Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : July 23, 2026

Links to Reports of July 23, 2026 :Social Media Popularity Not Same As Credibility : CJI Surya Kant To New AoRs, Warns Against Overreliance On AI In DraftingSupreme Court Asks Union, CPCB To Explain Utilisation Of 'Environment Relief Fund'Law Students Can't Be Barred From Ongoing Academic Session Exams Over Attendance Shortage: Supreme Court Grants One-Time ReliefSupreme Court Metro...

Promotion Does Not Cease To Be Promotion Just Because Employee's Grade Pay Doesn't Change : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Thursday held that promotions earned by Railway Guards within the Guard cadre must be counted while determining entitlement under the Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme (MACPS), ruling that employees who have reached the post of Mail/Express Guard are not entitled to further financial upgradations to higher Grade Pays under the scheme.A Bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Augustine George Masih allowed appeals filed by the Union of India and set aside Rajasthan...

Inadequate Grounds Of Arrest Don't By Themselves Vitiate Arrest, Prejudice To Accused Must Be Shown: Supreme Court

The Court said that complete non-service of reasons vitiates arrest, but inadequate reasons require proving prejudice against accused.

Supreme Court Directs Bihar Govt To Clear Encroachments Along Banks Of Ganga In Patna Within Six Weeks

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the Bihar government six weeks to remove all unauthorised structures, constructions and encroachments between Nauzar Ghat and Nurpur Ghat in Patna along the banks of the Ganga, directing that its order be complied with irrespective of any interim orders passed by the High Court or district courts.“We grant six weeks' time to the State of Bihar to ensure that each and every unauthorized structures/ construction and the encroachments are removed between Nauzar...

Honeymoon Murder Case : Supreme Court Sets Aside Bail Granted To Sonam Raghuvanshi

The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the bail granted to Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime accused in the alleged murder of her husband Raja Raghuvanshi during their honeymoon in Meghalaya, holding that the High Court and the trial court erred in granting her relief on the ground of alleged defects in the communication of the grounds of arrest.A Bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice PB Varale, however, granted Sonam three weeks' time to surrender. The Court also observed that if the trial is...

Delay In Granting Sanction Can't Be Reason To Curtail Liberty : Supreme Court Grants Bail In PC Act Case

The Supreme Court recently granted regular bail to a public servant under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, after it found that, despite the case being registered in 2025, sanction was not granted to prosecute him.To briefly state, a first information report was lodged against the appellant under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act. He was arrested on December 9, 2025, and the Allahabad High Court rejected his regular bail plea on March 20. This was challenged before the Supreme...

No Motor Accident Compensation For Murder Inside Vehicle : Supreme Court

To claim compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act, death must be having proximate nexus with the use of the vehicle.

LiveLaw Supreme Court Weekly Digest: July 1 - 15, 2026

Administrative Law — Extraordinary Jurisdiction — Article 142 Powers - The invocation of extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to do complete justice is contextual and cannot be exercised mechanically - The Supreme Court will not invoke Article 142 to protect the services of irregularly or illegally appointed teachers at the cost of the students' future and...

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : July 22, 2026

Links to today's reports :Collegium Faces Casual Criticism From Those Unaware Of How Judiciary Functions : CJI Surya KantJJ Act - Murder Is 'Heinous Offence', Not 'Serious Offence'; S 302 IPC Implies Minimum Life Sentence: Supreme Court'Wrong Statement' In Pleadings Not Necessarily A 'False Statement' : Supreme Court Quashes Perjury CaseS. 115 CPC | Revisional Jurisdiction Cannot Be Used...

Matrimonial Dispute Cannot Be Heard By MP/MLA Courts Just Because One Party Is A Legislator : Supreme Court's Prima Facie View

The Supreme Court has made a prima facie observation that MP/MLA courts specially designated to expedite criminal cases against the legislators lack jurisdiction to try matrimonial disputes. “We are not convinced that a matrimonial dispute can be agitated before such a special Court merely for reason of one of the parties being a legislator.”, observed a bench of Justice J.B. Pardiwala...

Offence Under Section 66 Information Technology Act Is Bailable : Supreme Court Overrules HC View

The Supreme Court has clarified that a computer-related offence punishable under Section 66 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 is a bailable offence. A bench of Justice M.M. Sundresh and Justice Prasanna B. Varale set aside the Punjab & Haryana High Court's judgment, which had treated a Section 66 offence as a non-bailable offence. “…the view expressed by High Court that Section...

Article 142 Cannot Be Used To Supplant Concluded & Acted-Upon Settlement Between Parties : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that its inherent jurisdiction under Article 142 of the Constitution cannot be invoked to supplant or amend the terms of the consensual arrangements between the parties. A bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Augustine George Masih dismissed a wife's plea, which sought to invoke Article 142 of the Constitution to recast the divorce settlement agreement...