“NTA has not learnt its lesson yet”: Supreme Court issues notice to NTA in NEET Paper Leak case
A petition was filed against NTA, the body conducting various exams in India, in the aftermath of the NEET-UG paper leak controversy.
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Bhopal Dowry Death Case: SC takes note of assurance to transfer case to CBI; Urges Parties to refrain from making statements before media
The Court also urged the media to avoid recording statements of the persons who are likely to be potential witnesses or accused, as it may unnecessarily prejudge the outcome on certain issues, which are yet to be investigated.
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Minimum Pass Marks, a Corrigendum, and Years of Uncertainty: Supreme Court Ends MBBS Students’ Legal Battle with a Degree
The Supreme Court regularised MBBS admissions and directed authorities to issue degrees to students affected by the NMC CBME Corrigendum dispute while keeping the larger legal issue open.
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To Deduct or Not to Deduct: Supreme Court Settles the Law on Deduction of Mediclaim After Noting “Too Many Surprisingly Divergent Views”
The Supreme Court settled the law but not before cataloguing a striking number of contradictory judgments from the same High Courts, sometimes by benches of equal strength, on the same point of law.
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3-Year Legal Practice Rule | Supreme Court Extends Deadline for Application to Entry-Level Judiciary Exams till further orders
Progress in 3-Year Legal Practice Rule: Supreme Court of India has now extended the last date to apply for all the active Judicial Officers Recruitment Exams across the country.
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MRTP Act | Additional Amenity TDR Cannot Be Defeated by Contractual Conditions or Delay Once Statutory Right to Compensation Crystallises: Supreme Court
“The statutory right of the landowner under Section 126(1)(b) being twofold as discussed above, the corporation could not have conjured a precondition for the landowner to abjure part of the compensation in order to receive the other part.”
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Supreme Court Convenes Policymakers, Hospitals and Land Agencies to Build an SOP for Implementation of Free EWS Treatment in Private Delhi Hospitals
Noting that hospitals allotted government land in Delhi were not diligently complying with directions to provide free treatment to economically weaker sections, the Supreme Court directed a joint meeting of government departments, land agencies, hospitals, and the Amici Curiae to prepare an effective SOP for enforcement.
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Can Private Loan Transactions Constitute “Deposits” under Section 2(c), MPID Act? Supreme Court Explained
The Supreme Court held that a transaction involving receipt of money with an obligation to return it with promised interest constitutes a ‘deposit’ under the MPID Act regardless of nomenclature.
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‘Marriage Does Not Eclipse Her Individuality’: SC Expunges Cruelty and Desertion Findings Against Dentist Wife
The Supreme Court held that a wife pursuing her professional career and living separately for her child’s welfare cannot amount to cruelty or desertion.
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Got a Decree in 2012, Still No Possession? Supreme Court Calls It a ‘Comedy of Errors’ and Restores 14-Year-Old Execution in Partition Suit
The Supreme Court held that a partition decree determining shares, possession, mesne profits and mode of sale can be executable without a separate final decree, setting aside M.P. High Court orders that stalled execution proceedings.
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Applicability of ABC Rules, Tortious Liability, Euthanasia: Key Takeaways from Supreme Court’s Stray Dogs Case Ruling
In July 2025, the Supreme Court took suo motu cognizance of a newspaper article presenting alarming statistics on menace of stray dogs. Since then, the Court has periodically issued directions in this regard.
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A Smaller Bench Cannot Hollow Out a Larger Bench Decision Without Expressly Disagreeing: Supreme Court on Judicial Discipline in UAPA Bail Cases
Emphasising judicial discipline, the Court expressed serious reservations about Division Bench decisions in Gulfisha Fatima, 2026 SCC OnLine SC 10 and Gurwinder Singh, (2024) 5 SCC 403 for making a clear departure from ratio laid down by the three-Judge Bench in K.A. Najeeb, (2021) 3 SCC 713.
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Supreme Court sets aside the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s order for hallucination of facts without application of mind
The Court took note of the hallucination of facts in the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s order while setting it aside.
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Nationwide sterilisation, Full Implementation of ABC Rules, 2023: SC issues broad directions in Stray Dogs Suo Motu Case
In July 2025, the Supreme Court took suo motu cognizance of a newspaper article presenting alarming statistics on menace of stray dogs. Since then, the Court has periodically issued directions in this regard.
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Gravity of Offence Alone Cannot Justify Denial of Remission: Supreme Court Quashes MHA’s Cryptic Rejection of Premature Release
The Supreme Court held that remission cannot be denied solely on the heinousness of the offence and quashed the Ministry of Home Affairs’ non-speaking order rejecting a life convict’s premature release after 22 years of incarceration.
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The Road to Safety: Supreme Court’s Strong Push for Installation of Vehicle Tracking Devices and Emergency Panic Buttons in Public Transits
The Court also directed the Central Government to contemplate with parties concerned as to installation of vehicle location tracking devices in the vehicles at the manufacturing stage.
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Clever Drafting Cannot Save a Benami Claim: Supreme Court on Meaningful Reading of Plaint Under Order 7 Rule 11
The Court directed the confiscation of the property where a claim, which was presented to be based on a will, but was in substance an attempt to obtain judicial recognition of a benami transaction.
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Courts Have a ‘Disturbing Tendency’ to Set Aside Arbitral Awards by Reassessing Facts: Karnataka HC Warning Upheld by Supreme Court
Supreme Court dismissed SLP filed by BMRCL challenging Karnataka High Court judgment restoring arbitral award in favour of Navayuga Engineering Company, reiterating limited scope of interference under Sections 34 and 37, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 and upholding award including finance charges as compensatory claim.
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“Signed order alone is final and binding; dictated draft can be corrected before signing without rehearing if no material change occurs”: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that a digitally signed order is the final and binding order of the Court and that corrections or refinements to a dictated draft before signing are permissible so long as they do not materially alter the judgment.
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Supreme Court’s Landmark Benami Act Ruling Explained: Why the 2016 Amendment Is Retrospective, What ‘Fiduciary Capacity’ Means, and When Confiscation Follows
The Court directed the confiscation of the property where a claim, which was presented to be based on a will, but was in substance an attempt to obtain judicial recognition of a benami transaction.
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