Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : May 20, 2026

Links to reports of May 20 :Supreme Court Seeks TN Govt Response On Plea Challenging Eviction For Madurai Airport ExpansionSupreme Court Suggests Expanding S.306 Succession Act To Allow Survival Of Tortious Claims On Legal HeirsState Officers Cannot File Affidavits Supporting Litigants Contrary To Law: Supreme CourtAccused Entitled To Parity With Discharged Co-Accused If Evidence Against Him...

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks CBI Probe Into Alleged Corruption Behind TVK's Trust Vote Win In TN Assembly

A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Coirt under Article 32 seeking an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) into the allegations of corruption in the trust vote won by Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam's Chief Minister Vijay in the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly on May 13. The petition filed by KK Ramesh alleged that the TVK had won 108 seats but in order to become...

Banks Casual In Giving Huge Loans To Big Entities, But Very Demanding In Small Loans To Ordinary Persons : Supreme Court

The Court left it to the RBI to decide on a fairer and easier mechanism for loan seekers.

Landowners Can't Be Forced To Forgo Statutory Compensation To Receive Other Statutory Benefits : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 20) held that a statutory right to compensation cannot be waived through contractual conditions imposed by civic authorities. The Court clarified that once a law grants a person the right to compensation, such right cannot be treated as surrendered merely because the landowner agreed to forgo it as a precondition for receiving another statutory benefit...

LiveLaw Daily | AAP PIL Dismissed | Women Lawyers Reservation | Savukku Shankar Bail | Mahua Moitra & more

Welcome to today's episode of LiveLaw Daily. We bring you the Delhi High Court dismissing a PIL against AAP leaders, the Supreme Court hearing a plea for reservation for women lawyers, concerns over alcohol sold in tetra-packs, Savukku Shankar's bail, Mahua Moitra in the Calcutta High Court, and more from courts across the country....

Pre-Cognizance Hearing Of Accused Mandatory For PMLA Complaint When Cognizance Taken After BNSS : Supreme Court

Special Court cannot take PMLA cognizance without hearing the accused after BNSS commencement, the court held.

TMC MP Mahua Moitra Appears In Calcutta High Court, Challenges WB Govt's Restriction On Cattle Slaughter Ahead Of Eid-Al-Adha

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday heard a plea challenging the West Bengal government's recent notification regulating the slaughter of cattle ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, with the petitioners, including TMC MP Mahua Moitra, contending that the restrictions would adversely impact religious practices and the rural economy.The matter was moved before a division bench of Chief Justice Sujoy Paul...

'Highly Misconceived': Delhi High Court Dismisses PIL To De-Register AAP, Disqualify Arvind Kejriwal From Contesting Polls

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL seeking disqualification of AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Durgesh Pathak from contesting any elections in view of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma's order initiating criminal contempt against them.Calling the petition 'highly misconceived', a division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas...

Supreme Court Directs Delhi Govt To Frame SOP To Enforce Free EWS Treatment In Delhi Private Hospitals

The Court noted that only 4 out of the 51 hospitals, to whom contempt notices were earlier issued, were complying with the conditions.

Supreme Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Minimum 30% Reservation For Women Lawyers In Govt Legal Panels

The PIL highlights that there has been no woman Attorney General or SG for 75 years.

Right To Dissent Must Be Protected Against Intolerant, Fanatical Groups: Justice Ujjal Bhuyan

"When intolerance reigns, reason takes a back seat. An intolerant society can never be a progressive, inclusive society."

Filing Anticipatory Bail Petitions In Quick Successions Abuse Of Process, Reduces Litigation To Mere Gamble : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently disapproved the practice of repeatedly filing anticipatory bail applications within short intervals of time, observing that the remedy of anticipatory bail, meant to safeguard an accused's personal liberty in advance, cannot be reduced to gambling. A bench comprising Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice K. Vinod Chandran set aside an order passed by the Madurai Bench...