot be expected to repeatedly appear before courts to face cross-examination. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Tripura<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Panna Ahmed<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/ixvP1GiZ\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 960<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/29\/sc-quashes-medical-negligence-case-against-anaesthetist\/\" target=\"_blank\">Telephonic Advice on Post-Operative Painkiller Is Not Gross Criminal Recklessness: Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Negligence Case Against Anaesthetist<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In a criminal appeal concerning prosecution of an anaesthetist for alleged medical negligence under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561610\" target=\"_blank\">304-A<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\" target=\"_blank\">Penal Code, 1860<\/a> (IPC) arising out of the death of a patient following piles surgery, a Division Bench of Pankaj Mithal and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Prasanna B. Varale*<\/span>, JJ., quashed the criminal proceedings against the appellant holding that continuation of the prosecution would amount to abuse of process of law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court observed that the appellant had completed her duty hours after ensuring that the patient was stable and was not physically present in the hospital when the emergency arose later in the night. Holding that even if the appellant had advised administration of a painkiller over phone, the same constituted standard post-operative medical advice and not gross criminal recklessness, the Court reiterated that criminal medical negligence requires a much higher threshold, namely, an act &#8220;which no medical professional in his ordinary senses and prudence would have done or failed to do&#8221;. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Supriya Kumari M.C.<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Kerala<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/f0e3CByk\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 928<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/19\/sc-gravity-of-the-offence-alone-cannot-justify-continued-incarceration\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gravity of Offence Alone Cannot Justify Denial of Remission: Supreme Court Quashes MHA&#8217;s Cryptic Rejection of Premature Release<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In a writ petition challenging the Ministry of Home Affairs&#8217; letter dated 9 July 2025 rejecting the petitioner&#8217;s plea for premature release, a Division Bench of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">B.V. Nagarathna*<\/span> and Ujjal Bhuyan, JJ., quashed the impugned communication as a non-speaking and cryptic order reflecting complete non-application of mind. The Court held that any decision affecting the liberty of a person must disclose reasons and demonstrate due application of mind, as recording of reasons is an indispensable safeguard against arbitrariness and ensures transparency, fairness and accountability in executive decision-making.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court reiterated that remission is a reformative executive function concerned with the prisoner&#8217;s conduct, evidence of reformation and prospects of reintegration into society, and cannot be denied solely on the ground of the heinous nature of the offence. Observing that the gravity of the offence stands exhausted at the stage of sentencing, the Court held that continued incarceration merely on account of the seriousness of the crime would amount to retrospective reaffirmation of guilt contrary to constitutional values and the reformative theory underlying remission policies. Taking note of the petitioner&#8217;s more than 22 years of incarceration, his satisfactory conduct in custody, the recommendation of the State of Uttarakhand in favour of his premature release, and the fact that a co-accused had already been granted remission, the Court concluded that continued imprisonment would serve no useful purpose and directed that the petitioner be treated as prematurely released\/remitted without requiring his surrender. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Rohit Chaturvedi<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Uttarakhand<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/21hF0ILB\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 865<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">DEBT, FINANCIAL AND MONETARY LAWS<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/21\/sc-on-what-constitute-deposit-under-section-2c-mpid-act\/\" target=\"_blank\">Can Private Loan Transactions Constitute &#8220;Deposits&#8221; under Section 2(c), MPID Act? Supreme Court Explained<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In an appeal arising from the Bombay High Court&#8217;s judgment dated 14 August 2025, wherein the controversy revolved around the true nature of the monetary transaction as to whether private loan transactions can constitute &#8220;deposits&#8221; under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9000180611\" target=\"_blank\">Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, 1999<\/a> (MPID Act) and whether the statutory mechanism under the MPID Act could be invoked despite earlier unsuccessful proceedings under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\" target=\"_blank\">Penal Code, 1860<\/a> (IPC), the Division Bench of Manoj Misra and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">N.V. Anjaria*<\/span>, JJ., set aside the impugned order, holding that the amount advanced by the appellants to Respondents 2 to 6 constituted &#8220;deposit&#8221; within the meaning of Section 2(c), MPID Act.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court held that a transaction involving receipt of money with an obligation to return the same along with promised returns or interest would constitute a &#8220;deposit&#8221; under Section 2(c), MPID Act irrespective of whether it is described as a &#8220;loan&#8221;. Further, the expression &#8220;financial establishment&#8221; under Section 2(d) has wide amplitude and includes any person accepting such deposits. It was also held that failure of criminal proceedings under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\" target=\"_blank\">IPC<\/a> does not bar independent recourse under the MPID Act because both operate in separate legal spheres.