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Supreme Court To Examine If NCLT President Has Power To Transfer Cases Across States
The Supreme Court is set to examine the scope of National Company Law Tribunal President's power to transfer a case across states by way of an administrative order.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi recently issued notice on a plea challenging the Gujarat High Court order which held that the NCLT President has no authority to transfer cases from one State to another...
Supreme Court Seeks ECI Response On TMC MPs' Plea Against SIR Process In West Bengal
The Supreme Court today sought a response from the Election Commission of India (ECI) on the applications filed by MPs from the Trinamool Congress challenging the procedural actions taken in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process of the electoral rolls in West Bengal.The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi heard the applications filed by MPs Derek O Brien and Dola...
Workers Hired Through Contractors Can't Claim Equal Status As Regular Employees : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that contractual workers engaged through third-party service providers are not entitled to equivalent employment benefits as regular employees, observing that such parity would undermine the foundational principles of public recruitment and transparent hiring processes. “If the persons who are employed through a contractor, and have come to work, are given equal...
Supreme Court Directs Completion Of Bengaluru Municipal Corporation Elections By June 30
The Supreme Court on Monday set a deadline of June 30, 2026, for the completion of the election process for the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi directed the State of Karnataka to publish the final ward-wise reservation by February 20, 2026.Senior Advocate Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi, for the State...
Explained| Petitioners' Arguments In Supreme Court Against SIR
2025 was a year that had the Supreme Court occupied with one much-debated and discussed issue : Special Intensive Revision, the 'SIR'.The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi concluded its hearing in December 2025 on the arguments of petitioners who have challenged the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) initiated by the Election Commission of India (ECI) across various states....
Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025: Consumer Law
Consumer Disputes Redressal Forums - The Supreme Court allowed an appeal by the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) against an order of the NCDRC which had upheld the decisions of the State and District Consumer Forums directing LIC to compensate the respondent-claimants under the “Jeevan Arogya” hospital cash benefit policy. The deceased insured, a chronic alcoholic, had suppressed...
Family Law: All India Annual Digest 2025
Supreme CourtAlimony & Property Settlement – Held, alimony received after first divorce was not a relevant factor to determine the alimony payable after the divorce of the second marriage - The respondent's claim for Rs. 12 crores in permanent alimony and encumbrance-free ownership of the apartment as unjustified, considering that appellant-husband is an unemployed person and...
Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025: Fundamental Rights & Duties
Article 12. Definition Article 12 – Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) - Section 80 – State – Notice – Held, Appellant, being a State Financial Corporation and thus a 'State' under Article 12 of Constitution was entitled to mandatory notice under Section 80 CPC - When a suit is filed against State instrumentality, the plaintiff must either issue a notice under Section 80(1) CPC...
