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Supreme Court Suggests Making Of Law To Regulate Private Detectives
The Supreme Court on Friday (July 31) urged the Union Government and the Law Commission of India to consider framing a legal framework to regulate the functioning of private detective agencies, observing that the absence of statutory safeguards raises concerns over privacy violations and misuse of investigative powers.A Bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi said there is...
Rohini Sindhuri IAS Approaches Supreme Court Against Karnataka HC Direction To Sanction Probe In Cloth Bag Scam
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on Karnataka IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri's petition challenging the Karnataka High Court's order directing the State to grant sanction under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act to investigate the officer in the alleged 'eco-friendly cloth bags procurement' scam.A bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Sheel Nagu issued notice...
S. 125 CrPC | Wife Can Be Denied Interim Maintenance If Husband Ex Facie Shows Her Adulterous Relationship : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday (July 31) held that an interim maintenance under Section 125 of Cr.P.C. can be denied to the wife once the husband ex facie establishes the wife's adulterous relation at the stage of an interim maintenance. “…we are of the view that if a husband files an application under Section 125(4) and is, at the first instance, able to establish the charge through...
Witness Testimony Recorded Without S.299 CrPC Order Can't Be Later Used Against Accused Who Absconded : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday (July 31) observed that evidence recorded in a trial against one accused cannot be used against an absconding accused in a subsequent trial unless an order under Section 299 Cr.P.C. / Section 335 BNSS was passed establishing the two jurisdictional facts, i.e., the accused was absconding and that there was no immediate prospect of arresting him. A bench...
Indians Died In Russia-Ukraine War : Supreme Court Directs MEA To Aid Families To Bring Mortal Remains & Claim Compensation
The Supreme Court today directed the Union of India to carry out DNA profiling so as to bring back and hand over to the concerned families the dead bodies of Indian nationals who died fighting the Ukraine war as part of Russian Forces.A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana was dealing with a writ petition filed by the family members of 26 Indians, who...
Supreme Court Stays Senthil Balaji's Arrest In TASMAC Corruption Case, Asks Him To Cooperate With Probe
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the arrest of former Tamil Nadu Minister and present MLA V Senthil Balaji in the case registered by the Tamil Nadu Vigilance over alleged corruption in the TASMAC, subject to the condition that he cooperates with the investigation.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi passed the interim order while hearing Balaji's...
'They Have Embraced Freedom' : Omar Abdullah & Wife Agree To Dissolve Marriage, File Application In Supreme Court
The Supreme Court was today informed that Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir Omar Abdullah and his estranged wife Payal Abdullah have agreed to part ways and have filed an application invoking Article 142 of the Constitution seeking dissolution of their marriage on mutual consent.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal submitted before a bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe...
Supreme Court Directs All States/UTs To Constitute 'Board Of Visitors' For Prison Oversight
The Supreme Court yesterday (July 30) passed an order directing the States and Union Territories to set up Board of Visitors (BoVs) in each district, to be headed by the Principal District Judge of that district, as per the Model Prison Manual, 2026. A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice K Vinod Chandran was hearing a suo moto case regarding discrimination based on caste,...