Supreme Court sets aside the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s order for hallucination of facts without application of mind
The Court took note of the hallucination of facts in the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s order while setting it aside.
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Gravity of Offence Alone Cannot Justify Denial of Remission: Supreme Court Quashes MHA’s Cryptic Rejection of Premature Release
The Supreme Court held that remission cannot be denied solely on the heinousness of the offence and quashed the Ministry of Home Affairs’ non-speaking order rejecting a life convict’s premature release after 22 years of incarceration.
Never Reported Judgment | When five-Judge Bench of SC transferred case to ensure fair trial amid deep seated prejudices and political tension [(1955) 1 SCC 53]
This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment on power of Supreme Court to transfer cases dating back to the year 1955.
Clever Drafting Cannot Save a Benami Claim: Supreme Court on Meaningful Reading of Plaint Under Order 7 Rule 11
The Court directed the confiscation of the property where a claim, which was presented to be based on a will, but was in substance an attempt to obtain judicial recognition of a benami transaction.
Courts Have a ‘Disturbing Tendency’ to Set Aside Arbitral Awards by Reassessing Facts: Karnataka HC Warning Upheld by Supreme Court
Supreme Court dismissed SLP filed by BMRCL challenging Karnataka High Court judgment restoring arbitral award in favour of Navayuga Engineering Company, reiterating limited scope of interference under Sections 34 and 37, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 and upholding award including finance charges as compensatory claim.
“Signed order alone is final and binding; dictated draft can be corrected before signing without rehearing if no material change occurs”: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that a digitally signed order is the final and binding order of the Court and that corrections or refinements to a dictated draft before signing are permissible so long as they do not materially alter the judgment.
Supreme Court’s Landmark Benami Act Ruling Explained: Why the 2016 Amendment Is Retrospective, What ‘Fiduciary Capacity’ Means, and When Confiscation Follows
The Court directed the confiscation of the property where a claim, which was presented to be based on a will, but was in substance an attempt to obtain judicial recognition of a benami transaction.
‘May’ Cannot Be Read as ‘Shall’: Supreme Court Holds Canara Bank’s Regulation 10 Joint Enquiry Provision Directory, Not Mandatory
Supreme Court observed that the word “may” in Regulation 10, 1976 Regulations, from any standpoint, is directory and construing it as mandatory would remove the discretion available to the employer in dynamic circumstances.
Right to Education in Mother Tongue Flows from Article 19(1)(a); Supreme Court Directs Rajasthan to Introduce Rajasthani in Schools
“The ability to understand and be understood in one’s own language is not a matter of convenience, but a matter of existential rights, for comprehension must necessarily precede meaningful participation in the society and day to day life activities.”
Caste-Based Abuse Inside House Not an Offence Under SC/ST Act Absent ‘Public Gaze’; Supreme Court quashes proceedings
“The requirement that the place must be one “within public view” can be said to be substantiating the other elements of the offence under the SC/ST Act. It is therefore a sine qua non for making out the offence under the SC/ST Act.”
Supreme Court Extends ‘A Final Act of Forgiveness’ to Senior Advocate Yatin Oza; Suspends His Contempt Conviction
“The Court wields considerable authority, yet the true essence of judicial magnanimity lies in restraint. Measured reprimand and corrective guidance remain the wiser course over sheer penal consequence.”
Same Person, Two Police Forces, Two Names: SC Restores Police Constable’s Dismissal and Orders Criminal Proceedings
“If individuals entrusted with enforcing the law themselves secure entry into service through deception and fabricated credentials, it would seriously erode the Rule of Law.”
SC Strengthens Case Management Through ICMIS Upgrade
SC upgrades ICMIS to streamline case management by automating data retrieval, reducing errors, boosting efficiency, and strengthening administration.
“Cannot Bill Consumers for Electricity You Did Not Supply”: Supreme Court Refuses TPDDL’s Depreciation Claim
The Court denied the electricity distribution company the depreciation cost for the Plant’s technical useful life, instead of the regulatory recovery period under the tariff framework.
Supreme Court Launches ‘Su‑Sahayak’ to Ease Public Access to Court Services
‘Su-Sahayak’, the Supreme Court’s interactive virtual guide, simplifying access to e-services and FAQs.
Supreme Court Permits Formaldehyde Units in Rajasthan and Haryana to Continue Operations Pending Environmental Clearance; Sets Aside NGT Closure Orders
Supreme Court allowed appeals by formaldehyde manufacturing units in Rajasthan and Haryana and quashed NGT closure orders over absence of prior Environmental Clearance under the EIA Notification, 2006.
IBC Cannot Be Invoked as a Coercive Recovery Tool in Individual Contractual Property Dispute Pending before DRT: Supreme Court
“The present case does not involve a straightforward financial debt-fault scenario warranting initiation of CIRP. The facts disclose a dispute which is predominantly contractual in nature and is subject matter of the proceedings before the DRT-the appropriate forum for recovery.”
Family and Personal Law April 2026: SC Quashes 80+ Litigations; HC Invokes “Ardhangini” to Appoint Wife as Guardian, Bars RTI for Spousal Tax Details and More
The April Roundup of Family and Personal Law contains important rulings and judgements from the Courts all over, on marriage, divorce, maintenance, child custody, guardianship and waqf.
Young Girls Don’t Get Married to Be Killed for Dowry; Supreme Court Cancels Bail Granted in Dowry Death Case
The Court emphasised that dowry death cases carry statutory presumptions under Section 118, Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 which cannot be ignored.
Can a Permissive Clause in a Partnership Deed be a Valid Arbitration Agreement? Supreme Court Stays Proceedings
At the hearing, it was contended that the said clause was permissive in nature and does not constitute a binding arbitration agreement within the meaning of Section 7.