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Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025: Rent Control & Eviction
Rent Control & Eviction - Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025 Appellate Authority's Error - The Appellate Authority's reversal of the Prescribed Authority's findings was unsustainable, as it failed to provide convincing reasons to dislodge the evidence-based conclusion of bona fide need. The assumption that the landlord had substantial business interests was not supported by...
Statutory Authorities Can Intervene If Housing Society Delays Membership Decisions : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that the statutory authority can step into the affairs of the co-operative housing societies' matters when the society refuses to decide or keeps the matter pending for a long time. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta heard the matter that relates to the delay in granting of the membership to the flat owners in one Malboro House Co-operative Housing Society Limited of Mumbai, despite they being residing peacefully in their flat for the past several...
'Court Cannot Compel Any Woman To Complete Pregnancy': Supreme Court Allows Termination Of Minor's 30-Week Pregnancy
Observing that a Court cannot compel a woman, much less a minor, to continue an unwanted pregnancy, the Supreme Court on Friday permitted the medical termination of a 30-week pregnancy of a girl who had become pregnant while she was a minor.A Bench of Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan emphasised that reproductive autonomy of the pregnant girl must be given due weight, particularly in circumstances where she has clearly expressed her unwillingness to continue the pregnancy.In its...
Supreme Court Rejects TN Cadre IPS Officer's Claim For Rajasthan Cadre Vacancy Of 2004
The Supreme Court recently rejected a 2004 batch Tamil Nadu Cadre IPS officer's plea seeking appointment against an insider vacancy for the same year in the Rajasthan Cadre after two senior candidates declined to join.A bench of Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar noted that appellant Rupesh Kumar Meena raised the claim six years later in 2010, and observed that interfering after more than 20 years since the vacancy year would render the cadre allocation process fluid...
Trial Courts Must Record Offer Of Free Legal Aid To Accused Before Examination Of Witnesses : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday (February 5) passed an important order directing the High Courts to pass on an instruction to the trial courts within their state to inform the accused of their right to legal aid in the event they cannot afford a counsel. The response of the accused to the offer of free legal aid must be recorded. “It is incumbent upon the trial Courts dealing with criminal proceedings, faced with such situations, to inform the accused of their right to legal representation...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : February 5, 2026
Links to today's reports :Arrest Exception, Not Rule For Offences Punishable Up To 7 Yrs; S.35(3) BNSS Notice Mandatory In Such Cases : Supreme CourtSupreme Court Orders Inquiry Against 6 Gujarat Ayurved Colleges For Admitting Students Who Didn't Qualify NEET'No Mechanical FIRs For Harsh Political Posts' : Supreme Court Upholds Telangana HC Guidelines For Cases Over Social Media PostsJamiat...
Supreme Court Approves BCI's Nomination Fee, Asks HCs Not To Interfere With State Bar Council Elections On Fee Challenge
The Supreme Court on Thursday approved the nomination fee of Rs 1.25 lakhs fixed by the Bar Council of India for contesting elections to the State Bar Councils.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi also directed that no High Court should interfere with the ongoing Bar Council Elections on account of any challenge to the prescription of the election...
Properties Acquired By 'Karta' Presumed To Be Joint Hindu Family Assets Unless Contrary Proved: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday (February 5) observed that once the existence of an ancestral, income-yielding property is established, any subsequent acquisition made by the Karta during the subsistence of a joint Hindu family is presumed to be joint family property, unless the person claiming self-acquisition discharges the burden of proof with cogent evidence. “Where acquisitions are...
UPSC Can Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against States Failing To Give Timely Proposals For DGP Appointments: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday emphasised that State Governments should not delay sending proposals to the Union Public Service Commission for the appointment of Director General of Police.Disapproving of the trend of appointment of 'Acting DGPs' in some states, the Court authorised the UPSC to send reminders to the States for sending proposals for DGP appointments. If there is a default by...