“NTA has not learnt its lesson yet”: Supreme Court issues notice to NTA in NEET Paper Leak case
A petition was filed against NTA, the body conducting various exams in India, in the aftermath of the NEET-UG paper leak controversy.
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SC Announces Partial Court Working Schedule from 1 June to 12 July 2026; Vacation Benches Constituted
The Supreme Court has notified partial court working days from 1 June to 12 July 2026 and constituted vacation benches under the Supreme Court Rules, 2013. Regular court functioning will resume from 13 July 2026.
Minimum Pass Marks, a Corrigendum, and Years of Uncertainty: Supreme Court Ends MBBS Students’ Legal Battle with a Degree
The Supreme Court regularised MBBS admissions and directed authorities to issue degrees to students affected by the NMC CBME Corrigendum dispute while keeping the larger legal issue open.
3-Year Legal Practice Rule | Supreme Court Extends Deadline for Application to Entry-Level Judiciary Exams till further orders
Progress in 3-Year Legal Practice Rule: Supreme Court of India has now extended the last date to apply for all the active Judicial Officers Recruitment Exams across the country.
MRTP Act | Additional Amenity TDR Cannot Be Defeated by Contractual Conditions or Delay Once Statutory Right to Compensation Crystallises: Supreme Court
“The statutory right of the landowner under Section 126(1)(b) being twofold as discussed above, the corporation could not have conjured a precondition for the landowner to abjure part of the compensation in order to receive the other part.”
Supreme Court Convenes Policymakers, Hospitals and Land Agencies to Build an SOP for Implementation of Free EWS Treatment in Private Delhi Hospitals
Noting that hospitals allotted government land in Delhi were not diligently complying with directions to provide free treatment to economically weaker sections, the Supreme Court directed a joint meeting of government departments, land agencies, hospitals, and the Amici Curiae to prepare an effective SOP for enforcement.
Can Private Loan Transactions Constitute “Deposits” under Section 2(c), MPID Act? Supreme Court Explained
The Supreme Court held that a transaction involving receipt of money with an obligation to return it with promised interest constitutes a ‘deposit’ under the MPID Act regardless of nomenclature.
‘Marriage Does Not Eclipse Her Individuality’: SC Expunges Cruelty and Desertion Findings Against Dentist Wife
The Supreme Court held that a wife pursuing her professional career and living separately for her child’s welfare cannot amount to cruelty or desertion.
Got a Decree in 2012, Still No Possession? Supreme Court Calls It a ‘Comedy of Errors’ and Restores 14-Year-Old Execution in Partition Suit
The Supreme Court held that a partition decree determining shares, possession, mesne profits and mode of sale can be executable without a separate final decree, setting aside M.P. High Court orders that stalled execution proceedings.
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.
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.”