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President Grants Assent To Amendment Enhancing Punishments For Unfair Means In Public Examinations
The President of India on Friday (July 31) granted assent to the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Act, 2026, which was passed by the Parliament last week, introducing stricter penalties for examination malpractices, mandating time-bound investigations and trials, and providing for Special Fast Track Courts to deal with offences under the law.The Act amends the...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : July 31, 2026
Links to the reports of July 31 Reconsider Blanket Ban On Sharing Of Court Clips : RTI Activists Tell Supreme CourtAdministrative Action Cannot Be Struck Down Merely Because It Was Not Issued As A Formal Order : Supreme CourtSupreme Court Deprecates Political Pressure Dictating Prosecution Sanction, Raps Rajasthan GovtAppeal Won't Lie Under S.374 CrPC/415 BNSS Against Sessions Court's Reversal...
Supreme Court Stays CIC Order Holding NSE Amenable To RTI Act
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice in an appeal filed by the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. (NSE) challenging the Delhi High Court's judgment holding that it is a "public authority" under Section 2(h) of the Right to Information Act, 2005.The High Court had upheld a 2007 order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) directing that the NSE be treated as a public authority...
Supreme Court Suggests Making Of Law To Regulate Private Detectives
The Supreme Court on Friday (July 31) urged the Union Government and the Law Commission of India to consider framing a legal framework to regulate the functioning of private detective agencies, observing that the absence of statutory safeguards raises concerns over privacy violations and misuse of investigative powers.A Bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi said there is...
Rohini Sindhuri IAS Approaches Supreme Court Against Karnataka HC Direction To Sanction Probe In Cloth Bag Scam
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on Karnataka IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri's petition challenging the Karnataka High Court's order directing the State to grant sanction under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act to investigate the officer in the alleged 'eco-friendly cloth bags procurement' scam.A bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Sheel Nagu issued notice...
S. 125 CrPC | Wife Can Be Denied Interim Maintenance If Husband Ex Facie Shows Her Adulterous Relationship : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday (July 31) held that an interim maintenance under Section 125 of Cr.P.C. can be denied to the wife once the husband ex facie establishes the wife's adulterous relation at the stage of an interim maintenance. “…we are of the view that if a husband files an application under Section 125(4) and is, at the first instance, able to establish the charge through...
Witness Testimony Recorded Without S.299 CrPC Order Can't Be Later Used Against Accused Who Absconded : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday (July 31) observed that evidence recorded in a trial against one accused cannot be used against an absconding accused in a subsequent trial unless an order under Section 299 Cr.P.C. / Section 335 BNSS was passed establishing the two jurisdictional facts, i.e., the accused was absconding and that there was no immediate prospect of arresting him. A bench...
Indians Died In Russia-Ukraine War : Supreme Court Directs MEA To Aid Families To Bring Mortal Remains & Claim Compensation
The Supreme Court today directed the Union of India to carry out DNA profiling so as to bring back and hand over to the concerned families the dead bodies of Indian nationals who died fighting the Ukraine war as part of Russian Forces.A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana was dealing with a writ petition filed by the family members of 26 Indians, who...
