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• Supreme Court: A Murder Case Was Downgraded on a Theory No Witness Ever Gave
  Case: The State of Andhra Pradesh (Home Department) v. Ponthati Siva Rami Reddy & OthersCourt: Supreme Court of India | Judges: Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Atul S. ChandurkarDecided: August 10, 2026 | Citation: 2026 INSC 820 The most interesting twist is that the Supreme Court openly scolded the High Court for… Read more: Supreme Court: A Murder Case Was Downgraded on a Theory No Witness Ever Gave
• Supreme Court: Goods Stolen From the Port? The Port Trust Pays the Tax, Not You
  Case: Union of India & Others v. The Board of Trustees of the Port of BombayCourt: Supreme Court of India | Judges: Justices B.V. Nagarathna and ManmohanDecided: August 25, 2026 | Citation: 2026 INSC 919 Imagine you order goods from abroad. They arrive at the port — but before you even… Read more: Supreme Court: Goods Stolen From the Port? The Port Trust Pays the Tax, Not You
• SC: Journalists’ Wage Wins Undone by an Illegal Shortcut
  Case: Sudhir & Ors. v. Head of Human Resource, Dainik Bhaskar Group (D.B. Corp. Ltd.) & Ors., with connected appealsSupreme Court of IndiaJustices Dipankar Datta and Sheel NaguDecided: August 11, 2026Citation: 2026 INSC 834 Journalists across Maharashtra who felt they were owed unpaid wages had a simple path for years: file… Read more: SC: Journalists’ Wage Wins Undone by an Illegal Shortcut
• Three Wives, One Will, and an Attesting Witness Nobody Could Locate: Supreme Court Sends a 41-Year-Old Property Dispute Back to Square One
  A judgment that travels from 1991 to 2026 to arrive back at 1991 is not a wasted journey — it is simply proof that the shortest distance between two courts is rarely a straight line. Pazhanathal (Dead) Thr. LRs v. Alamathal (Dead) Thr. LRs, 2026 INSC 860 Some family property disputes… Read more: Three Wives, One Will, and an Attesting Witness Nobody Could Locate: Supreme Court Sends a 41-Year-Old Property Dispute Back to Square One
• Supreme Court to High Courts: Revisional Jurisdiction Is Not a Backdoor Appeal — Cheque-Bounce Conviction Restored
  Kuntegowda v. Thurubaiah, 2026 INSC 790 | Supreme Court sets aside Karnataka High Court’s acquittal, reaffirms narrow scope of revisional powers under Section 397 CrPC/Section 438 BNSSNew Delhi, August 4, 2026 A Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan has restored a Section 138 Negotiable Instruments Act conviction after finding… Read more: Supreme Court to High Courts: Revisional Jurisdiction Is Not a Backdoor Appeal — Cheque-Bounce Conviction Restored