<\/p>\n<p class=\"animate-charcter\" style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; margin-left: 36pt; font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;Merely because the offences under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\" target=\"_blank\">IPC<\/a> were not established before the criminal court, it would not imply that it becomes a kind of embargo against putting into motion the provisions of the MPID Act or that the invocation of provisions of the MPID Act is barred thereby.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Alka Agrawal<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Maharashtra<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/JYUk044G\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 866<\/span><\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">EDUCATION LAW<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/25\/sc-regularizes-mbbs-admissions-orders-degrees-in-nmc-cbme-corrigendum-dispute\/\" target=\"_blank\">Minimum Pass Marks, a Corrigendum, and Years of Uncertainty: Supreme Court Ends MBBS Students&#8217; Legal Battle with a Degree<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In a special leave petition concerning the applicability of the Competency Based Medical Education (CBME) Curriculum Guidelines and subsequent Corrigendum issued by the National Medical Commission, a Division Bench of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Alok Aradhe, JJ.<\/span>, regularised the admission, conduct and conclusion of the MBBS course undertaken by the petitioners during pendency of litigation and directed issuance of degrees in their favour within 3 weeks. The Court, however, kept the larger question of law open for consideration and observed that it would hear the National Medical Commission (NMC) on the issue for an appropriate declaration of law. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Jashandeep Kaur<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Union of India<\/span><\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/5x7fXsHw\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 955<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/14\/sc-upholds-right-to-receive-education-in-mother-tongue\/\" target=\"_blank\">Right to Education in Mother Tongue Flows from Article 19(1)(a); Supreme Court Directs Rajasthan to Introduce Rajasthani in Schools<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In a significant judgment concerning linguistic rights and the constitutional promise of meaningful education, the Division Bench of Vikram Nath and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sandeep Mehta*<\/span>, JJ., held that the right to receive education in one&#8217;s mother tongue found its normative basis in Article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001574926\" target=\"_blank\">19(1)(a)<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726967\" target=\"_blank\">Constitution<\/a> and that <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;true value of this freedom lies not merely in the ability to communicate, but in the ability to understand, internalise, and process information so as to make informed choices&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Court set aside the impugned judgment of the Rajasthan High Court and issued following directions to the State of Rajasthan:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: decimal;\">\n<li>\n<p>Formulate an appropriate and comprehensive policy for implementation of mother tongue-based education in line with the National Education Policy, 2020 (NEP 2020).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Recognise and accord due status to the Rajasthani language as a local\/regional language for educational purposes.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Progressively facilitate its adoption as a medium of instruction at foundational and preparatory stages and subsequently at higher levels.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"\">Introduce Rajasthani as a subject in all schools, government and private, in a phased and progressive manner.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Padam Mehta<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Rajasthan<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/72r09h1G\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 849<\/span><\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/11\/supreme-court-formaldehyde-units-environmental-clearance-judgment\/\" target=\"_blank\">Supreme Court Permits Formaldehyde Units in Rajasthan and Haryana to Continue Operations Pending Environmental Clearance; Sets Aside NGT Closure Orders<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Supreme Court: In a batch of appeals concerning formaldehyde manufacturing units operating in the States of Rajasthan and Haryana without prior environmental clearance (EC) under the Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2006 (EIA Notification, 2006), a Division Bench of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">J.K. Maheshwari*<\/span> and Atul S. Chandurkar, JJ., set aside the closure directions issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and permitted the industries to continue operations. The Court held that the appellant-units, having been established and operated pursuant to valid consent to establish (CTE) and consent to operate (CTO) granted by the respective State Pollution Control Boards (PCBs), could not be shut down merely because the requirement of prior EC had not been earlier appreciated even by the regulatory authorities themselves.<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> [<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Neetu Solvents<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Vineet Nagar<\/span><\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/8Zj4jjW5\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 811<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">ELECTION<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/28\/sc-refuses-to-interfere-in-punjab-municipal-elections-amid-ballot-paper-evm-issue\/\" target=\"_blank\">Punjab Municipal Elections on Ballot Papers, Not EVMs: Supreme Court Refuses to Interfere, Upholds P&amp;H HC Order<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Supreme Court: While considering special leave petition (SLP) challenging the Punjab &amp; Haryana High Court&#8217;s judgment dated 22 May 2026, refusing to interfere with the decision of the State Election Commission, Punjab (Punjab Election Commission) wherein it was held that conducting municipal elections in Punjab through ballot papers and ballot boxes, instead of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) was in gross violation of <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Assn. for Democratic Reforms<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">ECI<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/e3gNB0S7\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(2025) 2 SCC 732<\/span><\/a> (Association for Democratic Reforms case), the 3-Judge Bench of Surya Kant, CJI, Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi, JJ., dismissed the SLP, holding that no case to interfere with the impugned order was made out. