NDPS Act | 'Unexplained 5-Day Gap In Custody Of Samples, Breach Of S.52A' : Supreme Court Acquits Two Men After 20 Years

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (September 16) set aside the convictions of two individuals after twenty years in an NDPS Act case for the alleged recovery and possession of charas in a commercial quantity, after finding that the prosecution had failed to establish the link in the chain of custody of the seized contraband. The Court noted an unexplained gap of five days between the date on which the seized material was forwarded for FSL testing and the date on which it was actually received by...

'You Think Women Can't Lift LPG Cylinders?' : Supreme Court Awards Compensation To Woman Denied Job Based On Gender

"It is an affront to womanhood, we can say, and that too by a Government of India undertaking," the Court told the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.

'Equal Pay For Equal Work' Doctrine Cannot Be Mechanically Applied, Experience Can Justify Pay Difference: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has recently held that the doctrine of 'equal pay for equal work' cannot be mechanically applied merely on the ground that two categories of employees perform functionally similar duties, and that a difference in experience between directly recruited and promoted employees can constitute a valid basis for a difference in pay scales. A bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Sheel Nagu ruled so while dismissing appeals filed by a group of directly recruited Higher Secondary...

Appointment To Public Post Contrary To Recruitment Advertisement Amounts To Fraud On Public: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that an appointment to a public post made in disregard of the qualifications prescribed in the recruitment advertisement amounts to a fraud on the public, while upholding the cancellation of an Anganwadi Supervisor's appointment in Maharashtra.A bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Sheel Nagu dismissed an appeal filed by Sunita Lahu Panchpande, who had challenged the Bombay High Court's decision setting aside her appointment as an Anganwadi Supervisor in...

Litigant Mustn't Suffer When Delay Is Due To E-Filing Technical Glitch : Supreme Court Restores NCLAT Appeal

The Supreme Court has recently held that a litigant cannot be shown the door merely because an appeal was e-filed a day beyond the statutorily condonable period, where the delay was caused solely by a technical glitch in the tribunal's own e-filing portal.A bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Sheel Nagu held so while setting aside an order of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), New Delhi, which had dismissed an appeal as time-barred on the ground that it fell one day...

PC Act | Handover Of Bribe To Intermediary Not Enough To Prove Public Servant's Guilt : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (September 16) held that merely establishing that money changed hands between a complainant and an intermediary who invoked the name of a public servant cannot, by itself, prove that the public servant accepted a bribe. “The prosecution has, at its best, established that money changed hands between a complainant and an intermediary who invoked the appellant's name. But that itself can be said to be a proof of appellant's acceptance of bribe.”, observed a bench of...

Supreme Court Asks RBI To Issue Directions To Prevent Forcible Repossession Of Vehicles By Banks, NBFCs

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (16.09.2026) has directed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to take effective steps to secure genuine compliance by Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFC) and Scheduled Commercial Banks with the Guidelines, Master Circulars, and Clarifications it has issued over the years on recovery practices, observing that such instruments “have existed only on paper, and no steps have been taken by the RBI to implement it.”Noting that despite over two decades of Guidelines, such...

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : September 16, 2026

Links to the reports of September 16, 2026'Army's Burden To Prove Disability Was Not Due To Service' : Supreme Court Dismisses Union's Appeals Against Disability PensionInfrastructure Projects Need 'Preventive Justice' So That They Don't Get Stalled In Litigation : CJI Surya KantSupreme Court Refuses To Reconstitute Committee Probing Student Protest Violence, Says Allegations Are...

Income Tax | AO Cannot Reopen Assessment Settled By Settlement Commission : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (September 16) held that once an Income Tax Settlement Commission passes an order determining the net taxable income, it is impermissible for the Assessing Officer to issue a reassessment notice against the assessee under the Income Tax Act. “If the jurisdiction of the AO under Sections 143(2), 148, 154, etc., is made independent and available for exercise again, the finality attached to the Settlement Commission will be defeated. Parliament did not envisage this...

Article 220 Doesn't Bar Ex-HC Judges' Co-option As Bar Council Women Members: Supreme Court

The Court observed that by virtue of being Bar Council members, ex-Judges are not required to resume practice in Courts.

Financiers Cannot Repossess Vehicles By Force : Supreme Court Awards Rs 10 Lakh Compensation To Truck Owner

The Court urged the RBI to issue guidelines to prevent forcible possession of hypothecated vehicles.

Lessee Cannot File Writ Petition Against Eviction When Land Owner's Challenge Was Withdrawn : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (September 16) held that it is impermissible for the lessees of the trust to file a Writ Petition against the eviction when the Trust itself remained unsuccessful in seeking protection against the eviction. A bench of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Shree Chandrashekhar heard the case where two sets of proceedings culminated before the Telangana High Court, wherein, in the first set of proceedings initiated by one M/s. Kishan Chand Foundation Trust...