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Supreme Court Questions Use of PIL to Challenge Tender Based on Claims of Competing Bidders: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has given O.P. Mehta three months to complete road work that was originally awarded to him on 15 March 2024, while hearing Civil Appeal No. 12968 of 2026 arising from SLP (C) No. 2036 of 2025. The dispute concerns the upgradation of the Matiana, Mahori to Chhaila road, Km. 0/00 to 25/650, under PMGSY…
Missing Original Document Alone Cannot Be Ground to Quash Criminal Proceedings, Forgery Trial Restored: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has set aside the Bombay High Court order that discharged Aldila Braganza in a forgery and cheating case linked to an allegedly altered building plan. The ruling was delivered in Criminal Appeal No.4092 of 2026 on September 22, 2026. The dispute arose between neighbours after construction was…
Supreme Court Upholds Calcutta HC Order Vacating Anti-Suit Injunction Against UK Divorce Proceedings in Matrimonial Dispute: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on September 22, 2026 dismissed an appeal filed by Mihir Prakash Bajoria against Vidushi Jain Bajoria over divorce proceedings pending in India and the UK. The couple married in Kolkata on December 15, 2018 under Hindu customs and lived together in London during substantial periods of their marriage.…
Issue of Whether Civil Judges Can Hear Trade Mark Infringement Suits Referred to Larger Bench: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has referred to a larger bench a dispute over which court can hear certain trade mark infringement suits in states where a Civil Judge (Senior Division) has been notified as a Commercial Court. The matter arose in an appeal by I.S.D.S. Private Limited & Anr. against M/s Khemka Food Products Pvt. Ltd.…
Refund Cannot Be Ordered Decades After Sale Executed Pursuant to Specific Performance Decree, Supreme Court Holds It Inequitable: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has allowed an appeal by the legal representatives of Sobaran Singh, restoring a Trial Court decree concerning a registered agreement to sell dated 16.06.1975. The dispute involved about 5 bighas of agricultural land located around 3 km from Agra. The agreed sale price was Rs. 20,000, of which Rs.…
Government Land With Open Access Cannot Be Taken Over for Exclusive Use by Permittee: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has partly allowed a petition filed by The Deccan Co-operative Housing Society Limited against the State of Maharashtra and the Collector, Mumbai Suburban, over an iron gate installed on a 9.15-metre access road. The dispute arose after the Collector, by an order dated 17th March 2026, directed…
Grievous Injury Not Necessary to Attract Section 307 IPC: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking addition of Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 in a Haryana assault case arising from a dispute over waterlogging. The order was passed in Surender Kumar versus State of Haryana & Ors. on September 8, 2026. The dispute began after rainwater was drained, leading to…
Gujarat Witnessed Several Hooch Tragedies Despite Liquor Ban: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has struck down rules that required methanol sold in Maharashtra to be mixed with a bitterant and colourant and imposed licensing restrictions on its purchase and possession. The judgment was delivered on September 18, 2026 in M/S Balaji Formalin Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. versus Union of India & Anr. and…
Presumption of Guilt Under POCSO Act Not Absolute, Man Acquitted: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has acquitted Deepak in a case arising from an alleged sexual assault on a minor. The Court set aside the 3 July 2025 judgment of the Delhi High Court, which had upheld his conviction by the trial court. The case arose from a complaint filed by the mother of the child at Kalkaji Police Station on 11…
BSNL Employees Serving Only on Officiating Basis Cannot Claim Promotion Under Previous Rules: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has allowed appeals filed by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and another against judgments of the High Court concerning promotion to the post of Rajbhasha Adhikari. The private respondents were working as Assistant Director (Official Language), later renamed Rajbhasha Adhikari, on an officiating…
