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No Evidence Lethal Injection Is More Humane Than Hanging For Death Sentence: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently observed that there is no concrete scientific material before it to establish that lethal injection (administering drugs intravenously to cause death) is a demonstrably superior or more humane method of executing a death sentence than hanging.“The available material, therefore, does not establish that lethal injection has any added advantage over hanging as a mode...
Surplus Employee Entitled To Absorption Against Equivalent Or Lower Post, Not Higher Post : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that a surplus employee cannot claim absorption against a post higher than the one he was holding when declared surplus merely because the two posts carry the same pay scale or the higher post was vacant. A bench of Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Justice R Mahadevan set aside the Bombay High Court's judgment which had directed the absorption of the Respondent...
Supreme Court Allows Candidate Who Secured Admission On False ST Certificate To Retain Degree
The Supreme Court has directed an institution affiliated to Sant Gadge Baba Amaravati University, to declare the withheld semester results of a Pharmacy student and issue her degree certificate, notwithstanding the cancellation of her Scheduled Tribe (ST) certificate. The decision is made on the ground that the candidate had paid fees at the rate applicable to the open category throughout...
RPF Rules | Employee Who Suppressed Criminal Case Can Be Discharged At Any Point Of Time : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has upheld the discharge of a group of Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Railway Protection Special Force (RPSF) constables who failed to disclose pending criminal cases during the recruitment process.The Court reiterated that the deliberate suppression of material information regarding criminal antecedents clearly bears on the character of the employee and...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : Augsut 18, 2026
Links to today's reports :No Excessive Force Used Against Student Protesters, Parliament March Was Illegal : Delhi Police To Supreme CourtSupreme Court Dismisses Plea To Abolish Hanging As Method To Execute Death Penalty, Says Union Free To Explore AlternativesCan Pre-Deposit Be Mandated To Invoke Arbitration? Supreme Court Refers To Larger Bench, Doubts 2009 PrecedentSupreme Court...
Insurer Not Liable For Risk Beyond Sum Assured Unless Premium Paid In Advance: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (18.08.2026) has held that an insurer cannot be held liable for a loss occurring at a time when the insured's turnover had already exceeded the sum insured under a Marine Cargo Annual Turnover Policy, and premium for the enhanced turnover had not been paid in advance. The decision was made in view of the bar of Section 64VB of the Insurance Act, 1938.A bench of...
Saradha Chit Scam : Supreme Court Grants Bail To Sudipta Sen In CBI Case After Nearly 10 Years Custody
The Supreme Court has granted bail to Sudipta Sen, one of the directors of the Saradha Group, noting that she has been in custody since December 30, 2016. Sen was accused of raising money from lakhs of small investors through agents over the last several years in West Bengal and adjoining States. Later, when the company failed to return the money, the scam came to the notice of the public,...
