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1. SC Issues 13 Directions And Bail Guidelines To Curb Fake Sureties In NDPS Cases

SC Issues 13 Directions And Bail Guidelines To Curb Fake Sureties In NDPS Cases

SC Issues 13 Directions And Bail Guidelines To Curb Fake Sureties In NDPS Cases It is definitely a matter of most extreme significance that in a major development we see that the Supreme Court in a most learned, laudable, landmark, logical and latest judgment titled Union of India v. Chidiebere Kingsley Nawchara & Ors in Criminal Appeal of 2026 (@ Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No(s). 14185 of 2025) and cited in Neutral Citation No.: 2026 INSC 870 that was pronounced just recently on August 17, 2026 has cancelled the bail that had been granted to a Nigerian national accused in an NDPS case involving approximately 5 kg of heroin and most significantly has issued a set of 13 binding directions which constitute the nucleus and backbone of this leading case overhauling how courts across the country verify sureties when granting bail to foreign nationals accused under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act) involving commercial quantities of narcotic drugs. It must be noted that the Bench of Apex Court comprising of Hon’ble Mr Justice Sanjay Karol and Hon’ble Mr Justice Augustine George Masih tightened the verification and background checks of such accused as well as the sureties so as to ensure that such accused foreign nationals do not abscond after getting bail. It thus merits no reiteration that these set of 13 binding directions needs to be most strictly enforced in all cases where applicable. Pertinently, we need to note that the top court directed that anyone standing surety for a foreign accused will have a lien created on their property equal to the bond amount. It merits noting that the Apex Court was hearing the Union of India’s appeal against a Bombay High Court order granting bail to a foreign national, one Chidiebere Kingsley Nawchara. He was arrested in March 2023 after nearly five kilograms of heroin was recovered…

2. “Can We Disqualify Shinde?”: Supreme Court’s Key Question In Shiv Sena Case

“Can We Disqualify Shinde?”: Supreme Court’s Key Question In Shiv Sena Case

“Can We Disqualify Shinde?”: Supreme Court’s Key Question In Shiv Sena Case Hearing the Shiv Sena disqualification case, the Supreme Court asked whether it could itself declare Shinde-faction MLAs disqualified or only set aside the Speaker’s order and remand it. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday, hearing the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena’s challenge to the Maharashtra Speaker’s refusal to disqualify Eknath Shinde faction MLAs, asked whether it could itself declare the MLAs disqualified if it found the Speaker’s order legally unsustainable, or whether it could only quash that order and send the matter back Justice Joymalya Bagchi posing the question as Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal concluded his arguments and Senior Advocate Devadatt Kamat took over for the Thackeray faction [Sunil Prabhu v. A Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana heard the matter, taken up with the connected challenge to the Election Commission’s recognition of the Shinde faction as the official Shiv Sena. ‘Can we assume the role of the Speaker?’ The most significant exchange of the day went to the scope of the Court’s own remedial power. When Kamat submitted that a declaration of disqualification, if the Court ruled in the Thackeray faction’s favour, would “relate back to the relevant date,” Justice Bagchi pressed the limits of judicial review: “Can we disqualify him today? Can we assume the role of the Speaker and declare Shinde disqualified?” Kamat argued that where a Speaker, acting as a tribunal, has decided perversely, the Court in judicial review can not only correct the order but also grant consequential relief. Justice Bagchi drew a careful distinction, indicating the Court had no hesitation about its power to quash but was less certain about substituting its own decision: “We…

3. Rs 20 Bribe, 30 Years In Court: Supreme Court Acquits Talati, Peon In Corruption Case

Rs 20 Bribe, 30 Years In Court: Supreme Court Acquits Talati, Peon In Corruption Case

Rs 20 Bribe, 30 Years In Court: Supreme Court Acquits Talati, Peon In Corruption Case The Supreme Court held that the Section 20 presumption under the Prevention of Corruption Act cannot be drawn unless the initial demand is proved, acquitting two public servants in a 1996 bribe case. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has acquitted a former village Talati-cum-Mantri and a peon in a 1996 bribery case, holding that the statutory presumption under Section 20 of the Prevention of Corruption Act cannot be drawn where the initial demand for a bribe has not been proved beyond reasonable doubt and that the mere recovery of the money cannot, by itself, resurrect the prosecution’s case [Rafikmiya Ahmedmiya Malek v. Chandurkar allowed the appeals, setting aside concurrent convictions recorded by the trial court in 1999 and affirmed by the Gujarat High Court in 2015. The central principle: no proven demand, no presumption The decisive legal question was the interplay between proof of demand and the statutory presumption available to the prosecution in corruption cases. Section 20 of the Prevention of Corruption Act allows a court, once it is proved that a public servant accepted gratification, to presume that the gratification was accepted as a bribe. But the Court reiterated that this presumption is not a substitute for proof of demand it is triggered only after the demand has been independently established. State of Tamil Nadu, the Court held that where the initial demand itself is not proved, the mere recovery of the tainted money cannot revive the case: The Court held that the statutory presumption under Section 20 would come into play only after the initial demand is proved by the prosecution beyond reasonable doubt, and that if the initial…

