Supreme Court Takes Suo Motu Cognisance Of Brutal Assault On Woman Advocate By Husband

The Supreme Court on Monday initiated a suo motu case over the brutal assault of a woman advocate who was allegedly stabbed multiple times by her husband, while also directing an inquiry into allegations that three hospitals refused to provide her emergency medical treatment.A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice J Joymalya Bagchi heard the suo motu case, which...

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Against Gurugram Demolitions, Allows Petitioners To Approach HC Today Itself

The plea challenged the demolition drive taken after the HC's stay of the 'Stilt +4(S+4)' policy.

Arvind Kejriwal Boycotts Hearing In Liquor Policy Case Before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, Invokes 'Gandhian Satyagraha'

Kejriwal stated that his decision was inspired by the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi on satyagraha

Congress Leader Pawan Khera Moves Supreme Court Against Gauhati HC's Rejection Of Anticipatory Bail In FIR By Assam CM's Wife

Congress leader Pawan Khera has approached the Supreme Court against Gauhati HC's rejection of his anticipatory bail plea in connection with an FIR filed by Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, over his allegations related to her holding multiple passports.Vide the impugned order, the Gauhati High Court denied Khera anticipatory bail, observing that he dragged an...

Unsuccessful Party Can Invoke S. 9 Arbitration Act Post-Award: Supreme Court Settles Conflicting HC Views

The Court held that Section 9 Arbitration Act is open to any party to the arbitration, and is not qualified by success in the arbitral proceedigs.

Article 227 | High Courts Cannot Reassess Materials Considered By Trial Courts : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that it is impermissible for the High Courts to exercise their supervisory jurisdiction under Article 227 of the Constitution to interfere with the subordinate Courts' findings on merits. “It is well settled that in exercise of such jurisdiction, it would not be open for the High Court to review or reassess the material that was taken into consideration by...

Indic Values Must Be Incorporated In Law School Syllabus; Most Students Disconnected From Roots : Justice Dharmadhikari

The HC Chief Justice opined that the correlation between texts of Manusmriti, Arthashastra, Buddhism, Jainism etc must be known to the students.

Landlord's Legal Heirs Can Amend Eviction Suit To Add Bona Fide Need : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that where a landlord, who filed an eviction suit on the ground of bona fide requirement for himself and his family, passes away, his legal heirs may amend the pleadings to incorporate additional grounds of bona fide need, provided such amendments do not conflict with or alter the original basis of the suit. A bench of Justice J.K. Maheshwari and Justice Atul...

Court Cannot Direct Accused To Surrender While Rejecting Anticipatory Bail : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court emphasised that a court has no jurisdiction to direct an accused to surrender before the trial court while rejecting anticipatory bail.“If the Court wants to reject the anticipatory bail, it may do so but the Court has no jurisdiction to say that the petitioner should now surrender”, the Court observed.A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing...

Supreme Court Monthly Criminal Digest March 2026

Anticipatory Bail — Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 18 — Cancellation of Anticipatory Bail - The Supreme Court allowed the appeals and cancelled the anticipatory bail granted to the respondents, observing that a prima facie case under the SC/ST Act was established - noted that while the High Court relied on the absence...

'Once A Judge Always A Judge': CJI Surya Kant Calls For National Registry Of Ex-Judges Willing To Serve In ADR & Legal Awareness

The Chief Justice outlined four specific roles in which retired judges could contribute.

Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Exclusion Of New AORs From SCAORA Voter List For April 29 Election

A writ petition has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the exclusion of newly registered Advocates-on-Record from the voter list for the upcoming Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association elections scheduled to be held on April 29, 2026.“The exclusion of Petitioner and other similarly situated newly registered Advocates-on-Record persists despite the fact that Petitioner...