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Place Of Insurers Office Doesnt Confer Territorial Jurisdiction For Motor Accident Claim : Supreme Court Explains S.166(2) MV Act

The Supreme Court today (16.09.2026) has held that while Section 166(2) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 permits a claimant to file a compensation claim at a place where he himself “carries on business,” the same expression does not extend to the insurer, and an insurer company cannot be treated as a defendant for the purpose of conferring territorial jurisdiction merely because it carries on...

Courts Must Presume Correctness Of Answer Key, Interfere Only If Mistake Is Glaring And Apparent: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has recently ruled that a challenge to the correctness of an answer key selected by an examining body can be entertained only where the error is so glaring and apparent that it can be detected without any resort to any interferential reasoning. It set aside an Allahabad High Court order that had awarded a disputed mark to a candidate in a Village Development Officer...

Deed Granting Fishing Rights Is Transfer Of Immovable Property, Amounts To Lease : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently held that a lease deed vesting fishing rights for more than a year in an individual is compulsorily registrable and liable to stamp duty.The Court held that the right to catch and carry away fish from a water body constitutes profit à prendre—a benefit arising out of land—and is therefore immovable property for the purpose of stamp duty.“…when the right...

SARFAESI Proceedings Can Be Invoked Despite Earlier Decree Passed In DRT OA For Same Debt : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has recently dismissed a writ petition filed under Article 32 of the Indian Constitution challenging the invocation of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) by an Asset Reconstruction Company (respondent), holding that the overriding effect of Section 35 of the SARFAESI Act permits such...

Know The Law | Why Supreme Court Did Not Follow Tarsem Singh Precedent On Limiting Pension Arrear Claims?

The Supreme Court has recently ruled that a widow claiming family pension cannot be denied arrears merely because she approached the courts belatedly, where the delay was on account of her poverty, illiteracy, and the employer's own illegality. This ruling departs from the Supreme Court's earlier ruling in Union of India v Tarsem Singh (2008) 8 SCC 648 wherein the restricted arrears of pension...