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In Child Missing Cases, Proceed On Presumption Of Kidnapping : Supreme Court Issues Directions To Combat Child Trafficking
Taking serious note of the alarming number of missing children across the country, the Supreme Court on Friday (May 22) issued a slew of directions to address systemic failures in tracing missing children and combating trafficking networks operating across States. A bench of Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Justice R Mahadevan expressed displeasure with the ever-increasing cases of missing children, upon finding that nearly 47,000 children continue to remain untraced across India, with...
Supreme Court Faults HC Reading Of 'May' In Tender Document As 'Shall', Grants Relief To Contractor
Observing that the word “may” used in the tender document could not be interpreted as “shall”, the Supreme Court granted relief to a contractor whose bid was rejected for submitting the Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) through a Fixed Deposit instead of a Demand Draft, despite the tender conditions not mandating submission of the EMD only through a DD. “The word “may” is also employed in Clause 2.15 and hence it is only in the nature of an option and not a mandatory condition.”, observed a bench of...
Regularisation Cannot Be Denied Solely Because Initial Appointment Was Not Against Sanctioned Post: Supreme Court
In a major development, the Supreme Court on Thursday (May 21) held that the mere fact that workers were initially appointed on a temporary basis and not against sanctioned posts would not, by itself, disentitle them from seeking regularisation under the principles laid down in State of Karnataka v. Uma Devi. The Court observed that where employees have rendered continuous service for decades in departments discharging regular governmental functions, they would still be entitled to...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : May 21, 2026
Links to reports of May 21'No New Dams In Uttarakhand's Upper River Ganga Basin; Only Ongoing 7 Hydel Projects Will Be Allowed': Union To Supreme CourtBar Council Elections: BCI Seeks Supreme Court's Permission To Co-opt Women Candidates Who Were Eliminated At LastSupreme Court Questions 'Shocking' Rule Allowing Nursing Colleges 30 Km Away From ICU Hospitals; Issues Directions To...
'Bail Jurisdiction Can't Be Used To Issue General Directions' : Supreme Court Sets Aside Allahabad HC Directives On Summons Service
The Supreme Court has set aside directions issued by the Allahabad High Court in bail proceedings requiring trial courts to take specific measures for service of summons and coercive processes, holding that such far-reaching directions could not have been issued while exercising bail jurisdiction under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). A bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Prasanna B. Varale passed the ruling in an appeal filed by accused Rambalak, who had...
Husband's Failure To Explain Wife's Death In Matrimonial Home Draws Adverse Inference u/s 106 Evidence Act: Supreme Court Upholds Conviction
The Supreme Court on Thursday (May 21) upheld the conviction of a husband for strangulating his wife to death, observing that once the prosecution establishes that certain incriminating facts were especially within the accused's personal knowledge, the burden shifts to him under Section 106 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, to offer a credible explanation. The Court noted that the husband's failure to explain the circumstances surrounding the death within the matrimonial home constituted a...
Supreme Court Restores ₹162 Crore Penalty On Power Generator For Failure To Demonstrate Declared Capacity
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 20) held that a power-generating station's failure to demonstrate its declared electricity generation capacity attracts strict liability and does not require proof of mens rea or deliberate wrongdoing. The Court observed that since generating stations receive fixed charges based on their declared capability, failure to establish such declared capacity within the prescribed time framework would automatically invite penal consequences. A bench of Justice Sanjay...
Supreme Court Weekly Digest April 16 - 24, 2026
Administrative Law — State Liability and Governance Failure — Supreme Court criticized the "lackadaisical approach" and "systemic failure" of the state machineries in preventing illegal mining - held that a State cannot plead helplessness due to inadequate equipment or weaponry to justify inaction against organized crime - Personal accountability was fixed on officials for any...
