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'n-Hexane' Not 'Motor Spirt' For Customs Duty : Supreme Court Dismisses Revenue Appeal Against Reliance Industries
The Supreme Court has observed that the imported product 'n-hexane', mainly used in making chemicals or extracting vegetable oils, could not be classified as a petroleum product/motor fuel, to attract lower duty, merely because it has a low flash point. Dismissing the Custom Department's appeal, a bench of Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Prasanna B. Varale granted relief to Reliance Industries Ltd. while upholding the Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) decision to...
'Arrest Memo Mentioned Murder Offence Even Before Body Was Recovered' : Supreme Court Upholds Acquittals
The Supreme Court on Monday (May 25) upheld the acquittal of four accused persons in a murder case, holding that the alleged recovery of the dead body at the instance of one of the accused was surrounded by serious irregularities and could not be safely relied upon to sustain a conviction. A bench of Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Prasanna B. Varale upheld the Rajasthan High Court's acquittal, upon noting that the recovery of the dead body was doubtful, as the police prematurely treated the...
Supreme Court Lays Down Principles On Promissory Estoppel, Says It Can't Be Invoked For Benefits Never Intended
The Supreme Court on Monday (May 25) observed that the doctrine of promissory estoppel cannot be invoked to claim benefit under a government policy which was never aimed to benefit a specific class of industrial unit. A bench of Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice K.V. Viswanathan set aside the Himachal Pradesh High Court's judgment directing the State to extend concessional electricity tariff benefits under the Industrial Policy, 2019 to the respondent-company, an existing manufacturer engaged...
Medical Negligence Case | Supreme Court Discharges Anaesthetist Who Prescribed Medicine Over Phone To Staff Nurse
The Supreme Court on Monday (May 25) discharged an anaesthetist for an alleged post-surgery complication to the patient because of the medication prescribed by her over the phone to the nurse, which resulted in the death of the patient. The Court held that an anaesthetist would not be held guilty under Section 304-A of IPC, for the post-surgery complication, which resulted due to improper application of medicine to the patient by the staff nurse, which was entirely beyond the physical control...
Supreme Court Quarterly Digest 2026 - Prevention of Corruption Act
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 - Supreme Court Quarterly Digest Jan - Mar, 2026Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 – Section 2(f), 100, 101, and 102 – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – Section 2(s) and 2(o) – Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 - The Supreme Court set aside a High Court of Andhra Pradesh judgment that had quashed several FIRs registered by the...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : May 25, 2026
Links to reports of May 25 :Twisha Sharma Death : CBI To Take Over Probe; Supreme Court Requests Media To Avoid Publishing StatementsSupreme Court Refuses To Entertain NGO's Plea To Clarify Order On Euthanasia Of Rabid Dogs'Don't Take It So Sentimentally' : CJI On Plea Against 'Cockroach Janata Party''Serious Issue' : Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response On PIL To Ban Child Employment In Dance Bars, SpasSupreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Use Of Ballot Papers In Punjab Municipal...
Supreme Court Questions Centre's Delay In Notifying Commercial Court Rules 2021, Says HCs May Consider Setting Up District Execution Cells
The Supreme Court on Monday (May 25) took serious note of the Union Government's failure to notify the draft Commercial Courts Rules, 2021, observing that the country is facing a “huge challenge” in the effective and expeditious disposal of execution petitions. A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Pankaj Mithal took suo motu notice of the fact that the draft Commercial Courts...
“Her Story An Eye-Opener”: Convicting Husband For Wife's Murder, Supreme Court Warns Against Forcing Women Back Into Abusive Marriages
While upholding the conviction of a husband for the murder of his wife and for subjecting her to domestic cruelty, the Supreme Court on Monday (May 25) drew attention to the societal failure to recognise the distress faced by married daughters in their matrimonial homes. The Court noted that the deceased victim's repeated complaints of domestic violence and dowry harassment were ignored...
S. 307 IPC | Gravity Of Injury Not Enough To Convict For Attempt To Murder Without Proof Of Intention To Cause Death: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that unless the mens rea to cause death is proved, the conviction for attempt to commit murder cannot be sustained merely on account of the gravity of the injury suffered by the injured. “…the gravity of the injury by itself cannot be determinative of the offence under Section 307 IPC unless the prosecution is able to establish the requisite mens...
Order Granting Bail In Second Round Must Record Change In Circumstances Or Fresh Grounds : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that, upon rejection of an earlier bail application, the failure to record the existence of the fresh grounds while hearing the subsequent bail application would render the bail order liable to be interfered with. “While there is no absolute bar against a High Court granting bail to an accused whose bail was previously cancelled by this Court, the grant of...