Supreme Court

The Supreme Court dismissed Ilaiyaraaja's plea in the 'En Iniya Pon Nilave' dispute, leaving intact a ruling that a composer's copyright covers the music, not the sound recording or lyrics.

The Supreme Court held that judges must not impose personal views on morality when deciding bail, setting aside an MP High Court order that cited 'social order' and 'morals'.

The Supreme Court quashed Mulla Afroz's NSA detention, holding a confessional statement cannot be the sole ground for preventive detention, and imposed ₹10 lakh costs on Uttar Pradesh.

The Supreme Court holds a specific performance decree becomes inexecutable when a buyer misses the court's deposit deadline — no separate Section 28 application is needed to rescind the sale.

The Supreme Court holds a 1996 contract clause barring interest 'in any other respect whatsoever' stripped an arbitral tribunal's power to award pre-reference interest on a ₹3.30 crore award.

The Centre notified Chief Justices for 8 High Courts on September 5, 2026, ending months of Acting-CJ vacancies — with one appointment shadowed by corruption allegations.

The Supreme Court holds that bribe money recovered from an intermediary isn't proof a public servant demanded or accepted it, raising the evidentiary bar for India's most common corruption-case pattern.

Supreme Court awards Rs 10 lakh to a truck owner seized at 1am without notice, rules self-help repossession clauses must be strictly followed, and orders RBI to enforce its recovery guidelines.

A Maharashtra judges' association asks the Supreme Court for a standing National Judicial Pay Commission, challenging the 8th Pay Commission's reach over UT judicial officers.