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Ruchita Garg<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Punjab<\/span>, SLP (C) No. 18893\/2026, decided on 25-5-2026]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">EXECUTION OF DEGREE<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/21\/sc-decree-can-be-both-preliminary-and-final-under-cpc\/\" target=\"_blank\">Got a Decree in 2012, Still No Possession? Supreme Court Calls It a &#8216;Comedy of Errors&#8217; and Restores 14-Year-Old Execution in Partition Suit<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In a pair of civil appeals arising out of prolonged execution proceedings in a partition suit, a Division Bench of K.V. Viswanathan and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">S.V.N. Bhatti<\/span>, JJ., set aside the orders of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh which had effectively stalled the execution of a decree passed as far back as 13 April 2012. Describing the litigation as a &#8220;Comedy of Errors&#8221;, the Court held that the controversy regarding whether the decree was preliminary or final had to be determined from the substance and terms of the decree itself, and not merely from its nomenclature. The Court observed that the decree had already determined the parties&#8217; shares, entitlement to possession, mesne profits, and the mode of effecting partition in the event division by metes and bounds was impossible, thereby rendering the insistence on a separate final decree &#8220;completely unwanted&#8221;. [<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Jennifer Messias<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Leonard G Lobo<\/span><\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/13g0UL3l\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 882<\/span><\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">FAMILY AND PERSONAL LAWS<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/28\/sc-upholds-validity-of-will-despite-exclusion-of-natural-heirs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mere Suspicion and Technical Defects Cannot Defeat Valid Testamentary Disposition; Supreme Court Upholds Will Despite Exclusion of Natural Heirs<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In an appeal filed by the appellants, wife and children of the testator, examining the validity of a Will executed by testator in favour of his sister-respondent, and to determine whether the concurrent findings of the trial court, first appellate court and High Court upholding the will warranted interference, the Division Bench of Ujjal Bhuyan and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Vijay Bishnoi*<\/span>, JJ., affirmed the concurrent findings of all the courts below and held that the will had been duly executed and validly proved. The Court found no suspicious circumstances sufficient to dislodge the will and no infirmity in the appreciation of evidence by the courts below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"animate-charcter\" style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; margin-left: 36pt; font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;Exclusion of the natural heirs cannot be sufficient to vitiate the Will in question, particularly when the Will clearly specifies that the testator has not done any injustice to his wife, children, or other relatives, and that he has given enough to his wife and children who are residing at Bombay&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Parvathi Nairthi<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Laxmi Nairthy<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/PjM4d3pL\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 911<\/span><\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/21\/sc-wifes-pursuit-of-career-and-child-welfare-not-cruelty-or-desertion\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Marriage Does Not Eclipse Her Individuality&#8217;: SC Expunges Cruelty and Desertion Findings Against Dentist Wife<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In a pair of civil appeals arising out of matrimonial disputes, a Division Bench of Vikram Nath and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sandeep Mehta*<\/span>, JJ., set aside and expunged the findings of &#8220;cruelty&#8221; and &#8220;desertion&#8221; recorded against the wife by the Family Court and affirmed by the Gujarat High Court, holding that her decision to pursue her professional career as a dentist and reside separately for the welfare and medical care of her minor daughter could not be construed as matrimonial misconduct. Describing the approach of the courts below as &#8220;pedantic&#8221;, &#8220;regressive&#8221;, &#8220;ultra-conservative&#8221; and rooted in patriarchal assumptions, the Court observed that marriage does not eclipse a woman&#8217;s individuality or compel her to sacrifice her career aspirations merely because her husband is posted at a remote location as an Army Officer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"animate-charcter\" style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; margin-left: 36pt; font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;We are well into the 21st Century, and yet an attempt by a qualified woman to pursue her professional career and to secure a safe and stable environment for the upbringing of her child has been treated as an act of cruelty and desertion by the Courts below.