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This column will list all the case briefs on the decisions of the 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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Supreme Court observed that the word “may” in Regulation 10, 1976 Regulations, from any standpoint, is directory and construing it as mandatory would remove the discretion available to the employer in dynamic circumstances.
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“The ability to understand and be understood in one’s own language is not a matter of convenience, but a matter of existential rights, for comprehension must necessarily precede meaningful participation in the society and day to day life activities.”
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“The requirement that the place must be one “within public view” can be said to be substantiating the other elements of the offence under the SC/ST Act. It is therefore a sine qua non for making out the offence under the SC/ST Act.”
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“The Court wields considerable authority, yet the true essence of judicial magnanimity lies in restraint. Measured reprimand and corrective guidance remain the wiser course over sheer penal consequence.”
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“If individuals entrusted with enforcing the law themselves secure entry into service through deception and fabricated credentials, it would seriously erode the Rule of Law.”
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