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BREAKING | SIT Flags Flaws In NOIDA's Functioning; Supreme Court Bars Projects In NOIDA Without Prior EIA & Green Bench Approval
After considering a Special Investigation Team (SIT) report which flagged various shortcomings in the functioning of NOIDA authority, the Supreme Court today passed a significant order directing registration of preliminary enquiries on the issue of exorbitant payment of land acquisition compensation and the alleged collusion between officers and land-owners.The Court also passed an order restraining project development in NOIDA without prior Environmental Impact Assessment and approval of the...
Bihar Special Intensive Revision (SIR) Case- Supreme Court Hearing-Live Updates
Supreme Court is hearing petitions challenging the Election Commission of India's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. Bench : Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Baghci. Follow the live updates here
'I Will Look Into It' : CJI BR Gavai On Plea Relating To Stray Dogs
A matter relating to stray dogs was mentioned today( August 13) before the Chief Justice of India for urgent listing. The petition was filed by an organisation named Conference for Human Rights (India) in 2024, challenging a Delhi High Court's order in its PIL seeking directions for sterlisiation and vaccination of community dogs in Delhi as per the Animal Birth Control (Dogs) Rules.When the counsel mentioned the matter, CJI BR Gavai pointed out that another bench has already passed an order in...
Supreme Court Cancels Bail Of Olympian Wrestler Sushil Kumar In Murder Case, Directs Surrender In A Week
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (August 13) cancelled the bail granted by the Delhi High Court to Olympian wrestler Sushil Kumar in the Sagar Dhankhar murder case.The Court directed him to surrender within a week.A bench comprising Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra passed the order in an appeal filed by Ashok Dhankad, the father of victim Sagar, challenging the order passed by the Delhi High Court in March this year granting bail to Sushil Kumar.Kumar was arrested in May 2021...
'Gender-Neutral' Often Misunderstood As 'Gender Equality' : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently struck down the Indian Army's policy of reserving seats for male candidates in the Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch.While ordering that the appointments should be merit-based, the Court observed that the term "gender-neutral" is often incorrectly conflated with "gender equality."The Court was deciding a case where the female candidates challenged the Army's policy...
Supreme Court Directs District-Wise Survey To Ascertain POSH Act Compliance By Employers
The Supreme Court on August 12 directed that an extensive Survey within 6 weeks be conducted to collect information on the constitution of the Internal Committee (formerly Internal Complaints Committee) in all the Government and Private institutions within every district of each State. It also directed the Labour Commissioner in each District and Chief Labour Officer of each State to supply the information on the entities registered so that information on the constitution of the Internal...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : August 12, 2025
Links of today's Supreme Court reports :Supreme Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Sub Quota For Economically Weaker Persons Within Reserved CategoriesSupreme Court Seeks Responses Of NHRC, NCW & NCPCR On Pleas Challenging Islamic Divorce By 'Talaq-e-HasanSupreme Court Upholds Punjab Jail Official's Conviction For Helping Undertrial's Escape AttemptAdverse Possession Plea Can't Be Raised For First Time At Appellate Stage : Supreme CourtIs Judicial Officer Eligible For Appointment As District...
Supreme Court Orders BCI Inquiry After Client Denies Engagement Of Advocates Who Settled His Case
The Supreme Court recently directed the Bar Council of India to conduct an inquiry into the proceedings where an allegedly false settlement agreement was prepared by certain advocates to arrive at a settlement between the petitioner and the respondent, where the latter claims to have never engaged an advocate to represent his case. In a peculiar case before a bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha and Justice AS Chandurkar, the Court had to examine whether to recall its December 13, 2024,...
Convict Who Completed Fixed Term Life Imprisonment Entitled To Be Released Without Applying For Remission : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (Aug. 12) observed that the convict who was sentenced to fixed-term life imprisonment without remission is entitled to automatic release without applying for remission. Holding thus, the bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and KV Viswanathan ordered the release of Sukhdev Yadav, one of the accused convicted for 2002 Nitish Katara Murder case, after noting that he had completed the fixed 20-year terms of imprisonment without remission. The Court said that once...
Ex-Parte Injunction Must Be Vacated If Plantiff Fails To Comply With Order 39 Rule 3 CPC Conditions : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that the ex parte interim injunction granted under Order 39 Rule 3 CPC can be vacated if the mandatory requirements to record reasons for granting ex parte relief and service of documents to the opposite party was not ensued. The bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan heard a case in which the Appellant, who had secured an ex-parte interim injunction, challenged the Allahabad High Court's decision overturning the trial court's order. The High Court found that...
CJI Not Superior To Other Judges; Can't Review Other Benches' Orders : CJI BR Gavai
The Supreme Court today (August 12) questioned the Union Government over the application filed by it to recall the 2023 judgment in Ritu Chhabaria v. Union of India which held that right of an accused to seek default bail is not extinguished when the investigating agency files an incomplete chargesheet.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, Justice K Vinod Chandran and Justice NV Anjaria also observed that the bench of the CJI cannot vary the orders passed by other benches.The...
