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This column will list all the case briefs on the decisions of the Supreme Court
The Court examined the scope of Section 299 CrPC in a case involving an absconding accused, evidence recorded during a co-accused’s trial, and its subsequent use after the accused’s arrest.
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Supreme Court clarified that “criminal antecedents” in its NEET 2026 protest order refers only to “grave and heinous offences” and held that NCT of Delhi and other States are at liberty to decide closure or withdrawal of FIRs in accordance with law.
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While deciding a matrimonial maintenance dispute where a husband presented videos and photographs obtained from a private investigator before the trial court to prove his wife’s adultery, the Court expressed massive concerns over breach of privacy, proper authorisation thereby highlighting engagement of private investigators as “an area sans regulation”.
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A husband can’t simply delay a wife’s interim maintenance by alleging adultery, but if he proves it clearly, at the very outset, the law is equally clear: she isn’t entitled to a rupee, interim or final. The Supreme Court draws the line between the two.
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The Court clarified that the safeguards against arrest laid down in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar, (2014) 8 SCC 273 shall be strictly followed. No live-in partner or relative should be arrested without the mandated preliminary safeguards.
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The Court noted that the respondent was dragged unnecessarily to the High Court by a review prompted by the office of the Chief Minister. The State ought to have accepted the High Court’s interference with a “patently illegal and blatantly tainted” sanction order.
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Supreme Court awarded ₹15 lakhs compensation to the widow of a man who died after a stray bull attack, holding that relegating the claimants to a civil suit after nearly 2 decades would leave them “remediless”.
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The Supreme Court said that there cannot be a presumption in law that, after marriage, a daughter severs her ties with her parental family and resides with husband in her matrimonial home and that any classification differentiating a daughter from a son is, per se, unconstitutional
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The Court observed that environmental adjudication requires reconciling 2 competing constitutional aspirations, the fundamental right of present and future generations to live in a pollution-free environment and the developmental aspirations of a nation comprising nearly one-sixth of humanity.
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Supreme Court held that the existing judicial framework, including e-filing, virtual hearings and urgent listing mechanisms, adequately ensures round-the-clock access to constitutional remedies in cases involving imminent threats to life, liberty and other fundamental rights.
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The Court held that the moratorium under Section 14 IBC protects only the corporate debtor and does not bar consumer proceedings against promoters, directors, landowners or other non-corporate debtor respondents.
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The Court stated that National Commission for Scheduled Castes has powers to requisition documents and receive evidence, but it does not have the power to make an order in furtherance of that evidence.
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The Court dismissed a special leave petition challenging the Delhi High Court’s order appointing a Sole Arbitrator under Section 11, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The Court upheld the view that an exclusive jurisdiction clause, in the context of arbitration proceedings, can be construed as indicative of the seat of arbitration.
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The Court directed that all CCTV footage, drone footage, body-worn camera recordings, videography, wireless communication records, and PCR lodge collections related to the students’ protest be preserved.
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The Court modified the impugned condition and directed that an advocate would be permitted to remain at a place from where he could see the respondent but would not be permitted to intervene in the investigation “at any cost”.
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The Supreme Court on 24 July 2026 issued interim order prohibiting monetisation, posting, re-posting, uploading, transmitting, modification etc., of recording of judicial proceedings in light of concerns raised by the petitioner over selective circulation of clipped, edited, and decontextualised portions of court hearings on social media platforms.
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The Court held that although the expression “arising out of” receives a broad interpretation and compensation proceedings are governed by the standard of preponderance of probabilities, the existence of some link whatsoever between the car, and the death had to be established.
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The Court observed that although bail is the rule and jail the exception, and every accused is entitled to the presumption of innocence, the present case stood on a different footing as the earlier orders rejecting the respondent’s bail on merits had attained finality and the trial had already commenced.
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The Court directed that directions issued in Rohit Anand Das v. State of Odisha, 2025 SCC OnLine Ori 4535, regarding modification of the APAAR consent form should operate on a pan-India basis.
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The Supreme Court while quashing criminal proceedings under Section 340 CrPC against a litigant and his counsel held that “wrong statement” is not the same as a “false statement”. The Court reiterated that prosecution can be initiated only where a prima facie case of deliberate falsehood exists and the Court records that such action is expedient in the interests of justice.
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