Release Of Escrow Under SEBI Buyback Regulations Does Not Bar Separate Fraud Inquiry : Supreme Court In Vedanta Case

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (09.09.2026) has held that release of the cash escrow deposited by a company under Regulation 15B(8) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Buyback of Securities) Regulations, 1998 (Buyback Regulations), does not operate as a bar to a separate and independent inquiry into fraud under the SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003 (PFUTP Regulations). A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice...

Partnership Act | Outgoing Partner's Share Must Be Valued On Date Of Assessment, Not Date Of Dissolution : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (September 9) held that, upon dissolution of a partnership at will, an outgoing partner's right to receive his share in the residue of the partnership assets is not frozen as of the date of dissolution. Instead, the partner is entitled to have his share determined based on the value of the partnership assets as on the date of their actual valuation. A bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Vipul M Pancholi heard the case where the partnership firm owning 3.27...

Prosecution Story Of Taking Dead Body To Police Station Suspicious : Supreme Court Acquits Two Murder Convicts

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (08.09.2026) acquitted two persons convicted of murder, holding that the prosecution's own case of taking the body of the deceased to the police station instead of the hospital, raises suspicion, and that this conduct along with other infirmities in the investigation and eyewitness testimony raised a reasonable hypothesis of innocence.A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Vinod K Chandran was hearing an appeal against a Patna High Court judgment which had...

Supreme Court Expresses Concern Over Voluminous Records In Corruption Cases Delaying Prosecution

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (08.09.2026) observed that prosecutions in corruption cases have a history of long pendency, often on account of voluminous but largely unnecessary and irrelevant evidence intimidating the courts."We cannot but notice that in corruption cases voluminous evidence is led, which is often intimidating to the Court, especially since many aspects attempted to be led in evidence are way off the mark, in providing a substantiation of the allegation, or to bring home the...

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up: September 8, 2026

Links to reports of September 8'Victim Didn't Identify Accused In Court' : Supreme Court Acquits Man Convicted For Rape Of 5-Year-OldHow To Attribute Mens Rea To Company? Supreme Court Explains Three-Stage InquiryIndian Stamp Act | Is Fraudulent Intent Necessary To Invoke S.47A Over Undervalued Deed? Supreme Court Refers To Larger BenchSupreme Court Restrains Appointment Of Teachers...

Solatium & Interest For Land Acquisition Under National Highways Act To Be Computed As Per 1894 Act For Pre-2015 Awards : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (08.09.2026)held that when the Competent Authority under the National Highways Act, 1956 (NH Act) determines compensation before 01.01.2015, the solatium, interest, and interest on solatium payable to the landowner must be computed under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, and not under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. For context, 01.01.2015 is the date on which the 2013 Act was made...

Pre-Regularization Service Must Be Counted For Pension Benefits : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that service rendered by employees on contract, ad hoc, daily-wage or work-charge basis prior to their regularization must be counted as qualifying service for retiral and pensionary benefits, particularly where the breaks in service are merely notional, artificial or caused by administrative circumstances or court orders.Holding thus, a bench of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Shree Chandrashekhar dismissed the Punjab School Education Board's (PSEB) appeal,...

Supreme Court Upholds Asst Professor's Appointment Despite Doubts Over PhD, Orders University Probe

The Court refused to interfere with the appointment on the ground that PhD was not a mandatory qualification for the post.

Widow's Family Pension Must Be Paid From Date Of Husband's Death : Supreme Court

The Court stated that its 2014 judgment in 'Tarsem Singh' was rendered ignoring an earlier precedent.

Human Rights Courts Can Be Approached Directly Without Prior Recourse To Commission: Supreme Court Upholds Karnataka Rule

The Supreme Court has recently upheld the validity of Rule 6 of the Karnataka State Human Rights Courts Rules, 2006, holding that the provision is neither inconsistent with the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 nor ultra vires the rule-making power of the State legislature under Section 41 of the Act. Setting aside the High Court's orders, the Court has restored the proceedings...

Supreme Court Clears Implementation Of Resolution Plan For Stalled 'Sushant Aquapolis' Project In Ghaziabad

In a relief to home buyers of the Ghaziabad-based housing project 'Sushant Aquapolis,' the Supreme Court recently cleared the path for implementation of the resolution plan of the corporate debtor, M/s Ansal Urban Condominium Private Limited, which had promoted the group housing cluster. A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice K Vinod Chandran accepted the Successful Resolution...

LiveLaw Supreme Court Weekly Digest: August 13 - 18, 2026

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – Sections 16, 18, 31(8), 37(2) – Pre-deposit condition in arbitration clause – Validity and constitutionality under Article 14 of the Constitution of India and Section 28 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 – Correctness of 3-Judge Bench decision in S.K. Jain v. State of Haryana – Reference to Larger Bench - Doubting the correctness...