Supreme Court
Supreme Court Stays Arbitration Proceedings in DDA–Jhankar Banquets Dispute; Issues Notice in SLP
No Prosecution Without Subsisting Statutory Control Order on Date of Offence; SC Sets Aside EC Act Conviction
Sec 27 Evidence Act Is Not Attracted In Case Of Contradictory Last Seen Theory & Botched Investigation; Supreme Court Quashes Conviction In Child Murder Case
Industrial Regulatory Reclassification Resulting In Dilution Of Preventive Environmental Safeguards, Infringes Art 21; Supreme Court Denies ‘Change of Land Use’ In Sangrur
“Nepotism & Self-Aggrandizement Are Anathema to a Democratic System”: SC Cancels Allotment of Super Deluxe Flats to HUDA Officers
Compensation Cannot Replace Punishment; Supreme Court Restores 3-Year Sentence in Attempt-to-Murder Case
Claimant’s Determination to Overcome Disability in Pursuit of Career; Supreme Court Enhances MACT Compensation by ₹20 Lakhs
Supreme Court Warns Chief Secretaries, High Court Registrars of Appearance for Non-Compliance with Earlier Directions
Custodial Interrogation Not Required; SC Sets Aside Order Cancelling Bail Under Section 439(2) CrPC
Review Petition Against 3-Year Practice Rule for Judicial Services Examination to be Heard in Open Court on 26 Feb
Degrees From University Established Under Subsequently Invalidated Statute Will Not Render Those As Sham; SC Orders Reinstatement Of Professors
Supreme Court: NCLT Cannot Reject Sec 7 IBC Application Citing Corporate Debtor’s Financial Health, Once Twin Requirements Of Debt & Default Are Established
Supreme Court Directs Uttarakhand HC to Hear Deccan Charters’ Plea on Priority Over Helipad Requisition for Hemkund Sahib Yatra
2G Spectrum Case Aftermath: SC Restores DoT’s 2G Reserve Price Demand Against Sistema, Clarifies Liability From Feb 2, 2012
Andhra Pradesh High Court
Check Post Officials Cannot Determine Valuation of Goods in Transit: Andhra Pradesh HC Orders Release of Seized Goods
Allahabad High Court
Fresh Notice Not Required Once Accused Appear in Complaint Case: Allahabad High Court
Certificate of Consciousness Alone Insufficient; Dying Declaration Must Reflect ‘Fit State of Mind’: Allahabad High Court Acquits Husband in 2018 Burn Death Case
Investigation Conducted with Magistrate’s Approval Under Section 155(2) CrPC on Complaint by Aggrieved Person Not Invalid: Allahabad High Court
‘Punishment Should Neither Be Unduly Lenient Nor Unduly Harsh’; Allahabad HC Reduces Life Imprisonment Sentence of Dowry Death Convicts
Allahabad HC Ignored Antecedents and Gravity of Economic Offences; Supreme Court Sets Aside Bail Granted to Alleged Habitual Fraudster
Namaz at Restricted Site: Allahabad High Court Quashes Proceedings Against Two Students, Warns Them to Comply with Administrative Directions
Bombay High Court
Bombay High Court Upholds Ward Delimitation Exercise for Local Body Elections; Dismisses Batch of Challenges
RTI Information Must Be Supplied Without Charge Where Statutory Timelines Are Breached: Bombay High Court
Co-Accused’s Statement Alone Insufficient to Prosecute Seed Dealer; Bombay High Court Quashes Proceedings
Objection to Sole Arbitrator Waived Under Section 4, 2015 Amendment Inapplicable; Bombay High Court Upholds Arbitral Award
WhatsApp / Mobile Summons are Valid under BNSS: Bombay High Court Quashes Cost Imposed on Police Constable
Bombay HC: No Lease Renewal After Termination Where Land Allotted for Urban Transport Project to Reduce Traffic Congestion
Bombay HC: Composite Merger Scheme Sanctioned By Single NCLT Order Cannot Be Dissected To Levy Separate Stamp Duty On Each Component
Wage & Attendance Records Were Manipulated; Bombay HC Upholds Damages Levied Under Sec 85-B of ESI Act
Bombay High Court Quashes Recovery from Retired Teacher; Permits Prospective Re-fixation of Pension
Calcutta High Court
Interview Cut-Off Introduced Midway Quashed; Calcutta High Court Directs PSC to Recommend Candidate
