Supreme Court Judgments Summary 12th Oct, 2026 Supreme Court Clarifies Jurisdiction When Arbitration Clauses Point to Multiple Locations This civil appeal challenged an order passed by the Delhi High Court under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, which had appointed an sole arbitrator and left the venue
In this batch of special leave petitions arising from land acquisition proceedings under the Shatabdi Nagar Housing Scheme dating back to 1987, the Supreme Court addressed interim compensation orders passed while First Appeals were pending before the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad. The Reference Court had substantially enhanced compensation
This batch of civil appeals and transferred cases addressed a complex, long-standing inter se seniority dispute in the Tamil Nadu Ministerial and Judicial Ministerial Services involving three distinct categories of employees: Direct recruits (1983 batch selected via the TNPSC competitive examination), Special appointees (temporary employees appointed under Rule 10(a)(i) and
In this civil appeal, the Supreme Court examined the validity of a High Court judgment that had set aside a Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) order directing the appointment of the appellant as a Librarian under the Law Department of Jammu and Kashmir. The appellant, who was the first waitlisted candidate,
In this criminal appeal, the Supreme Court addressed the conviction of the appellant under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, for the alleged sexual assault of his specially-abled minor niece. The trial court had convicted and sentenced the appellant to 10 years of
In a civil appeal arising out of an order under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, the Supreme Court of India addressed whether a Successful Resolution Applicant (SRA)—who re-entered management of a Corporate Debtor (CD) post-CIRP—can pursue pre-CIRP arbitral claims against an Operational Creditor (OC) without allowing
In a criminal appeal challenging a High Court order that set aside a discharge granted 26 years prior, the Supreme Court of India allowed the appeal and restored the trial court’s order discharging the appellant. The Supreme Court held that subjecting an individual to trial after such an extraordinary lapse
