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Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : August 10, 2026
Links to the reports of August 10 :'Identical Eyewitness Accounts Bear Imprint Of Tutoring', Supreme Court Upholds Acquittal Of 20 Persons In Murder CaseSupreme Court To Hear Tamil Nadu's Plea On Cauvery Water Release On ThursdaySale Deed Not Invalid Just Because Consideration Not Paid : Supreme CourtSupreme Court Adjourns UBT Plea Challenging MPs' Merger With Shiv Sena As Speaker...
Supreme Court Seeks Updated Data On Commercial Litigation Across Country To Assess Need For More Courts
In a matter pertaining to implementation of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015, the Supreme Court today called for updated data on the trend of filing of commercial litigation across the country to assess whether additional commercial courts are required.A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana heard the matter.The Court was dealing with a petition filed by the Indian Commercial and Arbitration Bar Association seeking directions for time-bound implementation of the...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Bail Plea Of Man Accused Of Making Objectionable Posts Against Jharkhand CM's Wife Kalpana Soren
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a plea filed by a 30-year-old security guard challenging the Jharkhand High Court's refusal to grant him bail in a case arising from allegedly obscene and derogatory Facebook posts against Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's wife, Kalpana Soren, who is a sitting MLA from Gandey.A bench of Justice M.M. Sundresh and Justice Prasanna B. Varale issued notice on the plea filed by Sahadev Uraon @ Sahadev Oraon.The case arises from a Facebook account...
Allahabad High Court Orders ₹25 Lakh Compensation For 2 Sisters Illegally Confined By Father After Conversion To Islam
The Allahabad High Court last week ordered the father of two adult sisters and the Uttar Pradesh Government to jointly pay ₹25 lakh compensation after holding that the women were illegally confined at their parental home following their decision to convert from Hinduism to Islam.A bench of Justice Sandeep Jain passed the order while allowing a habeas corpus petition concerning Diya Bhatia @ Zoya Diya Bhatia (20) and Anshu Bhatia @ Amina Anshu Bhatia (35). The order was passed after two women...
'Ram Rahim Singh's Acquittal Requires Consideration' : Supreme Court To Hear Slain Journalist's Son's Appeal
The Supreme Court today listed for final hearing a plea challenging Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's acquittal in a journalist's murder case, noting that the matter required consideration.A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana issued notice on the petition filed by the journalist's son Aridaman, challenging the order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which held that the CBI coerced a witness into giving a statement implicating Ram Rahim.During...
GST | Exporters Whose Applications Were Pending Before Omission Of Rule 96(10) Entitled To IGST Refund : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has given a quietus to the controversy surrounding exporters' eligibility to claim Integrated Tax (IGST) refunds, with their applications pending when the rule restricting such claims was omitted in 2024 without any saving clause. Providing relief to exporters, a bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice K Vinod Chandran held that exporters whose applications were pending when the omission of Rule 96(10) of the CGST Rules occurred can now claim an IGST...
Supreme Court Asks Manipur Committee To Verify Complaints Over Non-Restoration Of Damaged Houses
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the High-Powered Committee constituted to oversee relief and rehabilitation measures in violence-hit Manipur to examine complaints that several affected families are yet to receive the benefits of rehabilitation, including reconstruction of houses damaged during the ethnic violence.A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana made the direction while hearing submissions by Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves,...
Supreme Court Issues Notice To Centre On Plea To Frame Regulations Under National Commission For Allied & Healthcare Professions Act
The Supreme Court today(August 10) issued notice in a writ petition filed by the Federation of Self Financing Technical Institutions(FSFTI) seeking framing of mandatory regulations under the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions (NCAHP) Act, 2021.A bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe issued notice to the Union, the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions, LK Gujral Punjab Technical University(IKGPTU) and Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab...
Wrestlers' Molestation Case | Complainants Silent For Years, Had Cordial Relations With Brij Bhushan; Testimonies Inconsistent: Court
A Delhi court, while acquitting BJP leaeder and former Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a case concerning allegations of sexual harassment and molestation by women wrestlers, cited their prolonged silence, continued cordial relations with the accused, and contradictions in testimony as circumstances that created reasonable doubt about the prosecution case.Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Ashwini Panwar of the Rouse Avenue Courts said that...
Supreme Court Issues Notice To Union & States On PIL Seeking Steps To Expedite NDPS Trials & Tackle Drug Abuse
The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Union and all States on a PIL seeking directions to tackle drug menace in the country, including a declaration that sentences in NDPS cases shall run consecutively.A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana passed the order in the public interest litigation initiated by Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay. The case was directed to be listed alongwith a suo motu case taken up by the Court (2022) on similar issues.During the...
Lok Sabha Passes Tribunals Reforms Bill 2026 Without Debate
The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2026 without any debate amid heavy protests by Opposition MPs over various issues.Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, who introduced the Bill, said that there was no change in the jurisdiction of any tribunal as provided under the respective parent Acts. He said the Bill was aimed at strengthening appointments, tribunal independence and transparency.The House was subsequently adjourned till 11 AM on Tuesday.The Bill proposes to...