Possession Without Proof of Harm Cannot Be Termed Gross Misconduct: Calcutta High Court Restores Employee With Full Back Wages
Mere Breach Of Contract Citing Violations Of RBI Guidelines Is Not ‘Criminal Breach Of Trust’; Calcutta HC Quashes Cheating Charges Against Tata Capital Finance
Delhi High Court
Section 14 Limitation Act Protection Ends Once Jurisdiction Objection Is Known; Delhi High Court Rejects UoI’s Appeal
Accused With No Criminal Antecedents Had Suffered Incarnation Of More Than 2 Years; Delhi HC Grants Bail In Recovery Of Commercial Quantity Of Contraband
Participation in Disciplinary Inquiry Amount to Waiver of Objections: Delhi High Court Upholds PNB Employee’s Dismissal
Delhi High Court Bars Ilaiyaraaja from Licensing or Claiming Rights Over Disputed Musical Works
Delhi High Court Bars Deepika Padukone’s Company from Using ‘Lotus Splash’ Mark for Face Cleanser; Grants Interim Injunction to Lotus Herbals
Legislature Has No Intention To Attach Penal Consequences To Every Failed Business Transaction; Delhi HC Grants Bail In Cheating Case During Pending Probe
Victim Testimony Not of ‘Sterling Quality’; Delhi High Court Acquits Man in POCSO Case Over Material Contradictions
Delhi High Court Allows Temporarily Disabled Candidate To Avail Scribe Facility For Class X Board Examinations
‘Conclusion Without Intelligible Rationale Breeds Arbitrariness’; Delhi HC Allows Premature Release of Bangladeshi Dacoity-Murder Convict
Failure to Furnish Journey Details in Claim Application Does Not Imply that Deceased was not Passenger; Delhi HC Sets Aside Rejection of Railway Claim
Delhi High Court Grants Bail in 2020 Murder Case; Directs Action Against SHO for Filing Misleading Status Report
Candidate Availing Age Relaxation Cannot Shift to Unreserved Category; Delhi HC Upholds AAI’s Screening
Reference to Arbitration under National Highways Act Cannot Be Bypassed; Delhi High Court Directs CALA to Make Statutory Reference
Delhi High Court Orders Mental Health Examination of Woman at AIIMS in Plea Seeking Emergency Intervention under Mental Healthcare Act
Delhi Court Seeks Explanation from SHO, ACP Over Improperly Maintained Case Diary in BNS Case; Interim Protection Continues
Delhi High Court Seeks Response from Deputy Director of Income Tax Over Alleged Misuse of Section 6 and Initiation of Proceedings Under the Black Money Act Against Dubai Citizen
CBSE’s ‘Additional Subject’ Discontinuation Invalid Without Proper Publication; Delhi HC Grants Relief to 2024-25 Students
Failure To Supply Documents That Form Basis Of Transfer Pricing Additions Adversely Impacts Taxpayer’s Right To Defence; Delhi HC Quashes Assessment
Availability of Efficacious Remedy under Section 15T of SEBI Act Bars Writ: Delhi High Court Quashes Petition Challenging IPO
Gujarat High Court
Residuary Entry Inapplicable Where Product Falls Under Specific Heading; Gujarat High Court Classifies ‘Mint Orange 2022’ as Aromatic Chemical
Jharkhand High Court
‘IO Must be Same for Two Cases from Same Occurrence’; Jharkhand HC Stays Criminal Proceedings Against Advocate Accused of Causing Road Accident
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court
Plea of Cheque Issued as Security Cannot Be Considered Under Section 482 Cr.P.C. After Commencement of Trial: J&K and Ladakh High Court
Kerala High Court
‘Court is Duty-Bound to Decide Final Report filed by IO with Request to Drop Proceedings’; Kerala HC Sets Aside Cryptic Order by Special Judge under SC/ST Act
Madras High Court
Negative Viscera Report Not Conclusive: Medical Evidence Proves Poisoning, Madras High Court Upholds Parents’ Conviction for Daughter’s Murder
Madras High Court To Confirm Status Quo Of ‘Superlaw Courts’; Lists Matter For Limited Use Of AI Driven Assistance In Legal Judgment
‘All Authorities Must Endeavour to Annihilate Caste, Not Perpetuate It’; Madras HC Directs Temple to Refrain from Mentioning Caste in Invitations
Madhya Pradesh High Court
