Supreme Court
Nuisance in train: SC slams judicial officer's conduct as 'disgusting', stays HC order
"This acquittal, coupled with the lack of any fresh or independent material in the departmental enquiry, casts serious d...
Supreme Court Grants Bail to Aadya Prasad Tiwari Amidst Prolonged Trial Process
Supreme Court overturns Allahabad High Court's decision, citing non-principal status and lengthy trial as reasons for ba...
Supreme Court Upholds Doctrine of Lis Pendens; Affirms Decree Holder's Right to Possession
Supreme Court dismisses appeals challenging the execution of a decree for specific performance, reinforcing the applicat...
SC seeks responses on PIL seeking AYUSH doctors be declared as Registered Medical Practitioners
The plea, filed through advocate Ashwani Kumar Dubey, said section 3(d) of the Act imposes a "complete and blanket ban" ...
Apprehension of detenu engaging in crime if granted bail no ground for preventive detention: SC
The top court said it was clear that the detaining authority intended to detain the mother of the appellant (daughter wh...
Construction equipment and vehicles are not chargeable to road tax
Supreme Court Exempts Off-Road Construction Vehicles from Road Tax Ultratech Cement's Appeal Vindicated as Supreme Court...
Doctrine of legitimate expectation cannot be applied when there is substantial change in policy
Supreme Court Upholds Policy Shift in Ayurvedic Nursing Recruitment Legitimate Expectation Doctrine Inapplicable Amidst ...
Civil proceedings do not bar criminal prosecution where prima facie ingredients of offences are disclosed.
Supreme Court Reinstates Criminal Proceedings in Family Property Dispute Apex Court overturns High Court's quashing of p...
23-Year Delay in Dowry Death Case; Supreme Court Calls for Inquiry
Apex Court Orders Records from Rajasthan High Court and State Authorities to Investigate Delay in Sensitive Criminal Rev...
Dishonour of Cheque; No legal bar on separate prosecution for multiple cheques issued under a single transaction
Supreme Court Reinstates Complaint in Cheque Dishonour Case, Clarifying Legal Stance on Multiple Instruments Top Court S...
Supreme Court Quashes Preventive Detention Order Against Alleged Drug Offender
The Supreme Court sets aside detention under the Telangana Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act, emphasizing the need ...
Supreme Court Cancels Bail in Heinous POCSO Case
Apex Court Criticizes High Court's Oversight; Orders Accused to Surrender...
Murder; individual role, absence of common intention, and circumstances of group clash, not a murder but culpable homicide
Supreme Court Alters Conviction from Murder to Culpable Homicide in Shrikrishna Case Supreme Court reduces sentence cons...
Supreme Court Rules MM Plant Unit Qualifies as New Industrial Unit, Entitled to Full Subsidies Under Orissa Industrial Policy, 1989
SC Sets Aside Orissa High Court Decision, Directs State to Disburse Capital Investment and DG Set Subsidies to IFGL Refr...
No retrospective amendments in recruitment rules to alter selection criteria after initiation of the recruitment
Supreme Court Invalidates Retrospective Amendments in Bihar Engineering Services Recruitment Rules, Apex Court Rules Aga...
Cheating multiple victims; whether separate FIRs should be registered for each victim
Supreme Court Clarifies on Clubbing FIRs in Cases of Conspiracy and Cheating, Single FIR for Multiple Victims Allowed if...
Auction process - Highest bidder declared - No fraud or collusion; Returning earnest money deposit does not legitimize arbitrary cancellation
Supreme Court Upholds Sanctity of Auction Process, Orders Allotment to Highest Bidder, SC quashes arbitrary cancellation...
Departmental proceedings cannot be instituted or continued against a superannuated employee
Supreme Court Quashes Departmental Proceedings Against Retired Employee, Orders Release of Retiral Benefits, Supreme Cou...
Supreme Court Quashes Companies Act Charges in Fraud Case, Allows IPC Proceedings to Continue
Special Court barred from taking cognizance of Companies Act offences based on private complaints; IPC charges to be tri...
Advocates must continuously update themselves to deal with changing nature of crime: CJI Surya Kant
The CJI also requested the judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court as well as the district and sessions judges to pr...
SC asks Centre to introduce Romeo-Juliet clause in POCSO to save genuine teen relationships
The top court, which set aside the high court judgement, however, left the part of the order granting bail as “undisturb...
SC modifies sentence of 80-yr-old convict, says courts not supposed to be insensitive
"The high court was correct in its approach in holding the appellant guilty for the offence punishable under Section 304...
In POCSO cases, likelihood of evidence tampering, influencing witnesses legitimate concerns: SC
"The offences alleged in the present case are heinous and grave involving repeated penetrative sexual assault upon a min...
SC agrees to hear plea on JKCA polls, restricts result declaration until further orders
The plea, filed by several cricket clubs, has also sought a direction to appoint a retired apex court judge as administr...
Stray dogs case: SC refuses to go into allegation of harassment of women dog feeders
The top court is hearing a suo motu case, initiated on July 28 last year, over a media report on stray dog bites leading...
Standards of ethical values higher for lawyers seeking to contest bar polls: SC
The CJI said if the lawyer persists with the argument that his plea be decided then the bench will pass some orders. Sen...
SC sets aside Andhra Pradesh HC verdict nullifying FIRs in corruption cases
The bench noted that the government of India enacted the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, carving out a new stat...
If VP can exercise Prez's functions, why can't RS deputy chairman perform duties of chairman: SC
"This interpretation will defeat the object. The object is to protect the judicial officer but also to give a mechanism ...
Stray dogs case: Not directed removal of every dog from streets, says SC
Taking note of the "alarming rise" in dog bite incidents within institutional areas such as educational institutions, ho...
SC reserves verdict on plea of Justice Yashwant Varma assailing validity of inquiry panel by LS
After Justice Varma declined to resign, the CJI forwarded the report and the judge's response to the President and the p...
SC defers hearing to Jan 13 on pleas challenging EC’s special intensive revision of electoral rolls
On January 6, the Election Commission had told the bench that it has the power and competence to undertake Special Inten...
Right to liberty and speedy trial under Article 21 applies irrespective of the nature of the crime.
Supreme Court Grants Bail to Arvind Dham, Citing Right to Liberty and Speedy Trial Prolonged Pretrial Detention Deemed V...
Challenge to arbitral awards before courts would frustrate very purpose of Act: SC
The bench said the primary objective of the Act was to provide a speedy and inexpensive mode of resolution of disputes t...
Manipur violence: SC orders forensic examination of entire 48-minute audio clip
The top court had previously sought a sealed-cover forensic report from the CFSL on the authenticity of the leaked audio...
Prima facie no bar on LS Speaker in setting up inquiry panel to probe Justice Yashwant Varma: SC
In such a situation, the Act contemplates the formation of a joint committee by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Cha...
SC to hear bail plea of separatist Shabir Ahmed Shah on Jan 13 in terror funding case
The high court noted that he was the chairman of an unlawful organisation, the Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Part...