Rules for Medical Waste Plants Carry Binding Legal Force, Supreme Court Holds
The Supreme Court considered an appeal against an NGT decision setting aside Environmental Clearance and Consent to Establish for a Babrala bio-medical waste facility over disputed land-area relaxations under CPCB…
Supreme Court Upholds RBI’s Extended Control Over Distressed Co-operative Banks Beyond Six-Month Limit
The Supreme Court held that the RBI may supersede the board of a multi-State co-operative bank under Section 36AAA of the Banking Regulation Act free of the six-month limit in…
Supreme Court Declines to Interfere as High Court Lets Watchdog Brief Power Utility
The Supreme Court declined to interfere with a High Court interim order allowing a PIL petitioner to participate in electricity regulatory proceedings, holding the direction a permissible interim measure to…
Accountability Over Technicalities: Supreme Court Backs Annual Checks on Teacher Training Colleges
Supreme Court holds NCTE may require teacher education institutions to file annual Performance Appraisal Reports as a valid regulatory measure. It restored the Public Notice dated 22.09.2019 and overturned the…
Homebuyers Who Rescued a Stalled Project Cannot Be Charged for the Developer’s Delay, Rules Supreme Court
Supreme Court holds time extension charges under a development lease are penal and cannot be CIRP costs under the IBC; NOIDA cannot impose them on homebuyers or the resolution applicant…
Wife or Fiancée? Supreme Court Reaffirms Strict Proof of Marriage and Age-Based Compensation Multiplier in Fatal Crash Case
The Supreme Court dismissed appeals by an insurer and a claimant in a 2011 fatal truck accident case, ruling the multiplier depends on the deceased’s age and upholding findings that…
Three Decades of Service Win Pension Protection, But Not Tribal Status, in Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court upheld the invalidation of a Municipal Engineer's Scheduled Tribe caste certificate but invoked Article 142 to protect his retiral and pensionary benefits after three decades of service.
High Courts Cannot Substitute Their Own View for a Trial Court’s Acquittal, Rules Supreme Court
The Supreme Court restored the appellant's acquittal, holding that an appellate court cannot reverse acquittal without finding the trial view perverse or impossible. It ruled that general hearsay evidence and…
A Decision Built on Fake AI Case Law Is No Decision at All: Supreme Court Quashes ₹425,27,99,100 Customs Penalty
The Supreme Court set aside a customs penalty order where the authority relied on unverified AI-generated fake precedents, holding such tainted decisions are nullities; the matter was remanded for fresh…
After 35 Years, the Clock Has Run Out: Supreme Court Quashes Karnataka Land Enquiry Notice
The Supreme Court quashed a 35-year-old revisional notice under the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, holding that the three-year limit under Section 56(3) is mandatory and cannot be bypassed by general…