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Supreme Court Takes Suo Motu Cognisance Of Odisha Courts' Bail Conditions Requiring Accused To Clean Police Stations
Update - 'Cruel, Caste-Coloured' : Supreme Court Invalidates Odisha Courts' Bail Conditions Asking Dalit-Adivasi Accused To Clean Police StationThe Supreme Court has registered a suo motu case regarding bail conditions imposed by the Orissa High Court and certain trial courts in Odisha, requiring accused persons to clean police stations.A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant...
Important MCQs Based On Latest Supreme Court Judgments For Law Examinations
1. A social activist files an application before a Judicial Magistrate under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 seeking registration of an FIR against a public servant for alleged hate speech under Sections 153A and 295A IPC. The Magistrate refuses to direct registration of FIR on the ground that prior sanction under Sections 196 and 197 CrPC has not been obtained.Which of...
Supreme Court Allows Appointment Of ReT Candidates In J&K Subject To Clearing TET In Three Years
The Supreme Court has allowed the appointment of candidates placed in select panels under the Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) Scheme in Jammu and Kashmir, holding that the closure of the scheme cannot retrospectively deprive them of appointment. The Court directed that such candidates be issued engagement orders, subject to acquiring the minimum qualifications, including passing the Teachers...
'Govt Must Consider Detenu's Representation At Earliest Point Of Time' : Supreme Court Sets Aside Detention Under NSA
The Supreme Court recently set aside a preventive detention order passed under the National Security Act on the ground that the detenu's representation against the preventive detention was considered by the State government belatedly.A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh noted from the facts of the case that the appellant-detenu made 2 representations against the detention...
Supreme Court Quarterly Digest 2026 - Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 - Supreme Court Quarterly Digest Jan - Mar, 2026 Section 61(2) - Criminal conspiracy punishment Section 120B IPC – Criminal Conspiracy – Demand and Acceptance of Bribe – Individual Liability vs. Collective Culpability – The Supreme Court held that even if a charge of criminal conspiracy (Section 120B IPC) fails due to lack of evidence...
Right Of Foetus v. Woman's Autonomy : Contrasting Judicial Approaches
'Pro-life' v 'Pro-choice' is an issue that countries around the world continue to debate. The significance of this issue is so profound that a country, which supposedly is the world's oldest democracy, overturned its 50-year-old Roe v Wade decision, which protected women's right to abortion as an intrinsic part of the right to privacy.Fortunately, India doesn't have that kind of problem...
Savarkar Filed Mercy Petitions Before British 5 Times, Treated Cow As Useful Animal Not God: Grandnephew Tells Court
A Special MP/MLA Court in Pune was recently informed that right-wing ideologue Vinayak Savarkar had filed five mercy petitions with the then British government and had also appealed recruitment in British government during the World War II.This comes in the testimony of Satyaki Savarkar, the grandnephew of Savarkar, who has lodged a criminal defamation case against Congress leader Rahul...
Supreme Court Summarises Principles For Exercise Of Article 227 Jurisdiction
The Supreme Court has reiterated that the High Courts, while exercising the supervisory Writ Jurisdiction under Article 227 of the Constitution, cannot re-appreciate the issues to substitute their view in place of what was decided by the subordinate court. The Court said that the High Court cannot act as an appellate court to adjudicate the plea on merits, rather its examination should...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Separate Revenue Judicial Cadre Of Trained Professionals For Land Disputes
The Supreme Court recently sought the response of the Union and States, as well as the Law Commission of India, on a PIL seeking establishment of a separate revenue judicial cadre for adjudication of land disputes.According to the petitioner, about 66% civil cases relate to land disputes and the same are adjudicated by revenue officers who do not have legal qualifications. As such, he...
Order XXI Rule 97 CPC | Decree Execution Can't Be Stalled By Raising Belated Objection : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that execution proceedings cannot be stalled by raising a belated objection to the decree when the objector had a fair chance and knowledge about the passing of a decree during the earlier stage of challenge to the execution of a decree. A bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice K. Vinod Chandran set aside the Bombay High Court's Aurangabad bench order, which...
Supreme Court Quarterly Digest 2026 - Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS)
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) - Supreme Court Quarterly Digest Jan - Mar, 2026 Criminal Jurisprudence – Bail – Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) – Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) – Article 21 of the Constitution of India – Prolonged incarceration of an undertrial accused – Appeal against Delhi High Court order denying...