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Ann Saurabh Dutt<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Saurabh Iqbal Bahadur Dutt<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/NygEIZ9g\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 850<\/span><\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">INSURANCE<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/25\/mediclaim-deduction-motor-accident-compensation-law-divergent-views-resolution-sc\/\" target=\"_blank\">To Deduct or Not to Deduct: Supreme Court Settles the Law on Deduction of Mediclaim After Noting &#8220;Too Many Surprisingly Divergent Views&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">While deliberating over this case, the Court had to decide whether money received as mediclaim, in terms of a mediclaim policy, is deductible from an award passed by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) or not. The Division Bench of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sanjay Karol*<\/span> and Vipul M. Pancholi, JJ., after taking a serious note of considerable number of contrary High Court opinions on the issue, clarified that amount received as part of mediclaim\/medical insurance is not deductible from compensation as calculated by the MACT adjudicating a claim for compensation under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726964\" target=\"_blank\">Motor Vehicle Act, 1988<\/a> (MVA), which may also include compensation under the head of medical expenses, if claimed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"animate-charcter\" style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; margin-left: 36pt; font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;Till such times the opposing views exist, judicial uncertainty is in play for settled precedents ensure definitive outcomes but if contrary views exist, it becomes a matter of choice to follow one and leave aside the other, and it remains no longer, a matter of law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">New India Assurance Co. Ltd.<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Dolly Satish Gandhi<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/2Ga50KUz\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 861<\/span><\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">JUDGMENT\/ORDER\/DECREE<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/30\/comprehensive-directions-procedural-timelines-for-judgment-pronouncement-sc\/\" target=\"_blank\">3 Months to Pronounce, 24 Hours to Upload: SC Issues Comprehensive Directions for Procedural Timelines for Judgment Pronouncement by High Courts<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">While considering these proceedings which raised a common issue related to pronouncement of reserved judgments pending for indefinite periods before certain High Courts, the Bench of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Surya Kant, CJI*<\/span> and Joymalya Bagchi, J., issued comprehensive directions vis-a-vis procedural timelines for pronouncement of judgments\/ orders, ensuring accountability and transparency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court directed that in a matter where the judgment is reserved, the High Court shall endeavour to pronounce a reasoned judgment promptly, within a maximum period of 3 months from the date of reserving such judgment. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Pila Pahan<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Jharkhand<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/hUej3iL6\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 1012<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/15\/sc-signed-order-prevails-over-oral-dictation-draft-orders-can-be-corrected-before-signing\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Signed order alone is final and binding; dictated draft can be corrected before signing without rehearing if no material change occurs&#8221;: Supreme Court<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In a miscellaneous application filed in a disposed of civil appeal seeking clarification and correction of the order dictated in open court vis-&agrave;-vis the digitally signed order subsequently uploaded, a Division Bench of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">J.K. Maheshwari*<\/span> and Atul S. Chandurkar, JJ., dismissed the application as wholly misconceived and not maintainable, holding that the applicants were in substance seeking a review and rewriting of the final signed order of the Court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court reiterated that the digitally signed order alone constitutes the final and binding expression of the Court&#8217;s opinion and that corrections, refinements and enhancements made to a dictated draft order before signing are permissible so long as they do not result in material changes requiring rehearing of parties. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Fakir Mamad Suleman Sameja<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Adani Ports and Special Economic Zones Ltd.<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/L477N3Yc\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 842<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">JUDICIAL PROCESS<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/20\/sc-ph-hc-order-set-aside-incorrect-facts-application-of-mind\/\" target=\"_blank\">Supreme Court sets aside the Punjab and Haryana High Court&#8217;s order for hallucination of facts without application of mind<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Allowing the appeal assailing the Punjab and Haryana High Court order for recording factually incorrect observations, the Division Bench of Sanjay Kumar and K. Vinod Chandran, JJ., set aside the order and noted that the High Court had incorrectly recorded that the appellant was named in the FIR, whereas he had actually been implicated later based on a disclosure statement made by another accused in a separate FIR. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Sunny<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Punjab<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/V2s2hg1F\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 883<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">LABOUR AND SERVICE LAWS<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/28\/sc-allows-appointment-of-manipur-dgp-from-outside-cadre\/\" target=\"_blank\">Supreme Court Permits Appointment of Manipur DGP from Outside Cadre Amid &#8220;Unprecedented Ethnic and Civil Unrest&#8221; in the State<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In an interlocutory application filed by State of Manipur seeking appropriate directions regarding the appointment of the Director General of Police (DGP) from outside Manipur cadre amid &#8220;unprecedented ethnic and civil unrest&#8221; prevailing in the State, the three-Judge Bench of Surya Kant, CJI., Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi, JJ., found merit in the application and allowed the same. