Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : March 12, 2026

Links to today's reports :Supreme Court Urges Union To Bring Law On Passive EuthanasiaSupreme Court Expresses Strong Displeasure At Railways For Not Properly Explaining Investments On SafetyRailway Travel Insurance Cannot Be Limited To Online Tickets, Must Be Available To Counter Ticket Passengers Too: Supreme CourtSupreme Court Dismisses Lawyer's Plea Seeking Rs 1 Crore Fees For Filing Cases...

Arbitration | Belated Jurisdictional Challenge Impermissible After Active Participation In Arbitration Proceedings: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that a party which participates in arbitration proceedings without raising a jurisdictional objection at the appropriate stage cannot subsequently raise a technical plea of jurisdiction of the arbitral tribunal upon passing of an adverse award. “A party cannot keep a 'jurisdictional ace' up their sleeve and then claim that filing of the jurisdictional challenge under Section 16 would go back in time and wipe out the past conduct and acquiescence of the party which...

Police Recruitment Can Be Denied To Person Acquitted In Heinous Crime Only On Benefit Of Doubt : Supreme Court

Acquittal on benefit of doubt cannot be treated as a 'honourable acquittal'.

Seniority Of Direct Recruits Counts From Initial Appointment, Not Probation Completion : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court had ruled that the seniority of directly recruited Assistant Engineers in the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) must be counted from the date of their initial appointment, including the training period, and not from the date they commenced probation after completing training.A bench of Justices Rajesh Bindal and Vijay Bishnoi set aside the Madras High Court's division bench judgment, which had calculated the seniority of the employee from the date they joined the service...

Parental Salary Alone Can't Decide OBC Creamy Layer Status : Supreme Court

The status as well as the category of post to which a candidate's parent or parents belong is essential, the Court noted.

Supreme Court Grants Bail To Kashmiri Separatist Shabir Ahmed Shah In Terror Funding Case; Notes Delay In Trial

The Supreme Court today granted bail to Kashmiri Separatist Leader Shabir Ahmed Shah in a terror funding case, noting that the delay ordained in the trial could not be explained.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the order, after hearing Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves for Shah and Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra for NIA.Shah was arrested in June 2019 and arrayed as an accused in the second supplementary chargesheet filed by NIA on October 04, 2019. The allegations against...

Railway Travel Insurance Cannot Be Limited To Online Tickets, Must Be Available To Counter Ticket Passengers Too: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that passengers purchasing railway tickets over the counter cannot be denied the benefit of travel insurance when the same facility is available to those booking tickets online.A bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and R. Mahadevan noted that passengers booking railway tickets online are able to opt for insurance at a nominal additional cost, whereas the...

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Supreme Court Urges Union To Bring Law On Passive Euthanasia

The Supreme Court on Wednesday(March 11) voiced the need for legislation to govern passive euthanasia in India. It said that due to the legislative vacuum on this issue in India, the Court has to intervene, from time to time, to frame guidelines as a matter of constitutional necessity.A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice KV Viswanathan said this while allowing withdrawal and withholding of life-sustaining treatment for a 32-year-old Harish Rana who has been in a persistent...

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : March 11, 2026

Links to today's reports :NCLAT Order Not Invalid Merely Because Bench Had Majority Technical Members : Supreme CourtSupreme Court Allows First Passive Euthanasia, Permits Withdrawal Of Life Support For Man In Vegetative StateCo-Operative Society's Multi-State Status Depends On Objectives, Not Spread Of Members Across States: Supreme CourtSupreme Court Disturbed By NCERT Rewriting Chapter...

Overzealous Investigation Fatal To Prosecution; Case Framed On Public Perceptions Ends Up In Mess : Supreme Court

Such investigations perils the innocent and allows the perpetrator to go free, the Court cautioned.

When Can Medical Treatment Be Withdrawn In 'Best Interests Of Patient'? Supreme Court Explains Allowing First Passive Euthanasia

The Supreme Court today (March 11) stated that the best interests of the patient should be the primary consideration when deciding whether medical treatment may be withheld or withdrawn. The Court also laid down certain indicative factors which can help in judging whether withdrawal of life support was in the "best interests of the patient".If the medical treatment is futile, without giving...