Supreme Court Clarifies 2025 Decision On Pension Of Retired HC Chief Justices, Judges; To Apply From Oct 2016 Onwards

The Supreme Court today clarified that its 2025 directions for revised full pension of Rs. 15 lakhs and Rs.13.5 lakhs to retired Chief Justices and Judges of the High Court respectively shall be applicable from October 9, 2016."Para 76 (i), (ii) are clarified to the extent that the revised full pension mentioned [therein] shall be admissible from 09.10.2016. The arrears shall be computed accordingly. In the event a judge has retired before this date, such arrears shall be calculated on the basis...

LiveLaw Daily | UAPA Bail Referred To Larger Bench | Umar Khalid Interim Bail | Twisha Sharma & More

Welcome to LiveLaw Daily for Friday, May 22, 2026. Today we cover the Supreme Court referring UAPA bail jurisprudence to a larger bench, Umar Khalid getting interim bail, the NCERT academics blacklisting recalled, the Bhojshala dispute reaching the Supreme Court, the Twisha Sharma dowry death case, and more. All stories sourced exclusively from LiveLaw.

49 Of 217 Indians Who Joined Russian Forces To Fight Ukraine War Dead : Union To Supreme Court

The mortal remains of eight persons have been brought back, the Centre said.

Supreme Court Expands Meaning Of 'Unchastity', Says Threat To Leak Woman's Bathing Video Punishable Under S.506 IPC

The Court observed that a woman's chastity has to be understood from the prism of individual dignity and not traditional sexual morality.

Supreme Court Flags Shortage Of Public Prosecutors, Says It Causes Delays In Trials

The Court urged states to appoint one prosecutor per courtroom.

In Child Missing Cases, Proceed On Presumption Of Kidnapping : Supreme Court Issues Directions To Combat Child Trafficking

Taking serious note of the alarming number of missing children across the country, the Supreme Court on Friday (May 22) issued a slew of directions to address systemic failures in tracing missing children and combating trafficking networks operating across States. A bench of Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Justice R Mahadevan expressed displeasure with the ever-increasing cases of missing children, upon finding that nearly 47,000 children continue to remain untraced across India, with...

'If Both Parents Are IAS Officers, Why Should Children Have Reservation?' : Supreme Court

The Court orally commented that economic empowerment will provide social mobility.

Supreme Court Refers To Larger Bench 'Perceived Conflict' In Judgments On UAPA Bail When Trial Is Delayed

The reference has arisen after a 2-judge bench expressed disapproval of the judgment denying bail to Umar Khalid.

After 4.5 Yrs In Custody, Supreme Court Grants Bail To UAPA Accused In Jammu & Kashmir Larger Conspiracy Case

Taking note, inter alia, of his incarceration for over four and a half years, the Supreme Court today granted bail to UAPA accused Suhail Ahmad Thokar in the Jammu and Kashmir “larger conspiracy” case arising after the revocation of Article 370 of the Constitution.A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M Pancholi passed the order, adding that any failure on the part of the appellant to cooperate with the ongoing trial shall be construed as misuse of the relief...

Supreme Court Faults HC Reading Of 'May' In Tender Document As 'Shall', Grants Relief To Contractor

Observing that the word “may” used in the tender document could not be interpreted as “shall”, the Supreme Court granted relief to a contractor whose bid was rejected for submitting the Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) through a Fixed Deposit instead of a Demand Draft, despite the tender conditions not mandating submission of the EMD only through a DD. “The word “may” is also employed in Clause 2.15 and hence it is only in the nature of an option and not a mandatory condition.”, observed a bench of...

Regularisation Cannot Be Denied Solely Because Initial Appointment Was Not Against Sanctioned Post: Supreme Court

In a major development, the Supreme Court on Thursday (May 21) held that the mere fact that workers were initially appointed on a temporary basis and not against sanctioned posts would not, by itself, disentitle them from seeking regularisation under the principles laid down in State of Karnataka v. Uma Devi. The Court observed that where employees have rendered continuous service for decades in departments discharging regular governmental functions, they would still be entitled to...

Centre Agrees In Supreme Court To Bring Back Some Persons Deported To Bangladesh & To Verify Citizenship Claim

The Union Government on Friday undertook before the Supreme Court to bring back certain persons who were deported to Bangladesh, and to determine their citizenship status before taking further steps.Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta made this submission before a bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul Pancholi. The bench was hearing the Union's petitions challenging the Calcutta High Court's directions to repatriate certain...