Supreme Court Questions Upfront Fees for Arbitration, Refers Constitutional Challenge to Larger Bench
The Supreme Court referred to a larger Bench the validity of onerous pre-deposit arbitration clauses, holding that a two-Judge bench cannot overrule a three-Judge precedent in S.K. Jain and prima…
Supreme Court Re-examines Bail Rules for Foreign Nationals After Drug-Trafficking Accused Vanishes on Fake Surety
The Supreme Court scrutinizes bail granted to a Nigerian national in an NDPS case after he absconded and his surety proved fake, flagging systemic lapses in surety verification for foreign…
Supreme Court Quashes Murder Conviction After Finding Eyewitness Accounts “Full of Embellishments”
Supreme Court acquits Nepal Singh in a 1993 murder case, ruling sole eyewitnesses were contradictory and conviction could not stand when co-accused were acquitted on the same evidence.
When Cash Clouds Democracy: Supreme Court on Black Money and Electoral Integrity
The Supreme Court examined the Election Commission's powers under Article 324 to curb black money in elections, while also considering whether governments can withdraw election-related criminal cases and reviewing the…
Supreme Court Rules Children Must Receive Individual Awards for Loss of a Parent’s Care in Accident Claims
The Supreme Court held that the wife and each child of a motor accident victim are independently entitled to separate spousal and parental consortium awards, enhancing the total compensation to…
A Debtor’s Home Protection Shield Cannot Be Inherited, Supreme Court Rules
The Supreme Court ruled that DRT execution under the 1993 Act overrides CPC procedures, so notice irregularities do not void a bank auction sale, and the CPC residential-house exemption is…
Oral Testimony Cannot Revive Documents Already Excluded from Evidence, Supreme Court Rules
Upholding affidavit redactions in the NTPC-RIL gas supply suit, the Supreme Court ruled that parties cannot use Section 60 of the Evidence Act to introduce oral evidence of internal documents…
Registered but Not Proved: Supreme Court Invalidates Will for Lack of Valid Attestation
The Supreme Court reversed a decree upholding a Will, holding it unproved under Sections 68 and 69 of the Evidence Act since no attesting witness was examined. It held that…
Supreme Court Bars Stale Excise Demand, Ruling Facts Known to Tax Officials Cannot Be ‘Wilfully Suppressed’
The Supreme Court held that the extended limitation under Section 11A of the Central Excise Act cannot apply when valuation facts were known to both parties, quashing a duty demand.…
Supreme Court Tells High Courts: Decide Appeals on Existing Evidence, Don’t Send Them Back by Default
The Supreme Court set aside a High Court remand in a partition suit, holding that a first appellate court must itself decide an appeal under the Civil Procedure Code when…