Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : September 8, 2025

Links of today's Supreme Court reports :Supreme Court Dismisses BJP Telangana's Defamation Case Against CM Revanth Reddy Over Claim That BJP Would End ReservationsJustice Vinod Chandran Recuses From Hearing PIL Seeking Probe Against Vedanta Group Over Allegations By Viceroy LLCSupreme Court Pulls Up Tenant Who Disowned Undertaking To Deposit Rent Arrears; Directs Cost To Be Paid To Punjab Flood Relief FundSupreme Court Orders MP Govt To Pay Rs 25 Lakhs Compensation To Convict Who Spent Extra 4.7...

Supreme Court Sums Up Principles For Review Jurisdiction, Sets Aside HC Order Denying Daughter Her Coparcenary Right

Upholding a daughter's statutory right to a coparcenary share under the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005, the Supreme Court on Monday (Sep. 8) set aside a Madras High Court review order which had reappreciated facts and questioned her entitlement. The Court held that such an exercise was beyond the scope of the High Court under its review jurisdiction. A bench of Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Justice SVN Bhatti heard the case where the dispute began with a partition suit (2000), where...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up: September 1, 2025 To September 7, 2025

Reports/JudgmentsS. 86 Electricity Act | Power Generators, Discoms Cannot Fix Tariffs Privately, Need Regulatory Commissions' Approval: Supreme CourtCase Details: M/S. KKK Hydro Power Limited v. Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited and Ors.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Sc) 856The Supreme Court held that a generating company and a distribution licensee cannot unilaterally fix tariffs...

Article 226 Can't Be Invoked To Quash Chargesheet If Cognizance Has Been Taken; Remedy Available Under S.528 BNSS : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that FIRs or charge-sheets may be quashed under Article 226 before cognisance is taken, but once cognisance is taken, the remedy lies under Section 528 BNSS (S. 482 CrPC) to challenge both the FIR/charge-sheet and even the cognisance order, if duly pleaded. “So long cognisance of the offence is not taken, a writ or order to quash the FIR/charge-sheet could be issued under Article 226; however, once a judicial order of taking cognisance intervenes, the power under...

'Judicial Impropriety' : Supreme Court Criticises High Court For Modifying Bail Condition When Bail Order Was Under Challenge In SC

The Supreme Court criticized the Kerala High Court for 'judicial impropriety' in modifying bail conditions while its anticipatory bail order was already under challenge before the Supreme Court. “we are constrained to observe that where the order granting anticipatory bail by the High Court was impugned in the instant special leave petition and this Court was seized of the matter, an order modifying the conditions of anticipatory bail set out therein, runs contrary to the principles of...

Supreme Court Orders MP Govt To Pay Rs 25 Lakhs Compensation To Convict Who Spent Extra 4.7 Years In Jail After Serving Sentence

The Supreme Court today(September 8) directed the State of Madhya Pradesh to pay compensation of Rs. 25 lakhs to a convict who had to remain in jail for more than 4.7 years after having undergone the entire sentence of seven years in a rape case.A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice KV Viswanathan passed an order after coming down heavily on the State of Madhya Pradesh for its lapse, which led to the over-incarceration of the convict. Initially, when the notice was issued to the...

Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest 2025: Cr.P.C.& BNSS

SUPREME COURT HALF YEARLY DIGEST 2025BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023, (BNSS) and The CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973, (CrPC)Section 2(1)(h). ComplaintSection 2(d) Cr.P.C. - Definition of Complaint - Judicial vs. Executive Magistrate - As per Section 2(d) of CrPC, a complaint refers to an allegation submitted orally or in writing to a Magistrate with the intent to invoke legal...

Supreme Court Pulls Up Tenant Who Disowned Undertaking To Deposit Rent Arrears; Directs Cost To Be Paid To Punjab Flood Relief Fund

The Supreme Court recently deprecated the conduct of a tenant who tried to disown his undertaking given to the Court to deposit rent arrears by claiming that his advocate had given the statement without his instructions.The bench comprising Justices Aravind Kumar and NV Anjaria imposed a cost of Rs. 10,000 on the tenant. The cost has to be deposited in the Punjab CM's disaster relief fund.The bench was hearing a petition challenging the High Court's order to strike off the tenant's defence in...

Supreme Court Weekly Digest August 18 - 24, 2025

A.J. Abdul Kalam Technological University Act, 2015; Section 13(7) - Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology Act , 2021 - Section 11(10) - Appointment of Vice-Chancellor - Supreme Court forms Search Committee headed by Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia (Chairperson) for Kerala University Vice-Chancellor appointments - The chairman is authorized to constitute separate or...

Sharjeel Imam Moves Supreme Court Against Bail Denial In Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case

Sharjeel Imam has moved the Supreme Court seeking bail in the UAPA case alleging a larger conspiracy related to the 2020 North-East Delhi riots. Imam has challenged the Delhi High Court ruling passed on September 02 by a division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Shalinder Kaur denying bail to him. The matter is yet to be listed for hearing before the Apex Court. Imam was...

S. 68 Evidence Act | Mandatory To Examine One Attesting Witness To Prove Will Even If There's No Dispute Between Legal Heirs : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently held that Section 68 of the Evidence Act makes it mandatory to examine at least one attesting witness to a Will, and this requirement cannot be dispensed with merely because the dispute does not involve contesting legal heirs. A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Sandeep Mehta heard the case where the Plaintiff-Respondent claimed that he had purchased the...

Selective Regularisation Of Similarly Situated Daily Wagers In Same Establishment Violates Equity : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently ruled against the selective regularization of similarly situated employees. It held that daily wage employees engaged in perennial work cannot be discriminated against by denying them regularization while extending the benefit to other similarly situated workers on vacant posts. The bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta heard the case where...