Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : September 21, 2026

Links to the reports of September 21 :Mamata Banerjee Urges Supreme Court To Urgently List Plea Against ECI Freeze On Trinamool SymbolSupreme Court Mandates Magistrates' Approval For Re-Arrest After First Arrest Is Quashed For Not Furnishing GroundsTelangana MLA Danam Nagender Moves Supreme Court Against HC Judgment Disqualifying Him For Defection'Rs 370 Biryani' Controversy : Supreme...

Central Government Can Authorise Any Officer Other Than SFIO Director To File Fraud Complaints Under Companies Act: Supreme Court

The Court dismissed Centre’s review plea against judgment holding that private complaint alleging fraud by a company is not maintainable.

Can Civil Judge Notified As Commercial Court Hear Trademark Infringement Suits? Supreme Court Refers To Larger Bench

The Supreme Court on Monday (September 21) has referred to a Larger Bench the question whether a Civil Judge (Senior Division) notified as a Commercial Court under the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 can entertain a trademark infringement suit, despite Section 134 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 expressly prohibiting institution of such suits before a court inferior to a District Court. Section 134 of the Trade Marks Act provides that a suit for infringement of a registered trademark or relating to...

Police Statement That 'Sufficient Material Exists To File Chargesheet' Doesn't Mean Default Bail Can Be Granted : Supreme Court

A prosecution's statement in an extension application that sufficient material exists to file a charge sheet cannot be treated as an admission that the investigation is complete, the Court said.

'No Private University Can Run As Profit-Making Institution', Supreme Court Seeks Financial Details From All Pvt Universities

The Court has directed the Union and the States to get details from the Universities.

'Arbitration Cannot Be Arbitrary' : Supreme Court Sets Aside Arbitral Tribunal Appointment For Lack Of Consent

The Court quashed the attachment orders passed by the Tribunal noting that the Tribunal's appointment was non-est.

Police Officer Who Arrests Without Furnishing Written Grounds Must Face Departmental Enquiry : Supreme Court

If the accused has to be re-arrested, the further investigation must be carried out by another officer, the Court added.

Supreme Court Mandates Magistrates' Approval For Re-Arrest After First Arrest Is Quashed For Not Furnishing Grounds

The Magistrate can permit re-arrest only by an officer who is different from the officer who made the first illegal arrest.

Inequitable To Undo Sale Executed Pursuant To Specific Performance Decree Decades Ago By Ordering Refund: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that once a decree for specific performance of an agreement to sell has culminated in execution of the sale deed and delivery of possession, the completed transaction cannot be undone by substituting it with an enhanced monetary refund merely to "settle equities".A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice K Vinod Chandran made the observation while restoring a...

Principal Employer Not Liable To Pay Gratuity To Contractual Workmen; Controlling Authority Can't Decide Who Must Pay : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that a principal employer cannot be held liable to pay gratuity to workers engaged through a contractor when there is no employer-employee relationship between the principal employer and such contractual workmen.The Court set aside a Bombay High Court order holding Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC) liable to pay gratuity to workers engaged through...

Income Tax | CBDT Circular Not Binding On Court : Supreme Court

Reiterating that CBDT circulars are not binding on Courts, the Supreme Court recently dismissed a batch of appeals filed by assessees claiming deductions under Section 80HHC for the premium they received on the sale of their export quota. Section 80HHC provided tax deductions on export profits for Indian companies and resident taxpayers, but no deduction is available from April 1, 2005,...

Supreme Court Acquits 4 Murder Convicts, Says Eyewitnesses Couldn't Have Identified Accused On Pitch-Dark Night

The Supreme Court has acquitted four persons convicted for the 2001 murder of one Dhruba Pradhan in Odisha, holding that the prosecution failed to prove its case either through direct or circumstantial evidence, and that the trial court and the High Court erred in relying on eyewitness testimony that could not withstand scrutiny.A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Prasanna B Varale made...