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Can High Courts Hear Anticipatory Bail Pleas Bypassing Sessions Courts? Supreme Court Refers Issue To 3-Judge Bench
The Supreme Court on Wednesday referred to a three-judge bench the issue of whether High Courts can directly entertain anticipatory bail applications filed without first approaching the Sessions Courts.A 2-judge bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta ordered that the matter be placed before a 3-judge bench.It was in September that the present bench took up this issue...
Supreme Court Orders Release Of Advocate Arrested By Haryana Police
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (November 12) ordered the release of Advocate Vikram Singh, who was arrested by the Haryana Police in connection with a murder case.The bench comprising Chief Justice of BR Gavai, Justices K Vinod Chandran and NV Anjaria passed the interim order while issuing notice to the Police on a writ petition filed by Singh challenging his arrest and remand in the...
'ECI Holds Voters' Data In Trust, Entitled To Protect Privacy' : Supreme Court On Plea For Machine-Readable Electoral Rolls
In yesterday's SIR hearing, the Supreme Court orally expressed reservations about making the voters list available in machine-readable format, saying that it might compromise voters' privacy.The Court observed that the Election Commission of India holds voters' data in trust and is entitled to adopt layers of privacy to ensure that the data remains protected. The Court suggested to the ECI if...
Nithari Killings | Letting Surendra Koli's Conviction Stand On Subsequently Rejected Evidence Would Breach Articles 14 And 21: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, while setting aside the last remaining conviction of Surendra Koli in the Nithari killings case, held that allowing it to stand when all companion cases based on the same evidence have been found unsustainable would violate Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India BR Gavai observed that the evidentiary foundation of Koli's conviction...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : November 11, 2025
Links to today's reports :Supreme Court Raps Jharkhand High Court For Casually Suspending Murder Convicts' Sentence; Slams State For Not Challenging OrderTransfer Of Title In Immovable Property Doesn't Attract Service Tax : Supreme Court'Can Parliament Reintroduce Provisions Struck Down By Court?' Supreme Court Questions Centre On Tribunal Reforms Act, 2021Subsequent Purchaser Who Acted Merely...
High Courts Not Inferior To Supreme Court, But Shouldn't Take Up Matters Which SC Is Seized Of : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today reiterated the need for High Courts to refrain from entertaining cases which are already seized by the Apex Court. The bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and NV Anjaria was hearing the issue of officers involved in the alleged illegal tree felling at the Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve. The apex court, which has been monitoring the investigation by the...
SEBI Imposes ₹3 Lakh Fine On Angel One For Regulatory Lapses, Failing To Supervise Authorized Persons
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Tuesday imposed a penalty of ₹3 lakh on stock broking firm Angel One Limited for multiple regulatory lapses, including operating trading terminals from unapproved locations and failing to properly supervise its representatives, known as Authorized Persons (APs).Adjudicating Officer Jai Sebastian observed that, as the broker, Angel One...
RP Act Accepts Aadhaar Card As Identity Proof For Electoral Roll Inclusion; UIDAI's Notification Can't Stop It, Says Supreme Court During Hearing
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (November 11) orally remarked that a notification issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) cannot be the basis to stop the use of the Aadhaar card as a proof of identity for the purpose of inclusion in the electoral roll, since the Representation of the Peoples Act 1951 specifically allows such use.The Court remarked that an...
Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Challenge To Tribunal Reforms Act; AG Says Previous Verdicts Not Inflexible Directions Binding On Govt
The Supreme Court today reserved its decision in the challenge to the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021.The bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran was hearing the Madras Bar Association case concerning the validity of the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021. The Association has challenged the Act as contrary to the previous judgments of the Supreme Court which held that Tribunal members should...
Supreme Court Issues Notice To Gujarat Govt & HC Over Vacancies In Labour Courts
After being apprised of about 40% vacancy in its Labour and Industrial Courts, the Supreme Court today issued notice to the State of Gujarat and its High Court."It seems to us that prima facie, State of Gujarat, in consultation with the High Court, is required to provide adequate secretarial assistance and other infrastructural facilities to a variety of courts. Let notice be issued", the...