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'Child Should Not Be Treated As Criminal': Supreme Court Sets Aside Conviction On Juvenility Claim After 21 Years
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (02.09.2026) has set aside the 21-year old conviction of a man who was found to be a juvenile on the date of the offence, holding that a High Court's inherent power under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC, now Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023) can be exercised to recall its own final judgment where a mistake by the court has caused grave prejudice to a party, even after the Special Leave Petition (SLP) for the same...
Futures & Options Segment Investors Cannot Seek Reimbursement Of Losses From Professional Clearing Members : Supreme Court
Highlighting the speculative nature of the Futures and Options (F&O) segment and the substantial losses suffered by investors despite the inherent risks involved, the Supreme Court on Wednesday (September 2) held that F&O investors cannot seek reimbursement of their financial losses from Professional Clearing Members (PCMs), whose role is just to facilitate the clearing and settlement of trades. A bench of Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice K. Vinod Chandran observed that in the...
BREAKING| Bar Councils Have No Disciplinary Power Over Law Students; BCI Chairman's Directions Against NALSAR Bad In Law: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday held that the Bar Council of India (BCI) and State Bar Councils have no statutory power to take disciplinary action against law students. The Bar Councils get disciplinary control over law students only after they enrol as Advocates.The Court clarified that disciplinary power over students vests only with their parent institution, or the authority prescribed under the regulations or byelaws governing such institution.Applying this legal position, the Court declared...
Limitation Act Does Not Apply To Revision Under Karnataka Land Revenue Act : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (September 2) observed that the provisions of the Limitation Act, 1963 cannot be invoked to negate the limitation period provided in the Karnataka Land Revenue Act.A bench comprising Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva heard a matter wherein the Karnataka Government's land record authority, acting under its revisional powers, directed a fresh enquiry into land survey numbers in the Yediyur Lake area of Bengaluru, beyond the three-year limitation...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : September 2, 2026
Links to reports of September 2 :Supreme Court E-Committee To Consider Plea To Allow Compounding Of Traffic Offences In V-Courts Portal Without Pleading Guilty'CBI Failed Miserably' : Supreme Court Acquits Former Indian Bank Manager In Loan Fraud CaseLitigant Cannot Be Worse Off For Filing An Appeal : Supreme Court Explains Doctrine Of 'No Reformatio In Peius'Supreme Court Issues Directions...
'Several Missing Links' : Supreme Court Acquits Child Murder Case Convict After 16 Years' Imprisonment
The Supreme Court has acquitted the convict in a 2007 murder case involving the death of a six-year-old child, holding that the prosecution failed to establish his guilt beyond reasonable doubt and that several crucial links in the chain of circumstantial evidence were missing.A Bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva allowed the appeal and set aside the judgments of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and the Sessions Court at Ambala, which had convicted appellant Sahab Singh...
Banks Can Invoke SARFAESI For Loans Acquired From NBFCs Not Covered Under Act : Supreme Court
In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court on Wednesday (September 2) held that banks can take recourse to the SARFAESI Act, 2002, to recover debts assigned to them by NBFCs, notwithstanding that such NBFCs were not covered under the Act at the time the debt was created. “…when the institution (bank) is one to which the SARFAESI Act is already applicable, acquisition of a non-performing secured loan account by such institution from an entity, that does not come within the ambit of the SARFAESI...
Guilt Can't Be Presumed Merely Because Investigating Officer Faced Collusion Allegations : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (September 1) observed that though a faulty investigation cannot, by itself, operate to the benefit of an accused, Courts also cannot presume guilt merely because the Investigating Officer (IO) was recalcitrant or faced allegations of collusion, particularly when the prosecution has failed to produce reliable evidence establishing the accused's guilt. “A...