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Supreme Court Acquits Sri Lankan National In UAPA Case As He Was Wrongly Identified As Absconding Accused Linked To LTTE
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 20) set aside the conviction of a Sri Lankan national in a case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, after finding that he had been wrongly identified as another prime accused person who continued to remain absconding in connection with the offence. A bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sandeep Mehta, and Justice Vijay Bishnoi set aside...
Bar Council Elections: BCI Seeks Supreme Court's Permission To Co-opt Women Candidates Who Were Eliminated At Last
The Bar Council of India has filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking approval for the proposal on 10% women's representation in State Bar Councils (beyond the 20% elected women members) through co-option of the highest-polling women candidates in the state bar council elections. The BCI has proposed that the women candidates who narrowly missed election in the State Bar Council polls...
Supreme Court Quarterly Digest 2026 - Negotiable Instruments Act
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 - Supreme Court Quarterly Digest Jan - Mar, 2026Section 138 and 142(1)(b) - The Supreme Court set aside an order of the Karnataka High Court that had treated the sequence of condoning delay and taking cognizance as interchangeable or a "curable irregularity" – Noted that under the proviso to Section 142(1)(b) of the NI Act, the power to take cognizance of...
'No New Dams In Uttarakhand's Upper River Ganga Basin; Only Ongoing 7 Hydel Projects Will Be Allowed': Union To Supreme Court
In a 2013 case pertaining to Hydro Electric Projects, the Union of India has filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court suggesting that only 7 Hydel Electricity Projects (commissioned/ongoing) be permitted to proceed and no other new projects be undertaken in the upper reaches of the river basin in State of Uttarakhand.Of the 7 projects that are suggested to be allowed to proceed, 4 are...
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...
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....