LANDMARK CASE LAW
Selected 2026 decisions from the Supreme Court of India's official Landmark Judgment Summaries. Summaries below are for legal awareness; read the full judgment before relying on any proposition.
AI-generated authorities: The Court held that fake or hallucinated precedent cannot be allowed to contaminate adjudication, set aside the affected decisions, and called for accountability where unverified AI-generated material is cited.
Official summary / judgment →Electoral rolls: The Court considered the legality of Bihar's Special Intensive Revision, the Election Commission's powers, electoral eligibility and the limits of its inquiry concerning citizenship.
Official summary / judgment →Right to die with dignity: The decision addresses passive euthanasia, withdrawal of clinically assisted nutrition and hydration, the patient's best interests and streamlining the Common Cause framework.
Official summary / judgment →Sexual offences: The Court revisited the distinction between preparation and attempt and directed expert work toward a more sensitive and compassionate judicial approach in sexual-offence and vulnerable-person cases.
Official summary / judgment →Land acquisition & limitation: The Court held that Section 5 of the Limitation Act is not excluded from first appeals under Section 74 of the 2013 land acquisition legislation and directed a pragmatic approach to delay-condonation applications.
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