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Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : August 1, 2025
Links of Supreme Court reports published today :Failure To File Affidavit With S.156(3) CrPC Plea Is Curable Defect If Done Before Magistrate's Order : Supreme Court ReiteratesAdvocate Withdraws PIL In Supreme Court To Bring Political Parties Under POSH Act; Seeks To Challenge Kerala HC Judgment'Whenever New Court Is Set Up, Lawyers Oppose; Courts Aren't Just For Lawyers, But For Litigants'...
Supreme Court Refuses To Accept School Record, Relies On Statutory Documents To Reject Juvenility Plea Of Murder Accused
The Supreme Court on Friday (Aug. 1) overturned an accused's juvenile status, after finding that he was not a juvenile at the time of the commission of the crime. The bench comprising Justices Pankaj Mithal and Ahsanuddin Amanullah heard the appeal filed by the complainant, where both the Trial Court and the High Court had treated Respondent No. 2 (the accused) as a juvenile for a...
MSME Framework Not A Shield Against SARFAESI Proceedings Unless Proactively Invoked : Supreme Court Clarifies 'Pro Knits' Judgment
The Supreme Court recently held that secured creditors and banks are not obligated to identify "incipient stress" in the accounts of MSMEs prior to classifying them as Non-Performing Assets (NPAs), unless the MSME borrower has explicitly invoked the 2015 RBI Framework for revival and rehabilitation. The Court clarified that MSMEs cannot belatedly rely on the Framework during the course...
'Entire Himachal Pradesh May Vanish; Revenue Earning Can't Be At Cost Of Environment' : Supreme Court Raises Alarm
Raising concerns about the ecological imbalance in the State of Himachal Pradesh, the Supreme Court warned that if unregulated development continues, "the entire State may vanish in thin air from the map of the country.” The Supreme Court, while noting that proper monitoring is required to check the diversion of green tax funds for unrelated purposes, observed that generating revenue at...
Failure To File Affidavit With S.156(3) CrPC Plea Is Curable Defect If Done Before Magistrate's Order : Supreme Court Reiterates
The Supreme Court on July 31 reaffirmed that the procedural safeguards laid down in Priyanka Srivastava v. State of Uttar Pradesh (2015) are mandatory for complaints under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C., requiring the complainant to submit an affidavit affirming the complaint's genuineness and disclosing prior litigation history. The bench comprising Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ahsanuddin...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : July 31, 2025
Links of the Supreme Court reports published today :Excluding Outside State Experience To Consider Retirement Age Extension Arbitrary : Supreme Court Grants Relief To Bengal ProfessorSupreme Court Directs Telangana Speaker To Decide On Disqualification Of BRS MLAs Who Defected To INC Within 3 MonthsSupreme Court Bars Entry Of Law Interns On Mondays, Tuesdays & Fridays After SCBA...
Criminal Case Should Be Quashed When Civil Case Is Pending On Same Issue & Criminality Element Is Absent : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today (July 31) reiterated that in the absence of criminality, a civil and criminal case cannot be allowed to continue with respect to the same issue, as it would amount to abuse of process of law, warranting the Court's interference to quash the criminal proceedings. “In the absence of the element of criminality, if both civil and criminal cases are allowed to continue,...
Supreme Court Quashes FIR Against Telugu Actor-Producer Mohan Babu Over 2019 Protest For Student Fee Reimbursement
The Supreme Court today (July 31) quashed the FIR registered against Telugu actor and film producer Mohan Manchu Babu and his son Vishnu Vardhan Babu, in connection with a protest rally held in 2019 over the issue of student fee reimbursements in Andhra Pradesh."The appellants were exercising their right to freedom of speech and expression and to assemble peacefully. Therefore, no purpose will...
Bail Shouldn't Be Granted Solely Based On Any Undertaking Given By Accused : Supreme Court To High Courts & Trial Courts
The Supreme Court recently disapproved of an order granting bail based on the accused's undertaking to deposit ₹25 lakhs, emphasizing that bail should be granted based on the case's merit, not on the assurances given by the accused.The Court passed a general direction to the High Courts and Trial Courts to decide the plea for regular bail or anticipatory bail strictly on the merits of the...
Supreme Court Urges Parliament To Revisit Provisions Allowing Speakers To Decide Disqualification Under Anti-Defection Law
The Supreme Court on Thursday (July 31) recommended to the Parliament to reconsider the provisions of the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution which entrust the Speaker of the House with the task of deciding a legislator's disqualification on the ground of defection.The Court's suggestion was prompted by the recurring instances of Speakers delaying decisions on disqualification petitions,...
Excluding Outside State Experience To Consider Retirement Age Extension Arbitrary : Supreme Court Grants Relief To Bengal Professor
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (July 30) granted relief to a Professor who was denied the benefit of an extended retirement age from 60 to 65 years due to the State of West Bengal's misinterpretation of its own policy, which unfairly excluded teaching experience acquired outside the State from the eligibility criteria. “To insist on past teaching experience of 10 years within the State...