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Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : April 22, 2026
Links to today's reportsSabarimala Reference | Supreme Court Debates Essential Religious Practice Test, Denominational Rights vs State Reform Power'Jail Shouldn't Dilute Rights Of Prisoners With Disabilities': Supreme Entrusts Oversight To High-Powered Committee'Look-Out Circular Not Confidential, Why Can't Accused Be Intimated?': Supreme Court Asks CBI; Calls For Standard Operating...
S. 225 BNSS | Magistrate Must Conduct Inquiry Or Order Probe Before Proceeding Against Accused Outside Jurisdiction : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that a Magistrate must conduct an inquiry or direct an investigation under Section 225 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 before proceeding against an accused residing outside the territorial jurisdiction. In other words, if a person is being accused in a criminal complaint and lives outside the jurisdictional area of the court, the Magistrate...
2017 School Headmistress Rape-Murder : Supreme Court Dismisses Assam Govt Appeal Against Acquittal
The Supreme Court recently dismissed the appeal filed by the State of Assam against the Gauhati High Court's judgment which acquitted the accused in the 2017 rape and murder case of a school headmistress,A bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta upheld the Gauhati High Court's judgment which upheld the acquittal of accused Moinul Haque for the offences of murder and rape. The bench also set aside the High Court's conviction of the accused for causing the disappearance of...
Order 7 Rule 11 CPC | Plaint Can't Be Rejected Over Deficiency In Valuation, Court Fee Without Giving Chance To Rectify: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently held that a litigant cannot be automatically non-suited under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC over deficiency in valuation of the suit or payment of court fee. As the two are curable defects, an opportunity must be given to the litigant to rectify and suit rejected only if there is non-compliance."the rejection of a plaint under Order VII Rule 11(b) or (c) is not automatic upon a finding of undervaluation or deficit court fee; rather, it is conditional upon non-compliance with the...
Prosthetic Limb Costs Must Also Be Compensated To Restore Accident Victims To Dignified Life: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that compensation awarded to motor accident victims must include the cost of prosthetic limbs and their maintenance, emphasizing that such devices are essential to restoring mobility, confidence, and dignity to amputees.Observing that a prosthetic limb is integral to the life of a person who has lost a limb, the Court underscored that compensation must aim to place the injured person, as far as possible, in the position they would have occupied prior to the accident.A...
Maintenance Can't Be Demanded From Man If DNA Test Shows He's Not Child's Father : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that when a DNA test conclusively establishes that a man is not the biological father of a child, he cannot be directed to pay maintenance, even though the child was born during the subsistence of marriage.A Bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh dismissed an appeal filed by a mother challenging the denial of maintenance to her daughter, affirming the Delhi High Court's decision in the matter.BackgroundThe parties were married in 2016 ....
SDO Has No Power To Alter Land Classification Under UP Zamindari Abolition And Land Reforms Act: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today held that under the Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950, a Sub-Divisional Officer has no authority to change the classification of land recorded as public utility land so as to enable grant of bhumidhari rights.“Even otherwise, the Abolition Act, does not confer any authority upon the Sub-Divisional Officer to alter the category of land so as to bring it outside the prohibitory ambit of Section 132. The only mechanism contemplated by the Abolition...
High Court Cannot Decide Appeal Lying Before A Statutory Appellate Authority Merely Because Of Delay: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently held that High Courts cannot assume the role of statutory appellate authorities merely because proceedings are delayed while setting aside orders of the Andhra Pradesh High Court which had directly decided a mutation dispute instead of allowing the statutory appeal to be adjudicated.A bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice Vipul M Pancholi said that once a statutory appeal was available under the Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 1971, the...
'Jail Shouldn't Dilute Rights Of Prisoners With Disabilities': Supreme Entrusts Oversight To High-Powered Committee
The Supreme Court on April 21 referred certain issues related to prisoners with disabilities to the High Powered Committee constituted in Suhas Chakma case for effective redressal of the prisoners' concerns. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the judgment, having regard to the need for an "effective, structured, and uniform mechanism" to address the issues raised in the case, such as, assistive devices and support mechanism for disabled prisoners.The Court passed the...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : April 21, 2026
Links to today's reports :Sabarimala Reference | If Believer Prevented From Touching Deity Only Due To Birth, Can't Constitution Intervene? Supreme Court AsksLegal Representatives Can Challenge Arbitral Award Only Under S 34 Arbitration Act, Not Article 227: Supreme Court'Appointments To Uniformed Services Require Greater Caution' : Supreme Court Restores Dismissal Of Medically Unfit...