LiveLaw Supreme Court Half-Yearly Digest: January-June 2026 [Part 3]

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - Conventional Heads – Omission of Filial Consortium – The Tribunal and High Court failed to award any amount under the head of consortium - Held: The Motor Vehicles Act is a beneficial legislation, and courts must ensure 'just compensation' is awarded even if a legitimate conventional head has been omitted below - The parents of the...

LiveLaw Supreme Court Half-Yearly Digest: January-June 2026 [Part 1]

Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest Jan - Jun, 2026Administrative LawAdministrative Law – Departure from Competitive Tendering – Requirement of Reasons – While competitive tendering is the ordinary method to secure public interest, any departure must be justified by rational and recorded reasons - Non-production of core records like tender documents and vouchers by the State is a...

LiveLaw Supreme Court Half-Yearly Digest 2026 - Specific Relief Act & Transfer of Property Act

Specific Relief Act, 1963 & Transfer of Property Act, 1882 - Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest Jan - Jun, 2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 – Discretionary Relief – Impact of Unexplained Delay / Laches in Filing Suit – Approaching Court at the Fag End of Limitation - For claiming an equitable relief like specific performance, the plaintiff's conduct must be beyond reproach...

LiveLaw Supreme Court Half-Yearly Digest 2026 - Service Law

Service Law - Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest Jan - Jun, 2026 Accelerated Promotion – Counter-Extremism/Naxal Activities – Parity in Treatment – Judicial Review of Committee Decisions – The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's direction to grant accelerated promotion to a police constable (Respondent) who resisted a Naxalite attack on a police station - The State had...

LiveLaw Supreme Court Half-Yearly Digest 2026 - Negotiable Instruments Act

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 - Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest Jan - Jun, 2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 - Section 138 - When a company or NGO authorises a specific individual to sign and issue cheques on its behalf, along with the responsibility of making payments under an agreement, such person is treated as the 'drawer' of the cheque and attracts criminal...

LiveLaw Supreme Court Half-Yearly Digest 2026 - Motor Vehicles Act, 1980

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest Jan - Jun, 2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - Conventional Heads – Omission of Filial Consortium – The Tribunal and High Court failed to award any amount under the head of consortium - Held: The Motor Vehicles Act is a beneficial legislation, and courts must ensure 'just compensation' is awarded even if a...

LiveLaw Supreme Court Half-Yearly Digest 2026 - Insolvency And Bankruptcy Code (IBC)

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 - Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest Jan - Jun, 2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 – No Condonation of Re-filing Delay Beyond 28 Days for IBC Appeals - While the Supreme Court Rules, 2013 (SCR) allow a 28-day window for curing defects and permit discretionary condonation of re-filing delay for general laws, this relaxation cannot...

LiveLaw Supreme Court Half-Yearly Digest 2026 - Hindu Law

Hindu Law - Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest Jan - Jun, 2026 Hindu Law – Alienation – Legal Necessity – Karta's Power - held that alienations by a Karta in favor of a single coparcener must be strictly proved to be for legal necessity - Vague or general recitals in sale deeds regarding "family needs" or "debts" are insufficient to bind the interests of other coparceners -...

LiveLaw Supreme Court Half-Yearly Digest 2026 - Constitution Of India

Constitution of India Constitutional & Administrative Law — Correlative Public Duties of Local Authorities — Maintenance of Pedestrian Infrastructure – The Supreme Court ruled that the fundamental right to walk on demarcated footpaths carries a corresponding, enforceable legal duty upon public authorities - Wherever a road exists, there is a strict public duty to ensure...

LiveLaw Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest 2026 - Code Of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC)

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) - Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest Jan - Jun, 2026 Civil Procedure & Precedents – Finality of Civil Court Decrees – Scope of Appellate Review - The Division Bench of the High Court was not justified in rendering observations to virtually unsettle a permanent injunction decree passed by a Civil Court way back in 1988, which...

LiveLaw Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest 2026 - BSA & Indian Evidence Act

Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 / Indian Evidence Act, 1872 - Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest Jan - Jun, 2026 Evidence Act (now Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam) is not strictly applicable to Consumer Forums, the Principles of Natural Justice must be followed - If a party seeks to cross-examine a witness or expert whose affidavit is on record, the Commission should evolve a procedure...

LiveLaw Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest 2026 - BNS & Indian Penal Code

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 / Indian Penal Code, 1860 - Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest Jan - Jun, 2026 Section 4 - Punishments Section 53 & Section 302 IPC — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 433-A — Modification of Life Sentence to Fixed Term — Constitutional courts (the High Courts and the Supreme Court) possess the power to modify a sentence of...