Procedural Defect In Informing Arrest Grounds Won't Lead To Bail If No Prejudice Caused To Accused : Supreme Court

The Court noted that if there is substantial compliance with Article 22 mandate, arrest should be sustained.

Supreme Court Asks Law Commission To Recommend Measures For Speedy Execution Of Arbitral Awards

A 24-year delay in the enforcement of an award forced the Court to make the intervention.

Supreme Court Dismisses Centre's Challenge To War Injury Pension To Soldier Posted In Kargil

The Court also asked the Union to clear the ambiguities in the pension rules.

Life Sentences For Different Offences Can't Run Consecutively; Remission In One Won't Affect Life Term For Another: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has reiterated that life sentences ordered in more than one offence cannot run consecutively; however, they can be superimposed over each other so that remission in one offence does not by itself commute the operation of the life sentence in another offence. A bench of Justice KV Viswanathan and Justice Arun Palli, relying upon the Constitution Bench judgment of...

IBC | Lender Influencing Corporate Debtor's Policy Decisions Is Related Party, Cannot Join CoC: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (October 27) held that a lender and debenture holder exercising pervasive influence over a corporate debtor's management and policy decisions can be treated as a related party under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) and excluded from participating in the Committee of Creditors (CoC). “The requirement would not be to the extent of being in the...

S. 43B Income Tax | Unpaid Excise Duty Cannot Be Disallowed If No Deduction Was Claimed : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that the Income Tax Department cannot disallow an amount under Section 43B of the Income Tax Act, 1961, if the taxpayer has not claimed it as a deduction in the first place. A bench of Justice S.V.N. Bhatti and Justice N.V. Anjaria set aside a Delhi High Court judgment that had upheld the addition of around ₹69.92 lakh towards unpaid excise duty on a sugar...

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : October 27, 2026

Links to reports of October 27Can Election Expenses Be Recovered From Candidate Who Resigns To Re-Contest For Another Party? Supreme Court To DecideIn Electricity Theft Cases,High Courts Can Restore Supply On 50% Deposit If Provisional Assessment Appears Arbitrary : Supreme CourtJournalist Siddique Kappan Moves Supreme Court Seeking Release Of PassportSupreme Court Issues Notice On...

UAPA | Mere Foreign Nationality Not Enough To Deny Bail, Illegal Entry Into India Must Be Proved : Supreme Court

At the same time, the Court underscored that there is a higher threshold for the grant of bail to a foreign citizen.

S. 319 CrPC | Cross-Examination Cannot Be Ignored Before Summoning Additional Accused : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has set aside the arraignment of a woman as an additional accused under Section 319 Cr.P.C. (now Section 358 BNSS), observing that the court had failed to consider the cross-examination of the witness whose testimony formed the basis for summoning her as an accused. A bench of Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh emphasised that the witness's...

Order 21 Rule 97 CPC | Executing Court Cannot Direct Third Party To File Separate Suit To Challenge Decree : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that a person who is not a party to a civil decree can resist its execution by filing an application under Order XXI Rules 97–101 of the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC), claiming an independent right, title or interest in the property. A bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva set aside the Karnataka High Court judgment upholding the...

Bleaching, Dyeing Of Handloom And Powerloom Fabrics By Job Workers Not 'Manufacture' Of Textiles To Attract Cess : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that independent textile processing units engaged in bleaching, dyeing and other processing of handloom and powerloom fabrics on a job-work basis cannot be made liable to pay textile cess under Section 5A of the Textiles Committee Act, 1963, as such activity does not amount to manufacture under the Act. A bench of Justice S.V.N. Bhatti and Justice N.V. Anjaria...

LiveLaw Supreme Court Quarterly Digest 2026 - Arbitration and Conciliation Act [July To September]

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Arbitration — Interpretation of Negative Interest Clause — Clause 54 of NEEPCO GCC — State of U.P. v. Harish Chandra distinguished - Clause 54 of the GCC provided: "No claims for interest or damages will be entertained by the Corporation with respect to any money or balance which may be lying with the Corporation owing to any...