In a Civil Appeal against a High Court order affirming the Trial Court’s refusal to reject a plaint under Order VII Rule 11 of the Civil Procedure Code (CPC), a Supreme Court Bench comprising Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice K. Vinod Chandran set aside the lower courts’ orders and rejected
In this criminal appeal, the Supreme Court examined whether charges under Sections 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (SC/ST Act) could be sustained against the appellant (manager of a school) following a dispute with the complainant. The appellant challenged a
In this criminal appeal, the Supreme Court addressed whether a working mother’s independent income justifies reducing a father’s interim maintenance obligation toward his minor children. The appellants—the wife (a practicing gynaecologist) and her two minor daughters—challenged an Allahabad High Court order that had halved the interim maintenance awarded by the
In these criminal appeals, the Supreme Court evaluated the validity of proceedings initiated under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, and its corresponding 2021 Rules against practicing advocates. The Supreme Court allowed the appeals and quashed the charge sheets and consequential proceedings, holding that the U.P.
In this civil special leave petition, the Supreme Court evaluated whether a retired professor of the National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD) could claim coverage under the General Provident Fund-cum-Pension (GPF) Scheme instead of the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Scheme. The petitioner, whose services as a Professor were regularized on
In this criminal appeal, the Supreme Court addressed whether a family member can be prosecuted for abetment of suicide under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) simply because they supported the deceased’s wife in lodging a criminal case and seeking maintenance. The appellants—the mother-in-law, father-in-law, and brother-in-law of
Supreme Court of India Summary of July 2026 Judgments Recording “Pre-charge evidence”: When an offence is exclusively triable by a Court of Session In the matter of Neeraj Gupta vs. Pardeep Kumar Bansal & Ors. (2026 INSC 660), the Supreme Court of India clarified that when an offence is exclusively