JJ Act | Conviction Not Vitiated Because Regular Court Tried Juvenile As Adult, But Sentence Cannot Operate : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that a conviction on the merits need not be set aside merely because a juvenile was tried by a regular criminal court. Accordingly, while affirming the conviction of an accused who was tried as an adult, the Court set aside the sentence imposed on him after finding that he was a juvenile on the date of the offence. A bench of Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi heard the case where the Appellant-accused was tried by a regular court and was convicted...

Substantial Compliance With S.42 NDPS Act Sufficient In Situations Requiring Immediate Seizure : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that where narcotics-related information is received in circumstances requiring the immediate interception of a moving vehicle, the requirements of Section 42 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, have to be assessed in the context of the urgency of the situation. On the facts of the case, the Court found substantial compliance with the statutory safeguards and refused to invalidate the recovery on the basis of procedural deficiencies.The Court...

Does Tenancy End On Execution Of Agreement To Sell Between Landord-Tenant? Supreme Court Answers

The Court has laid down principles on tenancy determination post-agreement to sell.

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : August 13, 2026

Links to today's report :State Can't Prolong Trial When Citizen Languishes in Jail: Supreme Court Slams Karnataka's 'Absurd' Prosecution Plan in UAPA CaseS.69 GST Order Containing 'Reasons To Believe' Must Be Communicated Before Arrest : Supreme CourtSupreme Court Refuses To Interfere With CBSE's Assessment Scheme For Gulf Students'File Petition' : Supreme Court Declines Plea For Suo Motu...

Practices Like Witch-Hunting Still Persist; Superstition Supersedes Constitutional Morality, Laments Supreme Court

Reason is the only virtue that stands as a bulwark against collective irrationality, the Court said.

Retired Judges Appointed In Central Industrial Tribunals Can't Claim Pay Parity With Other Tribunal Members : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (August 12) dismissed a writ petition filed by ex-judicial officers, who were re-employed as Presiding Officers of Central Government Industrial Tribunals-cum-Labour Courts, seeking pay scales equivalent to those granted to other National Tribunals under the 6th Pay Commission recommendations. A bench of Justice SVN Bhatti and Justice NV Anjaria justified...

Composite Appeal Against Common Judgment In Suits By Same Plaintiff Is Maintainable: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (August 12) held that a composite appeal against a common judgment passed in the suits filed by the same plaintiff would be maintainable. A bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar set aside the Karnataka High Court's judgment, which had interfered with the First Appellate Court's decision to entertain a composite appeal filed by the...

Electrocution Deaths Attract Strict Liability On Electricity Boards, Not Absolute Liability: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has ruled that electricity authorities can be held strictly liable for deaths or injuries caused by electrocution, but such liability cannot be treated as absolute liability without exceptions.A bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh set aside the concurrent orders of the Single and Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court, which had imputed...

Supreme Court Deprecates Courts Holding 'Mini-Trials' In Temporary Injunction Matters

The Court said that the injunction order must be confined to a prima facie case, balance of convenience, and irreparable Injury.

S.69 GST Order Containing 'Reasons To Believe' Must Be Communicated Before Arrest : Supreme Court

The Court clarified that the arrest reasons under S.69 GST can be communicated electronically as well.

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : August 12, 2026

Links to the reports of August 12, 2026 :President Grants Assent To Law Increasing Strength Of Supreme Court To 38Enquiry Necessary To Dismiss Employee For Suppression Of Criminal Antecedents : Supreme CourtCan Legislative Privileges Override Free Speech? Supreme Court 7-Judge Bench To Hear 2003 TN Speaker Case On October 6Supreme Court Defers Cauvery Dispute Hearing To August 17Supreme...

Interest Accumulated In Suspense Account After NPA Classification Remains Recoverable As Part Of "Debt" : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (August 12) held that an interest accumulated in a separate suspense account, pursuant to the declaration of the debtor's account as a Non-Performing Asset, can be recovered by the banks as the same continues to form part of the “debt” due from the borrower and cannot be ignored while calculating outstanding dues. “PNB is entitled to claim the interest...