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Conditional Deposit Won't Stop Interest If Award-Holder Can't Freely Withdraw It: Supreme Court
A deposit pending appeal is not synonymous with payment to the award-holder, the Court stated.
Supreme Court Recommends Law To Govern Court Deposits, Urges Law Commission To Examine
The Court flagged the non-uniform procedure followed by various courts and tribunals in handling deposits made before them.
Buyer Who Purchased Property From Defendant Is Necessary Party In Suit Seeking Declaration Of Tenancy Rights : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that a person who purchases suit property during the pendency of a civil suit, from a party already impleaded as a defendant, is a necessary party to the suit seeking declaration of tenancy status against the property. A bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Atul S Chandurkar ruled so while setting aside the order of the Gujarat High Court which had refused to implead the appellants as defendants in a suit filed by a person claiming tenancy rights over a portion of...
O 7 Rule 11 CPC | Admissibility Of Document Cannot Be Decided While Considering Rejection Of Plaint : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has recently held that the question of admissibility of a document relied upon by a plaintiff is a matter to be adjudicated at the trial, and cannot be considered while seeking rejection of a plaint under Order VII Rule 11(a) or (d) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC).A bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Atul S Chandurkar ruled so while allowing an appeal filed by a group of landowners/lessors, setting aside a Patna High Court order that had remanded their...
S. 92 CPC | Civil Court Cannot Pass Interim Orders While Leave Application Is Pending Against Public Trust: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday (September 18) held that a Civil Court cannot pass protective or preservatory interim orders while an application seeking leave to institute a suit under Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 is pending. Since, obtaining a prior leave of the court is mandatory to file a representative suit under Section 92 CPC when it is filed by individuals, a bench of Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Manmohan held that grant of leave under Section 92 CPC is a mandatory...
Supreme Court Strikes Down Maharashtra Rules Mandating Additives In Methanol, Issues Directions To Prevent Hooch Tragedies
The Court observed that mixing of additives in methanol was not a proportionate measure to prevent the making of spurious liquor.
Supreme Court Urges Centre & BCI To Frame Regulations For Sexual Harassment Complaints By Women Lawyers In All Courts
The Supreme Court on Friday urged the Union Government and the Bar Council of India (BCI) to jointly draft regulations for addressing sexual harassment complaints by women lawyers practising before High Courts, district courts, Taluka courts, tribunals and other quasi-judicial authorities.A bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Augustine George Masih observed that the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act) could not be...
Grievousness Of Injury Not Necessary For Attracting Section 307 IPC : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that the grievousness of the injuries sustained to an injured victim is not a necessary ingredient to attract an offence of an attempt to murder under Section 307 IPC. “We are of the opinion that the grievousness of the injuries or the possibility of injury which could have led to death, is not a necessary ingredient to attract Section 307.”, observed a bench...
Presumption Of Guilt Under POCSO Act Not Absolute: Supreme Court Acquits Man
"The court should not mechanically accept the ipse dixit of the prosecution riding on the provisions regarding presumption of guilt to give a stamp of approval to every prosecution even if they are absurd or improbable in its story."
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : September 17, 2026
Links to the reports of September 17 Supreme Court Asks RBI To Issue Directions To Prevent Forcible Repossession Of Vehicles By Banks, NBFCsPC Act | Handover Of Bribe To Intermediary Not Enough To Prove Public Servant's Guilt : Supreme CourtLitigant Mustn't Suffer When Delay Is Due To E-Filing Technical Glitch : Supreme Court Restores NCLAT AppealAppointment To Public Post Contrary To...
No Vested Right To Claim Promotion Under Repealed Rules : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday (September 17) reiterated that a promotional post arising under the applicable Rules need not necessarily be filled under those Rules, particularly where they have since been repealed. The Court held that such promotional posts can be filled up under the new Rules, which prescribe new methods of recruitment. “The employee does not acquire any vested right...