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Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : February 11, 2026
Links to today's reports :Supreme Court Approves Assam Govt Mechanism To Evict Encroachers From Forest Lands4 Assamese Individuals Approach Supreme Court Seeking FIR & SIT Probe Against CM Himanta Biswa Sarma For Hate Speech OffencesBeldanga Violence | Supreme Court Asks Calcutta HC To Examine If Invocation Of UAPA By NIA Is JustifiedSupreme Court Issues Directions To HCs To Ensure...
Central Govt Employees Governed By CCS Rules Excluded From Payment Of Gratuity Act : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (February 11) held that the retired employees of the Heavy Water Plant (HWP), Tuticorin, functioning under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), are not entitled to gratuity under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 (PG Act), as they are Central Government servants governed by the Central Civil Service (Pension) Rules, 1972. A Bench comprising Justices Pankaj Mithal and S.V.N. Bhatti heard the matter, in which the appellants, retired employees of the Heavy Water...
High Court Must Independently Apply Its Mind On SC/ST Act Charges In Appeal Under Section 14A : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has criticized the Madhya Pradesh High Court's handling of a case under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities Act)( SC/ST Act), noting that despite the absence of the basic ingredients of the offence being met, i.e., intentional caste-based insult or intimidation, the High Court proceeded with the criminal proceedings.The Supreme Court held that while exercising appellate jurisdiction under Section 14A of the SC/ST Act, a High Court does not sit as...
Civil Suit Alleging Coercion, Undue Influence Cannot Be Rejected At Threshold Under Order VII Rule 11 CPC : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 10) observed that a civil suit cannot be rejected at the threshold under Order VII Rule 11 of CPC merely because it contains a ground of coercion, undue influence or misrepresentation. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and K Vinod Chandran set aside the concurrent findings of the Madras High Court and the Trial Court, which rejected the Appellant's civil suit at the threshold terming it to be an abuse of process of law merely because the suit alleged...
Supreme Court Issues Directions To HCs To Ensure Disclosure Of Necessary Information In Bail Applications
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued directions to the High Courts to ensure that bail applications disclose certain necessary details.The Court directed that the applications should ordinarily reflect the following particulars:(A) CASE DETAILS FIR Number & Date Police Station, District and State Sections invoked Maximum punishment prescribed (B) CUSTODY & PROCEDURAL COMPLIANCE Date of Arrest Total period of custody undergone (C) STATUS OF TRIAL Stage of proceedings...
Supreme Court Approves Assam Govt Mechanism To Evict Encroachers From Forest Lands
The Supreme Court, on February 10, modified the order of the Gauhati High Court in terms of the latest affidavit filed by the State of Assam on the mechanism adopted in carrying out large-scale encroachment drives in Doyang, South Nambar, Jamuna Madunga, Barpani, Lutumai and Gola Ghat reserved forests in Assam.As per the affidavit, after eviction notices are issued, it goes before a Joint Committee of forest and revenue officials. The committee is authorised to give a hearing to the occupants in...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : February 10, 2026
Links to today's reports : Grant Of Bail Should Not Be Subject To Deposit Of Money : Supreme Court ReiteratesSupreme Court Quashes Charges Under SC/ST Act Against Vyapam Whistleblower Dr Anand RaiCommunist Parties Move Supreme Court Seeking Action Against Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma For Hate SpeechSupreme Court Issues Notice To Centre, TN Govt On Plea For CBI Probe Into Universal...
High Courts Cannot Nullify Arbitral Proceedings While Appointing Substitute Arbitrator : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently observed that it is impermissible for the High Courts to interfere with an arbitration proceeding while deciding an application seeking a substitution of an arbitrator. A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and KV Viswanathan set aside a Bombay High Court order that had declared arbitral proceedings a nullity while considering an application for substitution of...
Supreme Court Expresses Reservations About CB Judgment That 'Loss Of Love & Affection' Can't Be Separately Compensated In Motor Accident Claims
The Supreme Court has expressed reservations about the Constitution Bench ruling in National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Pranay Sethi (2017), which excludes non-pecuniary loss arising from deprivation of “love and affection” as a separate head while determining compensation in motor accident cases.A Bench comprising Justices Dipankar Datta and S.C. Sharma observed that while it remains bound by...