Motor Accident | Insurer Be Asked To 'Pay & Recover' If Deceased Was Gratuitous Passenger In Goods Vehicle : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently held that even if an insurance company is not liable to pay compensation in an accident involving a passenger in a goods vehicle, it can be directed to first pay compensation to the claimants and then recover the amount from the vehicle owner, if the vehicle was hired for carrying goods and travel was only incidental.A bench of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and...

Advise SC Judges Against Passing 'Stigmatic' Orders: Oudh Bar Association Urges CJI To Expunge Remarks Against Justice Pankaj Bhatia

The Oudh Bar Association (Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench) has addressed a formal representation to the Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, raising serious concern regarding 'repeated adverse remarks concerning the Allahabad High Court Judges. The Association has urged the CJI Surya Kant to advise all accompanying Judges of the Supreme Court to avoid passing stigmatic orders and...

Anil Ambani Files Affidavit In Supreme Court, Undertakes Not To Leave India & To Cooperate With ED-CBI Probe

Industrialist Anil Ambani has filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court undertaking that he will not leave India without prior permission of the Court and will fully cooperate with the ongoing investigation by the Directorate of Enforcement and the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with the Anil Dhirubai Ambani Group companies.The affidavit has been filed in response to the...

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : February 18, 2026

Links to today's reports :Is There 'Deemed Sanction' To Prosecute If Decision Delayed? Supreme Court Refers To Larger Bench'No Foreign Expressions ' : Supreme Court Calls For Guidelines Rooted In Indian Social Fabric To Sensitise Judges On Sexual OffencesCompensation To Victim Not Substitute For Punishment In Grave Offences : Supreme Court'Erroneous': Supreme Court Sets Aside HC Verdict...

Supreme Court Asks 'Baba Khatarnak' To Approach Authorities With Plea To Protect Ganga From Sewage

The Supreme Court recently refused to entertain a plea seeking directions to curb the sewage waste disposal into the Ganga River and around Manikarnika Ghat. The court has allowed the petitioner to approach the authorities or the High Court. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi was hearing the writ petition filed by a monk named 'Baba Khatarnak' who...

Allowing Famous Person Like Elvish Yadav To Use A Voiceless Victim Gives Bad Message : Supreme Court In Snake Venom Case

The Supreme Court today said it will examine whether there is adequate material to implicate YouTuber Elvish Yadav in the snake venom case under the Wildlife Protection Act, observing that it gives a very bad message that a popular person used a voiceless snake for publicity.“There are 2 things we will consider. What is your role and is there anything to implicate you on the alleged offence....

NBDSA Fines Zee News ₹1 Lakh For Unverified 'Truck Par Namaz' Broadcast; Issues Fresh Guidelines On Use Of Social Media Content

NBDSA Fines Zee News ₹1 Lakh For Unverified 'Truck Par Namaz' Broadcast; Issues Fresh Guidelines On Use Of Social Media ContentThe News Broadcasting & Digital Standards Authority has imposed a fine of ₹1,00,000 on Zee News for airing an unverified video that falsely linked a traffic jam on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway to a truck driver offering Namaz. In addition to the...

Cricketer Md Shami's Wife Approaches Supreme Court To Transfer DV Act, Maintenance Cases From Kolkata To Delhi

The Supreme Court today issued notice on pleas filed by cricketer Mohammed Shami's wife seeking transfer from Kolkata to Delhi of the cases filed by her under the Domestic Violence Act and Section 125 of the CrPC.A bench of Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Manmohan passed the order.To recap, the petitioner, Hasin Jahan, married Md. Shami on 7 April 2014 in accordance with Islamic rituals...

Delhi Riots Conspiracy Case : Supreme Court To Hear Khalid Saifi's Bail Plea, Rejects Claim For Parity With Co-Accused Given Bail

The Supreme Court today(February 18) issued notice in a plea filed by United Against Hate member Khalid Saifi, challenging the denial of bail by the Delhi High Court in connection with a case of a larger conspiracy into the Delhi riots of 2020, involving charges under the Indian Penal Code and UAPA. A bench comprising Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice PB Varale however orally said that...

Rs 1270 Crores Contracts Given To Arunachal CM's Kin, Alleges Petitioner Seeking Probe; Supreme Court Reserves Judgment

The Supreme Court on February 17 reserved judgment in a public interest litigation seeking a probe by a Special Investigation Team(SIT) into the alleged irregular allotment of public contracts to companies owned by relatives of Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu.The petitioners have alleged that contracts and tenders of the State have been awarded to firms associated with the...

Delhi Court Issues Notice On Plea For Criminal Action Against Mallikarjun Kharge Over 'Modi Like Poisonous Snake' Remark

A Delhi Court has issued notice on a plea seeking criminal action against Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge over alleged hate speech against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and as well as the RSS and BJP. Special Judge Jitender Singh of Rouse Avenue Courts has issued notice on the criminal revision petition filed by the complainant- Ravinder Gupta, a lawyer by profession. Gupta has challenged...

Supreme Court Restrains Exhumation Of Tribal Christians' Dead Bodies In Chhattisgarh For Re-Burial Away From Their Villages

The Supreme Court today passed an interim order restraining forcible exhumation and re-location of tribal Christians' dead bodies away from their village grounds in Chhattisgarh.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and NV Anjaria passed the order, while issuing notice on a public interest litigation assailing the forcible exhumation and re-location of tribal Christians' dead bodies...