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Criminal Courts Cannot Recall Or Review Their Own Judgments Except For Clerical Or Arithmetical Errors: Supreme Court Reiterates
The Supreme Court recently ruled that criminal courts cannot review or recall their judgments except to correct clerical or arithmetical errors, while setting aside a Delhi High Court order that had reopened perjury proceedings in a corporate dispute.A bench of Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih set aside the HC order that had recalled its earlier decision dismissing...
BREAKING| Centre Notifies Elevation Of Justices Alok Aradhe & Vipul Pancholi As Supreme Court Judges
The Centre has notified the appointments of Justice Alok Aradhe (presently Chief Justice of Bombay High Court) and Justice Vipul Pancholi(CJ of Patna HC) as Supreme Court judges, two days after the Supreme Court Collegium's recommendation for their elevation.Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal posted in X : "In exercise of the powers conferred by the Constitution of India, the President,...
SCAORA Demands Withdrawal Of Delhi LG's Notification Allowing Police Officers To Give Evidence From VC Rooms In Police Stations
The Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association has passed a resolution condemning the Delhi Lieutenant Governor's notification allowing police personnel to give evidence in trials from police stations through VC.In a unanimous resolution, SCAORA, through its Secretary Advocate Nikhil Jain said the August 13, 2025 notification undermines the sanctity of judicial proceedings and risks...
Supreme Court Weekly Digest August 11 - 17, 2025
[2025 LiveLaw (SC) 787 - 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 810] Abkari Shops (Disposal in Auction) Rules, 2002 (Kerala) - Rule 9(2) - Ethyl alcohol content in coconut toddy - Supreme Court on May 1, 2024, directed the government to reassess the appropriateness of 8.1% v/v limit for ethyl alcohol in coconut toddy - Expert Committee was constituted who recommended that maximum allowed...
'Serious Lapse': Supreme Court Seeks Explanation From MP Govt For Convict Spending Additional Year In Jail After Sentence Period
The Supreme Court recently sought a reply from the State of Madhya Pradesh as to why a person, convicted for the offence of rape, remained in jail for more than eight years after having undergone the entire sentence of seven years. Remarking that it's a matter of "serious lapse," a bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice KV Viswanathan has asked the State to file a reply within...
Is It Sufficient To Apply PwD Reservation Only In Open Category? Supreme Court To Consider
The Supreme Court will hear a special leave petition in November, where the issue arises as to whether 4% reservation provided for physically challenged persons is a compartmentalised horizontal reservation to the different categories, such as open competition/Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/Economically Weaker Section etc or an overall horizontal reservation for the posts of Jammu and...
Supreme Court Collegium Proposes Transfer Of 14 High Court Judges
In a significant reshuffle of the higher judiciary, the Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the transfer of 14 judges across various High Courts. The move involves judges from Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madras, Rajasthan, Delhi, Allahabad, Gujarat, Kerala, Calcutta, Andhra Pradesh, and Patna High Courts.According to the collegium statement, published today after the meetings held on...
Supreme Court To Examine Validity Of Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act Provision On District Collector's Powers To Confiscate Property
The Supreme Court will soon examine the validity of Section 58 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016, which deals with a District Collector's powers of confiscation of property related to offenses under the Act.A bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran, NV Anjaria recently issued notice on a petition filed by the State of Bihar challenging a Patna High Court decision...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : August 26, 2025
Links of today's Supreme Court reports :NGT Has No Power To Direct ED Probe Under PMLA : Supreme CourtSupreme Court Stays Kerala HC Order Which Held Cochin International Airport Ltd To Be A 'Public Authority' Under RTI ActNon-Discovery Of Incriminating Material Does Not Mean Non-Cooperation By Accused: Supreme CourtRefusal To Enter Witness Box By Party Having Special Knowledge Of Facts...
Journalist Abhisar Sharma Moves Supreme Court Challenging Assam Police FIR Over Video Against Govt; Challenges S.152 BNS
Journalist and YouTuber Abhisar Sharma has approached the Supreme Court against an FIR registered by Assam police under Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.He says that the FIR was registered after he published a video criticizing Assam government's 'communal politics' and questioning its allotment of 3000 bighas of land to a private entity. He also challenges the vires of Section 152...
Supreme Court Directs DGFT & CBIC To Update Tech Systems To Ensure Genuine Exporters Don't Lose Benefits Over Clerical Errors
The Supreme Court observed that an exporter cannot be denied legitimate entitlements under the government's incentive schemes merely because of an inadvertent clerical error that was later corrected through statutory processes. Holding thus, a bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and NV Anjaria ruled in favour of an exporter who was denied a claim for benefits under the Merchandise Exports from...
'Shabby Investigation, Laconic Trial' : Supreme Court Acquits Man Sentenced To Death In Child Rape-Murder Case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (Aug. 26) set aside the conviction of two men in a case involving the rape and murder of a minor in Uttar Pradesh, noting that the prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and that the case, built entirely on circumstantial evidence, was marred by inconsistencies, procedural lapses, and serious investigative flaws. “We feel that the present...