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Delay In Processing Compassionate Appointment Application Cannot Defeat Claim Of Otherwise Eligible Dependent : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has reiterated that a benefit of compassionate appointment cannot be denied to a beneficiary merely on account of delay or inaction by the employer in processing an application. A bench of Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Vipul M Pancholi heard the case where a son's application seeking a benefit of a compassionate appointment was rejected by the employer, Western Coalfields Limited, finding him to be crossing a permissible age limit at the time of consideration of his...
Sikkim SIR : Supreme Court Rejects Plea Challenging ECI Decision To Keep 2002 As Base Year
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the Election Commission of India's decision to use the 2002 electoral roll as the reference point for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Sikkim.A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana heard a Public Interest Litigation filed by a Sikkim-based organisation challenging the use of the 2002 electoral roll. The petitioner had sought special treatment for Sikkim,...
Fleeing After Friend's Drowning, Though Reprehensible Conduct, Not Per Se Suggestive Of Murder: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that fleeing from the spot after witnessing a friend drown and failing to inform the deceased's family, though “reprehensible” conduct, cannot by itself be treated as an incriminating circumstance to establish murder.A bench of Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice K. Vinod Chandran acquitted two individuals who were convicted over the death of a deceased who accidentally died by drowning in a river. Except for the appellants, there was no eyewitness to the incident; no...
Failure To Serve Order XXI Rule 22 Notice Won't Impact DRT Auction Sale : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that the requirement to serve a legal notice on the judgment debtor's legal representatives under Order XXI Rule 22 CPC before execution of a decree does not apply to an auction sale conducted by the DRT under the Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act, 1993. A bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe heard the case where the execution proceedings initiated by the Appellants in a civil court against the Respondent were subsequently...
LiveLaw Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest 2026 - BSA & Indian Evidence Act
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 / Indian Evidence Act, 1872 - Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest Jan - Jun, 2026 Evidence Act (now Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam) is not strictly applicable to Consumer Forums, the Principles of Natural Justice must be followed - If a party seeks to cross-examine a witness or expert whose affidavit is on record, the Commission should evolve a procedure...
Supreme Court Weekly Roundup: August 03, 2026 To August 09, 2026
JudgmentsCourt Fees Act | Appeals Against Statutory Benefits In Land Acquisition Compensation Attract Ad Valorem Court Fees : Supreme CourtCause Title: TEHRI HYDRO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD. VERSUS S.P. SINGH & ORS.Citation : 2026 LiveLaw (SC) 751The Supreme Court held that an appeal under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, confined exclusively to the grant of statutory benefits...
CPC | Residential Property Exemption u/s 60(1)(ccc) Is Personal To Judgment-Debtor; LR Can't Claim : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that a plea filed by a judgment-debtor's legal representative seeking an exemption from an attachment of the judgment-debtor's main residential house would not be maintainable under Section 60(1)(ccc) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 [which is applicable in Punjab and Delhi]. A bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe held that...
LiveLaw Supreme Court Monthly Digest: July 2026
Supreme Court Monthly Digest July 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...
LiveLaw Supreme Court Criminal Law Digest: July 2026
Arms Act, 1959 – Section 25(1-B)(a) and Section 26 – Offence of possession of unlicensed firearms – Requirement of Conscious Possession – Mere recovery of firearms and incriminating articles from the house of the accused is not sufficient to establish guilt unless the prosecution proves that the accused had conscious possession and dominion over the articles – Coercive...
LiveLaw Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest 2026 - BNS & Indian Penal Code
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 / Indian Penal Code, 1860 - Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest Jan - Jun, 2026 Section 4 - Punishments Section 53 & Section 302 IPC — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 433-A — Modification of Life Sentence to Fixed Term — Constitutional courts (the High Courts and the Supreme Court) possess the power to modify a sentence of...
Re-employed Officers Can Be Treated Separately From Regular Officers: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that government officers who are re-employed after retirement can legitimately be treated as a separate class from regular government employees for the purpose of pay fixation, ruling that such a classification does not violate the constitutional guarantees of equality under Articles 14 and 16.A Bench of Justice S.V.N. Bhatti and Justice N.V. Anjaria made the...