Supreme Court Rules Interim Findings Cannot Lock In Permanent Environmental Liability Without Proof of Actual Damage
The Supreme Court held that the NGT wrongly treated its interim order as a final liability finding and failed to prove the appellant caused additional damage to the already-degraded Yamuna…
Supreme Court Keeps Property Suit Alive, Says Court-Fee Question Must Wait for Evidence
The Supreme Court held that a plaint cannot be rejected at the threshold for non-payment of ad-valorem court fee when the plaintiff, a non-executant, asserts joint possession and challenges a…
A Small Deposit Shortfall Won’t Cancel a Bank Auction, Supreme Court Rules
Supreme Court held that under the SARFAESI Act, a minor shortfall in earnest money deposit does not vitiate a secured asset auction where 25% was promptly paid; surplus sale proceeds…
When a Lawyer Airs a Client’s Secrets on TV: Supreme Court Upholds Professional Misconduct Finding
The Supreme Court upheld a two-year suspension of an advocate for televising privileged client communications, holding that an advocate's duty of confidentiality is unconditional. It dismissed the plea for enhanced…
Supreme Court Keeps Three-Year Practice Benchmark for Judges but Offers Transitional Relief to Recent Graduates
The Supreme Court upholds prior court exposure for entry-level judges but modifies the three-year Bar practice requirement, allowing institutional training and supervised law clerkship as equivalent practice under a transitional…
Supreme Court Recognizes a Persistent Citizen and Fixes a Binding Deadline for Vaniyambadi’s Long-Delayed Crossing
The Supreme Court disposed of an appeal regarding the long-delayed Limited Use Subway at Vaniyambadi Level Crossing No. 81, accepting authorities' time-bound assurances and issuing binding directions for expedited completion…
STATE OF U.P. versus JAI BIR SINGH
The Supreme Court examined whether Uttar Pradesh's Social Forestry Department qualifies as an 'industry' under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, and reconsidered the Triple Test laid down in Bangalore Water…
Why Clearing the Public Service Commission May Still Not Get You the Job
The Supreme Court held that a Public Service Commission's recommendation does not confer a vested right to appointment; the appointing authority may verify eligibility but must act for valid, non-arbitrary…
Supreme Court Appoints Neutral Manager for Disputed Gujarat Farmland and Checks Appellate Overreach
The Supreme Court partly allowed appeals concerning disputed agricultural land in Gujarat, restoring a Bombay High Court application and modifying Gujarat High Court orders to appoint an Advocate Receiver to…
A Name Quietly Struck Off Village Land Records Cannot Erase a Family’s Inheritance, the Supreme Court Rules
The Supreme Court restored concurrent decrees allowing partition of family agricultural land, ruling that revenue mutation entries do not extinguish title and that the High Court exceeded its Section 100…