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Supreme Court Restores Congress Candidate's Petition Challenging BJP MP's Election From Assam
The Supreme Court today (August 24) restored an election petition filed by advocate and Indian National Congress member Hafiz Rashid Ahmed Choudhury, challenging the election of Bharatiya Janata Party's Kripanath Mallah, who won the Lok Sabha elections from the No. 7 Karimganj Parliamentary Constituency in Assam during the 2024 General Elections.A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and...
LiveLaw Supreme Court Half-Yearly Digest 2026 - Hindu Law
Hindu Law - Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest Jan - Jun, 2026 Hindu Law – Alienation – Legal Necessity – Karta's Power - held that alienations by a Karta in favor of a single coparcener must be strictly proved to be for legal necessity - Vague or general recitals in sale deeds regarding "family needs" or "debts" are insufficient to bind the interests of other coparceners -...
To Invoke Extended Limitation Under S.74, GST Show Cause Notice Must Specify Aspects Of Fraud Or Concealment : Supreme Court
Mechanically using the words 'fraud' or 'concealment' will not suffice.
Execution Court Cannot Travel Beyond Decree To Grant Unintended Reliefs: Supreme Court
A litigant cannot claim in execution benefits that were never sought in the original proceedings, the court added.
SARFAESI | Earnest Money Deposit Shortfall Doesn't Vitiate Sale If 25% Sale Price Paid On Auction Day : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that an auction sale under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 cannot be set aside merely due to a shortfall in depositing of an earnest money deposit. The Court said that once the auction purchaser complies with the statutory mandate to deposit 25% mark of the sale price on the same day of...
Order 7 Rule 11 CPC | Plaint Can Be Rejected At Threshold When Limitation Bar Is Obvious From Pleadings : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that a plaint can be rejected at the threshold stage if the pleadings make it evident that the plaint is barred by limitation. “…the Court cannot be hesitant in granting relief of rejection of a plaint when it is so obvious from the pleadings itself.”, observed a bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice K Vinod Chandran. The Court said that while limitation...
'Industry' Definition : No Clear Majority Emerges From Supreme Court Judgment, Only 4 Out Of 9 Judges Back New Test
The verdict has a 4-4-1 outcome regarding the correctness of the 1978 judgment in the Bangalore Water Supply case.
'Homemakers' Rights, Protection For Live-Ins, Blackmoney Curbs' : Activist Judgments Of Justice Sanjay Karol
Supreme Court Judge Justice Sanjay Karol demitted office on August 22 after more than three-and-a-half years at the Supreme Court and over 19 years as a judge of the constitutional courts. Justice Karol leaves behind a body of judgments that frequently travelled beyond the immediate dispute before the Court. A recurring feature of his judicial work has been the willingness to treat an...
Pendency Of Criminal Case No Ground To Discharge Public Servant: Supreme Court
The Court also observed that release on probation does not bar disciplinary proceedings against the officer.
Supreme Court Sets Aside NGT Order Holding 'Art Of Living' Liable For Yamuna Riverplain Damage; Directs Rs 5 Crore Refund
The Supreme Court today(August 22) set aside an order of the National Green Tribunal, which directed Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living International Centre to pay Rs. 5 crore for the damage caused to the river Yamuna floodplains due to its World Culture Festival organised by Vyakti Vikas Kendra in March 2016.A bench comprising Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice NK Singh, allowed...
'Child Witness Testimony Not Convincing' : Supreme Court Sets Aside Murder Conviction
The Supreme Court on Thursday (August 20) overturned the murder conviction of a man accused of killing his wife and child, after finding that the child witness testimony relied upon by the trial court was suspect to tutoring and unsupported by any corroborating material.A bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Augustine George Masih set aside the Madhya Pradesh High Court's judgment which...
Mere Mutation In Revenue Records Cannot Extinguish One's Title In Property: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday (August 20) reiterated that a revenue record entry neither creates nor extinguishes title to immovable property. A bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Augustine George Masih heard a case in which title rights in a joint family property were declared extinguished because of a subsequent entry in the revenue records in the name of another person. The...