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Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : August 17, 2026
Links to the reports of August 17, 2026 :Failure To Serve Order XXI Rule 22 Notice Won't Impact DRT Auction Sale : Supreme CourtFleeing After Friend's Drowning, Though Reprehensible Conduct, Not Per Se Suggestive Of Murder: Supreme CourtSikkim SIR : Supreme Court Rejects Plea Challenging ECI Decision To Keep 2002 As Base YearDelay In Processing Compassionate Appointment Application Cannot...
Speedy Trial Also A Right Of Victim; Accused Cannot Use Pending Gangsters Act Case To Stall Other Trials : Supreme Court
Observing that a right to a speedy trial is not only the prerogative of the accused, but is also a valuable right of the victim, the Supreme Court on Monday (August 17) set aside the Allahabad High Court's order which had kept a murder trial against an accused in abeyance merely because a proceeding under the UP Gangsters Act was pending against him. Allowing the complainant's appeal, a bench of Justice KV Viswanathan and Justice Arun Palli rejected the Respondent-accused's argument about the...
Mere Official Reprimand By Superior Not Abetment Of Suicide Without Intent To Drive Subordinate To Death : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that ordinary administrative directions, disciplinary supervision, adverse remarks on official performance or even stern behaviour by a superior officer cannot, by themselves, be treated as abetment of suicide under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), unless there is additional material showing a conscious intention to drive the subordinate to take her own life.The Court discharged a Deputy Conservator of Forests who was accused of abetting the suicide of a...
Evidence Act | S.69 Can Be Invoked To Prove Will Only If Impossible To Prove Attestation Under S. 68: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that Section 69 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 cannot be invoked as an alternative to the ordinary mode of proving a Will under Section 68. The Court said that ordinarily a Will must be proved under Section 68, it can only be proved under Section 69 once the propounder establishes that no attesting witness can be found for proving a Will under Section 68.“Section 69 of the Evidence Act is, therefore, not an alternative which the propounder may freely choose, but it...
Remand Not To Be Ordered When Appellate Court Can Decide Issue Omitted By Trial Court Based On Already Adduced Evidence : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has reiterated that an appellate court should not routinely remand a case to the trial court merely because a particular issue was not separately framed, where the pleadings, evidence and issues already on record enable the appellate court to decide the dispute itself.A bench of Justice S.V.N. Bhatti and Justice N.V. Anjaria heard the case where a Karta, out of a legal necessity to repay the loan taken for the daughter's marriage, had sold out the Hindu Undivided Family...
Delay In Processing Compassionate Appointment Application Cannot Defeat Claim Of Otherwise Eligible Dependent : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has reiterated that a benefit of compassionate appointment cannot be denied to a beneficiary merely on account of delay or inaction by the employer in processing an application. A bench of Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Vipul M Pancholi heard the case where a son's application seeking a benefit of a compassionate appointment was rejected by the employer, Western Coalfields Limited, finding him to be crossing a permissible age limit at the time of consideration of his...
Sikkim SIR : Supreme Court Rejects Plea Challenging ECI Decision To Keep 2002 As Base Year
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the Election Commission of India's decision to use the 2002 electoral roll as the reference point for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Sikkim.A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana heard a Public Interest Litigation filed by a Sikkim-based organisation challenging the use of the 2002 electoral roll. The petitioner had sought special treatment for Sikkim,...
Fleeing After Friend's Drowning, Though Reprehensible Conduct, Not Per Se Suggestive Of Murder: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that fleeing from the spot after witnessing a friend drown and failing to inform the deceased's family, though “reprehensible” conduct, cannot by itself be treated as an incriminating circumstance to establish murder.A bench of Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice K. Vinod Chandran acquitted two individuals who were convicted over the death of a deceased who accidentally died by drowning in a river. Except for the appellants, there was no eyewitness to the incident; no...
Failure To Serve Order XXI Rule 22 Notice Won't Impact DRT Auction Sale : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that the requirement to serve a legal notice on the judgment debtor's legal representatives under Order XXI Rule 22 CPC before execution of a decree does not apply to an auction sale conducted by the DRT under the Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act, 1993. A bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe heard the case where the execution proceedings initiated by the Appellants in a civil court against the Respondent were subsequently...
