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Supreme Court Grants Bail To Murder Accused After Almost Four Years In Custody, Stressing Right To Speedy Trial Under Article 21

The Supreme Court has granted regular bail to an undertrial accused in a murder case, observing that prolonged incarceration without any progress in the trial infringes the fundamental right to…

Supreme Court Sets Aside High Court Order Allowing Belated Third-Party Objection in Execution Proceedings; Holds That Mother of Judgment Debtor Cannot Stall Recovery by Claiming Joint Family Share at a Late Stage

The Supreme Court of India, in Civil Appeal No. 6525 of 2026 titled Challani Ginning and Pressing Factory v. Kamal, by its order dated 23 April 2026 passed by Justices…

Supreme Court Lays Down Comprehensive Guidelines for Summary Judgment Under Order XIII-A CPC in Commercial Suits; Directs DDA to Refund ₹164.91 Crores with Interest to Purchaser of Jasola Plot After Acquisition Lapsed

The Supreme Court has allowed the civil appeal filed by Reliance Eminent Trading and Commercial Private Limited against the Delhi Development Authority and set aside the order dated 09.06.2025 passed…

Supreme Court Holds That Admission of Claim by Resolution Professional Does Not Constitute Acknowledgment of Debt Under Section 18 of Limitation Act; Quashes CIRP Admission as Time-Barred

The Supreme Court has allowed two appeals filed by Shankar Khandelwal, the erstwhile director of Shrinathji Business Ventures Private Limited and Samaria Business Ventures Private Limited, and set aside the…

Supreme Court Acquits Two Convicts in Karnataka Murder Case; Clarifies That Joint/Simultaneous Disclosure Statements by Multiple Accused Under Section 27 Evidence Act Are Admissible Only If They Lead to Distinct Discoveries of Different Facts

The Supreme Court has acquitted two convicts, Anand Jakkappa Pujari @ Gaddadar (Accused No. 2) and Mahadev Sidram Hullolli (Accused No. 4), in a gruesome murder case from Karnataka while…

Supreme Court Sets Aside High Court Order Cancelling Bail in MP Excise Act Case; Holds That Stringent Conditions Under Section 480(3) BNSS Cannot Be Imposed for Offences Punishable With Less Than Seven Years’ Imprisonment

The Supreme Court has allowed the appeal filed by Narayan and set aside the order dated 11 March 2026 passed by the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Indore cancelling…

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court Upholds Quashing of Cancellation of JAKEDA Recruitment for Assistant and Junior Engineers; Holds Mere Procedural Lapse in Engagement of Examination Agency Without RFP/EOI Not a Cogent Ground to Scrap Advanced Selection Process

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has dismissed two intra-court appeals (LPA No.213/2022 Srinagar Wing and LPA No.127/2022 Jammu Wing) filed by the Union Territory of J&K…

Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Under Sections 494 and 498A IPC Against Husband’s Relatives in Matrimonial Dispute; Holds Mere Knowledge of Second Marriage Does Not Fasten Liability for Bigamy

The Supreme Court has allowed the appeal filed by Sivaraman Nair and others (father-in-law, mother-in-law and sister-in-law of the complainant) and has quashed the criminal proceedings arising out of FIR…

Supreme Court Sets Aside Punjab & Haryana High Court’s Bail Orders in Commercial Quantity Heroin Recovery Case — Holds Article 21 Cannot Override Section 37 of the NDPS Act

The Supreme Court of India, in two connected criminal appeals, delivered a ruling on April 24, 2026, setting aside the bail orders granted by the High Court of Punjab and…

Supreme Court Acquits Accused in 2017 Assam School Headmistress Rape-Murder Case; Holds that Appellate Court Can Reverse Conviction Even in Absence of Appeal by Accused

The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the State of Assam against the judgment and final order dated 22nd December, 2022 passed by the Division Bench of the…