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Electricity Act | Power Purchase Tariff Not Matter Of Agreement; To Be Fixed Statutorily By Commission : Supreme Court Rejects GUVNL Appeals
The Supreme Court on Monday (Aug. 4) observed that the Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) must act as a "model citizen" and cannot act like a "Shylock" towards wind energy producers contrary to the State's own renewable energy policy as well as the decision of the State Electricity Regulatory Commission"GUVNL cannot be guided only by its own commercial interests, like a private...
'Approach HC' : Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea For Action Against Raj Thackeray Over Alleged Hate Speech Targeting Hindi-Speakers
The Supreme Court today (August 4) refused to entertain a petition seeking an independent investigation against the alleged hate speech given by MNS President Raj Thackery, which led to violence against Hindi-speaking employees in Mumbai. The Court has granted liberty to the petitioner to approach the Bombay High Court. The bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran was hearing the...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : August 4, 2025
Links of today's stories :'If You're True Indian, You Wouldn't Say This' : Supreme Court Rebukes Rahul Gandhi For Claim That Chinese Occupied Indian TerritoryTamil Nadu Govt Moves Supreme Court Against HC Restraint On Naming Welfare Schemes After Living Persons, Former CMsBanke Bihari Temple : Supreme Court Questions UP Govt's Hurry In Ordinance; Proposes To Recall Judgment Allowing State Use...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On US-Based Professor's Plea Challenging Law On Automatic Revocation Of Indian Citizenship After Acquiring Foreign One
The Supreme Court today issued notice on a plea challenging Section 9 of the Citizenship Act, 1955, which provides for automatic termination of an individual's Indian citizenship upon voluntary acquisition of a foreign citizenship. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi passed the order and tagged the case with Dr Radhika Thappeta v. Union of India, where similar issue of...
Pollution Control Boards Can Impose Environmental Compensation On Polluting Entities: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday (Aug.4) ruled that the Pollution Control Boards (PCB) are empowered to impose environmental compensation on polluting entities under their statutory mandate. “the environmental regulators, the Pollution Control Boards exercising powers under the Water and Air Acts, can impose and collect restitutionary or compensatory damages in the form of fixed sum of monies...
Supreme Court Rejects DMK's Plea Against Madras HC Order Restraining Use Of OTP Verification For Membership Campaign
The Supreme Court today(August 4) dismissed a Special Leave Petition seeking to challenge an interim injunction order passed by the Madras High Court restraining Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam from sending OTP verification messages to the mobile numbers of persons under its 'Oraniyil Tamil Nadu' scheme running across Tamil Nadu. Before a bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha and Justice AS...
Supreme Court Stays Kerala HC's Ban On Single-Use Plastics In Hilly Areas
The Supreme Court today (August 4) stayed the Kerala High Court's ban on single-use plastic in the state's hilly areas and public gatherings .The bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran was hearing the challenge against the Kerala High Court order which banned the use and sale of single-use plastic in the State especially in hilly areas, public functions and weddings. The bench...
Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Plea To Restore Criminal Case Over Suicide Of Late MP Mohan Delkar
The Supreme Court today (August 4) reserved its decision on the challenge to the Bombay High Court order, which quashed criminal charges of abetment to suicide and extortion relating to the death of MP Mohanbhai Delkar in 2021.The bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran was hearing the challenge made by the son of to the Bombay High Court order which quashed FIR against Dadra and...
Promise To Marriage & Subsequent Relationship Based On Consent Won't Amount To Rape : Supreme Court Quashes POCSO Case
Reiterating that a consensual relationship based on a promise to marriage will not amount to the offence of rape, the Supreme Court recently quashed a case under the POCSO ACt against a man."This Court has held in several decisions that promise to marriage and the subsequent physical relationship between the two with consent would not amount to rape and the reasons therein have been...
Supreme Court Tells Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind To Approach HC Against NCPCR Letters To Close Madarsas
The Supreme Court on Monday continued interim protection granted against communications issued by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) directing withdrawal of recognition of Madrasas not compliant with the Right to Education Act, 2009.The Court also suggested that the petitioner may consider approaching the jurisdictional High Court.The Court recorded in its order:...
S. 18(5) MSMED Act | Supreme Court To Examine Whether Time Limit For Deciding Reference By Facilitation Council Is Mandatory
The Supreme Court has agreed to examine the issue of whether the 90-day time limit prescribed under Section 18(5) of the MSMED Act for resolving disputes by the Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council (“Council”) is mandatory or merely directory. The bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kumar and SC Sharma issued a notice in a plea filed by one M/s Vast India Pvt. Ltd....