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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...
Supreme Court Orders MP Govt To Pay Rs 25 Lakhs Compensation To Convict Who Spent Extra 4.7 Years In Jail After Serving Sentence
The Supreme Court today(September 8) directed the State of Madhya Pradesh to pay compensation of Rs. 25 lakhs to a convict who had to remain in jail for more than 4.7 years after having undergone the entire sentence of seven years in a rape case.A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice KV Viswanathan passed an order after coming down heavily on the State of Madhya Pradesh for...
Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest 2025: Cr.P.C.& BNSS
SUPREME COURT HALF YEARLY DIGEST 2025BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023, (BNSS) and The CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973, (CrPC)Section 2(1)(h). ComplaintSection 2(d) Cr.P.C. - Definition of Complaint - Judicial vs. Executive Magistrate - As per Section 2(d) of CrPC, a complaint refers to an allegation submitted orally or in writing to a Magistrate with the intent to invoke legal...
Supreme Court Pulls Up Tenant Who Disowned Undertaking To Deposit Rent Arrears; Directs Cost To Be Paid To Punjab Flood Relief Fund
The Supreme Court recently deprecated the conduct of a tenant who tried to disown his undertaking given to the Court to deposit rent arrears by claiming that his advocate had given the statement without his instructions.The bench comprising Justices Aravind Kumar and NV Anjaria imposed a cost of Rs. 10,000 on the tenant. The cost has to be deposited in the Punjab CM's disaster relief...