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Supreme Court Recommends IBC Amendment To Protect MSMEs, Says Small Operational Creditors Need Fairer Repayment Mechanism
While reaffirming the "clean slate" principle under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), the Supreme Court has called upon the Law Commission and the Legislature to examine amendments to the insolvency framework to better protect Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and other small operational creditors, observing that they are significantly disadvantaged under the existing repayment structure.A Bench of Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Manmohan made the recommendation in a judgment...
How To Prove A Will As Genuine? Supreme Court Explains Tests
In a significant ruling on the law governing wills, the Supreme Court has explained the principles courts must apply while determining whether a will is genuine. Reiterating settled legal principles, the Court said that although a will is proved like any other document, the law imposes additional safeguards because the maker of the will (the testator) is no longer alive to testify about...
Know The Law| When Can A Right Be Waived? Supreme Court Explains
The Supreme Court recently explained the concept of waiver of rights as an intentional relinquishment of a right, advantage, benefit, claim or privilege that the person may have enjoyed. Pertinently, the key to waiving a right is that it must first be known to the person; that is, he must be aware of his existing right. On May 13, a bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice AG...
Know The Law | Which Documents Require Mandatory Proof Of Attestation? Supreme Court Explains
In an important ruling clarifying the scope of Section 68 of the Indian Evidence Act, the Supreme Court has explained that the statutory requirement of proving a document by examining an attesting witness applies only to documents that are required by law to be attested. A registered sale deed, the Court held, does not fall within this category and therefore need not be proved in the...
Supreme Court Criminal Law Digest: June 2026
Anticipatory Bail - Cancellation of - Abuse of Authority by Law Enforcers - The Supreme Court set aside the order of the High Court granting anticipatory bail to three police officers accused of extorting cash from a citizen in exchange for a gold bar recovered during a search. The anticipatory bail granted by the High Court was cancelled. When police officers, who are duty-bound to...
Art. 226 | High Courts Cannot Reweigh Evidence Or Interfere With Factual Findings In Certiorari Jurisdiction : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that the Writ of Certiorari cannot be issued by the High Court to review or reweigh the evidence based on which subordinate courts decided a matter. The Court reiterated that such a jurisdiction is issued only to correct errors of jurisdiction committed by Courts or Tribunals, but not for reappreciation of evidence or acting as a Court of appeal. Holding so, a bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi set aside the Karnataka High Court's judgment...
Supreme Court Urges Railways To Prevent Overcrowding In Trains, Suggests Dropping 'Second Class Passenger' Term
The Supreme Court on Friday urged the Indian Railways to take effective measures to curb overcrowding in trains, observing that such incidents frequently lead to passengers falling from moving trains and losing their lives. The Court also suggested that the Railways discontinue the use of the expression "second class passenger" in its manuals, stating that the class distinction should be attached to the coach and not to the passenger, in keeping with the constitutional ethos.A Bench of Justice...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : July 17, 2026
Links to the reports of July 17 :After Courtroom Ruckus, Supreme Court To Ask Party-In-Persons To Forego Live-Streaming & Video Recording If Appearing PhysicallySupreme Court Asks Producer To Release 'Mahaprabhu Jagannath' Movie After Puri Rath YatraKerala Wakf Board Moves Supreme Court Challenging HC Order Restraining It From Taking Major DecisionsSupreme Court Admits Somnath Bharti's...
Mere Swear Words & Vulgar Expletives Not Obscenity : Supreme Court Explains Scope Of S.294(b) IPC
Holding that "use of mere swear words, profanities and vulgar expletives, however distasteful or uncivil they may be, cannot be equated with obscenity", the Supreme Court has ruled that abusive or vulgar language by itself does not constitute the offence of obscenity under Section 294 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The Court clarified that obscenity in law is distinct from vulgarity, abuse...
Nominated Town Panchayat Members Cannot Vote In Legislative Council Polls : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that nominated members of Town Panchayats are not entitled to vote in elections to the Karnataka Legislative Council from Local Authorities' Constituencies, ruling that their inclusion in the electoral roll is contrary to the constitutional scheme.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi dismissed...