Supreme Court Requests Allahabad High Court Chief Justice To Examine Giving Priority To Pension Cases

The Supreme Court has requested the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court to examine whether matters relating to non-release of pension cases can be given prioritised hearing and early disposal, noting that the petitioner's writ petition has not been listed before the High Court for nearly two years, despite his application for early hearing.A bench of Justice KV Viswanathan and Justice Arun Palli was hearing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by a retired peon who had not received his...

High Court Should Not Suggest Custodial Interrogation Of Accused: Supreme Court

The form of interrogation is best left to the discretion of the investigating officer, the Court said.

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : October 6, 2026

Links to the reports of October 6.CEC & Election Commissioners Enjoy Greater Legal Immunity Than Even Judges, Remarks Supreme Court'Courtroom Sees The Case, Academia Sees The Pattern; Justice Needs Both' : CJI Surya Kant At Madhava Menon Memorial LecturePunjab Govt Moves Supreme Court Against HC Order For CBI Probe Into Corruption Allegations Linked To Chief Minister's OfficeSupreme Court 7-Judge Bench Disposes Reference On Legislative Privilege As InfructuousS.72 BSA | Courts Must Compare...

Supreme Court Rebukes UP Govt For Not Paying Pension To Retired Peon For 10 Years, Calls For Chief Secretary's Report

“Grave injustice has been done to the petitioner," the Court observed.

Marks In Exam Cannot Cure Lack Of Essential Qualification Under Recruitment Rules: Supreme Court

Comparative merit can be considered only amongst candidates who satisfy the prescribed eligibility conditions.

Supreme Court Acquits Govt Clerk Who Already Served Sentence In 16 Year Old Bribery Case

The Supreme Court on Monday (05 October) has set aside the conviction of a government employee under Sections 7 and 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (PC Act) who had already served his sentence, holding that the prosecution failed to prove demand and acceptance of illegal gratification. A bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Atul S Chandurkar held so while hearing an appeal filed by the government employee who had already served his sentence, and had pursued the appeal only to...

Tendency To Colourize Civil Disputes Into Criminal Offences An Open Secret : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has reiterated that a purely civil dispute cannot be converted into a criminal prosecution unless the foundational ingredients of the alleged offences are made out. “The tendency of litigants to colourize civil disputes into criminal offences is an open secret in the present times. The courts have tried to put their foot down to prevent the litigants from obliterating the fine distinction between the two. We have done so to prevent the abuse of criminal process.”, observed a...

Original Status As Daily Wager Cannot Be Ground To Deny Annual Increment After Regularisation : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (October 6) has held that daily-wage skilled workers who were treated as permanent employees under a government resolution and granted regular pay scales and retirement benefits cannot be denied the annual increment falling due after their retirement merely because they were originally engaged as daily wagers. Setting aside the Gujarat High Court's division...

Excess Salary Paid By Mistake Can Be Recovered From Employees Who Gave Undertaking: Supreme Court Dismisses Teachers' Plea

The Supreme Court has recently upheld the recovery of Academic Grade Pay benefits that were given by mistake to the teachers of the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Calicut, holding that the recovery was valid because the teachers had given written undertakings to refund excess payments.A bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Sheel Nagu ruled so while dismissing the appeals...

S.72 BSA | Courts Must Compare Signatures Themselves, Expert Evidence Cannot Be Called Routinely In Handwriting Disputes: Supreme Court

Courts have full discretion to seek expert opinion only when there is doubt or the writing is smudged, vague, or very light, the Supreme Court clarified.

Tax Classification Must Be Based On Form Of Goods At Stage Of Sale & Not Its End Use : Supreme Court

"The tax authorities are bound to look at what is supplied and not at what is the 'end use' of the good," the Court said.

NDPS Act Prosecution Can't Be Quashed On Sole Ground That Disclosure Of Co-Accused Was Relied Upon : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that although a confession under Section 67 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) or a disclosure statement under Section 53A cannot have evidentiary value to secure a conviction, the mere presence of such material cannot be a ground to quash a pending NDPS prosecution at the threshold. A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice...