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In Cases Of Rape On False Marriage Promise, Courts Must Examine If Accused Made Promise Only To Satisfy His Lust : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently clarified the difference between consensual sex following a promise to marry which was broken later and intercourse based on a false promise made with mala fide intent from the start.“There is a clear distinction between rape and consensual sex and in a case where there is a promise of marriage, the Court must very carefully examine whether the accused had...
Reserved Category Candidates Availing Age Relaxation Barred From Migrating To General Category Seats If Rules Forbid : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (Sep.9) observed that reserved category candidates who avail age relaxation to apply under the reserved category cannot later be considered for selection against unreserved (general) category vacancies if the recruitment rules explicitly prohibit such migration. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi heard the case that arose from a Staff...
S. 482 CrPC/S.528 BNSS | Supreme Court Lays Down Four-Step Test For High Courts To Quash Criminal Cases
The Supreme Court laid down the steps to be considered by the High Court while hearing quashing petitions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. (now Section 528 BNSS). The following steps should ordinarily determine the veracity of a prayer for quashing, raised by an accused by invoking the power vested in the High Court under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C.: - (i) Step one, whether the material relied upon...
Supreme Court Asks High Courts Not To Delay Uploading Of Judgments After Pronouncing Operative Part
The Supreme Court warned the High Courts not to delay uploading the judgment once its operative part is pronounced. The Court reiterated that judgments should be made available to the parties within three months from the date of reserving. “We hope that we may not have to come across any matter wherein there is a delay at the end of the High Court in uploading the reasoned order...
Supreme Court Monthly Round-Up: August 2025
Reports/JudgmentsSupreme Court Refuses To Accept School Record, Relies On Statutory Documents To Reject Juvenility Plea Of Murder AccusedCause Title: Suresh v. State Of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 761The Supreme Court (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...
Electricity Act | Supreme Court Dismisses Discom Appeals, Affirms All Purchasers Must Share Coal Shortage Costs Equally
The Supreme Court on Monday (Sep.8) dismissed the batch of appeals filed by the discoms, upholding the APTEL's order, which held that coal shortages and associated costs must be shared fairly by all electricity purchasers from a power plant. The Court added that no DISCOMS can claim priority for power supply in an event of coal shortage. A bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : September 8, 2025
Links of today's Supreme Court reports :Supreme Court Dismisses BJP Telangana's Defamation Case Against CM Revanth Reddy Over Claim That BJP Would End ReservationsJustice Vinod Chandran Recuses From Hearing PIL Seeking Probe Against Vedanta Group Over Allegations By Viceroy LLCSupreme Court Pulls Up Tenant Who Disowned Undertaking To Deposit Rent Arrears; Directs Cost To Be Paid To Punjab...
Supreme Court Sums Up Principles For Review Jurisdiction, Sets Aside HC Order Denying Daughter Her Coparcenary Right
Upholding a daughter's statutory right to a coparcenary share under the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005, the Supreme Court on Monday (Sep. 8) set aside a Madras High Court review order which had reappreciated facts and questioned her entitlement. The Court held that such an exercise was beyond the scope of the High Court under its review jurisdiction. A bench of Justice...
Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up: September 1, 2025 To September 7, 2025
Reports/JudgmentsS. 86 Electricity Act | Power Generators, Discoms Cannot Fix Tariffs Privately, Need Regulatory Commissions' Approval: Supreme CourtCase Details: M/S. KKK Hydro Power Limited v. Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited and Ors.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Sc) 856The Supreme Court held that a generating company and a distribution licensee cannot unilaterally fix tariffs...
Article 226 Can't Be Invoked To Quash Chargesheet If Cognizance Has Been Taken; Remedy Available Under S.528 BNSS : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that FIRs or charge-sheets may be quashed under Article 226 before cognisance is taken, but once cognisance is taken, the remedy lies under Section 528 BNSS (S. 482 CrPC) to challenge both the FIR/charge-sheet and even the cognisance order, if duly pleaded. “So long cognisance of the offence is not taken, a writ or order to quash the FIR/charge-sheet could be issued under Article 226; however, once a judicial order of taking cognisance intervenes, the power under...
'Judicial Impropriety' : Supreme Court Criticises High Court For Modifying Bail Condition When Bail Order Was Under Challenge In SC
The Supreme Court criticized the Kerala High Court for 'judicial impropriety' in modifying bail conditions while its anticipatory bail order was already under challenge before the Supreme Court. “we are constrained to observe that where the order granting anticipatory bail by the High Court was impugned in the instant special leave petition and this Court was seized of the matter, an...