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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...
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 and Justice K. Vinod Chandran, while hearing a plea of MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh (popularly known as Raja...
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 66 of the IT Act has not been defined as a bailable offence under the IT Act, stands set aside.”, observed...
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 arrived at between herself and her husband. The Court refused to exercise its inherent jurisdiction to...
S. 50 NDPS Act Applies Only To Personal Search, Not When Recovery Is From Articles Carried By Accused : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 21) observed that the protection under Section 50 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, to be searched in the presence of a Gazetted Officer or a Magistrate, would be available during the personal search of an accused and doesn't extend to searches when the accused was carrying a bag, container, or any other object. “The protection under Section 50 is confined to cases where the recovery is sought to be effected through the personal...
S. 115 CPC | Revisional Jurisdiction Cannot Be Used to Correct Factual Errors, Even If Facts Are Allegedly Concealed : Supreme Court
Observing that revisional jurisdiction cannot be invoked to correct mere errors of fact or law unless they relate to a jurisdictional error, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 21) set aside a Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment that had overturned concurrent eviction orders passed by the Rent Controller and the Appellate Authority in exercise of its revisional jurisdiction. A bench of...
'Wrong Statement' In Pleadings Not Necessarily A 'False Statement' : Supreme Court Quashes Perjury Case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 21) set aside the perjury proceedings against a litigant and his counsel for allegedly making 'typographical errors' in a memorandum of an appeal, noting that every instance of wrong statements cannot be treated as a 'false statement' unless a deliberate falsehood is shown. A bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar set aside the Bombay...
JJ Act - Murder Is 'Heinous Offence', Not 'Serious Offence'; S 302 IPC Implies Minimum Life Sentence: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that the offence of murder punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (now Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita) is a "heinous offence" under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, ruling that imprisonment for life constitutes its implied minimum punishment even though the provision does not expressly prescribe...