Legal Representatives Can Challenge Arbitral Award Only Under S 34 Arbitration Act, Not Article 227: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that the appropriate remedy for a legal representative aggrieved by an arbitral award is to file an application under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, and not a petition under Article 227 of the Constitution or Section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure."In the considered view of this Court, the appropriate relief for a legal representative...

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : April 20, 2026

Links to the Supreme Court reports of April 20 :AI Cannot Replace Judge's Lived Human Experience; Judging Is Human Responsibility: Justice Vikram NathMilk Wouldn't Be Poured Into River If People Had Scientific Temper : Justice AS Oka'Very Unfortunate' : Supreme Court Flags NCLT Delay In Approving Resolution Plan, Calls For Nationwide ReportWest Bengal SIR : Supreme Court To Seek Calcutta HC...

Mere Entry In Municipality Property Register Not Proof Of Title : Supreme Court Rejects MCD's Claim

The Supreme Court has observed that mere entry in the property records maintained by a municipal authority cannot, by itself, establish ownership over land, reiterating the primacy of legally recognized title documents and judicial findings. “A mere entry in the list of properties maintained by the MCD cannot, by itself, constitute a valid proof of title over the subject land.”, observed...

Supreme Court Approves Contempt Trial Of Advocate For Making Allegations Against High Court Judge In Press Conference

Greivances against a judicial order must be ventilated through legal remedies, the Court said.

Supreme Court Weekly Roundup: April 13, 2026 To April 19, 2026

Judgments'Justice Should Also Be Seen To Be Done' : Supreme Court Directs Another Disciplinary Authority To Decide After Employee Alleged BiasCase Details: National Bal Bhawan & Anr. v. Khazan Chand & Ors.Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (SC) 363Reaffirming the foundational principle of procedural fairness, the Supreme Court has held that a disciplinary authority against whom an employee...

Executing Court Cannot Modify Terms Of Compromise Decree On Ground Of Practical Difficulties : Supreme Court

The Executing Court has to execute the decree as it stands, the Court stated.

Short Breaks In Continuous Service Won't Make Ad Hoc Employee Ineligible For Regularisation: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that mere short breaks in the ad hoc service would not affect the continuity in the service to render an employee ineligible for the benefit of regularization of service. A Bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Augustine George Masih set aside the Punjab and Haryana High Court's ruling, which had denied regularisation to the appellants, appointed as peons...

Indemnity Clause Creates Immediate Liability, Not Contingent On Final Appeal Outcome: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that an indemnity clause in a contract creates an immediate and absolute obligation to make good the loss and is not dependent on final confirmation of liability by the higher court. A bench of Justice S.V.N. Bhatti and Justice Prasanna B. Varale set aside the Delhi High Court's decision, which had deferred the enforcement of a Singapore International...

'Very Unfortunate' : Supreme Court Flags NCLT Delay In Approving Resolution Plan, Calls For Nationwide Report

In an important development, the Supreme Court has expressed serious concern over prolonged delays in approval of resolution plans by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), calling out a case where a plan has remained pending for nearly two years. A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice KV Viswanathan directed both the NCLT Principal Bench, New Delhi and the Insolvency and...

Ad Hoc Employees Appointed Without Recruitment Advertisements Or Interviews Cannot Be Regularised: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently partly set aside a Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment which had quashed a set of Haryana government policies aimed at regularising contractual, ad hoc and daily wage employees. The Court upheld the validity of two notifications issued on June 16, 2014 and June 18, 2014, but struck down two notifications issued on July 7, 2014.A bench of Justice PS Narasimha...

Sale Of Accused's Property Can't Be Ordered As Bail Condition : Supreme Court

Bail proceedings cannot be converted into recovery proceedings, the Court held.

Duty To Maintain Spouse Primary; Loan Repayments For Asset Creation No Ground To Reduce Maintenance Liability: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently observed that deductions arising out of financial commitments such as loan repayments, particularly where they contribute towards creation of assets, cannot be treated on par with necessary expenditure so as to substantially reduce the liability of maintenance. The Court emphasized that the obligation to maintain a spouse is a primary duty and cannot be subordinated...