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Monday, September 14, 2026 New Delhi Edition

Judgment Highlights

Landmark rulings, constitutional decisions and tribunal orders shaping Indian law.

Bench: All Acting Chief Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Pradeep Mittal (Division Bench) Chairperson Justice AK Goel Chief Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Advait Sethna (Division Bench) Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V. Mohana Chief Justice S. A. Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan (Division Bench) Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan (Division Bench) Division Bench Division Bench (Bombay High Court) Division Bench (Karnataka High Court) Division Bench (Madhya Pradesh High Court) Division Bench (Madras High Court) Division Bench (Punjab & Haryana High Court, Suo Motu) Dr. Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Justice Rekha Borana Five-Judge Constitution Bench Justice A. S. Gadkari and Justice Kamal Khata (Division Bench) Justice Ajay Digpaul Justice Aman Chaudhary Justice Amit Bansal Justice Anand Sharma Justice Anand Venkatesh Justice Anand Venkatesh and Justice K. K. Ramakrishnan (Madurai Bench) Justice Anil Khetarpal and Justice Shail Jain (Division Bench) JUSTICE ANOOP CHITKARA, AND JUSTICE SUKHVINDER KAUR Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand Justice Baljinder Singh Sandhu Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Vinod Kumar (Division Bench) Justice C. Saravanan Justice C. V. Karthikeyan and Justice R. Sakthivel (Division Bench) Justice Chandra Prakash Shrimali Justice Chavan (Bombay High Court) Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy Justice Deepak Sibal and Justice Rupinderjit Chahal (Division Bench) Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Sheel Nagu Justice Firdosh P. Pooniwalla and Justice R. I. Chagla (Division Bench) Justice G. K. Ilanthiraiyan Justice G. R. Swaminathan and Justice M. D. Sumathi (Division Bench) Justice Girish Kulkarni and Justice Neela Gokhale (Division Bench) Justice H. T. Narendra Prasad Justice Inderjeet Singh and Justice Sandeep Taneja Justice Inderjeet Singh and Justice Sandeep Taneja (Division Bench) Justice J. B. Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra Justice Jasmeet Singh Justice Joymalya Bagchi Justice M. Dhandapani and Justice N. Dilip Kumar (Division Bench) Justice Milind N. Jadhav Justice Munnuri Laxman and Justice Chandra Shekhar Sharma (Division Bench) Justice Murali Shankar Justice Nandesh S. Deshpande Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja (Division Bench) Justice Nitin Borkar Justice P. T. Asha and Justice N. Mala (Division Bench) Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Shree Chandrashekhar Justice Ravi Chirania Justice Rekha Palli Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice N. Kotiswar Singh Justice Sanjeet Purohit Justice Sanjeev Narula Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice N. Kotiswar Singh Justice Sharmila U. Deshmukh and Justice Neeraj P. Dhote (Division Bench, Nagpur Bench) Justice Sharmila U. Deshmukh and Justice Neeraj P. Dhote (Division Bench) Justice Shubha Mehta Justice Sudesh Bansal Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma Justice Tushar Rao Gedela Justice V. Lakshminarayanan Justice Vikram Aggarwal Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta Justice Vivek Agarwal and Justice Avanindra Kumar Singh (Division Bench) Justices Oka & Agarwal Principal Bench, National Green Tribunal Single Judge (Bombay High Court) Single Judge (Madras High Court) Single Judge (Punjab & Haryana High Court) Supreme Court of India
National Green Tribunal — Principal Bench

NGT directs Bhopal's Collector and Divisional Forest Officer to jointly survey and demarcate all recorded forest land using GIS/GPS and satellite imagery, and to remove illegal encroachments within three months where no lawful impediment exists.

High Court of Punjab and Haryana

In a suo motu case on opioid dependence among prisoners, Punjab & Haryana High Court directs Haryana to file a further affidavit clarifying whether trained counsellors are actually available in every jail, after its affidavit went silent on ground-level implementation.

Delhi High Court

Delhi High Court records an undertaking by two Cockroach Janta Party members to take down social media posts against senior advocate and BJP leader Gaurav Bhatia — including an AI-generated post falsely attributing remarks to him — after observing that "attacking without verifying" was not right.

Delhi High Court

Delhi High Court rejects a habeas corpus plea by Swatantra Bhardwaj challenging his arrest over the alleged assault of a teenage CJP protester's father at Jantar Mantar, finding his key argument was never raised in the petition itself and the underlying FIR had not been quashed.

Madras High Court

Hearing a contempt petition over delay in proceedings against a former minister and IAS officers accused of favouritism in municipal tenders, Madras High Court remarks that it is "very difficult" to get corruption cases registered against powerful men in the country.

Supreme Court of India

Supreme Court permits Himachal Pradesh to withdraw prosecution in the remaining 48 of 63 criminal cases registered against MPs and MLAs over Covid-era dharnas and protests, after the Himachal Pradesh High Court had allowed withdrawal in only 15 of them.

Supreme Court of India

Supreme Court stays a Delhi High Court judgment upholding the reinstatement of IAS officer Rinku Dugga, who was compulsorily retired after Thyagaraj Stadium was allegedly emptied for her to walk her dog, and issues notice on the Centre's challenge.

Supreme Court of India

Supreme Court declines to stay Bombay High Court contempt proceedings against Maharashtra's Law Department Secretary over an alleged courtroom outburst blaming the High Court for delayed judicial appointments, while restraining a final contempt order until September 28.

Supreme Court of India

Hearing petitions challenging the marital rape exception, Supreme Court questions whether a husband can be prosecuted for rape of his wife before the constitutional validity of the exception is itself decided, referencing a Karnataka High Court ruling that the exception is not absolute.

Supreme Court of India

Supreme Court directs three National Green Tribunal members whose tenure was expiring to continue in office until fresh appointments are made, after the NGT Bar Association warned the Tribunal's functioning could otherwise be affected, and asks the Centre to expedite appointments to other vacant tribunal posts.

Supreme Court of India

Supreme Court closes the suo motu case it had registered over an NCERT Class 8 textbook chapter on "corruption in the judiciary," holding that constructive criticism of the judiciary is a necessary feature of democracy but must be voiced through appropriate forums.

Rajasthan High Court

Hearing a matter through its Paperless Module 2.0, Rajasthan High Court finds the main petition had never been uploaded — only the stay petition had — and directs that a comprehensive, accountability-fixing Standing Order covering all case types be placed before the Chief Justice.


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