STPL Law https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Home Supreme Court Summary July 2026 Supreme Court Upholds Business Auxiliary Service Taxability on Referral Charges but Sets Aside Penalties No Bail to Principal Conspirator in Brutal Murder Case Supreme Court Acquits Public Servants in Anti-Corruption Appeal Lok Adalat Awards Cannot Override Statutory Adortionment and Title Adjudication in Land Acquisition Rejection of an Initial Section 156(3) CrPC Application Does Not Bar a Subsequent FIR Why Filing an FIR and Seeking Maintenance Cannot Constitute Abetment to Suicide Executing Courts Cannot Travel Beyond the Original Decree or Relief Granted Abetment of Suicide: Lack of Proximate Nexus and Vague Omnibus Allegations Pay Scale Equivalence Does Not Confer Right to Direct Appointment on Higher Cadre Posts Supreme Court Upholds Discharge of Constables for Concealment in Recruitment Supreme Court Dismisses Challenges Against Tender Conditions Due to Significant Delay and Laches Appellate Court Cannot Enhance Sentence Without Appeal, Life Sentences Must Run Concurrently Mother Cannot Be Roped Into Son’s Alleged Matrimonial Breach and Consensual Affairs Service Law: Battle Over Civil Engineering Deputations and Absorptions in Haryana Quashing of Criminal Proceedings: Absence of Specific Allegations Warrants Relief Consumer: Insurance – No Post-Facto Regularization of Marine Insurance Risk Election of Remedies: Prior RERA Proceedings Bar Parallel Section 9 Arbitration Measures Navigating MSME Arbitration: Consent to Normal Mode Forfeits Statutory Benefits A Judicial Review: Constitutional Validity of Hanging as a Sole Method of Execution Untangling a Three-Decade-Old Rioting and Murder Case Bridging the Pre-Deposit Paradox: Resolving Conflict in Arbitration Clauses and Constitutional Fairness Strict Safeguards and Mandatory Surety Verification for Foreign Nationals in Drug Cases Purifying the Electoral Stream: Combating Black Money and Safeguarding Democracy Abetment to Suicide: Strict Standard of Proximate Act and Mens Rea Required Supreme Court Verdict on the Precedence of Gangsters Act Trials and Protection of Speedy Justice Service Law: Rural Reservation Eligibility for Students from Transitional Areas Service Law : Removal for Defying Transfer Orders Modified to Compulsory Retirement Democratic Processes Cannot Wait: Court Orders Zila Parishad Elections Under Reduced Quorum Unearned Claims Cannot Trigger NI Act Offence: Dishonour of Pre-Matured Security Cheque Upheld Regular Bail Granted in Alleged Murder Conspiracy and Concealment Case Post-Trial Pleading Amendments: When ‘Due Diligence’ Fails Insurance: Why Insurers Cannot Back-Calculate Depreciation on Total Loss Claims Prosecution After Sanction Refusal: Protecting Public Servants and Upholding Jurisdictional Mandates MACT: Adhering to Pranay Sethi Standards on Future Prospects and Conventional Heads Sservice Law: Near-Retirement Employees: Curbing Colorable Exercise of Power in Transfers Service Law: Arbitrary Transfers: Ensuring Reasonable Tenure for Class-I Officers Provisional Assessment Orders for Electricity Theft Invalid Without Concrete Inspection Evidence Supreme Court Upholds Life Imprisonment in Witch-Hunting Murder Case Execution of an Agreement to Sell Does Not Automatically Terminate Tenancy Supreme Court Clarifies Mandatory Duties and Safe Harbors Under Section 42 of the NDPS Act Supreme Court Rules Lands Earmarked for Aravalli Afforestation Entitled to Equal Protection from Mining Supreme Court Restricts Scope of Section 182 IPC Complaints Limits of Remand: Supreme Court Reverses High Court Order in Partition Dispute Excise Valuation and Limitation: Supreme Court Clarifies Rules for Body-Built Vehicles Service Law: Why Belated Battles Over Date of Birth Are Bound to Fail Uniform Compensation and Development & Deductions in Land Acquisition Service Law: Seniority Gridlock – Direct Recruits, Promotees, and Protected Finality Service Law: Embezzlement Justifies Termination Over Regularization