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Prakash Singh<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Union of India<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/4GtaqtnR\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 975<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/25\/sc-deadline-extended-for-application-to-entry-level-judiciary-exams-till-further-orders\/\" target=\"_blank\">3-Year Legal Practice Rule | Supreme Court Extends Deadline for Application to Entry-Level Judiciary Exams till further orders<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In a petition pertaining to relaxation for the specially-abled candidates in the 3-year legal practice rule for the recruitment of judicial officers&#8217; exam at the entry level, the three-Judge Bench of Surya Kant, CJI., Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi, JJ., directed that its interim order dated 13 April 2026 regarding closing date for submission of applications for recruitment as judicial officers at the entry level shall continue to operate till further orders. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Bhumika Trust<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Union of India<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/cKMK23I5\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 956<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/12\/sc-restores-police-constables-dismissal-for-securing-appointment-through-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\">Same Person, Two Police Forces, Two Names: SC Restores Police Constable&#8217;s Dismissal and Orders Criminal Proceedings<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In an appeal arising from the Jharkhand High Court&#8217;s judgment dated 25 August 2022, whereby Single Judge&#8217;s judgment was reversed and orders of the disciplinary authority, appellate authority, and revisional authority which had all concurrently upheld Respondent 1&#8217;s dismissal from service as a Constable in the Jharkhand Police was quashed, the Division Bench of Ahsanuddin Amanullah and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">R. Mahadevan*<\/span>, JJ., set aside the impugned judgment of the Division Bench of the Jharkhand High Court and restored the judgment of the Single Judge, along with the order of dismissal passed by the disciplinary authority and affirmed by the appellate and revisional authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"animate-charcter\" style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; margin-left: 36pt; font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;Public employment, particularly in the police service, cannot be converted into an instrument of fraud. If individuals entrusted with enforcing the law themselves secure entry into service through deception and fabricated credentials, it would seriously erode the Rule of Law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Jharkhand<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Ranjan Kumar<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/m4vkJxpx\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 824<\/span><\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/14\/bank-employees-joint-disciplinary-proceedings-not-mandatory-canara-bank-regulation-10\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;May&#8217; Cannot Be Read as &#8216;Shall&#8217;: Supreme Court Holds Canara Bank&#8217;s Regulation 10 Joint Enquiry Provision Directory, Not Mandatory<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In a civil appeal concerning disciplinary proceedings initiated against a Senior Manager of Canara Bank in relation to irregular sanction of credit facilities to two trading firms, a Division Bench of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">S.V.N. Bhatti*<\/span> and Vijay Bishnoi, JJ., partly upheld the decision of the Division Bench of the High Court setting aside the order of punishment imposed upon the bank officer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court held that the findings recorded in the departmental enquiry stood vitiated due to reliance upon statements of persons who were not examined during the enquiry proceedings, thereby denying the delinquent officer an opportunity to rebut the material relied upon against her and violating principles of natural justice. However, the Court clarified that Regulation 10, Canara Bank Officer Employees&#8217; (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations, 1976, which provides that disciplinary proceedings against multiple employees &#8220;may&#8221; be conducted jointly, is directory and not mandatory, and does not confer any right upon an employee to insist upon a common enquiry. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Canara Bank<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Prem Latha Uppal<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/237pf6ol\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 847<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/05\/sc-ret-scheme-closure-judgment\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rehbar-e-Taleem Closure: SC quashes litigation-based exclusion; relief to select panel candidates subject to TET<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In a batch of appeals concerning the closure of the Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) Scheme in the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir, a Division Bench of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">J.K. Maheshwari*<\/span> and Atul S. Chandurkar, JJ., modified the judgment of the High Court which had upheld the validity of Government Order No. 919-Edu of 2018 dated 16 November 2018. While affirming the closure of the scheme, the Court held that denial of engagement to candidates solely on the ground of pendency of litigation as on the date of the closure order is arbitrary and violative of Article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001574870\" target=\"_blank\">14<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726967\" target=\"_blank\">Constitution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Emphasising the impermissibility of such classification, the Court observed that mere pendency of litigation constitutes an