Seniority Of Direct Recruits Counts From Initial Appointment, Not Probation Completion : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court had ruled that the seniority of directly recruited Assistant Engineers in the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) must be counted from the date of their initial appointment, including the training period, and not from the date they commenced probation after completing training.A bench of Justices Rajesh Bindal and Vijay Bishnoi set aside the Madras High Court's division bench judgment, which had calculated the seniority of the employee from the date they joined the service...

Parental Salary Alone Can't Decide OBC Creamy Layer Status : Supreme Court

The status as well as the category of post to which a candidate's parent or parents belong is essential, the Court noted.

Supreme Court Grants Bail To Kashmiri Separatist Shabir Ahmed Shah In Terror Funding Case; Notes Delay In Trial

The Supreme Court today granted bail to Kashmiri Separatist Leader Shabir Ahmed Shah in a terror funding case, noting that the delay ordained in the trial could not be explained.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the order, after hearing Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves for Shah and Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra for NIA.Shah was arrested in June 2019 and arrayed as an accused in the second supplementary chargesheet filed by NIA on October 04, 2019. The allegations against...

Railway Travel Insurance Cannot Be Limited To Online Tickets, Must Be Available To Counter Ticket Passengers Too: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that passengers purchasing railway tickets over the counter cannot be denied the benefit of travel insurance when the same facility is available to those booking tickets online.A bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and R. Mahadevan noted that passengers booking railway tickets online are able to opt for insurance at a nominal additional cost, whereas the...

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Supreme Court Urges Union To Bring Law On Passive Euthanasia

The Supreme Court on Wednesday(March 11) voiced the need for legislation to govern passive euthanasia in India. It said that due to the legislative vacuum on this issue in India, the Court has to intervene, from time to time, to frame guidelines as a matter of constitutional necessity.A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice KV Viswanathan said this while allowing withdrawal and withholding of life-sustaining treatment for a 32-year-old Harish Rana who has been in a persistent...

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : March 11, 2026

Links to today's reports :NCLAT Order Not Invalid Merely Because Bench Had Majority Technical Members : Supreme CourtSupreme Court Allows First Passive Euthanasia, Permits Withdrawal Of Life Support For Man In Vegetative StateCo-Operative Society's Multi-State Status Depends On Objectives, Not Spread Of Members Across States: Supreme CourtSupreme Court Disturbed By NCERT Rewriting Chapter...

Overzealous Investigation Fatal To Prosecution; Case Framed On Public Perceptions Ends Up In Mess : Supreme Court

Such investigations perils the innocent and allows the perpetrator to go free, the Court cautioned.

When Can Medical Treatment Be Withdrawn In 'Best Interests Of Patient'? Supreme Court Explains Allowing First Passive Euthanasia

The Supreme Court today (March 11) stated that the best interests of the patient should be the primary consideration when deciding whether medical treatment may be withheld or withdrawn. The Court also laid down certain indicative factors which can help in judging whether withdrawal of life support was in the "best interests of the patient".If the medical treatment is futile, without giving any therapeutic effect, and is only prolonging the suffering by extending the mere biological existence,...

Public Servant Convicted For Bribery Cannot Seek Acquittal Merely Because Co-Accused Was Acquitted For Not Proving Conspiracy: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that the public servant who personally demands and accepts a bribe can be convicted under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, even if the charge of criminal conspiracy fails and the co-accused is acquitted. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and K. Vinod Chandran set aside the acquittal of an Income Tax Inspector, who was acquitted by the Rajasthan High Court just because the co-accused was acquitted and the charges of conspiracy under Section 120B IPC were dropped....

His Family Never Left His Side, Real Love Is Caring In Saddest Hours : Supreme Court Lauds Harish Rana's Parents

"One can only imagine the agony they have undergone during this period," the Court said.

Call Detail Records Not Admissible Without S.65 Evidence Act Certificate : Supreme Court

Oral evidence of officials of the telecom company cannot substitute Section 65B certificate.