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Supreme Court Orders CBI Probe Into Alleged Financial Irregularities By Indiabulls Housing Finance's Promoters
The Supreme Court today directed the CBI to probe allegations of financial irregularities levelled against the promotors of Indiabulls Housing Finance Limited (now Sammaan Capital Limited).A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana passed the order, calling on the CBI conduct the investigation notwithstanding the report of Delhi Police's Economic Offenses Wing qua...
Insurer Not Liable For Risk Beyond Sum Assured Unless Premium Paid In Advance: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (18.08.2026) has held that an insurer cannot be held liable for a loss occurring at a time when the insured's turnover had already exceeded the sum insured under a Marine Cargo Annual Turnover Policy, and premium for the enhanced turnover had not been paid in advance. The decision was made in view of the bar of Section 64VB of the Insurance Act, 1938.A bench of...
Zubeen Garg Death | Diligently Proceed With Trial, Supreme Court Tells Assam; Defers Mahanta's Bail Plea
The Supreme Court on August 17 directed the State of Assam to diligently proceed with the trial in the case of event organiser Shyam Kanu Mahanta in an alleged murder and cheating case in connection with the death of Assamese singer Zubeen Garg during a yacht trip in Singapore in September 2025.A bench comprising Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice R Mahadevan was hearing the bail plea of...
Shiv Sena Row | Speaker Cannot Equate Legislative Majority With Political Party: Kapil Sibal To Supreme Court
Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal on Tuesday contended before the Supreme Court that Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar had illegally conflated the Shiv Sena's legislative party with the political party while refusing to disqualify MLAs of the Eknath Shinde faction under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution.Sibal argued that the Tenth Schedule does not contemplate a situation where...
Supreme Court Mulls CBI Probe Against Mamata Banerjee Over Alleged Obstruction Of ED's I-PAC Raid
The Supreme Court today(August 18) expressed its intention to transfer the investigation into former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's alleged obstruction of the Enforcement Directorate's raid of I-PAC, the political consultant of the All India Trinamool Congress, in January this year, to the Central Bureau of Investigation.The Court was hearing the writ petition filed by the ED...
'Treat Elephant Like Deity, Not Servant': Supreme Court Issues Directions To Ensure Welfare Of Captive Elephants
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a slew of directions to ensure the welfare and upkeep of captive elephants, while stressing that there shall be no ownership/transfer of elephants without compliance with the relevant rules as well as clear documentation as to the transferor and transferee and the purpose of the transfer.A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V...
ECI Affidavit Shows Lakhs Of Election Blackmoney Cases, But Low Convictions; Supreme Court Mandates HC Approval To Withdraw Prosecution
While issuing directions to curb the circulation of black money during elections, the Supreme Court took note of statistics furnished by the Election Commission of India on seizures and FIRs registered during the 2019 and 2024 Lok Sabha elections and State Assembly elections held between 2019 and 2025. The data was placed before the bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Nongmeikapam...
Supreme Court Issues Notice In PIL Seeking Applications Of Money Laundering, Anti-Corruption Laws On Paper Leak Accused
The Supreme Court today(August 18) issued notice in a public interest litigation seeking that the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, the Money Laundering Act, and the Benami Property Act should be applied in such cases to determine their prior liabilities in cases of paper leaks.A bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe issued notice after briefly...