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Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : November 4, 2026
Links to the reports of NovemberSuspended Sanskrit University Students Move Supreme Court After Kerala High Court Denies Interim Relief To Write Semester ExamsSupreme Court 7-Judge Bench Holds Reference On States' Power For Additional Levy On Sales Tax Academic After GSTLaws Penalising Having More Than 2 Children Have Lost Relevance Due To India's Falling Fertility Rate : Supreme CourtDelhi SIR...
Supreme Court Upholds Rule On Pension Deduction From Salary Of Retired Govt Servants Appointed To Uttarakhand PSC
The Court held that the principle of 'equal pay for equal work' did not apply in the instant case.
Inferences Based On Digestive Timings Cannot Refute Credible Eyewitnesses' Account About Murder Time : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of seven men for murdering two brothers in Karnataka in 2001, holding that the trustworthy eyewitness testimony of the deceased's wives could not be discarded merely because they were related to the victims.The Court reiterated that the credibility of a direct ocular piece of evidence overrides a medical inference.A bench of Justice KV Viswanathan and Justice Arun Palli dismissed the appeal filed by the convicts, upholding the Karnataka High Court's...
In Disproportionate Asset Cases, Merely Showing Govt Circulars On Permissible Gold Limits Will Not Explain Possession: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that Income Tax circulars and press releases permitting possession of gold to a certain extent cannot account for the possession of the said assets for accounting purposes. In other words, a public servant accused in a disproportionate assets case cannot rely on departmental press releases and circulars to outright deny liability for possessing gold by arguing that the possession is within the permissible limit prescribed by such press releases. The Court held...
Supreme Court Asks MP Speaker To Decide Congress Leader's Disqualification Petition Against Nirmala Sapre MLA In 2 Months
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Speaker of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly to decide within two months a pending disqualification petition against Bina MLA Nirmala Sapre under the anti-defection law.The petition, filed in July 2024 by Congress Leader of Opposition Umang Singhar, alleges that Sapre voluntarily gave up her membership of the Indian National Congress, the party on whose ticket she was elected in the 2023 Assembly polls, and joined the BJP. Senior Advocate Vivek...
Supreme Court Asks Centre To Create Special Cell To Monitor Enforcement Of Child Labour Prohibition Act
The Supreme Court recently directed the Secretary of the Ministry of Women and Child Development to constitute a special cell to monitor the implementation of the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, as amended in 2016, and ensure strict compliance with its provisions.The Court also directed the Centre to issue instructions to enforcement agencies through the respective Chief Secretaries of States to ensure effective implementation of the law.A bench comprising...
Supreme Court 7-Judge Bench Holds Reference On States' Power For Additional Levy On Sales Tax Academic After GST
The Court held that the reference has been rendered infructuous.
Laws Penalising Having More Than 2 Children Have Lost Relevance Due To India's Falling Fertility Rate : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has called for revisiting the earlier verdicts which upheld the laws imposing 2-child norm.
Competitor Cannot Challenge Grant Of Registration Certificate Under Insecticides Act : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that a commercial competitor is not entitled to challenge the grant of registration under Section 10 of the Insecticides Act, 1968. The Court held that Section 10 of the Act provides an appeal only against a decision refusing registration or cancelling an existing registration. A commercial competitor cannot invoke this provision to challenge the grant of a registration certificate to another company. A bench of Justice M.M. Sundresh and Justice Prasanna B. Varale...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : November 3, 2026
Links to the reports of November 3 :Supreme Court Seeks Allahabad High Court Response On Plea To Remove POCSO Judge Facing Rape AccusationS. 106 Evidence Act | Inmates Of Matrimonial Home Must Explain Unnatural Death Of Woman : Supreme CourtCalling Wife 'Stupid', 'Useless' Cannot By Itself Amount To Cruelty: Supreme Court Quashes FIR Against Husband Over Wife's SuicideBonded Labourers Must...
Foreign Divorce Decree Against Indian Law & Change Of Citizenship Won't Shield Husband From Bigamy Prosecution : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (November 3) upheld the bigamy proceedings against a man, who performed a second marriage abroad on the strength of a UK divorce decree on the ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage after obtaining UK citizenship, and a failed attempt to end a marriage in India. Since the ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage is not recognised under the Hindu...