Supreme Court Designates Four Ex-Judges As Senior Advocates

The Supreme Court has designated four former High Court judges, including two Chief Justices, as Senior Advocates.The decision was taken during a Full Court Meeting of the Supreme Court held on December 10, 2025, chaired by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant.The following retired Judges were conferred with the designation : Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili, Former Judge, High Court for...

Supreme Court Orders SIT Probe Into Unnatural Death Of Tribal Youth In Madhya Pradesh

The Supreme Court on Thursday (December 11) directed the investigation by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) in the case related to the unnatural death of a Scheduled Tribe youth named Nilesh Adivasi in Madhya Pradesh in July 2025.The Court directed the Director General of Police of Madhya Pradesh to constitute a 3-member SIT, to be headed by an IPS officer in the rank of SP who belongs to the...

Negative CIBIL Rating Challenged By Litigant Claiming No Loan Was Taken ; Supreme Court Seeks Affidavits From SBI & PNB

The petitioner alleged that two other individuals with the same name as him were issued the same PAN number, and the loans taken by them have adversely affected his CIBIL score.

NCLT Can Order Forfeiture Of Entire Deposit If Purchaser Of Liquidation Assets Defaults In Payments : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that if a purchaser defaults on payment for assets acquired in liquidation under a judicially supervised sale, the entire amount already deposited may be forfeited. It further clarified that Section 74 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 cannot be invoked to seek a refund, as no contract exists between the purchaser and the liquidator, the sale being conducted under...

Will Impose Costs For Frivolous Mentioning, CJI Surya Kant Warns

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Thursday expressed clear displeasure over out-of-turn mentioning by lawyers and said the court would begin imposing costs on frivolous requests. “From Monday, I will issue another notification that if there is a mentioning that I do not find genuine, I will impose costs then and there,” the CJI remarked in open court.He warned that a circular would...

Supreme Court Allows Ashish Misra To Stay In Lakhimpur Kheri From December 25 To 31

In the Lakhimpur Kheri Violence case , the Supreme Court today allowed former Union Minister's son Ashish Mishra, the main accused, to visit his native place in Lakhimpur from December 25- 31. The bail condition of Mishra was relaxed to this extent.The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi also noted that, as per the updated status report filed by the State of UP, in the...

Demand Of Gold At Child's 'Chhoochhak' Ceremony Not Dowry Demand: Supreme Court Quashes Husband's Dowry Death Conviction

The Court observed that to qualify as dowry demand, the demand must be in connection with the marriage.

Income Tax | Statutory Corporation Can Claim Deduction Under S 36(1)(viii) Only For Income Directly Derived From Long-Term Finance : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (December 10) held that any income earned by a statutory corporation outside its core activity of providing long-term finance for industrial, agricultural, or infrastructure development in India cannot qualify for the 40% deduction available under Section 36(1)(viii) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (“Act”). A bench of Justice P.S. Narasimha and Justice Atul...

Supreme Court Dismisses Prajwal Revanna's Plea To Transfer Trial Of Rape Cases To Another Court; Rejects Argument Of Bias

The Supreme Court on Thursday (December 11) refused the plea of Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former MP Prajwal Revanna to transfer the trial of two rape cases from a Special MP/MLA Court in Bengaluru to another Court.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi refused to accept Revanna's argument of bias on the part of the trial judge. It may be noted...

'Rare Settlement' : Supreme Court On Wife Agreeing To Divorce Without Monetary Claims, Appreciates Return Of Gifts From Husband's Side

While dissolving an estranged marriage on mutual consent, the Supreme Court on Thursday appreciated the woman for returning the gold bangles gifted to her by the husband's mother at the time of the marriage. The Court also observed that this was a "rare settlement", as no monetary claim was raised by the wife.A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice KV Viswanathan was hearing...

As Kerala Governor-CM Deadlock Continues, Supreme Court Asks J Dhulia Committee To Recommend Names For 2 University VC Posts

After a prolonged deadlock between the Kerala Government and the Kerala Governor over appointing regular Vice Chancellors in two state universities, the Supreme Court on December 11 asked the committee headed by Justice (retired) Sudhanshu Dhulia to recommend a list of names for each university after examining the correspondence between the Chief Minister and the Chancellor. The names are to...

Supreme Court Rejects Ex-IPS Officer Sanjiv Bhatt's Plea To Suspend Sentence In Drug Planting Case Of 1996

The Supreme Court on Thursday (December 11) refused to suspend the 20-year jail sentence imposed on ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in the 1996 drug planting case.The case was listed today before a bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi. Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal (for Bhatt) at the outset submitted that he has undergone 7 years and 3 months of sentence. The bench said that Bhatt can...