extraneous factor having no rational nexus with the object sought to be achieved by the closure order. At the same time, the Court underscored the primacy of the statutory framework under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002767705\" target=\"_blank\">Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009<\/a> and the regulations framed by the National Council for Teacher Education, reiterating that minimum qualifications, including the Teachers&#8217; Eligibility Test (TET), are mandatory for appointment as teachers. Invoking its plenary powers under Article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001574873\" target=\"_blank\">142<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726967\" target=\"_blank\">Constitution<\/a>, the Court devised a balanced mechanism to protect the rights of candidates placed in select panels while ensuring compliance with statutory educational standards. [<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State (UT of J&amp;K)<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Saba Wani<\/span><\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/B47fs2E1\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 752<\/span><\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MUNICIPALITIES AND PANCHAYATS<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/22\/sc-on-entitlement-of-additional-amenity-tdr-under-mrtp-act\/\" target=\"_blank\">MRTP Act | Additional Amenity TDR Cannot Be Defeated by Contractual Conditions or Delay Once Statutory Right to Compensation Crystallises: Supreme Court<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The present appeal deals with the right of a landowner to claim additional amenity transferable development rights (Amenity TDR) under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002874648\" target=\"_blank\">126(1)(b)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002874824\" target=\"_blank\">Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966<\/a> (MRTP Act), after surrendering reserved land and developing a public garden thereon at its own cost. While examining the controversy revolving around whether such a statutory right could be defeated by clauses contained in the Letter of Intent (LOI), undertaking and maintenance agreement executed between the parties, and whether the claim was barred on account of delay and laches, the Division Bench of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">J.K. Maheshwari*<\/span> and Atul S. Chandurkar, JJ., affirmed the impugned judgment of the Bombay High Court and upheld the entitlement of the landowners to additional Amenity TDR against development of the garden on the surrendered land. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Brihanmumbai Municipal Corpn.<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Vijay Nagar Apartments<\/span><\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/Ht06C7Y4\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 904<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">PROPERTY LAW<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/15\/supreme-benami-act-2016-amendment-retrospective-fiduciary-capacity-confiscation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Supreme Court&#8217;s Landmark Benami Act Ruling Explained: Why the 2016 Amendment Is Retrospective, What &#8216;Fiduciary Capacity&#8217; Means, and When Confiscation Follows<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In an appeal against the order rejecting Order 7 Rule 11 application seeking rejection of plaint for being barred by law as benami transaction, the Division Bench of J.B. Pardiwala and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">R. Mahadevan*<\/span>, JJ., noted that that although the suit was presented as one based on a will and inheritance, the actual claim was that the properties had been purchased by the deceased using the respondent-plaintiff&#8217;s money and thereafter kept it for his benefit; the Court held that the present matter attracted the provisions of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002840164\" target=\"_blank\">Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988<\/a> (Benami Act).<\/p>\n<p>The conclusions of the Court on the Benami Act are summarised as follows:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: decimal;\">\n<li>\n<p>Though disputed questions of fact ordinarily require trial, courts may still examine whether the foundation of the claim is legally sustainable before directing parties to undergo trial.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>There is no fiduciary relationship between a company director and an employee of the company. Commercial and contractual arrangements supported by consideration do not fall within the fiduciary exception under the Benami law.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Contracts entered into to circumvent the law are illegal and unenforceable.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Courts must weed out frivolous and legally barred suits at the earliest stage by giving a meaningful reading to the plaint and accompanying documents instead of being guided by clever drafting.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The 2016 amendments to the Benami Act are retrospective in operation and may apply to earlier benami transactions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Confiscation under the Benami Act is a civil consequence distinct from criminal prosecution, and therefore Article 20(2) Constitution is not attracted.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Once a transaction is judicially declared benami and such finding attains finality, the property becomes liable to confiscation without requiring a fresh adjudicatory exercise under Sections 24 to 26 Benami Act.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Trial Courts dealing with issues relating to benami transactions must decide such questions at the earliest stage and, where a prima facie case exists, transfer the matter to the competent Adjudicating Authority or Appellate Tribunal.