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Supreme Court Weekly Digest July 14 - 20, 2025
Citations 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 693 to 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 730Advocates Act, 1961 - High Court of Orissa (Designation of Senior Advocate) Rules, 2019- Rule 6(9)- Suo moto power to the full court of High Court to designate an advocate as 'Senior Advocate'- the 2019 Rules were formulated in the backdrop of the Indira Jaising v Supreme Court of India (2017)- High Court held Rule 6(9) to be ultra vires...
Electricity A Public Good; Disproportionate Increase In Regulatory Assets Must Be Avoided : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (Aug. 6) while directing the Electricity Regulatory Commissions (“ERC”) to timely liquidate the regulatory assets, to avoid accumulation of rightful cost due to the DISCOMS, has issued ten points relating to regulatory assets, determination of tariff and accountability of ERCs, and powers of the APTEL to avert regulatory failure. The bench comprising...
Incestuous Sexual Violence Committed By Parent Requires Severest Punishment : Supreme Court Upholds Father's POCSO Conviction
Incestuous sexual violence cannot be condoned under any circumstances as it shakes the very foundation of the familial trust, observed the Supreme Court while upholding the conviction of a father who repeatedly raped his minor daughter aged ten years.Upholding the life sentence imposed on him for the offence of penetrative sexual assault under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from...
Supreme Court Dismisses Justice Yashwant Varma's Plea Challenging CJI's Recommendation For His Removal
The Supreme Court today(August 7) dismissed the writ petition filed by Allahabad High Court Judge Justice Yashwant Varma challenging the in-house inquiry report, which indicted him in the case-at-home scandal, as well as the then Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna's recommendation made to the President and the Prime Minister for Justice Varma's removal.A bench comprising Justice Dipankar...
S. 389 CrPC | To Suspend Sentence, HC Should Assess If Convict Has Fair Chance Of Acquittal : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (Aug. 6) set aside the Rajasthan High Court's order granting bail and suspending the sentence of a man convicted under the POCSO Act for sexually assaulting a minor girl, observing that the High Court failed to assess whether the convict has a fair chance of acquittal.“One would have expected the High Court hearing an application under Section 389 of Cr.P.C....
Courts Should Not Be Used To Settle Scores Between Political Parties; Fight Political Battles Before Electorate : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today (August 6) reiterated that political parties cannot use the Courts to fight their political battles. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, Justice K Vinod Chandran and Justice NV Anjaria observed while hearing the petitions filed by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party as well as the Tamil Nadu Government against the Madras High Court's interim...
Mere Pendency Of Criminal Cases Alleging Simple Fraud No Bar To Arbitration : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has allowed the arbitration proceedings to continue in multi-crore Bihar Public Distribution System (“PDS”) Scam, stating that mere pendency of the criminal proceedings in offences involving simple fraud like cheating, criminal breach of trust doesn't bar a dispute from being referred to an arbitration. “The mere fact that criminal proceedings can or have been...
'Child' Includes 'Orphan Child': Supreme Court Orders Survey To Find If Orphans Are Given Benefits Under Right To Education Act
The Supreme Court today(August 6) directed the States and Union Territories to carry out surveys to find out whether orphan children are getting the benefit of free and compulsory education under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education, 2009 ("RTE Act") or not. The Court passed the order in a writ petition seeking care and protection of orphan children in the country.Before a...
Mere Absence Of External Injuries Not Sufficient To Discredit Victim's Credible Testimony In Rape Case : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of a man for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl, reiterating that a victim's testimony, if credible, is sufficient for conviction, even in the absence of corroborative medical evidence. “It is an opt-reiterated dictum of law that in cases of rape, the testimony of the prosecutrix alone may be sufficient and sole evidence of the victim, when...