Supreme Court Asks States To Consider Using Software For Automatic Consideration Of Prisoners' Premature Release

The Supreme Court has directed the implementation of a digital processing module to automate the consideration of premature release applications of prisoners in Uttar Pradesh, after uncovering widespread delays in the State's remission system and irregular releases of convicts pursuant to a judicial direction that was subsequently declared bad in law.The Court also asked all States and UTs...

Supreme Court Grants Relief To Reliance Industries In 2007 RPL Futures Trading Case, Sets Aside SEBI's ₹447 Crore Disgorgement Order

The Supreme Court on Friday (May 29) set aside the ₹447.27 crore disgorgement order imposed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India, being approved by the Securities Appellate Tribunal, on Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) in connection with alleged manipulative trading in the futures segment of Reliance Petroleum Ltd. (RPL) during November 2007. Partly allowing the appeal filed by...

Supreme Court Issues Guidelines To High Courts To Avoid Delay In Delivering Reserved Judgments; Sets 3 Month Timelimit

The Court directed that orders in bail applications be uploaded the same day or within 24 hours.

Supreme Court Weekly Digest April 24 - 30, 2026

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 - Section 16, Section 16(5), Section 16(6), Section 34, and Section 37(2) – Maintainability of Section 34 application against rejection of Section 16 plea – When an Arbitrator rejects an application filed under Section 16(2) or 16(3) challenging the jurisdiction of the Tribunal (such as on the ground of limitation), the aggrieved...

S.311 CrPC Power Can't Be Invoked To Fill Up Lacunae In Defence : Supreme Court Quashes Order To Recall Rape Victim For Cross Examination

The Court observed that repeated cross-examination can cause hardship to a victim of heinous offences.

IBC | Once CoC Approves Resolution Plan, Successful Resolution Applicant Can't Negotiate Further : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has reaffirmed the binding nature of Committee of Creditors (CoC)-approved resolution plans under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC), holding that a Successful Resolution Applicant (SRA) cannot indirectly back out of a plan by later objecting to conditions that were discussed and accepted during CoC meetings. A bench comprising Justice K.V. Viswanathan and...

Primogeniture Rule Won't Govern Inheritance Of Ex-Royal's Private Estate, Succession Law Applies : Supreme Court

The Court held that the rule of primogeniture will not apply in the division of the Kapurthala family estate.

Arbitration | Writ Jurisdiction Can't Be Invoked To Challenge Arbitrator's Decision Under Section 16 : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that while exercising its Writ Jurisdiction, it is impermissible for the High Courts to interfere with the arbitral tribunal's order passed under Section 16 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996. “It was not open for the learned Single Judge in exercise of writ jurisdiction to enter into the merits of the dispute while adjudicating the challenge to an...

Can't Brush Aside Land Compensation Claim Merely Because Claimant Is A Sanyasi: Supreme Court

The Court however deprecated the petitioner for his repeated petitions, and refrained from imposing costs considering that he has become a Sanyasi

S.33(1)(a) Arbitration Act Only To Correct Clerical Errors In Award; Can't Be Invoked To Change Nature Of Interest : Supreme Court

Holding that substance of an arbitral award cannot be altered under the guise of correcting errors, the Supreme Court has ruled that changing the nature of interest awarded from simple interest to compound interest amounts to a substantive modification that falls outside the limited scope of Section 33(1)(a) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.A bench of Justice PS Narasimha and...

'Serious Infirmities In Prosecution' : Supreme Court Acquits 2 Death Row Convicts In Rape-Murder Case

The Supreme Court has acquitted two men who had been sentenced to death for the alleged rape and murder of a 55-year-old woman in Uttarakhand, holding that the prosecution failed to establish a complete and reliable chain of circumstances connecting them with the crime. A Bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sandeep Mehta, and Justice Vijay Bishnoi allowed the appeals filed by...

NI Act | Office Bearer Of Society Not Liable For Cheque Dishonour Unless Active Role In Conduct Of Business Shown : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that a mere designation of an individual holding a managerial position in a society would not be sufficient to invoke liability under Section 141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.“The law governing Section 141 of the NI Act is clear that there is no deemed liability merely by virtue of holding an office or position in the company or society. The...