Saturday, 7 February 2026

Recent Statutes

·         Mah. Act No. I of 2026 - Maharashtra Prevention of Begging (Amendment) Act, 2025

 ·         Mah. Act No. LXVI of 2025 - Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Third Amendment) Act, 2025

 

 

Recent Judgments

Supreme Court of India:

 

·         Dorairaj vs. Doraisamy (Dead) Through LRs. & Ors.  [05.02.2026]

·         State of West Bengal & Anr. vs. Confederation of State Government Employees, West Bengal & Ors.  [05.02.2026]

·         Reginamary Chellamani vs. State rep. by Superintendent of Customs  [05.02.2026]

·         Shashin Patel & Anr. vs. Uday Dalal & Ors.  [05.02.2026]

·         Pramod Kumar & Ors. vs. State of Uttar Pradesh Ors.  [04.02.2026]

·         U. P. Junior High School Council Instructor Welfare Association vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.  [04.02.2026]

·         M/s Eminent Colonizers Private Limited vs. Rajasthan Housing Board and Ors.  [04.02.2026]

·         Vinit Bahri & Anr. vs. M/s. MGF Developers Ltd. & Anr.  [04.02.2026]

·         Rupesh Kumar Meena vs. Union of India & Ors.  [04.02.2026]

·         Mohtashem Billah Malik vs. Sana Aftab  [04.02.2026]

·         C. Velusamy vs. K. Indhera  [03.02.2026]

·         P. Suresh vs. D. Kalaivani & Ors.  [03.02.2026]

·         Rajia Begum vs. Barnali Mukherjee  [02.02.2026]

·         The State of Tamil Nadu vs. The State of Karnataka & Anr.  [02.02.2026]

·         Sandeep Singh Bora vs. Narendra Singh Deopa & Ors.  [02.02.2026]

·         Satinder Singh Bhasin vs. Col. Gautam Mullick & Ors.  [02.02.2026]

 Bombay High Court:

 

·         M/s. Shri Tirthankar Co. vs. Adyaprasad Hingoo Mishra  [06.02.2026]

·         Rajanialias Prabhavati Chittaranjan Patil Nee Rajani alias Prabhavati Laxman Thakur vs. Dahisar Siddhi Apartment CHSL & Ors.  [06.02.2026]

·         Girish Sahakari Griharachana Sanstha Maryadit, Pune Through Chiarman, Chandrashekhar Bhagwat Deshpande & Anr. vs. Mallikarjun Madhavrao Navande & Ors.  [06.02.2026]

·         Kartik Regency Coop. Housing society Ltd. vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors.  [06.02.2026]

·         Ashok Shankar Mhatre vs. The State of Maharashtra  [05.02.2026]

·         Anuradha Nayan Shah vs. Jayantilal Vallabhdas Patni & Ors.  [04.02.2026]

·         Integro Finserv Private Limited vs. Santoshkumar Ramsajeevan Dewivedi & Anr.  [04.02.2026]

·         Meena A. Rizvi vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors.  [04.02.2026]

·         Union of India vs. M/s. Bridge Track And Tower Pvt. Ltd.  [04.02.2026]

·         Prakash s/o Narsing Pachpute vs. State of Maharashtra  [04.02.2026]

·         Santosh @Chingya Sainath Tarte vs. The District Magistrate, Nanded & Ors.  [04.02.2026]

·         Mukesh s/o Hari Butani vs. State of Maharashtra through the Inspector, Legal Metrology, Amravati  [03.02.2026]

·         Kashifa Kausar Sayed Sirajoddin & Anr. vs. The State of Maharashtra  [03.02.2026]

·         Ms Anita Naik & Anr. vs. State  [03.02.2026]

·         Parshuram Umaji Dalavi vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors.  [03.02.2026]

·         Miss. Gayatri D/o. Shakuntala Gaikwad vs. The President/Member Secretary, The District Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Nagpur & Anr.  [02.02.2026]

·         Nandkishor s/o Panjabrao Gawarkar vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors.  [02.02.2026]

·         Vikas Shikshan Mandal, Kolhapur & Ors. vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors.  [02.02.2026]

 

 

Recent Notifications

·         Voluntary Retention Route – Imparting predictability and increasing ease of doing business

·         All Agency Banks to remain open for public on March 31, 2026 (Tuesday)

·         Fixation of Tariff Value of Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Areca Nut, Gold and Silver

·         Seeks to rescind Notification No. 11/2004-Customs dated 08.01.2004 and Notification No. 27/2016-Customs dated 31.03.2016 in view of new Baggage Rules, 2026

·         Seeks to amend Notification No. 26/2016-Customs dated 31.03.2016 in view of new Baggage Rules, 2026

·         Seeks to further amend notification No. 11/2018-Customs, dated the 2nd February, 2018 and notification No.11/2021-Customs,dated the 1st February, 2021 to revise Social Welfare Surcharge (SWS) and Agricultural Infrastructure Development Cess (AIDC) applicable on certain items

·         Seeks to further amend notification No. 45/2025-Customs dated the 24th October, 2025 to notify Basic Customs Duty related changes

·         Seeks to amend five notifications, in order to extend their validity for a further period of two years till 31st March 2028 and make amendments in notification No. 25/2002-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2002 and notification No. 36/2024-Customs, dated the 23rd July, 2024

·         Seeks to notify the Customs Baggage (Declaration & Processing) Regulations, 2026

·         Seeks to notify the Baggage Rules, 2026

·         Seeks to amend the Deferred Payment of Import Duty Regulations, 2016 to extend duty deferral facilities for trusted entities from 15 to 30 days

·         Seeks to add a new class of eligible importers as ‘Eligible Manufacturer Importers’ under Section 47 of the Customs Act, 1962 for duty deferral facility

·         Seeks to amend notification no. 03/2025 dated 31.12.2025, to prescribe nil rate on unmanufactured tobacco or tobacco refuse, not bearing a brand name and not packed for retail sale

·         Seeks to rescind notification No. 5/2023-Central Excise dated 1.2.2023

·         Seeks to (i) exempt value of Biogas/ Compressed Biogas contained in blended CNG along with appropriate GST paid on it, from the value of such blended CNG for the purpose of calculation of Central Excise duty on such blended CNG and (ii) to defer implementation of levy of additional duty of Rs 2 per litre on unblended diesel till 31st March 2028

·         Seeks to prescribe effective rates of NCCD on chewing tobacco, jarda scented tobacco and other tobacco products

·         Seeks to prescribe Chewing Tobacco, Jarda Scented Tobacco and Gutkha Packing Machines (Capacity Determination and Collection of Duty) Amendment Rules, 2026