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Public Institutions Must Handle Cases Diligently; State Must Have Internal Mechanisms To Monitor Pending Litigations : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today (Aug. 5) criticized the public entity-Odisha State Financial Corporation (“OSFC”) for its careless and irresponsible approach towards handling the litigation in a long-standing dispute, due to which crores of public money were at risk of illegal disbursement in the form of execution of a decades-old decree. The Court ruled in OSFC's favor while setting aside...
FIR Of Confessional Nature Made By Accused Not Substantive Evidence Of Guilt By Itself: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (Aug. 5) set aside the conviction of a murder convict, who was convicted based on the confessional FIR registered by him. The Court held that the confessional FIR filed by the appellant, being barred under Section 25 of the Evidence Act, could not by itself form the basis for conviction in the absence of strong corroborative evidence establishing guilt. With the...
Sessions Court Can Summon Additional Accused At Committal Stage Under S.193 CrPC : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (August 5) held that there is nothing wrong with a Court of Sessions summoning an additional accused to stand trial at the committal stage under Section 193 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan explained that a Court takes cognizance of the "offence" and not of the "offender" and if the Court, during...
'Education Now An Industry' : Supreme Court Strikes Down Centre's Exemption For Educational Buildings From Environmental Clearance
The Supreme Court today struck down a part of the Centre's January 29, 2025 notification that had exempted construction projects related to industrial sheds, schools, colleges, and hostels from obtaining prior environmental clearance under the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006.A bench of Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran held that this exemption,...
S.142 NI Act | Cheque Dishonour Complaint To Be Filed Where Payee Maintains Bank Account; Not Place Of Presentation : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court reiterated that the territorial jurisdiction for a complaint for the offence of cheque dishonour under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act is with the Court having jurisdiction over the place where the payee maintains his bank account through which the cheque was delivered for collection. The jurisdiction is not where the cheque was physically presented for...
Electricity Act | Power Purchase Tariff Not Matter Of Agreement; To Be Fixed Statutorily By Commission : Supreme Court Rejects GUVNL Appeals
The Supreme Court on Monday (Aug. 4) observed that the Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) must act as a "model citizen" and cannot act like a "Shylock" towards wind energy producers contrary to the State's own renewable energy policy as well as the decision of the State Electricity Regulatory Commission"GUVNL cannot be guided only by its own commercial interests, like a private...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : August 4, 2025
Links of today's stories :'If You're True Indian, You Wouldn't Say This' : Supreme Court Rebukes Rahul Gandhi For Claim That Chinese Occupied Indian TerritoryTamil Nadu Govt Moves Supreme Court Against HC Restraint On Naming Welfare Schemes After Living Persons, Former CMsBanke Bihari Temple : Supreme Court Questions UP Govt's Hurry In Ordinance; Proposes To Recall Judgment Allowing State Use...
Pollution Control Boards Can Impose Environmental Compensation On Polluting Entities: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday (Aug.4) ruled that the Pollution Control Boards (PCB) are empowered to impose environmental compensation on polluting entities under their statutory mandate. “the environmental regulators, the Pollution Control Boards exercising powers under the Water and Air Acts, can impose and collect restitutionary or compensatory damages in the form of fixed sum of monies...
Promise To Marriage & Subsequent Relationship Based On Consent Won't Amount To Rape : Supreme Court Quashes POCSO Case
Reiterating that a consensual relationship based on a promise to marriage will not amount to the offence of rape, the Supreme Court recently quashed a case under the POCSO ACt against a man."This Court has held in several decisions that promise to marriage and the subsequent physical relationship between the two with consent would not amount to rape and the reasons therein have been...