4. Gen Z Protests: Supreme Court Sets Up Justice Subhash Reddy Committee To Probe Police Excesses

Gen Z Protests: Supreme Court Sets Up Justice Subhash Reddy Committee To Probe Police Excesses

Gen Z Protests: Supreme Court Sets Up Justice Subhash Reddy Committee To Probe Police Excesses The Supreme Court constituted a five-member High-Powered Enquiry Committee under Justice (Retd.) R. Subhash Reddy to probe alleged police excesses against student protesters, prioritising women’s complaints. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has constituted a five-member High-Powered Enquiry Committee (HPEC), chaired by former Supreme Court judge Justice (Retd.) R. Subhash Reddy, to investigate the allegations of excessive and disproportionate use of force by the police against student protesters at Jantar Mantar and elsewhere across the country directing it to take up, on priority, the alleged targeted violence and molestation of women protesters and the grievous injuries said to have been caused by police action [Shailendra Mani Tripathi v. Union of India and Others, WP (Crl) No. 280/2026]. In a detailed order passed by a Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana, the Court set out the composition of the committee, framed the issues it is to examine, and made clear that the broader constitutional questions including on facial-recognition surveillance would be decided by the Court itself in due course. The composition of the committee The Court named the five members it had earlier declined to disclose in open court.

5. News Report About A Person’s Arrest Does Not Constitute Criminal Defamation: Kerala HC

News Report About A Person’s Arrest Does Not Constitute Criminal Defamation: Kerala HC

News Report About A Person’s Arrest Does Not Constitute Criminal Defamation: Kerala HC It is a matter of immense significance with far reaching implications that in a major development we see that while quashing a criminal defamation case that had been filed against the Chief Editor of, one of its editors and a reporter who were booked over a news report in the Malayalam news daily, the Kerala High Court in a most learned, laudable, landmark, logical and latest judgment titled Mammen Mathew & Ors vs State of Kerala & Anr in Crl.MC No. 3558 of 2024 Crime NO.24/2020 of North Paravur Excise Range Office, Ernakulam against the order/judgment dated in CC No.281 of 2023 of Judicial Magistrate of First Class -II, Aluva and cited in Neutral Citation No.: 2026:KER:59865 that was pronounced just recently on August 5, 2026 has minced absolutely just no words to hold indubitably that a news report about a person’s arrest does not constitute the offence of criminal defamation merely on the ground that it caused embarrassment to the person arrested. It must be noted that the Single Judge Bench comprising of Hon’ble Mr Justice CS Dias made the key observation while quashing a criminal defamation case against the Chief Editor of, one of, its editors and a reporter who were booked over a news report in the Malayalam news daily. It was underscored by the High Court that the distinction between a report of an official proceeding such as an arrest and an independent defamatory assertion is crucial to decide a claim of defamation. It has to be borne in mind that the Kerala High Court pointed out that when faithful reportage of court proceedings is protected from defamation claims under the Indian Penal Code, there is no ground to justify adding a defamatory intent to a substantially accurate report on the registration of a crime or arrest…

1. Mageba Bridge Products Private Limited vs. Trade Centre (12.08.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0867/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the dispute between Mageba Bridge Products Private Limited and Trade Centre, focusing on whether the suit for recovery of money was barred by limitation and if the

2. Union of India (UOI) vs. Sunil Biyani (12.08.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0866/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed whether the Bombay High Court could grant protection from arrest to Sunil Biyani after dismissing his pre-arrest bail application. The Union of India appealed agai

3. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Public School vs. M. Vimala and Ors. (06.08.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0865/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the dispute between Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Public School and M. Vimala regarding the termination of Vimala's probationary teaching position due to her B. Ed. deg

4. Punjab National Bank vs. Shree Jyoti Education and Management Trust World and Ors. (12.08.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0864/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the dispute between Punjab National Bank (PNB) and Shree Jyoti Education and Management Trust regarding the settlement of a loan account. The core issue was whethe

5. Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited vs. Rekha and Ors. (12.08.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0863/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the liability of Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL) for compensation due to electrocution incidents involving Rekha and others. The court exa

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