Civil Arbitration Constitutional Administrative Law SC Rules On Starting of Limitation Period For Section 34(3) of the Arbitration a... Supreme Court Clarifies That Section 34 Limitation Period Runs from Disposal of Section 33 Application Regardless of its... Read More Jun 04, 2026
Criminal Family Law Judicial Review Supreme Court Quashes POCSO Case of Vexatious Litigation Based Around Matrimonia... Supreme Court quashed a POCSO complaint filed by an estranged wife against her husband (father of minor victim) and his ... Read More Jun 01, 2026
Criminal Judicial Review Economic Offence Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Charges Post-DRT Loan Settlement SC quashed charges under Sections 420 and 471 of the IPC in bank loan dispute which is settled and emphasized that allow... Read More May 30, 2026
Criminal Judicial Review Supreme Court Clarifies Standards for Approver Testimony and Appellate Review The Supreme Court set aside a Madras High Court acquittal and restored the conviction of all accused in the 2013 contrac... Read More May 21, 2026
Criminal Judicial Review Supreme Court Clubbed The FIRs From Different States For The Same Transaction Supreme Court held that permitting parallel investigations in different states for the same real estate transaction resu... Read More May 19, 2026
Criminal Discrepant Medical Evidence and Hostile Witness Testimony; Supreme Court Acquits... Emphasizing glaring inconsistencies in post-mortem reports and the failure to prove a clear motive, the Supreme Court ac... Read More May 14, 2026
Criminal Judicial Review Supreme Court Invokes Article 142 to Suspend Contempt Conviction of Senior Advoc... However, upholding the conviction against a Senior Advocate for scandalizing the judiciary, the Supreme Court suspended ... Read More May 12, 2026
Criminal Family Law Not Communicating For A Few Days Not "Cruelty" Under Section 498A IPC: Supreme C... Supreme Court acquitted a husband of charges under Section 498A IPC, holding that a 13-day period of silent treatment or... Read More May 08, 2026
Civil Judicial Review Procedural Law SC Rules On Separation of Powers and Magistrate's Powers Under Section 156(3). Supreme Court clarified that prior government sanction under Sections 196 and 197 CrPC (now Sections 217 and 218 BNSS) i... Read More Apr 30, 2026
Criminal Judicial Review SC Mandates National SOP to Curb Legal Aid Delays; Standardizes Timelines. Supreme Court approved a comprehensive Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to tackle inordinate delays in filing legal ai... Read More Apr 17, 2026
Criminal Judicial Review Suspicion Cannot Replace Proof in Circumstantial Evidence Cases: Supreme Court Supreme Court emphasized that circumstantial evidence must form an "unbroken chain" of guilt and ruled that 'last-seen' ... Read More Apr 09, 2026
Criminal Judicial Review Supreme Court Clarifies Vulgarity or Obscenity in Section 294(b) IPC Supreme Court set aside convictions on the charges of obscenity, for not satisfying the legal test for prurient interest... Read More Apr 07, 2026
Criminal Judicial Review Supreme Court Clarifies On The Subsequent Protection Under Section 197 CrPC To S... The Supreme Court ruled that a Government notification extending protection under Section 197 CrPC to subordinate police... Read More Apr 02, 2026
Criminal Family Law Judicial Review Vague and Omnibus Allegations in Matrimonial Disputes are Abuse of Process of La... Supreme Court Quashes Delayed Criminal Proceedings Against In-Laws and set aside an Allahabad High Court order and quash... Read More Mar 26, 2026
Civil Corporate Law Supreme Court Rules That The Company Cannot Ratify The Illegal Fund Diversions Fraudulent diversion of funds raised via preferential allotment is an illegality that cannot be cured by a post-facto sh... Read More Mar 18, 2026
