Whether the financial compensation received by an accident victim under a personal contractual Mediclaim/medical insurance policy is legally deductible from the statutory compensation awarded by a Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (MACT) for the same medical expenses. The Supreme Court held that money received under a private Mediclaim policy cannot be
The prosecution’s case emerged from a history of social conflict in Ogipur village. Three months prior to the incident, the deceased (Shiva Shankar, an SC member) had eloped with the appellant’s sister. A village Panchayat allegedly settled the matter by decreeing that the sister return to her parents and the
The Supreme Court of India dismissed a civil appeal filed by Dinesh Kumar (the Appellant), a returned candidate whose election to the post of Pradhan of Gram Panchayat Parwa, Uttar Pradesh, was challenged. The primary legal dispute centered on whether the U.P. Panchayat Raj (Settlement of Election Disputes) Rules, 1994,
The Supreme Court of India allowed the civil appeals filed by Hirani Developers (the Appellant), setting aside a common order of the Bombay High Court that had dismissed five applications for the appointment of an arbitrator. The core legal dispute centered on whether an arbitration clause from a primary contract
The Supreme Court of India dismissed a Miscellaneous Application filed by certain respondents seeking a declaration that a rough draft order dictated in open court on January 27, 2026, was final and binding, and that the digitally signed order uploaded on February 12, 2026, had no force of law. The
The Supreme Court of India allowed a criminal appeal filed by the complainant, Shrikant Ojha, modifying an interim order of the Allahabad High Court that had halted a police investigation report (charge-sheet) under Section 193(3) of the BharatiyaNagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS). The case centers on massive institutional land fraud
The Supreme Court of India allowed the criminal appeals filed by Narayana Health & others, setting aside a judgment of the Calcutta High Court and quashing a criminal complaint pending before a Judicial Magistrate. The case originated from a private complaint filed by a patient’s son alleging criminal breach of
