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Court Reserves Verdict on Mandatory Attendance for Law Students After BCI, NMIMS Challenge Delhi HC Ruling: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on October 6, 2026, heard a batch of matters involving the Bar Council of India and other parties before a Bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Augustine George Masih and Justice Sandeep Mehta. The Bench was hearing W.P.(C) No. 31/2025, filed by Prakruthi Jain against the Bar Council of India, along…
Daily-Wage Workers Treated as Permanent Cannot Be Denied Retirement-Year Increment Merely Due to Their Status: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Chhaganbhai Kohyabhai Pateliya and 11 others, holding that they are entitled to the benefit of an annual increment that became due after their retirement. The judgment in 2026 INSC 1088 overturned a Gujarat High Court Division Bench order dated January 9, 2025. The appellants…
Criminal Proceedings Against In-Laws Quashed Over General Allegations of Cruelty and Dowry Demand: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has quashed criminal proceedings against Prasanta Kumar Dhar and his wife in a matrimonial dispute, holding that the allegations against them were general and lacked supporting material. The ruling came in Prasanta Kumar Dhar & Anr. versus The State of West Bengal & Anr., decided on October 5, 2026.…
Three-Year Consensual Relationship Leads Supreme Court to Quash Criminal Case: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has quashed criminal proceedings against Martanda Singh, holding that the facts did not establish criminal culpability where the relationship between him and the complainant was consensual and continued for about three years. The order was passed on October 1, 2026, by a Bench of Justice J. B.…
NDPS Case Cannot Be Quashed Prematurely Based on Section 67 Confession, Supreme Court Restores Proceedings: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has set aside a Karnataka High Court order that had quashed criminal proceedings against Sadiq Pasha in an NDPS case involving the alleged seizure of 32.615 kg of Ganja. The Supreme Court restored the case before the Principal District and Sessions Judge and Special Court, Udupi. The order was passed…
Recovery of Tainted Money Alone Cannot Establish Demand for Bribe, Supreme Court Overturns Conviction: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has set aside the conviction of Ajit Kumar in a bribery case and cleared him of charges under Sections 7 and 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The court held that the prosecution failed to prove the demand and acceptance of illegal gratification beyond reasonable doubt. Background of the…
Tax Classification Must Be Based on Product Form at the Time of Sale, Not Its End Use: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has dismissed appeals concerning the tax classification of GRD Powder and GRD Mix, manufactured and marketed by Cadila Health Care Ltd. The dispute arose from the assessment year 1997-1998 under the M.P. Commercial Tax Act, 1994. The Madhya Pradesh High Court had earlier upheld classification of the…
Criminal Proceedings Quashed After Consensual Relationship Turned Sour: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has quashed criminal proceedings against Sachin Gupta in a case arising from FIR No. 326 of 2025, registered at Police Station Manipur, Surguja, on 05.12.2025. The case involved allegations by the second respondent that Gupta sexually assaulted her on 05.05.2024 and later expressed a desire to marry…
Acquittal in stepmother Double Murder Case Upheld as Prosecution Failed to Prove Complete Chain of Circumstances: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the State of Himachal Pradesh against the acquittal of Anchla @ Chanchla, who had been accused of murdering her stepmother and minor stepbrother. A Bench of Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Vijay Bishnoi delivered the decision on October 1, 2026, in Criminal Appeal No. 166…
POCSO Act ,SC/ST Judges Cannot Impose Personal Moral Views While Deciding Bail or Criminal Trials: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has granted bail to Kanha @ Kanhaiya Singh, who is facing charges in a case registered at Station Road Police Station in Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. The case involves provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, and the Scheduled Castes and…
