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Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : January 21, 2026
Links to today's reports :'Warring Couples Can't Make Courts Their Battlefield' : Supreme Court Flags Growing Matrimonial Litigation, Bats For MediationSupreme Court Rejects Union's Plea To Modify Direction To Fill 50% JAG Posts From WomenEvidence Fabricated Often Using AI In Matrimonial Cases; False Allegations Rampant : Supreme CourtSIR| Verification Of Citizenship Only For Electoral...
Supreme Court Asks States To Frame Policy On Police Media Briefing In Terms Of Amicus Suggestions
The Supreme Court recently directed all States to formulate a policy for police media briefing, taking into account a "Police Manual for Media Briefing" furnished before it by amicus curiae.The Court has given 3 months' time to the states to do the needful."We deem it appropriate to direct the States to evolve an appropriate policy for Media Briefing by taking into consideration the Police...
Subordinate Legislation Becomes Effective Only From Date Of Publication In Official Gazette : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 21) ruled that subordinate legislation does not become binding unless it is published in the Official Gazette, and it is the date of such Gazette publication, not the mere date of issuance of the notification, which renders it binding “Once the legislature has prescribed the specified mode of promulgation, the executive cannot introduce an...
Journalistic Freedom Can't Be Curtailed Because Public Officials Feel Offended: P&H High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that subjective feelings of a public officer cannot become the benchmark for assessing the legality of State action.Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj said,“Merely because a person holding a public office feels offended may not be the yardstick on which State action is to be measured. It would also not be influenced by the projections sought to be portrayed...
Supreme Court Seeks Reports From HCs On Compliance With 30% Women Representation In Bar Associations
The Supreme Court has directed the Registrar General of the High Court of Karnataka, as well as Registrars General of all High Courts, to verify and report compliance with its earlier mandate requiring 30 percent representation of women lawyers as office bearers or executive members in Bar Associations.The direction was passed while hearing a batch of special leave petitions arising from...
'Beyond Imagination': High Court Flags Inadequate Water, Unhygienic Conditions In Rajasthan Jails, Orders Statewide Inspections
The Rajasthan High Court has taken note of inadequate and unhygienic sanitation facilities for jail inmates in the State and has directed the authorities to constitute a “Grievance Redressal Committee” consisting of District Magistrates and Judges, Chief Judicial Magistrates, District Social Welfare Officers, Superintendent of Jail, Secretaries DSLA of all districts of Rajasthan, to...
Rajasthan High Court Directs Bank To Freeze Only Disputed Amount In Cybercrime Case, Not Entire Account
The Rajasthan High Court has granted relief to a petitioner whose bank account was frozen by the Bank of Baroda, since the account was in receipt of some amount allegedly in relation to a cyber-crime complaint.While disposing the writ petition, the bench of Justice Sunil Beniwal, directed the bank to keep only such amount frozen in the petitioner's account that was allegedly transferred...
Calling Upon Accused To Cross-Examine Witness Without Legal Assistance Vitiates Trial: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that calling upon an accused to cross-examine a prosecution witness in the absence of legal assistance strikes at the very core of fair trial and vitiates the entire proceedings.Justice Girish Kathpalia said that presence of legal assistance for the accused facing trial is the core element of fair trial.“In the trial proceedings where the accused in the absence...
Consumer Protection Act |Supreme Court To Examine If Legal Heirs Can Be Held Liable After Death Of Person Found To Be Negligent
The Supreme Court recently appointed Senior Advocate Raghenth Basant as the amicus curiae to address the issue of whether, for the negligence by a person, the estate of such person should be held liable for compensation through legal heirs. A bench comprising Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice Atul S Chandurkar was hearing a special leave petition filed by a consumer, who alleged negligence by...
Bombay High Court Rejects Plea To Restrain PSBs From Disqualifying Candidates On Past Misconduct, Upholds Autonomy In Recruitment Policy
The Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) has held that Public Sector Banks (PSBs) are autonomous entities entitled to prescribe their own eligibility and disqualification criteria and the mere absence of a uniform instruction from the Government of India does not render such conditions arbitrary.The Court observed that it cannot interfere with the recruitment choices of the Banks unless...