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LOK 2026 (11) Ker. 101 · High Court of Kerala

Binu v. State of Kerala

Equivalent citations: 2026 KER 85913

ActsIndian Penal Code, 1860 (Section 341; Section 307; Section 34); Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Section 374(2))

Injuries on the accused sustained in a later, separate occurrence need not be explained by the prosecution; conviction for attempt to murder on the injured witness’s corroborated evidence upheld.

LOK 2026 (11) SC 67 · Supreme Court of India

State of Himachal Pradesh v. Union of India

Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1200

To execute the 2011 decree giving Himachal Pradesh 7.19% of Bhakra-Beas power, Punjab and Haryana must supply about 11,973 MU over 20 lean seasons after adjusting its capital-cost liability.

LOK 2026 (11) SC 65 · Supreme Court of India

Union of India v. Rohith Nathan

Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1201

ActsConstitution of India (Article 141; Article 142); O.M. No. 36012/22/93-Estt (SCT) dated 08.09.1993 (OBC creamy layer)

The Rohith Nathan OBC creamy-layer judgment binds as precedent but its relief is confined to the parties; concluded selections are not reopened, while CSE-2025 allocation must follow it.

LOK 2026 (11) SC 61 · Supreme Court of India

A. John Kennedy v. State of Tamil Nadu

Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1204

Forest Rights Act claims must be decided strictly under Section 6; persons not primarily residing in the forest are excluded, and commercial silk cotton cultivation is prima facie no forest right.

LOK 2026 (11) SC 63 · Supreme Court of India

Chairman, National Book Trust India v. A.R. Abdul Gaffar

Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1202

National Book Trust, a society set up by Government resolution under deep and pervasive Government control, is "State" under Article 12; this does not make its employees Government servants.

LOK 2026 (11) SC 62 · Supreme Court of India

J. Rajesh (Minor) thr. his Mother v. M. Kumaran

Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1208

ActsHindu Succession Act, 1956 (Section 8; Section 6; Section 19); Hindu Succession (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1989 (Section 29-A)

A grandson has no right by birth in property his living father took as a Class I heir under Section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act and received on partition; it is the father’s individual property.

LOK 2026 (11) SC 66 · Supreme Court of India

Yusuf v. Vigyapan Loke Delhi Advertising C.G.H.S. Ltd.

Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1207

Balance-sheet entries carrying a debt forward can be an acknowledgment under Section 18 of the Limitation Act; a plaint cannot be rejected under Order VII Rule 11 CPC by weighing evidence on whether liability exists.

LOK 2026 (11) SC 64 · Supreme Court of India

Chatur Singh Dhruw v. State of Chhattisgarh & Ors.

Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1205

ActsConstitution of India (Article 14; Article 311(2)); Fundamental Rule 56; Chhattisgarh Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1976 (Rule 42(1)(b))

Compulsory retirement is not punitive or stigmatic; uncommunicated adverse entries may be considered, adverse entries after promotion stay relevant, and non-retirement of others gives no ground under Article 14.

LOK 2026 (11) Ker. 44 · High Court of Kerala

Abdul Rafeek @ Rafeek v. State of Kerala

Equivalent citations: 2026 KER 84411

ActsCode of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) — Section 91 & Section 439(2) — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 94 — Constitution of India — Article 20(3) — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Sections 5, 6, 11, 12, 16 & 17 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) — Sections 49, 64(2)(m), 65(2) & 332(a)

Bail may be cancelled to enable custodial interrogation needed for further investigation; Section 94 BNSS cannot be used to compel an accused to produce an incriminating mobile phone.

LOK 2026 (11) SC 33 · Supreme Court of India

N. Sridhar Reddy v. State of A.P. through Secretary

Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1191

ActsCode of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Sections 13 and 14); Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Section 494); Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Section 482)

A foreign decree on a ground unavailable under the applicable matrimonial law does not automatically bind Indian courts under Section 13 CPC. The bigamy proceedings against the husband were sustained. The proceedings against his parents and second wife were quashed because the materials did not show active participation or facilitation.

