Right To Education Act | Ensure Admission Of Poor Students For Free Education In Private Schools : Supreme Court

The Court stated that ensuring the admission of such students must be seen as a "national mission."

BREAKING| Supreme Court Delivers Split Verdict On Validity Of S.17A Prevention Of Corruption Act Mandating Prior Sanction For Investigation

A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court today delivered a split verdict on the constitutionality of Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, inserted by the 2018 amendment, which mandates that there should be a prior sanction from the Government to launch an investigation against a public servant under the Act.While Justice BV Nagarathna held that Section 17A is unconstitutional, Justice KV Viswanathan refused to do so and instead read it down to hold that the question of...

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : January 12, 2026

Links to reports published on Jan 12.

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025 : Company, Competition & IBC Laws

Administrative Action - Judicial Review of - Statutory Authorities - Interplay with IBC Moratorium - Held that the constitutional jurisdiction of the High Court under Article 226 is not curtailed by Section 14 of the IBC - The High Court is competent to entertain a writ petition and direct statutory authorities to process a redevelopment proposal in favour of a new developer, even...

Vendor Is Necessary Party In Specific Performance Suits Even If He Has Transferred Property To Third Party: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court reaffirmed the settled legal position that the vendor is a necessary party in a suit for specific performance of an agreement to sell immovable property, even if he has transferred his interest in the property to a third party. “The law is thus settled that the vendor is a necessary party in a suit for specific performance of an agreement for sale, notwithstanding that vendor has transferred his interest in the subject matter of the agreement to a third party.”, observed a...

Appeal Won't Abate For Not Adding Legal Heirs If Interest Of Deceased Is Sufficiently Represented By Others : Supreme Court

The Court summarised the principles regarding the effect of non-substitution of legal representatives of a deceased party.

Workers Hired Through Contractors Can't Claim Equal Status As Regular Employees : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that contractual workers engaged through third-party service providers are not entitled to equivalent employment benefits as regular employees, observing that such parity would undermine the foundational principles of public recruitment and transparent hiring processes. “If the persons who are employed through a contractor, and have come to work, are given equal benefit and status as a regular employee, it would amount to giving premium and sanction to a process which is...

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025: Consumer Law

Consumer Disputes Redressal Forums - The Supreme Court allowed an appeal by the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) against an order of the NCDRC which had upheld the decisions of the State and District Consumer Forums directing LIC to compensate the respondent-claimants under the “Jeevan Arogya” hospital cash benefit policy. The deceased insured, a chronic alcoholic, had suppressed...

When Can Shares Received After Company Amalgamation Be Taxed As Business Income : Supreme Court Explains

The Supreme Court has ruled that shares received in a corporate amalgamation are immediately taxable as business income under Section 28 of the Income Tax Act if they represent a "real, commercially realizable benefit." “where the shares of an amalgamating company, held as stock-in-trade, are substituted by shares of the amalgamated company pursuant to a scheme of amalgamation, and such...

While Bail Is Not To Be Refused Mechanically, It Must Not Be Granted On Irrelevant Considerations: Supreme Court

The Court cancelled the bail granted in a POCSO case, noting that the gravity of the offence and threat to victim were ignored by the High Court.

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025: Fundamental Rights & Duties

Article 12. Definition Article 12 – Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) - Section 80 – State – Notice – Held, Appellant, being a State Financial Corporation and thus a 'State' under Article 12 of Constitution was entitled to mandatory notice under Section 80 CPC - When a suit is filed against State instrumentality, the plaintiff must either issue a notice under Section 80(1) CPC...

'Harsh To Send Him To Jail At This Age' : Supreme Court Reduces Sentence Of 80-Year-Old Convicted For Homicide

The Supreme Court has reduced the sentence of a man convicted for causing the death of another person during a village clash in 1992 to the period already undergone, citing his advanced age of over 80 years.A Bench of Justices N. V. Anjaria and K. Vinod Chandran upheld the conviction of Shrikrishna under Section 304 Part II of the Indian Penal Code, but modified the sentence imposed by the...