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'Parent Facing POCSO Prosecution Cannot Be Granted Custody', Supreme Court Permits Mother To Relocate Children To UK
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (September 23) permitted a mother to relocate her two minor children to the United Kingdom, while denying custody to the father who is facing prosecution under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act). The Court held that a parent facing prosecution under the POCSO Act cannot be considered entitled to custody of the children.The Court noted that the son, during an examination at NIMHANS in 2023 after displaying aggressive behaviour,...
Arbitral Tribunal Cannot Award Pre-Reference Interest If There's Contractual Bar: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that when a contractual clause bars claims for interest arising from delay in making periodical or final payments, it is impermissible for an arbitral tribunal to award the same as a pre-reference interest under Section 31(7)(a) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. A bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe set aside the Meghalaya High Court's judgment, which had restored the Arbitral Tribunal's decision to grant an interest on...
Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence Awarded To Man Convicted For Rape- Murder Of 6-Year-Old Stepdaughter
The Supreme Court today commuted the death sentence imposed on a man convicted for raping and murdering his six-year-old step-daughter in Madhya Pradesh.A bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Vijay Bishnoi upheld his conviction but commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment.The appellant, one Waris, was convicted by the Special Court under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, Jaora, on December 17, 2018, under Sections 376(2)(F), 376(2)(N),...
Anti-Suit Injunction Cannot Be Granted On Speculation That Foreign Court May Pass Decree Not Enforceable In India : Supreme Court
The anti-suit injunction orders are not supposed to be a routine judicial exercise, the Court stated.
Election Commissioners' Appointment | Forced To Ask If Trust Placed In Prime Minister Has Been Betrayed In Practice : Justice Dipankar Datta
Justice Datta flagged the increasing criminalisation of politics and wondered whether the Constitutional Trust has been honoured in adequate measure.
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : September 23, 2026
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Arbitration | High Court's Location Doesn't Become Arbitration's Seat Just Because HC Appointed Arbitrator : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (September 23) has held that mere conduct of arbitral proceedings at a particular place does not, by itself, determine the juridical “seat” of arbitration, in the absence of an express designation or agreement between the parties. A Bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva set aside the Orissa High Court's judgment, which had deemed Cuttack as the 'seat' of an arbitration merely because Cuttack was a 'venue' of an arbitration, however there was...
Supreme Court Frowns Upon PIL Challenging Inter-Se Assessment Of Tender Bids
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (September 23) has observed that a ₹23-crore road construction contract was not of such magnitude as to justify a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on the ground of alleged wastage of public resources, particularly when the dispute essentially concerned the comparative eligibility of competing bidders. A Bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Sheel Nagu made the observation while hearing an appeal against a Himachal Pradesh High Court judgment that had quashed...
Supreme Court Judges Urge CJI To Consider Constituting Permanent Constitution Bench, Flag Years-Long Delay In References
The Supreme Court on Wednesday urged Chief Justice of India Surya Kant to consider constituting a permanent five-Judge Constitution Bench to decide pure constitutional questions, flagging the years-long delay in references to larger benches.The Court observed that the inordinate delay in resolving references was a source of institutional embarrassment which all stakeholders should strive to avoid.“If statistics are any guide, none can say with any reasonable degree of certainty when long pending...
'Prime Minister's Nominee Can't Be Expected To Defy Him': Justice Datta Doubts Independence Of Election Commissioners' Selection Panel
"If free and fair elections are to be ensured, it is axiomatic that the ECI must not only be an independent body but also be seen to act independently,” he observed.
