Supreme Court

Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Prasanna B Varale of the Supreme Court recently ruled that compelling an accused to attend every appellate hearing becomes unnecessary once their sentence is suspended and bail approved. "The appeal before the Appellate Court many a times would be pending for months or years together and many a times after […]

In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court of India, comprising Justices Sanjay Karol and N. Kotiswar Singh, allowed the State of Uttar Pradesh’s appeal against a controversial bail order passed by the Allahabad High Court. The Court set aside the High Court’s broad directions on how a victim’s age should be determined in POCSO cases,

On January 8, 2026, the Supreme Court of India, comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, reserved its verdict on a writ petition filed by Allahabad High Court Judge Yashwant Varma. Justice Varma has challenged the decision of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to constitute an inquiry committee under the Judges (Inquiry) Act,

In a landmark judgment, Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice K.V. Viswanathan of the Supreme Court of India reinstated senior judicial officer Nirbhay Singh Suliya, who had been removed from service after 27 years of an unblemished career. The Court highlighted that judges should not face disciplinary action merely because their bail orders are seen as irregular.

In a significant turnaround in a caste-related village dispute, the Supreme Court, headed by Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta, ordered the immediate release of an accused who had been detained under the National Security Act (NSA). The case arose from an incident in which an Other Backward Caste (OBC) youth was allegedly forced to

The Supreme Court, in a clear ruling to protect the rights of mortgagors, has held that in cases of usufructuary mortgages, the time limit for seeking redemption does not begin when the mortgage is created. Instead, it starts only when the mortgage amount is fully paid or legally adjusted. The Court rejected the argument of

A significant order was recently passed by the Supreme Court, which set aside an Allahabad High Court order that had refused to quash a FIR. While doing so, the High Court had directed the police to complete the investigation within a fixed time and had granted protection from arrest “till the concerned court takes cognizance

In a significant ruling by the Supreme Court of India, Justice Vikram Nath and  Justice Augustine George Masih addressed a contentious issue surrounding the examination of a minor witness in a dowry death case. The case arose from the suicide of a young woman in 2017, which was allegedly caused by cruelty and dowry demands

The  Supreme Court bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice KV Viswanathan considered a heartbreaking  AIIMS medical report on a 32-year-old man who has been in a vegetative state for the past 12 years after falling from a building.  The court was hearing a plea filed by his father seeking permission for passive euthanasia to

The Supreme court has clarified the scope of Section 27 of the Indian Evidence Act, ruling that merely recovering incriminating articles from the custody of an accused person does not amount to “discovery’’based on a disclosure statement. The bench of Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Justice K. Vinod Chandran held that for Section 27 to apply,