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Reinforcing Article 21 safeguards, the Court held that Look Out Circulars (LOCs) cannot be used as routine debt-recovery tools and restrictions on foreign travel must be justified by a lawful basis and credible material.
Eight Supreme Court rulings on prisons, environmental clearance, operational creditors, police custody, POCSO, POSH and more. This volume of the Supreme Court Cases (SCC), Part 1 of Volume 8, carries key cases decided by the Supreme Court on issues such as constitutional distribution of powers, prior environment clearance, enforcement of claims by operational creditors, grant of police custody, and more.
From quashing FIRs arising from NEET-UG 2026 protests and strengthening safeguards against re-arrest after violation of Article 22, to rejecting AI-generated fake citations, taking suo motu cognizance of crimes against women and children, protecting human-rights remedies and permitting direct access to Human Rights Courts, the Supreme Court’s September 2026 rulings span constitutional rights, criminal law, elections, arbitration, family law, labour, environment and writ jurisdiction.
Kerala High Court observed that the appointment of an Investigating Officer as Prosecutor, by itself, does not violate the right to a fair trial, particularly in view of the special statutory framework governing court-martial proceedings and Article 33 of the Constitution.
The Court emphasised that constitutional guarantees cannot depend upon the nature or gravity of the alleged offence. The Constitution cannot be interpreted in a vacuum or based on “ifs and buts”.
The Court noted that no cognizable offence had occurred, no apprehension of disturbance of public peace existed, and no order under Section 126 BNSS had been obtained.
Key Supreme Court rulings on Article 21, bail, money laundering, arbitral tribunal, etc.
At the NGT International Conference 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted India’s environmental and climate initiatives, while CJI Surya Kant traced the evolution of environmental jurisprudence and the constitutional dimensions of climate-related rights.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court granted regular bail in an abetment of suicide case, holding that a contemporaneous suicide note absolving all persons of responsibility carried greater prima facie value than earlier allegations of harassment and failed to disclose any proximate act of instigation.
Key Supreme Court rulings on Article 21, government grants, arrest, and preventive detention.
Supreme Court Quashes FIRs, Invokes Article 142 and Directs Pan-India Compensation for Students’ Families in NEET-UG 2026 Protests
“On the one hand, the nation prepares ‘Gen Z’, ‘Gen Alpha’ and ‘Gen Beta’ to lead India in 2047 and beyond, on the other hand, the foundational institutions meant to nurture them, particularly the Government Schools in Rural and Village areas continue to suffer from systemic deficiencies.”
“Both Article 19 and Article 21 of the Constitution of India guarantee fundamental rights to each of such parties in the form of their respective right to freedom and also their respective right to life and liberty.”
Supreme Court held that Section 12, Gangsters Act does not require other criminal trials to be kept in abeyance, but only gives priority to Gangsters Act proceedings where there is a clash of dates.
The Court asserted that continued incarceration of the applicants had to be balanced against their fundamental right to life and personal liberty guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution.
The Court remarked that the daughters, despite being major, educated and legally competent women, were deprived of their liberty for a prolonged period, solely because they exercised their constitutionally protected freedom of conscience and chose to profess a religion different from that professed by their family.
The Court observed that the allegations do not merely portray an assault; they prima facie depict an attempt to commit rape, interrupted not by any voluntary desistance on the part of the accused but by the relentless resistance offered by the victim herself.
From a fake AI-generated precedent that voided an insolvency order to a stray bull attack that reshaped animal-welfare law, July 2026 was one of the Supreme Court’s most consequential months. Explore 30+ rulings spanning constitutional law, criminal justice, technology, and human rights, plus the appointments, transfers, and numbers behind the month’s docket.
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.
The Court observed that arrest is not designed to operate as a punitive measure nor as an instrument for demonstrating the authority of the investigating agency.