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Manjula<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">D.A. Srinivas<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/KjV87WxA\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 831<\/span><\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; font-weight: bold;\">Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/16\/order-7-rule-11-cpc-rejection-of-plaint-meaningful-reading-benami-bar\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Clever Drafting Cannot Save a Benami Claim: Supreme Court on Meaningful Reading of Plaint Under Order 7 Rule 11<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">SC\/ST ACT<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/13\/sc-caste-based-abuse-inside-residential-house-absent-public-gaze-sc-st-act\/\" target=\"_blank\">Caste-Based Abuse Inside House Not an Offence Under SC\/ST Act Absent &#8216;Public Gaze&#8217;; Supreme Court quashes proceedings<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In an appeal arising from the Delhi High Court&#8217;s judgment dated 22 August 2024 whereby the High Court dismissed criminal revision and upheld the trial court&#8217;s orders framing charges against the appellants under Sections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001551147\" target=\"_blank\">3(1)(r)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001551147\" target=\"_blank\">3(1)(s)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002828505\" target=\"_blank\">Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989<\/a> (SC\/ST Act) as well as under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561860\" target=\"_blank\">506<\/a> read with Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561652\" target=\"_blank\">34<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\" target=\"_blank\">Penal Code, 1860<\/a> (IPC), the Division Bench of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">N.V. Anjaria*<\/span> and Prashant Kumar Mishra, JJ., set aside the judgment of the Delhi High Court dated 22 August 2024, quashed the trial Court&#8217;s orders dated 26 November 2022 and 30 November 2022 and quashed the FIR along with the charge-sheet filed against the appellants, holding that alleged caste abuse inside residential house not &#8220;within public view&#8221; under Sections 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) of the SC\/ST Act.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court held that the occurrence of the incident of insult or abuse, towards the member of the Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe has to be in &#8220;a place within public view&#8221;, thereby making the same a sine qua non for constituting the offence under the SC\/ST Act. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Gunjan<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State (NCT of Delhi)<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/EA4cgOav\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2026 SCC OnLine SC 834<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Supreme Court Case Disposal and Pendency Status<a id=\"fnref1\" href=\"#fn1\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Pending Cases<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-collapse: collapse; border-top-style: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; table-layout: auto; width: 158.87mm;\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"300\"\/>\n<col width=\"300\"\/><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 79.4mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; \">Case Type<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 79.47mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; \">Numbers<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 79.4mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; \">Civil<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 79.47mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; \">71867<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 79.4mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; \">Criminal<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 79.47mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; \">20649<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 79.4mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; \">Total<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 79.47mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; \">92516<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Coram wise pending cases<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-collapse: collapse; border-top-style: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; table-layout: auto; width: 158.87mm;\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"300\"\/>\n<col width=\"301\"\/><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 79.33mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; \">Coram<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 79.54mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; \">Pendency (incl. Civil &amp; Criminal)<span class=\"footnote&nbsp;reference\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; text-underline-style: solid; text-underline-mode: continuous; text-underline-color: #0000ff; color: #0000ff;\"><a id=\"fnref2\" href=\"#fn2\"><sup>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 79.33mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; \">3-Judges Bench<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 79.54mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; \">1238 Cases<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 79.33mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; \">5-Judges Bench<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 79.54mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; \"> 175 Cases<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 79.33mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; \">7-Judges Bench<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 79.54mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; \">34 cases<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 79.33mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; \">9-Judges Bench<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 79.54mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; \">46 cases<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Disposal Status<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-collapse: collapse; border-top-style: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; table-layout: auto; width: 158.87mm;\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"150\"\/>\n<col width=\"150\"\/>\n<col width=\"150\"\/>\n<col width=\"150\"\/><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 39.78mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; \">\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 39.65mm;\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Civil