In S. Rajaseekaran v. Union of India (2026), the Supreme Court didn’t just issue a judgment—it delivered a constitutional ultimatum to the Government: Fix India’s roads, or answer for the violation of the Right to Life. The judgment marks a tectonic shift from viewing road safety as a policy suggestion to a fundamental right under Article 21. By categorising road […]
The Supreme Court held that reserve category candidates who score above the cut-off mark for open category candidates cannot be denied equality of treatment merely on account of their caste or community. The Rajasthan High Court had advertised 2756 vacancies for Junior Judicial Assistants, involving a written test followed by a typewriting test. Several reserved
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The Supreme Court held that it may exercise its curative powers to prevent arbitrary disparity of outcomes in separate cases relying on identical evidence. It found that allowing a conviction based on evidence that was rejected as inadmissible in identical cases violates Articles 14 and 21. Surendra Koli was convicted for killing Rimpa Haldar. This was alleged to
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The Supreme Court held that preventive detention is not the appropriate remedy for a detaining authority if an accused violates their bail conditions. The appellant, who was the wife of the detenu, had filed an appeal against a Kerala High Court judgement which had upheld the detention of her husband under the Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Prevention)
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The Supreme Court held that it is not bound to limit its scope while hearing an appeal. It may expand the merits of the case if required, under its power to do “complete justice” under Article 142. The Court was hearing an appeal filed by Biswajit Das, a Development Officer of Life Insurance Corporation of India,
The Supreme Court held that not presenting a person taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for a crime under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, within 24 hours is illegal. Subash Sharma, the respondent in the case, was taken into custody by the ED at 11:00 am on 5 March. However, he was
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The Supreme Court held that Courts can direct media organisations to take down online content about an ongoing case only when it poses a real and substantial risk to the fairness of the court proceedings. ANI Media had filed a suit against the Wikimedia Foundation in the Delhi High Court, seeking the removal of allegedly
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The case arises from concerns about the rising number of misleading advertisements, particularly those involving health and food products, which exploit consumers’ lack of knowledge. Despite existing frameworks like the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, and the Guidelines, 2022, the Court found these measures inadequate. Public complaints about deceptive endorsements by celebrities and corporations catalyzed the Indian
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In this case the fact that investigation had been completed and charge-sheet was ready to be filed in court, proper remedy of accused is to prefer discharge application before trial court, which would be considered in accordance with law. [Iqbal v. State of U.P., (2023) 8 SCC 734] Case Comment: Honorable Supreme Court of
Law clarified relating to criminal liability imposed therefor under special statutes (UAPA and TADA) on basis of doctrine of “guilt by (continuing) association”, whether should be read down to include the conditions of actus reus and mens rea. Nature, scope and applicability of S. 10(a)(i) r/w Ss. 3 and 4 UAPA, explained in detail.
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