Supreme Court Acquits Sri Lankan National In UAPA Case As He Was Wrongly Identified As Absconding Accused Linked To LTTE

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 20) set aside the conviction of a Sri Lankan national in a case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, after finding that he had been wrongly identified as another prime accused person who continued to remain absconding in connection with the offence. A bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sandeep Mehta, and Justice Vijay Bishnoi set aside the Madras High Court's Madurai Bench decision, which refused to interfere with the conviction of the...

Supreme Court Quarterly Digest 2026 - Negotiable Instruments Act

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 - Supreme Court Quarterly Digest Jan - Mar, 2026Section 138 and 142(1)(b) - The Supreme Court set aside an order of the Karnataka High Court that had treated the sequence of condoning delay and taking cognizance as interchangeable or a "curable irregularity" – Noted that under the proviso to Section 142(1)(b) of the NI Act, the power to take cognizance of...

Banks Casual In Giving Huge Loans To Big Entities, But Very Demanding In Small Loans To Ordinary Persons : Supreme Court

The Court left it to the RBI to decide on a fairer and easier mechanism for loan seekers.

Landowners Can't Be Forced To Forgo Statutory Compensation To Receive Other Statutory Benefits : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 20) held that a statutory right to compensation cannot be waived through contractual conditions imposed by civic authorities. The Court clarified that once a law grants a person the right to compensation, such right cannot be treated as surrendered merely because the landowner agreed to forgo it as a precondition for receiving another statutory benefit or amenity. A bench of Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar dismissed an appeal filed by the...

Pre-Cognizance Hearing Of Accused Mandatory For PMLA Complaint When Cognizance Taken After BNSS : Supreme Court

Special Court cannot take PMLA cognizance without hearing the accused after BNSS commencement, the court held.

Filing Anticipatory Bail Petitions In Quick Successions Abuse Of Process, Reduces Litigation To Mere Gamble : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently disapproved the practice of repeatedly filing anticipatory bail applications within short intervals of time, observing that the remedy of anticipatory bail, meant to safeguard an accused's personal liberty in advance, cannot be reduced to gambling. A bench comprising Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice K. Vinod Chandran set aside an order passed by the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court granting anticipatory bail to the respondent-accused on his third successive...

Stray Dogs Can Be Maintained In Campuses Only If Student Bodies Accept Liability : Supreme Court Allows Exemption For NALSAR

The assertion of rights in favour of dogs cannot operate in isolation, divorced from the corresponding responsibility to safeguard human life and safety, the Court held.

Accused Entitled To Parity With Discharged Co-Accused If Evidence Against Him Is Not Qualitatively Stronger: Supreme Court

The Court observed that the principle of parity was a fundamental tenet of criminal jurisprudence.

State Officers Cannot File Affidavits Supporting Litigants Contrary To Law: Supreme Court

The Court asked the Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary to examine the conduct of the officials and take action.

Supreme Court Suggests Expanding S.306 Succession Act To Allow Survival Of Tortious Claims On Legal Heirs

The Court recommended that the Law Commisison of India may examine this issue.

Supreme Court Quarterly Digest 2026 - NDPS Act

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – Supreme Court Quarterly Digest Jan - Mar, 2026Bail – Foreign Nationals – Article 21 of the Constitution of India – Financial Constraints in furnishing Surety –The Respondent, a 32-year-old Ugandan national, was granted bail by the High Court on 15.09.2025 in a case involving the NDPS Act - Despite the Trial Court reducing the...

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : May 19, 2026

Links to today's reportsNEET-UG Cancellation : Revisiting Supreme Court's Advice To NTA After 2024 Paper Leak'Dog Bite Menace Rising' : Supreme Court Refuses To Modify Directions To Remove Stray Dogs From Public PlacesSupreme Court Allows Euthanasia Of Rabid & Dangerous DogsCJI Surya Kant Expresses Plan To Set Up 7-Judge Benches SoonDr Subbiah Murder | Supreme Court Sets Aside Madras...