Cases<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 39.81mm;\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Criminal Cases<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 39.62mm;\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Total<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 39.78mm;\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Cases disposed of in Last Month<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 39.65mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-underline-style: none; text-underline-mode: continuous; text-underline-color: #000000; color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scdg.sci.gov.in\/scnjdg\/#%3Fapp_token%3D0fbffb7562ef7f342072273df6bd927ffb213bcb49d3571827047d730a65dd62\" target=\"_blank\">5,527<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 39.81mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; \">2,501<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 39.62mm;\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; font-size: 11.0pt;\">8,028 cases<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 39.78mm;\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Cases disposed of in Current Year<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 39.65mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; \">23,735<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 39.81mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; \">10,460<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 1.0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 1.0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 1.0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 39.62mm;\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; text-align: center; font-size: 11.0pt;\">34,195 cases<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Appointments, Recommendations, Transfers, Designations in May<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/06\/01\/president-appoints-4-chief-justices-and-v-mohana-as-supreme-court-judges\/\" target=\"_blank\">President Appoints Four Chief Justices and One Senior Advocate to Supreme Court, Taking Working Strength Closer to New Sanctioned Strength of 38<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/28\/collegium-recommends-5-names-for-elevation-to-the-sc\/\" target=\"_blank\">Collegium Recommends Elevation of 4 Chief Justices and Senior Advocate V. Mohana to Supreme Court<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/25\/justice-meenakshi-m-rai-chief-justice-patna-hc\/\" target=\"_blank\">Supreme Court Collegium recommends appointment of Justice Meenakshi M. Rai as Chief Justice of Patna High Court<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/19\/on-sc-collegium-recommendation-madras-hc-gets-19-new-judges\/\" target=\"_blank\">Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment of 9 Judicial Officers and 10 Advocates as Madras HC Judges<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/14\/sc-collegium-recommends-9-advocates-calcutta-hc-judges\/\" target=\"_blank\">Supreme Court Collegium recommends appointment of 9 Advocates as Calcutta HC Judges<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/05\/sc-collegium-recommends-13-judges-ph-andhra-pradesh-hc\/\" target=\"_blank\">SC Collegium recommends Appointment of 10 Advocates, 3 Judicial Officers as Judges of P&amp;H HC and Andhra Pradesh HC<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>SCC Weekly<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/10\/2026-scc-vol-3-part-5-latest-supreme-court-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\">2026 SCC Vol. 3 Part 5: Key Supreme Court Cases on Arbitration, Civil Law, IBC, Land Acquisition, &amp; more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/17\/2026-scc-vol-4-part-1-latest-supreme-court-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\">2026 SCC Vol. 4 Part 1: Key Supreme Court Cases on Arbitration, Civil Procedure Code, Consumer Protection, Income Tax &amp; more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/24\/2026-scc-vol-4-part-2-latest-supreme-court-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\">2026 SCC Vol. 4 Part 2: Key Supreme Court Cases on Arbitration, Government Contracts, &amp; IBC<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/31\/2026-scc-vol-4-part-3-latest-supreme-court-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\">2026 SCC Vol. 4 Part 3: Key Supreme Court Cases on Arbitration, CGST, Family Law, &amp; Income Tax<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Know Thy Judge<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/03\/justice-ps-narasimha-career-life-judgments-supreme-court-profile\/\" target=\"_blank\">Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/06\/supreme-court-of-india-justice-svn-bhatti-profile\/\" target=\"_blank\">Justice Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/11\/supreme-court-of-india-justice-ahsanuddin-amanullah\/\" target=\"_blank\">Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/26\/justice-k-v-viswanathan-supreme-court-of-india-judgments\/\" target=\"_blank\">Justice K.V. Viswanathan<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/28\/know-your-judge-sc-justice-vipul-m-pancholi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Justice Vipul Manubhai Pancholi<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Retirement:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/30\/justice-pankaj-mithal-bids-adieu-to-the-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\">Justice Pankaj Mithal Bids Adieu to the Supreme Court: A throwback to His Dedicated Journey &amp; Distinguished Career<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/30\/justice-jk-maheshwari-retires-career-judgments-supreme-court-legal-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">Grew Up in a Small Town in Madhya Pradesh, Retired as a Supreme Court Judge: Justice J.K. Maheshwari&#8217;s Unflinching Commitment to the Rule of Law<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;\"><a id=\"fn1\" href=\"#fnref1\">1.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/scdg.sci.gov.in\/scnjdg\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"\">https:\/\/scdg.sci.gov.in\/scnjdg\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;\"><a id=\"fn2\" href=\"#fnref2\">2.<\/a> Numbers inclusive of connected matters as well.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">May 2026 was a landmark month for Indian constitutional law. 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