Hon’ble Supreme Court directed that any action in connection with the opening of commercial coal mining in Jharkhand and the coal block auction would be provisional in the sense that the same would be subject to any further orders by the court. The State of Jharkhand V. Union of India, Writ Petition (S) (Civil) No(s). 585/2020.

Hon’ble Supreme Court held that the finding of guilt cannot be based purely on refusal to undergo identification parade while acquitting murder accused who already underwent over 12 years of imprisonment. Rajesh @ Sarkari V. State of Haryana, Criminal Appeal No.1648 of 2019.

Hon’ble Supreme Court says that the courts should take lenient view when an application under Order 8 Rule 1A(3) is made by defendant for production of the document which he was not able to produce along with the written statement. Sugandhi (Dead) V. P.Rajkumar, Civil Appeal No.3427 of 2020.

Hon’ble Supreme Court has reiterated that while the court hearing the first appeal in criminal matters required forming its opinion on the basis of the evidence on record and the opinion of the Trial Court. Chandrabhan Singh V. State of Rajasthan, Special Leave Appeal (Crl.) No.(S). 4525/2020.