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Material Evidence Gaps Bar Restoration of Murder Conviction, Rejects High Court’s “Surmises and Conjectures” Reasoning: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has dismissed the State of Andhra Pradesh’s appeal seeking restoration of...

Supreme Court Orders ANPR-Based E-Challans for Uninsured Vehicles

The Supreme Court has issued a comprehensive set of directions to strengthen enforcement of...

HC Can’t Reappreciate Evidence in Revision: Supreme Court Restores Rs. 4.5 Lakh Cheque-Bounce Conviction

The Supreme Court has restored the conviction of an accused under Section 138 of...

Order XVIII Rule 17 CPC Can’t Be Used to Fill Gaps in Evidence: Supreme Court Limits Recall of Witnesses

The Supreme Court has ruled that Order XVIII Rule 17 of the Code of...

Umadevi Can’t Be Used to Justify Perpetual Temporary Employment: Supreme Court Orders Regularisation of Long-Serving Goa PWD Workers

The Supreme Court has directed the Government of Goa to regularise the services of...

Frame Guidelines for Environmental Compensation Under Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026: Supreme Court Directs Centre

The Supreme Court has directed the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC)...

Resignation Accepted by Incompetent Officer Can Be Validated by Ratification: Supreme Court 

The Supreme Court has clarified the legal effect of ratification of an unauthorised acceptance...

Supreme Court Awards Rs. 5 Lakh Compensation for Illegal Discharge of Police Employee Merely Due to Pending Criminal Case

The Supreme Court has held that a public employee cannot be discharged from service...

Supreme Court Acquits Man After 22 Years in Prison, Finds Eyewitness Testimony Unreliable

The Supreme Court has acquitted a man who had spent nearly 22 years in...

Farmers Can Claim Protection for Use of Protected Seeds U/S 39(1)(iv): Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has clarified that individual farmers can invoke the statutory protection available...

Civil Money Disputes Can’t Be Used as Recovery Tool: Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings

The Supreme Court has set aside a High Court order reviving criminal proceedings arising...

Pre-2007 Indivisible ATM Turnkey Contracts Can’t Be Vivisected for Service Tax: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that indivisible turnkey contracts for supply, installation and commissioning...

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Sessions Court Can’t Bar Remission for Entire Life in Murder Case: Supreme Court 

The Supreme Court has held that a Sessions Court sentencing a person for murder...

Death Sentence for Rape and Murder of 6 Year-Old Commuted to Life Imprisonment Without Remission: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court upheld a stepfather’s conviction for sexually assaulting and murdering a six-year-old...

POCSO Allegation During Custody Dispute: Supreme Court Orders Expert Safeguards, Quashes Case Against Father

The Supreme Court has laid down safeguards for handling allegations under the Protection of...

Supreme Court Permits Mother to Take Children to UK Amid Custody Dispute and Pending POCSO Case

The Supreme Court has permitted a mother to take her two children to the...