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Balance Sheet Entries Can Count As Acknowledgment Of Debt Under S.18 Of Limitation Act: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that entries in a balance sheet could amount to an acknowledgment of liability under Section 18 of the Limitation Act, 1963, giving rise to a fresh period of limitation.A bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Augustine George Masih, and Justice Sandeep Mehta held so while setting aside a Delhi High Court order that had rejected a plaint as barred by limitation under Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC), allowing the appeal filed by the legal heir of...

PAN Card And Voter ID Alone Cannot Prove Indian Citizenship Without Supporting Records : Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has held that PAN cards and Electoral Photo Identity Cards (EPICs) issued on the basis of self declarations without formal verification cannot by themselves establish Indian citizenship unless supported by the underlying records.A Division Bench of Justice Kalyan Rai Surana and Justice Susmita Phukan Khaund dismissed a petition filed by petitioner challenging a Foreigners Tribunal opinion declaring her a foreigner who entered India after March 25, 1971.The High Court held...

Supreme Court Directs WhatsApp And Other Intermediaries To Inform Measures To Prevent Digital Arrest Scam & Cybercrimes

The Supreme Court has recently directed WhatsApp and other similar intermediaries to inform it of the measures the intermediaries propose to undertake to prevent digital arrest scams and cybercrimes.A bench comprising the Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi, and Justice V Mohana issued the direction while hearing the suo motu case (In Re: Victims of Digital Arrest Related to Forged Documents), and matters connected with it.“WhatsApp LLC (A Meta Company) and other concerned...

Hindu Succession | Grandson Has No Birthright In Property Devolved On Father In Partition Of Grandfather's Estate : Supreme Court

Section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act is to be read as a self-contained provision laying down the scheme of devolution of the property of the Hindu male dying intestate

Supreme Court Directs UP Gov To Identify Undertrials Granted Bail But Haven't Been Released From Jail In 75 Districts

The Supreme Court recently directed the State of Uttar Pradesh to carry out an exercise identifying all undertrial prisoners in 55 districts who have been granted bail but have not been released due to failure to comply with bail conditions, including execution of sureties.The Court has stated that the exercise would cover all undertrial prisoners irrespective of whether they have engaged...

Supreme Court Quarterly Digest 2026 - Motor Vehicles Act [July To September]

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Supreme Court Quarterly Digest July - September 2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Distinction between Original Stage and Appellate Stage Objections — Inapplicability of Section 21(1) CPC at Threshold - An objection to territorial competence raised at the threshold before the Claims Tribunal must be adjudicated strictly within the parameters...

Supreme Court Quarterly Digest 2026 - Prevention Of Corruption Act [July To September]

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7, 13(1)(d), 13(2), and 20 — Illegal gratification — Intermediary/Conduit — Trap operation — Failure to establish complete chain of demand, acceptance, and recovery qua the accused — Non-applicability of statutory presumption - Mere recovery of tainted currency notes...

Compulsory Retirement Order Not Punitive Or Stigmatic, So No Hearing Of Employee Needed : Supreme Court

The Court further held that an order of compulsory retirement cannot be challenged by contending that another similarly placed officer was not subjected to same action.

Public Servant Arrested & Kept In Custody For More Than 48 Hours Is Deemed Suspended; No Specific Order Needed : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that a public servant who is arrested and is kept in judicial custody for more than 48 hours is under 'deemed suspension', and that no specific order is required for this. With this, the bench also expressed its concern that a Bihar hospital manager accused in a bribery case had been reinstated in the same hospital, on the same post.A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala...

Top 20 High Court Judgments Of The Week

LinkedIn Doesn't Perform Public Function, Account Restriction Can't Be Challenged In Writ Jurisdiction: Delhi High CourtHindu Succession Act | Son Gets Share In Ancestral Property Only After Father's Death, No Birthright: MP High CourtMere Website Accessibility Can't Confer Territorial Jurisdiction In IP Suits, Courts Must Draw 'Lakshman Rekha': Delhi High CourtPolitical Activities Like...

Supreme Court Directs Rajasthan To Frame Policy For Financial Assistance To Industries Setting Up Zero Liquid Discharge Plants

The Supreme Court has directed the Rajasthan government to formulate a comprehensive policy for extending financial assistance to industrial units seeking to establish Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) plants.The Court directed the state to consider applications for such assistance on a case-to-case basis pending formulation of the policy.A bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta...