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Supreme Court Holds That Corporate Veil Can Be Lifted In CIRP Of Holding Company To Include Assets Of Subsidiary Companies For Completion Of Stalled Real Estate Projects And Protection Of Homebuyers

The Supreme Court has allowed the batch of civil appeals and set aside the judgment dated 30.01.2023 passed by the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi in…

Supreme Court Holds That Magistrate Has No Jurisdiction To Invoke Section 156(3) CrPC For The Second Time After Earlier Dismissal And When High Court Liberty Was Confined To Filing Private Complaint Under Section 200 CrPC

The Supreme Court has clarified that the parameters for invocation of Sections 156(3) and 200 CrPC operate in distinct fields and that a second application under Section 156(3) CrPC after…

Supreme Court Quashes Rape Case Based On False Promise Of Marriage, Holding Relationship Was Consensual Over Years With Full Knowledge Of Prior Marriages

The Supreme Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a man accused of rape on the false promise of marriage, observing that the physical relationship between the parties was consensual over…

Supreme Court Holds That Relevant Date For Acquiring Minimum Educational Qualification In Recruitment Process Is The Date Of Submission Of Application Pursuant To Advertisement

The Supreme Court has held that the relevant date for determining eligibility, including educational qualification, in a recruitment process is the date of submission of the online application form pursuant…

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…