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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

'Bihar SIR Is Intensive Deletion Exercise' : Yogendra Yadav Appears In Supreme Court With Two Persons Deleted As Dead By ECI

'Bihar SIR the biggest disenfranchisement exercise in the history of the world, about 1 crore people likely to be excluded', Yadav said.

Journalists & Judges Must Remain Free Of Fear, Bias & Prejudice To Keep Nation's Head High: Ex-CJI Sanjiv Khanna

Former Chief Justice of India Justice Sanjiv Khanna on Monday(August 1) said that the minds and souls of journalists and judges must always remain free, and that they must function without fear, bias or prejudice. He said the nation's head would be held high only when its institutions are fair and fearless.“Our institutions do not need applause; we need credibility and faith. That comes not...

'Dirty Politics In Cricket Association' : Supreme Court Appoints Justice Nageswara Rao As Ombudsman Of Bihar Cricket Association

The Supreme Court today(August 12) appointed Justice L. Nageswara Rao, former judge of the Supreme Court, as an Ombudsman of the Bihar Cricket Association ("BCA") to take action against illegal activities of the office bearers. Consequently, it disposed of the matter, remarking that dirty politics is going on in such associations, wasting the public revenue.A bench comprising Justice JB...

Supreme Court Orders CBI Probe Into 2021 Telangana Lawyer Couple Murder

The Supreme Court today ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation to take over the probe into the 2021 killing of lawyer couple Gattu Vaman Rao and PV Nagamani in Telangana's Peddapalli district, observing that the case requires further investigation.A bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice N Kotiswar Singh was hearing a plea filed by Rao's father, Gattu Kishan Rao, who sought a CBI...

Merely Possessing Aadhar Card, PAN Card, Voter ID Card Not Proof Of Being Indian Citizen : Bombay High Court

In a significant order, the Bombay High Court while denying bail to an alleged Bangladeshi national, held that merely having documents such as Aadhar Card, PAN Card or a Voter ID Card, does not make someone a citizen of India and in fact the concerned person must place on record the verification of these documents. A Single-judge denied bail to the Petitioner, who was booked by the Thane...

'Bihar SIR Process Illegal, ECI Can't Put Burden Of Proving Citizenship On Voters' : Petitioners Argue In Supreme Court

"The process is of 'intensive deletion' and the first ever revision exercise in India with zero addition of voters," the Supreme Court was told.

Supreme Court Bars Coercive Steps Against Owners Of 10-Year-Old Diesel & 15-Year-Old Petrol Vehicles In Delhi NCR

The Supreme Court today (August 12) directed that no coercive action will be taken against owners of 10-year-old diesel and 15-year-old petrol vehicles in Delhi NCR. The bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and NV Anjaria passed the interim direction while hearing a batch of pleas on environmental issues in the MC Mehta Case. The bench also issued notice in the review...