SUPREME COURT HOLDS MISSING RAILWAY TICKET CANNOT DEFEAT RAILWAY ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CLAIM CASE SUMMARY - The Supreme Court in Lata vs. Union of India (2026) held that compensation under Section 124A of the Railways Act cannot be denied merely because the deceased...
SUPREME COURT REAFFIRMS DUTY OF FIRST APPELLATE COURTS TO DELIVER REASONED JUDGMENTS IN WILL DISPUTES CASE SUMMARY - The Supreme Court in Lakshmi vs. Gopi & Ors. (2026) held that a first appellate court must provide a reasoned judgment when reversing a trial...
SUPREME COURT CLARIFIES TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION AND TRANSFER OF PMLA PROCEEDINGS CASE SUMMARY - The Supreme Court in Amit Katyal vs. Union of India & Another (2026) considered a request to transfer a money laundering prosecution from Gurugram to Delhi. Although...
SUPREME COURT HOLDS TANKER DRIVER LIABLE IN MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIM CASE SUMMARY- The Supreme Court in Manju Singh vs. Avinash Singh & Ors. (2026 INSC 696) overturned the decisions of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal and the Allahabad High Court, which had denied...
SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT ON PROMOTION RULES, APR/PMS & WORK REPORT ANALYSIS CASE SUMMARY - The Supreme Court in The Director General, CSIR vs. Anil Earnest held that the CSIR Scientists Recruitment & Promotion Rules, 2001 do not require averaging APR/PMS scores...
SUPREME COURT ON MANDATORY REPORTING UNDER THE POCSO ACT CASE SUMMARY - The Supreme Court in AAA vs. Linda Sema & Others (2026 INSC 675) considered whether school authorities who allegedly failed to report the sexual assault of a minor student could be discharged...