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Chhattisgarh Liquor Scam : Supreme Court Makes Absolute Interim Protection From Arrest Granted To Excise Department Officials
The Supreme Court today made absolute the interim protection from arrest granted to certain excise department officials accused in the Chhattisgarh Liquor Scam.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi passed the order after hearing Senior Advocates S Nagamuthu & Siddharth Aggarwal (for petitioners) and Senior Advocate Mahesh Jethamalani & ASG SD Sanjay...
'High Court's Discretion To Directly Hear Anticipatory Bail Pleas Can't Be Curtailed' : Kerala HC Advocates Association To Supreme Court
The Kerala High Court Advocates' Association (KHCAA) has submitted before the Supreme Court that the discretion of the High Courts in entertaining anticipatory bail petitions in the first instance cannot be curtailed.Opposing the view that Sessions Courts must be approached first for anticipatory bail, the KHCAA filed an application to get itself impleaded in the case where the Supreme Court...
Can High Courts Hear Anticipatory Bail Pleas Bypassing Sessions Courts? Supreme Court Refers Issue To 3-Judge Bench
The Supreme Court on Wednesday referred to a three-judge bench the issue of whether High Courts can directly entertain anticipatory bail applications filed without first approaching the Sessions Courts.A 2-judge bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta ordered that the matter be placed before a 3-judge bench.It was in September that the present bench took up this issue...
Supreme Court Orders Release Of Advocate Arrested By Haryana Police
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (November 12) ordered the release of Advocate Vikram Singh, who was arrested by the Haryana Police in connection with a murder case.The bench comprising Chief Justice of BR Gavai, Justices K Vinod Chandran and NV Anjaria passed the interim order while issuing notice to the Police on a writ petition filed by Singh challenging his arrest and remand in the...
'ECI Holds Voters' Data In Trust, Entitled To Protect Privacy' : Supreme Court On Plea For Machine-Readable Electoral Rolls
In yesterday's SIR hearing, the Supreme Court orally expressed reservations about making the voters list available in machine-readable format, saying that it might compromise voters' privacy.The Court observed that the Election Commission of India holds voters' data in trust and is entitled to adopt layers of privacy to ensure that the data remains protected. The Court suggested to the ECI if...
Nithari Killings | Letting Surendra Koli's Conviction Stand On Subsequently Rejected Evidence Would Breach Articles 14 And 21: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, while setting aside the last remaining conviction of Surendra Koli in the Nithari killings case, held that allowing it to stand when all companion cases based on the same evidence have been found unsustainable would violate Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India BR Gavai observed that the evidentiary foundation of Koli's conviction...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : November 11, 2025
Links to today's reports :Supreme Court Raps Jharkhand High Court For Casually Suspending Murder Convicts' Sentence; Slams State For Not Challenging OrderTransfer Of Title In Immovable Property Doesn't Attract Service Tax : Supreme Court'Can Parliament Reintroduce Provisions Struck Down By Court?' Supreme Court Questions Centre On Tribunal Reforms Act, 2021Subsequent Purchaser Who Acted Merely...
