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Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : February 27, 2026
Links to today's SC reports :SC Collegium Recommends Justice S.A. Dharmadhikari As Madras High Court Chief Justice; Justice Lisa Gill For Andhra Pradesh HCSupreme Court Collegium Approves Appointment Of Nine Advocates As Patna High Court JudgesAll States/UTs Framed Rules To Implement Shariat Act? Supreme Court Seeks ReportSC Collegium Adopts New Policy To Ensure Incoming HC Chief Justices...
Supreme Court Reprimands Advocate Who Filed Petition Seeking FIR Against PM & HM For Enacting CAA
The Supreme Court today reprimanded an advocate who filed a petition seeking an FIR against constitutional functionaries for passing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019.The bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymaly Bagchi was hearing the challenge against the Rajasthan High Court order, which slapped a cost of ₹50,000 on the advocate for filing a 'frivolous'...
Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Old NCERT Book Remark 'Judgments Tend To View Slumdwellers As Encroachers'
A former member of NCERT, Dr Pankaj Pushkar, has filed a writ petition before the Supreme Court challenging allegedly unconstitutional improper content in NCERT's old Social Science textbook for Class 8. The petition, filed under Articles 32 and 129 of the Constitution, comes in the wake of the controversy surrounding NCERT's recent Class 8 Social Science textbook which contained a chapter...
"Filed Out Of Vendetta" : Supreme Court Dismisses Ex- Judicial Officer's Plea For FIR Against HC Judges Over His Compulsory Retirement
The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea by a former Telangana Judicial Officer who sought directions to register an FIR against former HC Judges in relation to his compulsory retirement order. The Court termed the petition as being filed out of 'frustation and vendetta'. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a petition by the petitioner in person,...
Mere Commercial Gain By Private Party Under Govt Policy Can't Trigger Prosecution Sans Proof Of Corruption: Delhi Court In Liquor Policy Case
While dismantling the corruption case related to the alleged liquor policy scam today, a Delhi Court said that mere financial loss to the State or commercial gain to a private party under the State policy does not furnish basis for criminal prosecution especially when evidence of corruption or unlawful enrichment is absent. “Even if a policy does not yield the desired outcome or because...
Revisit Coast Guard Rules On Different Retirement Ages : Supreme Court To Centre
The Supreme Court today asked the Union Government to form an expert panel to revisit the service rules of the Indian Coast Guard which prescribe different retirement ages for different ranks.The Court also stayed the Delhi High Court order which struck down rules mandating that Indian Coast Guard Officers of the rank of Commandant and below would retire at 57, whereas officers above the rank...
Kerala High Court Lifts Stay On Release Of 'The Kerala Story 2' Movie; Stays Single Bench Order
The Kerala High Court on Friday (February 27) paved way for release of the movie 'The Kerala Story 2 - Goes Beyond'. The Division Bench of Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice P.V. Balakrishnan stayed a single judge order which had stayed its release scheduled today and posted the case after two weeks.The Court passed the order in the writ appeals preferred by producer Vipul...
CBI, ED Probes Into Election Spending Must Not Become Tools To Influence Political Outcomes: Delhi Court In Liquor Policy Case
A Delhi Court on Friday said that the investigations by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or Enforcement Directorate (ED) cannot be allowed to enter the “political arena” on mere allegations of excessive electoral spending by a political party. Special Judge Jitendra Singh of Rouse Avenue Courts said that permitting such a scenario would lead to “criminalisation of...
Farmers Protest| Supreme Court Asks High-Powered Committee To Submit Final Recommendations In Sealed Cover
The Supreme Court today(February 27) asked the High Powered Committee, constituted in the backdrop of the farmers' protests demanding minimum support price for crops, to file a final report in a sealed cover. The Court has expressed its intention to close the matter after it. It may be recalled that in early 2024, State of Haryana had blocked the Shambhu-Khanauri border in National Highway...
Pune Porsche Case | Supreme Court Grants Bail To Sassoon Hospital Doctor Accused Of Swapping Blood Samples
The Supreme Court today granted bail to Sassoon Hospital doctor Ajay Aniruddha Taware, booked for allegedly conspiring to swap blood samples of the minor occupants of the Porsche car involved in the May 19, 2024 accident in Pune that led to the death of two persons.A bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan granted bail on the basis of parity with Taware's co-accused Ashish...
Supreme Court Records Satisfaction At West Bengal University VCs' Appointments, Notes Only 3 Remain
The Supreme Court was today informed on behalf of the West Bengal government and Governor CV Ananda Bose that appointments of Vice-Chancellors to only 3 West Bengal Universities remain to be settled. Appointments of VCs to the remaining universities have been made.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was informed of the development by Senior Advocate Jaideep Gupta (for State)...