Sujal Vishwas Attavar v. State of Maharashtra: Supreme Court Rules You Cannot Bypass Ordinary Remedies to Force an FIR
The Supreme Court quashed an FIR directed by the High Court under Article 226, ruling that the complainant ought to have first exhausted statutory remedies under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha…
Vijayalakshmi R. v. C. L. Balaji: Supreme Court Rules That a Percentage-Based Child-Maintenance Clause Was an Interim Obligation
The Supreme Court held that an income-linked child maintenance clause in a divorce settlement was interim and ceased upon lump-sum payment, upholding dismissal of the execution petition. It declined to…
Supreme Court Restores Eviction and Reinforces Limits on High Court Revisional Powers in Rent Disputes
The Supreme Court ruled that High Courts cannot reappreciate evidence in revisional jurisdiction under Section 115 CPC, and restored eviction based on concurrent findings of bona fide requirement and non-payment…
Mehboob Shah v. State of Madhya Pradesh: Supreme Court Upholds Drug Conviction but Cuts Sentence, Clarifying Search Rights and Sample Rules Under the NDPS Act
The Supreme Court affirmed Mehboob Shah's NDPS conviction for possessing smack but reduced his sentence from 14 to 10 years. It held that Section 50 covers only personal searches, non-compliance…
Prakash Kumar Dixit v. Ajay Kumar Bhalla: Supreme Court Restores Pay and Pension for CRPF Officer After Three-Decade Ordeal
Supreme Court held a CRPF officer reinstated after wrongful removal must be promoted from the original DPC date with full back wages and higher-scale retirement benefits, quashing contempt on payment…
*Standard Chartered Bank v. Enforcement Officer*: Supreme Court Quashes FERA Complaints and Clarifies High Court Inherent Powers
The Supreme Court quashed FERA criminal complaints against Standard Chartered Bank, holding that non-compliance with the mandatory opportunity notice under Section 61(2) FERA vitiates cognizance, and that Section 397 CrPC…
Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Complaint Over Clerical Errors in Civil Pleadings
The Supreme Court quashed a Section 340 Cr.P.C. complaint where 'wrong statements' in pleadings were typographical errors, holding that prosecution under Sections 193, 199 and 200 IPC requires deliberate falsehoods…
Supreme Court Holds Insurer Liable for Nepal Bus Accident, Clarifying Cross-Border Motor Policy Coverage
The Supreme Court held an insurer liable for a bus accident in Nepal, ruling that a valid special permit under the Motor Vehicles Act extends coverage beyond India and that…
*Ehsaan v. State of NCT of Delhi*: Supreme Court Reduces Gang-Rape Sentence from Life to 20 Years on Grounds of Proportionality
The Supreme Court reduced a life-till-natural-life sentence for Section 376-D IPC gang rape to 20 years, ruling that mitigating factors like youth and possibility of reformation rendered the maximum sentence…
Supreme Court Permits Compounding of offence post conviction
Mahadevaiah v. State of Karnataka (2026): Supreme Court Permits Compounding of Section 326 IPC Conviction Under Article 142 The Supreme Court in Mahadevaiah v. State of Karnataka (2026) exercised its…