Supreme Court Adjourns UBT Plea Challenging MPs' Merger With Shiv Sena As Speaker Doesn't Appear

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned for two weeks the petition filed by Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) member Arvind Ganpat Sawant challenging the Lok Sabha Speaker's decision approving the merger of its six Members of Parliament with the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.A bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe adjourned the matter noting that there is...

Supreme Court Asks Union, Assam To Reply To Plea Seeking I-Cards For Those Included In NRC List

The Supreme Court today(August 10) directed the Union Government and the State of Assam to file replies in a batch of petitions concerning the issuance of National Register of Citizens (NRC) Identity Cards to persons included in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) list published in August 2019.The petitions have been filed by Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, the All Assam Minority Students'...

Manipur Violence : Supreme Court Urges Gauhati High Court Chief Justice To Consider Exclusive Courts For CBI, NIA Cases

The Supreme Court on Monday requested the Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court to consider setting up exclusive courts to deal with cases arising out of the Manipur violence that are being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA).A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana...

Sale Deed Not Invalid Just Because Consideration Not Paid : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently ruled that an actual payment of the sale consideration at the time of execution is not necessary for completion of the sale; and the remedy against the non-payment of the balance consideration would be to file a money recovery suit rather than seeking a cancellation of sale deed.“When a sale deed is registered, even upon part payment of the sale price, title...

Supreme Court To Hear Tamil Nadu's Plea On Cauvery Water Release On Thursday

The Supreme Court will hear on Thursday an application filed by the Tamil Nadu government seeking directions to Karnataka to implement the Cauvery Water Management Authority's (CWMA) decision to release 3,500 cusecs of water per day for 15 days from its Kabini and Krishna Raja Sagara reservoirs.Chief Justice of India Surya Kant agreed to list the matter on Thursday following an urgent...

'Identical Eyewitness Accounts Bear Imprint Of Tutoring', Supreme Court Upholds Acquittal Of 20 Persons In Murder Case

The Supreme Court recently upheld the acquittal of twenty persons in a murder case, after finding that the conviction was based on the strikingly similar nature of the eyewitness accounts, which the Court deemed improbable given that the incident involved a large number of persons being witnessed by several individuals positioned differently. “It is a settled principle that an identical...

LiveLaw Breaking News Alerts: 10 August 2026

LiveLaw is introducing a new feature —'Breaking News Alerts' — designed to keep our readers instantly updated on the most important judicial developments. With real-time coverage of urgent pronouncements and orders from the Supreme Court and High Courts, this feature ensures that critical updates reach you the moment they happen. Whether it's a landmark ruling or an urgent interim...

Republic Of Sliding Doors

On human agency & historical determinism: Small accidents that built Indian constitutional law, and what almost happened insteadIn 1952, Ray Bradbury published a short story about a man who travels back sixty-five million years to shoot a dinosaur and is warned by his guide to stay on a hovering metal path so as not to disturb even a blade of prehistoric grass. The man panics, steps off...

Important MCQs Based On Latest Supreme Court Judgments For Law Examinations

1. A police investigation culminates in a closure report stating that no offence is made out against the accused. Upon receiving the report, the Magistrate disagrees with the police conclusion. Which of the following courses of action is NOT legally permissible for the Magistrate?(A) Accept the closure report and close the proceedings.(B) Direct further investigation if the Magistrate...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Transfer of Two Orissa High Court Judges

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the transfer of two judges from the Orissa High Court to the Gujarat High Court and the Chhattisgarh High Court respectively.The decisions were taken at a meeting of the Collegium held on August 6, 2026.Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak has been recommended for transfer to the Gujarat High Court.The Collegium has also recommended the transfer of...

LiveLaw Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest 2026 - BNSS & Cr.P.C

Section 2(1)(k) - InquirySection 2(1)(k) and Section 531(2)(a) — Definition of "Inquiry" — Saving of pending proceedings — Purely ministerial or administrative acts prior to taking cognizance – Held A mere ministerial act, such as a Special Court directing a prosecution complaint to be registered/numbered and fixing a future date for a hearing on cognizance, does not constitute...

Can A Sessions Court Hold A Joint Trial Despite Separate Committal Orders? Supreme Court Explains

The Supreme Court has clarified that committal orders do not determine whether a trial would be conducted jointly or separately, holding that the decision rests exclusively with the trial court. “…the committal order/s is/are not determinative of whether the trial is single/separate/joint; which is at the exclusive discretion of the Court.”, observed a bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar...