Supreme Court Issues Guidelines To High Courts To Avoid Delay In Delivering Reserved Judgments; Sets 3 Month Timelimit

The Court directed that orders in bail applications be uploaded the same day or within 24 hours.

Supreme Court Weekly Digest April 24 - 30, 2026

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 - Section 16, Section 16(5), Section 16(6), Section 34, and Section 37(2) – Maintainability of Section 34 application against rejection of Section 16 plea – When an Arbitrator rejects an application filed under Section 16(2) or 16(3) challenging the jurisdiction of the Tribunal (such as on the ground of limitation), the aggrieved...

S.311 CrPC Power Can't Be Invoked To Fill Up Lacunae In Defence : Supreme Court Quashes Order To Recall Rape Victim For Cross Examination

The Court observed that repeated cross-examination can cause hardship to a victim of heinous offences.

Supreme Court Issues Notice To Union, FSSAI On Plea Seeking Turnover-Based Penalty For Sale Of Unsafe And Adulterated Food

The Supreme Court recently issued notice to the Union and the FSSAI on a plea seeking directions to strengthen the penal and enforcement framework under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, contending that the present regime has failed to effectively curb the sale of unsafe and adulterated food products across the country.“The Act, in its structure, is aligned with internationally...

IBC | Once CoC Approves Resolution Plan, Successful Resolution Applicant Can't Negotiate Further : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has reaffirmed the binding nature of Committee of Creditors (CoC)-approved resolution plans under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC), holding that a Successful Resolution Applicant (SRA) cannot indirectly back out of a plan by later objecting to conditions that were discussed and accepted during CoC meetings. A bench comprising Justice K.V. Viswanathan and...

Primogeniture Rule Won't Govern Inheritance Of Ex-Royal's Private Estate, Succession Law Applies : Supreme Court

The Court held that the rule of primogeniture will not apply in the division of the Kapurthala family estate.

Wrestling Federation Moves Supreme Court Against Delhi HC Order Allowing Vinesh Phogat To Participate In Asian Games Selection Trials

The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has approached the Supreme Court challenging a Delhi High Court order permitting wrestler Vinesh Phogat to participate in the selection trials for the Asian Games 2026.A Bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe will consider the matter tomorrow.On May 22, the Delhi High Court directed that Phogat be allowed to take part in the...

Arbitration | Writ Jurisdiction Can't Be Invoked To Challenge Arbitrator's Decision Under Section 16 : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that while exercising its Writ Jurisdiction, it is impermissible for the High Courts to interfere with the arbitral tribunal's order passed under Section 16 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996. “It was not open for the learned Single Judge in exercise of writ jurisdiction to enter into the merits of the dispute while adjudicating the challenge to an...

Can't Brush Aside Land Compensation Claim Merely Because Claimant Is A Sanyasi: Supreme Court

The Court however deprecated the petitioner for his repeated petitions, and refrained from imposing costs considering that he has become a Sanyasi

S.33(1)(a) Arbitration Act Only To Correct Clerical Errors In Award; Can't Be Invoked To Change Nature Of Interest : Supreme Court

Holding that substance of an arbitral award cannot be altered under the guise of correcting errors, the Supreme Court has ruled that changing the nature of interest awarded from simple interest to compound interest amounts to a substantive modification that falls outside the limited scope of Section 33(1)(a) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.A bench of Justice PS Narasimha and...

'Serious Infirmities In Prosecution' : Supreme Court Acquits 2 Death Row Convicts In Rape-Murder Case

The Supreme Court has acquitted two men who had been sentenced to death for the alleged rape and murder of a 55-year-old woman in Uttarakhand, holding that the prosecution failed to establish a complete and reliable chain of circumstances connecting them with the crime. A Bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sandeep Mehta, and Justice Vijay Bishnoi allowed the appeals filed by...

Supreme Court Requests Delhi High Court To Expedite Hearing Of Plea Challenging Bar Council Transfer Fee

The Supreme Court recently refused to entertain an Article 32 writ petition challenging the alleged extraorbitant fees charged by Bar Councils for the transfer of the Bar Council registration from one State to another.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M Pancholi stated that another writ petition raising a similar issue is currently...