India - Supreme Court

Supreme Court Rules Elevators Are Common Carriers Upholding Three Crore Compensation For Lift Death Accident

Supreme Court Rules Elevators Are Common Carriers Upholding Three Crore Compensation For Lift Death AccidentIn a landmark judgment clarifying the legal status of vertical transit, theSupreme Court of Indiahas ruled that passenger elevators must be legally categorized ascommon carriers. This d...

30 Jul 2026

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Supreme Court Halts Demolitions Near India-Pakistan Border, Grants Two Weeks To Approach Rajasthan High Court

Supreme Court Halts Demolitions Near India-Pakistan Border, Grants Two Weeks To Approach Rajasthan High CourtIn a significantinterim orderthat balances humanitarian concerns withnational securityimperatives, theSupreme Court of IndiaonJuly 17, 2026, granted a two-week window of protection to ...

20 Jul 2026

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Banks Cannot Blacklist Lawyers via Caution Lists: Supreme Court

Banks Cannot Blacklist Lawyers viaCaution Lists: Supreme CourtIn a landmark ruling reinforcing the autonomy of the legal profession, theSupreme Court of Indiahas declared that theIndian Banks' Association(IBA) cannot include the names of advocates in "Caution Lists"—originally designed to tra...

08 Jul 2026

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SC Sets Aside NCLT Orders Relying On Fake AI Citations

SC Sets Aside NCLT Orders Relying On Fake AI CitationsIn a landmark ruling that signals a strict shift in the judiciary’s approach to technology, theSupreme Court of Indiahas set aside judgments from theNational Company Law Tribunal(NCLT) and theNational Company Law Appellate Tribunal(NCLAT)....

02 Jul 2026

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Right To Walk On Safe, Demarcated Footpaths Is A Fundamental Right: SC

It warms the innermost cockles of every nerve of my brain and heart to see that the Supreme Court in a most learned, laudable, landmark, logical and latest judgment titled Maniyar Iliyaz @ Shaik Riyaz & Anr vs P. Ayyappan & Ors in Civil Appeal No(s). 4665-4666/2025 and cited in Neutral Citati...

23 Jun 2026

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Right to Walk on Demarcated Footpaths is a Fundamental Right Under Articles 19 and 21: Supreme Court of India

A Walk to Remember: Why Your Right to the Pavement is Now aFundamental RightIn a landmark judgment that promises to reshape the landscape of Indian cities, theSupreme Courthas declared the"Right to Walk on Demarcated Footpaths"afundamental rightunderArticles 19(1)(d) and 21 of theIndian Const...

20 Jun 2026

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Exclusion of Married Daughters from Compassionate Appointment Violates Articles 14 and 15: Supreme Court of India

Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Supreme Court Strikes Down Discriminatory Bar on Married Daughters In a landmark verdict that reiterates the constitutional mandate for gender equality, the Supreme Court of India has ruled that married daughters cannot ...

02 Jun 2026

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SC Upholds Conviction Based on Approver Testimony, Modifies Sentence to Period Already Undergone: Gopi Chand v. State

Justice After Four Decades: Supreme Court Resolves 1984 Truck Hijacking CaseIn a significant ruling delivered on May 29, 2026, the Supreme Court of India has brought a decades-old ...

09 Jun 2026

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Limitation for Challenging Arbitral Awards Runs from Disposal of Section 33 Application: Supreme Court

Defining the Deadline: Supreme Court Refines Limitation Rules for Arbitral ChallengesIn a definitive ruling that brings clarity to a persistent procedural ambiguity, theSupreme Court of Indiahas settled the debate over the computation oflimitation periodswhen challengingarbitral awards. The j...

02 Jun 2026

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Exclusion of Married Daughters from Compassionate Appointment is Arbitrary: Supreme Court Upholds Articles 14 and 15

Beyond Marital Status: Supreme Court Affirms Rights of Married Daughters to Compassionate AppointmentIn a landmark verdict that strikes a blow against deep-seated gender stereotypes, the Supreme Court of India has held that a married daug...

02 Jun 2026