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Supreme Court Restores Rape Case Acquittal As Forensic Evidence Contradicts Prosecution Version
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (August 11) restored the acquittal of a man for an offence of rape of a minor, holding that the absence of blood on the victim's clothes and the lack of any injury on her body, as reflected in the forensic and medical evidence, created a grave doubt about the prosecution's case. A bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar set aside the Himachal Pradesh High Court's judgment which had reversed the trial court's decision of acquittal, and convicted...
Insider Trading Presumed When Person Having Confidential Information Trades; Loss Or Profit Irrelevant : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (August 11) held that a mere possession of Unpublished Price Sensitive Information (UPSI) coupled with trading in securities during the UPSI period is sufficient to attract presumption for insider trading under the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015. Setting aside the Securities Appellate Tribunal's (SAT) order, a bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Augustine George Masih allowed the Securities and Exchange Board of India's (SEBI) appeal,...
4-Steps To Test If Criminal Case Can Be Quashed Based On Defence Material Before Trial : Supreme Court Explains
The Supreme Court has reiterated that criminal proceedings can, in exceptional cases, be quashed at the pre-trial stage on the basis of defence material or official records, where such material is of an unimpeachable nature and demonstrates that continuation of the prosecution would amount to an abuse of the process of court.In its judgment in Rahul v. State of Uttar Pradesh, pronounced on...
No Inflexible Rule That Alibi Can Be Proved Only In Trial : Supreme Court Quashes S. 498A IPC Case Against BSF Personnel
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (August 11) held that the documentary evidence, including official service records establishing the accused's absence from the place of occurrence, constitutes unimpeachable material that can be considered at the threshold stage for quashing of the criminal case. The Court said that the rule that an accused must ordinarily prove alibi during trial is not an inflexible rule and cannot be interpreted as an absolute bar against considering reliable and undisputed...
Order 41 Rule 27 CPC | Supreme Court Explains Parameters To Decide Application For Additional Evidence
While reiterating that an application seeking the production of additional evidence at an appellate stage needs to be decided on its own merit before delivering a judgment, the Supreme Court has laid down the parameters to be followed while dealing with an application under Order 41 Rule 27 of CPC. A bench of Justice SVN Bhatti and Justice NV Anjaria laid down the following parameters: "1. An Appellate Court has a statutory duty to deal with an Application for Additional Evidence on its...
Principles Of Judicial Review In Exam Evaluation Disputes : Supreme Court Explains
The Supreme Court has reiterated that a power of judicial review cannot be exercised to interfere with the decision of experts in an academic field. A bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Sheel Nagu set aside the Allahabad High Court's order, which had interfered with the academic experts' decision in examination matters. The High Court issued directions to the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission regarding the re-evaluation of answer scripts, the deletion of certain questions, and...
'Supreme Sacrifice' : Supreme Court Grants ₹10 Lakh To Shaurya Chakra Awardee's Widow
The Supreme Court has directed the Union of India to pay an additional ₹10 lakh to the widow of a General Reserves Engineering Force (GREF) employee who was posthumously awarded the Shaurya Chakra after sacrificing his life while saving fellow workers during road construction along the India-China border.A bench of Justice K.V. Viswanathan and Justice Arun Palli, exercising its powers under Article 142 of the Constitution, extended the benefit of extraordinary family pension to the widow from...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : August 10, 2026
Links to the reports of August 10 :'Identical Eyewitness Accounts Bear Imprint Of Tutoring', Supreme Court Upholds Acquittal Of 20 Persons In Murder CaseSupreme Court To Hear Tamil Nadu's Plea On Cauvery Water Release On ThursdaySale Deed Not Invalid Just Because Consideration Not Paid : Supreme CourtSupreme Court Adjourns UBT Plea Challenging MPs' Merger With Shiv Sena As Speaker...
GST | Exporters Whose Applications Were Pending Before Omission Of Rule 96(10) Entitled To IGST Refund : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has given a quietus to the controversy surrounding exporters' eligibility to claim Integrated Tax (IGST) refunds, with their applications pending when the rule restricting such claims was omitted in 2024 without any saving clause. Providing relief to exporters, a bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice K Vinod Chandran held that exporters whose applications were pending...
Sale Deed Not Invalid Just Because Consideration Not Paid : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently ruled that an actual payment of the sale consideration at the time of execution is not necessary for completion of the sale; and the remedy against the non-payment of the balance consideration would be to file a money recovery suit rather than seeking a cancellation of sale deed.“When a sale deed is registered, even upon part payment of the sale price, title...
'Identical Eyewitness Accounts Bear Imprint Of Tutoring', Supreme Court Upholds Acquittal Of 20 Persons In Murder Case
The Supreme Court recently upheld the acquittal of twenty persons in a murder case, after finding that the conviction was based on the strikingly similar nature of the eyewitness accounts, which the Court deemed improbable given that the incident involved a large number of persons being witnessed by several individuals positioned differently. “It is a settled principle that an identical...