Supreme Court - Lawsho

Meeting table with project plans and creditor folders illustrating a lender’s disputed seat on an insolvency committee

IBC: Related-Party Lender Excluded from CoC Despite Financial Debt

Supreme Court explains why an uninvoked guarantee can be financial debt yet a related-party debenture holder and trustee cannot join the CoC.

Tarun Sharma

28 Oct 2026 · 5 min read

Construction agreement and co-operative bank meeting minutes passing to the Registrar for an RTI request

Co-operative Bank RTI: Supreme Court Allows Member’s Records Request

Supreme Court permits a Kerala co-operative bank member to obtain a building contract and general body minutes through the Registrar under RTI Section 2(f).

Tarun Sharma

27 Oct 2026 · 5 min read

Temple inam land and a government office, illustrating the Supreme Court ruling on a void gift of temple property

Temple Inam Land Gift to State Void: Supreme Court on Section 41

Supreme Court holds a temple inam land gift to Tamil Nadu void under Section 41, while retaining the State’s lease with fair rent for the temple.

Tarun Sharma

24 Oct 2026 · 4 min read

Residential flats beside a protected pond with land survey records in the foreground

Flats on Water Body: Supreme Court Orders Alternate Site Before Demolition

Supreme Court upholds cancellation of a patta over a Tamil Nadu water body, but orders an alternate site for affected flat owners before demolition.

Tarun Sharma

22 Oct 2026 · 4 min read

Two case files and a court calendar before the Supreme Court of India, illustrating parallel bail proceedings

GST Bail: Supreme Court Orders Fresh Hearing Over Undisclosed Proceedings

Supreme Court sends a GST bail plea back for a fresh hearing over undisclosed parallel proceedings, while keeping the accused on interim bail.

Tarun Sharma

21 Oct 2026 · 4 min read

Official case file and envelope on a desk with the Supreme Court of India in the background

Bribe Demand Probe Needs No Section 17A Approval: Supreme Court

Supreme Court explains why Section 17A prior approval did not apply to an alleged bribe demand by a police constable in Tejaram v. State of Rajasthan.

Tarun Sharma

21 Oct 2026 · 3 min read

Illustration of adjacent Chandigarh auction plots with bid paddles and a public building

Supreme Court Orders Fresh Chandigarh Plot Auction After Bid Cancellation

Supreme Court upholds cancellation of a Chandigarh nursing-home plot bid before allotment and conveyance, then orders a fresh auction. Satinder Pal Singh explained.

Tarun Sharma

19 Oct 2026 · 3 min read

Lecturer employment and State legal case files before the Supreme Court of India

State Is a Necessary Party in Writ Seeking Absorption: Supreme Court

Supreme Court sets aside a lecturer’s absorption direction because Maharashtra was not made a party, but awards ₹10 lakh under Article 142.

Tarun Sharma

14 Oct 2026 · 4 min read

Civil case file with amended pleading and land plot plan before the Supreme Court of India

Supreme Court Allows Late Plaint Amendment Under Order VI Rule 17 CPC

The Supreme Court allowed a late plaint amendment after discovery of a compromise decree concerning the same property, while leaving limitation and merits open.

Tarun Sharma

13 Oct 2026 · 4 min read

Illustration of a contract, Delhi and Goa markers, and the Supreme Court, explaining arbitration seat and hearing venue

Supreme Court: Goa Was Arbitration Seat Despite Delhi Location Clause

Supreme Court finds Goa to be the arbitration seat despite a Delhi location clause, setting aside the Delhi High Court’s Section 11 appointment.

Tarun Sharma

12 Oct 2026 · 4 min read

Woman overlooking Delhi farmland with land records and a courthouse at dawn, illustrating widow’s Bhumidhar succession

Supreme Court on Widow’s Bhumidhar Rights: Section 14 Changes Succession Route

Supreme Court explains how Section 14(1) enlarged a Delhi widow’s Bhumidhar interest and why Section 51(2)(a)(ii) governs succession at her death.

Tarun Sharma

10 Oct 2026 · 4 min read

Ballot box and nomination papers before the Supreme Court of India, illustrating fresh Punjab municipal elections

Supreme Court Orders Fresh Elections in 50 Punjab Municipal Wards: Seema Sharma Order Explained

The Supreme Court ordered fresh elections in 50 Punjab municipal wards after a fact-finding inquiry. Read the Seema Sharma order, safeguards and six-week timeline.

Tarun Sharma

8 Oct 2026 · 5 min read

Evidence photographs and mobile tower image linked by an incomplete line, illustrating gaps in a circumstantial murder case

Supreme Court Upholds Acquittal in Anchla: Gaps in Circumstantial Evidence

Supreme Court upholds an acquittal after finding gaps in last-seen testimony, call records, key recovery and DNA inference in a circumstantial murder case.

Tarun Sharma

6 Oct 2026 · 5 min read

Supreme Court Quashes Mulla Afroz’s NSA Detention, Awards ₹10 Lakh Costs

The Supreme Court held that an alleged police confession without independent supporting material could not sustain Mulla Afroz’s preventive detention under the NSA.

Tarun Sharma

30 Sep 2026 · 6 min read

Supreme Court of India illustrating its ruling on life imprisonment and statutory remission

Sessions Court Cannot Bar Remission in a Life Sentence

The Supreme Court has held that a Sessions Court may impose life imprisonment for murder but cannot exclude statutory remission by directing incarceration for the convict's entire natural life.

Tarun Sharma

24 Sep 2026 · 7 min read

Two illustrated contract documents joined by brass links, with a balance scale on a navy desk.

Personal Guarantee Arbitration: Supreme Court Explains

The Supreme Court held that an expressly integrated personal guarantee can carry the loan agreement’s arbitration clause. Here is the reasoning and its scope.

Tarun Sharma

14 Sep 2026 · 5 min read

Electricity Bill Limitation: Supreme Court Rejects Rs 57.74 Lakh Demand

The Supreme Court rejected a nine-year-old additional-load demand. Here is what the ruling says about Section 56(2), billing history and other recovery remedies.

Tarun Sharma

13 Sep 2026 · 5 min read

Supreme Court Upholds NCTE Power to Require Annual PARs

The Supreme Court has upheld NCTE’s authority to require annual Performance Appraisal Reports from teacher-education institutions. This article explains the ruling, its statutory basis and its wider significance for regulatory law.

Tarun Sharma

13 Sep 2026 · 8 min read