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Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025: POSH Act
Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 - Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025 Interpretation of Statutes – Use of the word 'Where' in Section 11(1) – Held, the expression "where the respondent is an employee" in Section 11(1) of the POSH Act is a procedural trigger and not a jurisdictional constraint - The word 'where' functions as...
Supreme Court Stays Rajasthan High Court Order To Remove Liquor Vends Within 500 Mtrs Of Highways
The Supreme Court today stayed the Rajasthan High Court order which directed removal or relocation of all liquor shops falling within 500 metres of a state or national highway.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the order, after hearing Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi (for petitioner) and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta (for State). Notably, the SG was supporting the...
Supreme Court Asks MP Govt To Decide On Sanction To Prosecute Minister Vijay Shah Over Remarks Against Colonel Sofiya Qureshi
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the State of Madhya Pradesh to take a decision within two weeks on granting sanction to prosecute Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah in the case over his objectionable remarks targeting Colonel Sofiya Qureshi.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Deepankar Datta and Justice Joymalya Bagchi noted that the Special Investigation Team...
For SC/ST Act Offence, Insult Must Be On Account Of Victim Belonging To SC/ST Community : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that abusive language alone is not an offence under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, unless it is used with the intent to humiliate a person by their caste, and mere insult, even with knowledge of caste, is not punishable without such specific intent. A Bench comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and Alok Aradhe set aside...
Delhi High Court Quashes Income Tax Notices Against NDTV Founders Prannoy Roy And Radhika Roy; Imposes ₹2 Lakh Cost On Dept
The Delhi High Court has set aside the income tax reassessment notices issued to New Delhi Television Ltd. (NDTV) founders Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy (petitioners), relating to a transaction involving RRPR Holding Pvt. Ltd, a promoter group of the news network.The bench further imposed Rs. 2 Lakh costs on tax authorities, directing that Rs. 1 Lakh be paid to each petitioner.Senior...
Are UGC Guidelines Binding On University Not Receiving Govt Grants? Supreme Court To Decide
The Supreme Court recently asked the petitioner Madurai Kamaraj University and the Madurai Kamaraj University Constituent College and the respondent University Grant Commission(UGC) to file affidavit as to whether the petitioner University is receiving funds from the UGC or the State/Central Government. It has also asked the parties to specify whether the UGC Guidelines are mandatory or...
Staff Records Bail 'Rejected' As 'Allowed' : Supreme Court Says Not 'Clerical Error' To Recall Signed Order
The Supreme Court set aside the Patna High Court's order recalling its earlier order, which had granted bail to the accused, noting that it is impermissible to recall the judgment or order once it is signed except to correct clerical or arithmetical error. A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Prasanna B Varale came across a case where the High Court reversed/recalled the order granting bail...
'Place IT Returns Of Last 5 Years Before Us, Show Income Source' : Supreme Court Pulls Up Petitioner In 'Frivolous' PIL
The Supreme Court recently asked a petitioner, who filed a Public Interest Litigation, to place on record his Income-Tax Returns for the last five years, along with an affidavit of the source of his income.This was after the Court formed a view that the petition was "frivolous" and was filed as a "publicity stunt.""Before we impose exemplary cost on the petitioner-in- person for filing...
Can Child Born To OCI Cardholders In India Be Regarded As 'Person Of Indian Origin'? Supreme Court To Decide
The Supreme Court recently issued notice in a special leave petition to examine whether "persons of Indian origin" could include children who are born in India to parents who were not citizens of India at the time of birth but were legally Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) cardholders.The SLP is filed against the order of the division bench of the Delhi High Court, which set aside the...
