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Woman Rejected For UP Constable Post Over Squint Eye; Supreme Court Directs Appointment After Medical Board Finds Vision Normal
The Supreme Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh govt. to issue an appointment order to a woman candidate for the post of Constable Civil Police, who was denied appointment on the ground of an alleged squint eye, despite a medical certificate certifying her vision as proper and normal. The appellant was issued a call letter for Document Verification (DV) and Physical Standard Test (PST) at Reserves Police Line, Kanpur Dehat, on December 28, 2024. She cleared the tests, and her name was included...
Supreme Court Expresses Reservations Over Judgment Holding Right To Speedy Trial Cannot Override Stringent NDPS Bail Conditions
The Court observed that the right to speedy trial, being a fundamental right, cannot be subjected to stringent bail conditions.
Prolonged Litigation Cannot Defeat Legitimate Need Of Landlord: Supreme Court Restores Eviction Order After 40 Years
The Supreme Court has observed that “prolonged litigation cannot defeat the legitimate need of the landlord,” while restoring an eviction order in a dispute where a tenant had continued to occupy the premises for nearly four decades despite the landlord's bona fide requirementA bench of Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh set aside the Allahabad High Court's order which had favoured the tenant and restored the eviction order passed by the Prescribed...
BREAKING| 24-Hour Period For Production Before Magistrate Runs From Time Of Detention & Not From Formal Arrest : Supreme Court
Attempt to draw an artificial distinction between 'detention' and 'arrest' is Constitutionally unsustainable, the Court ruled.
In Freedom Fighters' Pension Claims, Authorities Must Take Practical Approach; Don't Insist On Strict Proof : Supreme Court
The claimants, who are old, cannot be expected to produce half-century old documents, the Court stated.
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : November 4, 2026
Links to the reports of NovemberSuspended Sanskrit University Students Move Supreme Court After Kerala High Court Denies Interim Relief To Write Semester ExamsSupreme Court 7-Judge Bench Holds Reference On States' Power For Additional Levy On Sales Tax Academic After GSTLaws Penalising Having More Than 2 Children Have Lost Relevance Due To India's Falling Fertility Rate : Supreme CourtDelhi SIR...
Supreme Court Upholds Rule On Pension Deduction From Salary Of Retired Govt Servants Appointed To Uttarakhand PSC
The Court held that the principle of 'equal pay for equal work' did not apply in the instant case.
Inferences Based On Digestive Timings Cannot Refute Credible Eyewitnesses' Account About Murder Time : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of seven men for murdering two brothers in Karnataka in 2001, holding that the trustworthy eyewitness testimony of the deceased's wives could not be discarded merely because they were related to the victims.The Court reiterated that the credibility of a direct ocular piece of evidence overrides a medical inference.A bench of Justice KV Viswanathan and Justice Arun Palli dismissed the appeal filed by the convicts, upholding the Karnataka High Court's...
In Disproportionate Asset Cases, Merely Showing Govt Circulars On Permissible Gold Limits Will Not Explain Possession: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that Income Tax circulars and press releases permitting possession of gold to a certain extent cannot account for the possession of the said assets for accounting purposes. In other words, a public servant accused in a disproportionate assets case cannot rely on departmental press releases and circulars to outright deny liability for possessing gold by arguing that the possession is within the permissible limit prescribed by such press releases. The Court held...
Supreme Court Asks MP Speaker To Decide Congress Leader's Disqualification Petition Against Nirmala Sapre MLA In 2 Months
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Speaker of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly to decide within two months a pending disqualification petition against Bina MLA Nirmala Sapre under the anti-defection law.The petition, filed in July 2024 by Congress Leader of Opposition Umang Singhar, alleges that Sapre voluntarily gave up her membership of the Indian National Congress, the party...
Supreme Court Rejects Plea To Rotate SC/ST Reservations Of Assembly & Parliament Seats, Affirms Validity Of S.9(1)(c) Delimitation Act
The Court declined interference, observing that it was a matter of legislative policy.
Supreme Court Asks Centre To Create Special Cell To Monitor Enforcement Of Child Labour Prohibition Act
The Supreme Court recently directed the Secretary of the Ministry of Women and Child Development to constitute a special cell to monitor the implementation of the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, as amended in 2016, and ensure strict compliance with its provisions.The Court also directed the Centre to issue instructions to enforcement agencies through...