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Supreme Court Doubts View That 'No-Fault' Liability u/s163A Motor Vehicles Act Is Only For Third Party Risks; Refers To Larger Bench
The Supreme Court has recently referred to a larger bench the question of whether the families of vehicle owners who die in self-accidents can be allowed compensation under the "no-fault liability" provision(Section 163A) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (“MVA”), or whether such claims are limited solely to third-party liability. Although the Court expressed the view that legal heirs...
Supreme Court Weekly Round-up: July 21, 2024 To July 27, 2024
Reports/JudgmentsSupreme Court Orders Rs 50 Lakh Compensation To J&K Police Officer Who Suffered Custodial Torture, Directs CBI ProbeCase Details: Khursheed Ahmad Chohan V. Union Of Territory Of Jammu And Kashmir And Ors.Citation : 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 732Reinforcing constitutional safeguards against custodial violence, the Supreme Court (July 21) ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation...
Employer Has Duty To Reasonably Accommodate Employee Who Acquires Disability During Service : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday (Aug. 1) reiterated that an employee who acquires a disability during service must be protected by an employer by providing suitable alternate employment, unless no such post exists in their organization. Holding thus, the bench comprising Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Aravind Kumar granted relief to a bus driver employed with the Andhra Pradesh State Road...
Supreme Court Sets Aside Bail Condition Requiring Husband To Resume Conjugal Life With Wife & Maintain Her With Dignity
The Supreme Court recently set aside the Jharkhand High Court's decision to impose a pre-arrest bail condition that the accused shall resume conjugal rights with his wife and maintain her with dignity and honour as his lawful wife. The bench comprising Justices Dipankar Datta and AG Masih called out the imposition of such a condition not traceable to Section 438 (2) Cr.P.C. “The...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : August 1, 2025
Links of Supreme Court reports published today :Failure To File Affidavit With S.156(3) CrPC Plea Is Curable Defect If Done Before Magistrate's Order : Supreme Court ReiteratesAdvocate Withdraws PIL In Supreme Court To Bring Political Parties Under POSH Act; Seeks To Challenge Kerala HC Judgment'Whenever New Court Is Set Up, Lawyers Oppose; Courts Aren't Just For Lawyers, But For Litigants'...
Supreme Court Refuses To Accept School Record, Relies On Statutory Documents To Reject Juvenility Plea Of Murder Accused
The Supreme Court on Friday (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 comprising Justices Pankaj Mithal and Ahsanuddin Amanullah heard the appeal filed by the complainant, where both the Trial Court and the High Court had treated Respondent No. 2 (the accused) as a juvenile for a...
MSME Framework Not A Shield Against SARFAESI Proceedings Unless Proactively Invoked : Supreme Court Clarifies 'Pro Knits' Judgment
The Supreme Court recently held that secured creditors and banks are not obligated to identify "incipient stress" in the accounts of MSMEs prior to classifying them as Non-Performing Assets (NPAs), unless the MSME borrower has explicitly invoked the 2015 RBI Framework for revival and rehabilitation. The Court clarified that MSMEs cannot belatedly rely on the Framework during the course...
'Entire Himachal Pradesh May Vanish; Revenue Earning Can't Be At Cost Of Environment' : Supreme Court Raises Alarm
Raising concerns about the ecological imbalance in the State of Himachal Pradesh, the Supreme Court warned that if unregulated development continues, "the entire State may vanish in thin air from the map of the country.” The Supreme Court, while noting that proper monitoring is required to check the diversion of green tax funds for unrelated purposes, observed that generating revenue at...
Failure To File Affidavit With S.156(3) CrPC Plea Is Curable Defect If Done Before Magistrate's Order : Supreme Court Reiterates
The Supreme Court on July 31 reaffirmed that the procedural safeguards laid down in Priyanka Srivastava v. State of Uttar Pradesh (2015) are mandatory for complaints under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C., requiring the complainant to submit an affidavit affirming the complaint's genuineness and disclosing prior litigation history. The bench comprising Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ahsanuddin...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : July 31, 2025
Links of the Supreme Court reports published today :Excluding Outside State Experience To Consider Retirement Age Extension Arbitrary : Supreme Court Grants Relief To Bengal ProfessorSupreme Court Directs Telangana Speaker To Decide On Disqualification Of BRS MLAs Who Defected To INC Within 3 MonthsSupreme Court Bars Entry Of Law Interns On Mondays, Tuesdays & Fridays After SCBA...
Criminal Case Should Be Quashed When Civil Case Is Pending On Same Issue & Criminality Element Is Absent : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today (July 31) reiterated that in the absence of criminality, a civil and criminal case cannot be allowed to continue with respect to the same issue, as it would amount to abuse of process of law, warranting the Court's interference to quash the criminal proceedings. “In the absence of the element of criminality, if both civil and criminal cases are allowed to continue,...
Supreme Court Quashes FIR Against Telugu Actor-Producer Mohan Babu Over 2019 Protest For Student Fee Reimbursement
The Supreme Court today (July 31) quashed the FIR registered against Telugu actor and film producer Mohan Manchu Babu and his son Vishnu Vardhan Babu, in connection with a protest rally held in 2019 over the issue of student fee reimbursements in Andhra Pradesh."The appellants were exercising their right to freedom of speech and expression and to assemble peacefully. Therefore, no purpose will...