LOK 2026 (11) Ker. 3 · High Court of Kerala

Mohanan v. State of Kerala

Equivalent citations: 2026 KER 81146

ActsIndian Penal Code, 1860 (Section 308; Section 324)

Repeated blows with a wooden stick on the head of the victim attract Section 308 IPC; non-recovery of the weapon does not discredit an injured witness whose evidence is corroborated.

LOK 2026 (10) SC 301 · Supreme Court of India

Santhosh Kumar N.P. v. State-station House Officer

Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1179

ActsCode of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Section 227); Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Section 376(2)(n); Section 420; Section 493; Section 494; Section 495)

A long consensual relationship, continued after learning of the man’s earlier marriage, cannot be turned into rape or offences under Sections 420 and 493–495 IPC when it ends; the accused was discharged.

LOK 2026 (10) SC 302 · Supreme Court of India

Damodar Valley Corporation v. Maithan Alloys Ltd.

Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1178

ActsElectricity Act, 2003 (Section 14 (fourth proviso); Sections 173 and 174; Section 61; Section 122(f)); Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948 (Section 40); CERC (Terms and Conditions of Tariff) Regulations, 2009 (Regulation 43); Constitution of India (Article 141)

DVC may recover both depreciation and its Sinking Fund contribution through tariff under Section 40 of the DVC Act; APTEL’s review reopening this against binding precedent was set aside with exemplary costs.

LOK 2026 (10) SC 291 · Supreme Court of India

Bandari Ramchander v. Maitri Coop. Hsg. Society Ltd.

Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1175

ActsAndhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) (Abolition of Jagirs) Regulation, 1358 Fasli (Regulations 2(h), 4, 5, 6, 17 and 18); Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Atiyat Enquiries Act, 1952 (Section 2(1)(b) and (c)); Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1982; Hyderabad Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1950 (Sections 47 and 48)

Abolition of Jagirs Regulation vested paigah jagir lands in the State; jagirdars got only commutation, and later pahani entries of private pattedars were fraudulent — the State’s title to the Miyapur lands upheld.

LOK 2026 (10) SC 293 · Supreme Court of India

M/s. Mansi Finance (Chennai) Ltd. v. Lalitha

Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1174

The applicant sought clarification of the judgment dated 26 May 2026, which had partly restored cheque-dishonour proceedings. He contended that the position under Maharashtra’s money-lending law differed from Tamil Nadu’s law and that the earlier judgment should not be treated as validating recovery of unlicensed…

LOK 2026 (10) SC 281 · Supreme Court of India

Principal Commissioner of Income Tax v. Orissa Mining Corporation

Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1171

SubjectIncome Tax
ActsIncome Tax Act, 1961 (Sections 139, 142(1), 143(2), 143(3), 147, 148 and 292BB)

Reassessment without a notice under Section 143(2) is void; Section 292BB cures only defective service of a notice actually issued, not its total absence, even where the assessee took part or asked that its original return be treated as the return.

LOK 2026 (10) SC 282 · Supreme Court of India

V. Gopalakrishnan v. State of Kerala

Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1172

ActsPrevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (Sections 13(1)(e) and 13(2)); Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (Section 109); Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (Section 106)

Once the prosecution proves disproportion between a public servant’s assets and known lawful income, he must account for it with credible, verifiable material; the conviction for disproportionate assets was upheld.

LOK 2026 (10) SC 283 · Supreme Court of India

M/S Royal Construction Company Pvt. LTD Vs M/S National Projects Construction Corporation

Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1167

Once the Supreme Court has answered a certified question of law, it cannot be asked to clarify factual issues arising in later execution; noting a 24-year-old award still unrealised, the Court asked the Law Commission to study the execution of arbitral awards.

LOK 2026 (10) SC 284 · Supreme Court of India

The Union Of India Vs Narender Kumar

Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1166

ActsPart II, Category E(i), Para 4.1, MoD Policy Letter dated 31.01.2001; Pension Regulations for the Army, 2008 (Regulation 82)

War injury pension under Category E(i) of the 2001 MoD policy extends to disability arising in a specially notified operation such as Operation Rakshak; the policymaker cannot read in exclusions that the policy does not contain.