In this significant ruling, the Supreme Court addressed the misuse of criminal machinery through retaliatory complaints. The Court held that when a criminal complaint is filed with unexplained delay, suppresses a pre-existing FIR and charge-sheet involving the same incident, and weaponizes a civil land dispute against an entire family (including
In this judgment focusing on the institutionalisation of solid waste management, the Supreme Court addressed the implementation of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, and the critical need for a structured, predictable regime for determining and collecting environmental compensation. The Court noted the constitution of the Central Implementation Committee pursuant
This civil appeal challenged a common order dated September 15, 2023, passed by the High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad, which had modified the Trial Court’s orders allowing three interim applications filed by the original plaintiffs at the final argument stage of Original Suit No. 489 of
In this civil appeal, the Supreme Court addressed critical public interest issues concerning the staggering percentage of uninsured vehicles plying on Indian roads and the lack of a uniform insurance and claim settlement structure for motor accidents. Highlighting that nearly 56% of vehicles in the country are uninsured—defeating the statutory
This civil appeal, registered as Civil Appeal No. 13055 of 2025, was heard and pronounced by a Bench comprising Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Karol and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh. The matter involved the appellants, represented by Senior Advocate Mr. Huzefa Ahmadi alongside other counsels, challenging actions or orders
This appeal under Section 38 of the Advocates Act, 1961 challenged an order passed by the Disciplinary Committee of the Bar Council of India that had suspended the appellant-advocate from practice for a period of one year. The dispute stemmed from a complaint lodged on August 30, 2005, alleging that
The Supreme Court of India allowed the criminal appeal filed by the complainant, setting aside the High Court of Karnataka’s order which had acquitted the respondent-accused under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (NI Act). The Supreme Court held that the High Court had gravely erred in exceeding