MP High Court Appoints Justice A.M. Naik (Retd.) as Sole Arbitrator in KFC Lease Dispute; Tribunal to Decide Arbitrability
Madhya Pradesh High Court Denies Bail to Doctor Accused of Prescribing Banned ‘Coldrif’ Cough Syrup Allegedly Causing Children’s Deaths
MP HC Denies Transfer and Directs Wife to Attend Family Court Proceedings via Video Conferencing; Husband to Bear Expenses for Travel and Lodging
Punjab & Haryana High Court
Punjab & Haryana High Court Denies Bail to Former DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar in CBI Bribery Case
Rajasthan High Court
State Exploited Labour By Keeping Them In Perpetual Temporariness For 32 Yrs While Extracting Regular Work; Rajasthan HC Orders Fixation Of Pay
9-Year Delay in Adjudication Arbitrary; Rajasthan High Court Sets Aside Service Tax Demands
Uttarakhand High Court
‘Matrimonial Discord, Suspicion, and Quarrels are Common in Marital Life’; Uttarakhand HC Acquits Man Convicted for Abetting Wife’s Suicide
Foreign Court
US Supreme Court: IEEPA Does Not Authorise Presidential Tariffs; Court of International Trade Has Exclusive Jurisdiction Over Challenges to Reciprocal Duties
District Court
Gurugram Civil Court Admits Rovers Digital’s Recovery Suit Against Curly Tales; Defendant Seeks Rejection of Plaint for Want of Jurisdiction
Delhi Court Grants Five-Day Police Custody of 4 Youth Congress Workers Over AI Summit Protest
Ink & Insight
[Ink & Insight] Cross – Jurisdictional Regulatory Sandboxes: Breaking Down Walls To Unleash Fintech In 2026
By Yash Patel and Akarsh Anand
[Ink & Insight] Arbitrating Allegations of Fraud and Corruption: Taking a cue from Recent International Jurisprudence
By Vyapak Desai and Ruben Zachariah
Tribunals
NGT Dismisses Fresh Challenge to Great Nicobar Mega Infrastructure Project; Upholds Environmental Clearance with Strict Compliance Directions
Stamp Duty Value Under Section 50C Cannot Be Treated as ‘Net Consideration’ for Transfer of Original Asset: ITAT, Raipur
Same Fair Market Value At Conversion Must Be Adopted For Business Profit Computation; Delhi ITAT Explains Mistake Regarding Cost Of Acquisition
PCIT Cannot Substitute AO’s Satisfaction for Penalty in Sec 263 Proceedings; Delhi ITAT Grants Relief to Mukul Rohatgi
RERC Allows Major Post Cut-Off Additional Capitalisation for RVUNL’s SSCTPP Units 7 & 8
NGT Finds Sealing of Illegal Borewells in Delhi to be Improper; Directs SDM to File Report After Shutting Borewells with Concrete
Roundup
Weekly Bulletin [9th -15th February, 2026]
District court
Lucknow Civil Court Dismisses BJP Worker’s Suit Alleging Defamatory Social Media Posts Against Prime Minister for Want of Cause of Action
OP Jindal Global University closes a stirring Jessup India Rounds
News
Sabarimala and Other Matters on Entry of Women into Religious Places to Be Heard by Nine-Judge Bench from April 7, 2026
Supreme Court Issues Notice in Plea Challenging Provisions of Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023; Refers Matter to Larger Bench
Supreme Court Seeks Consolidated Suggestions for Uniform Judicial Guidelines on Timely Pronouncement of Reserved Judgments Across High Courts
Supreme Court Rejects Abu Salem’s Plea for Premature Release Under India–Portugal Extradition Treaty
Supreme Court Declines to Entertain Pleas Seeking Hate Speech FIR Against Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma; Emphasises Primacy of High Court Jurisdiction
Sonam Wangchuk Detention Case: Supreme Court Seeks Sealed Pen Drive; Posts Matter for Thursday
Ian Johnston and Aditya Swarup join Outer Temple Chambers
Delhi High Court Grants MEA Time to Pursue Diplomatic Channels in Celina Jaitly’s Brother’s Detention Case
Actress Prathyusha Death Case: Supreme Court Dismisses Siddharth Reddy Plea, Orders Surrender
Supreme Court to Continue Hearing on Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin’s 2011 Election Case on Monday
Supreme Court Hears Plea Seeking CBI Probe into Tenders Granted to Firms Linked to Arunachal Pradesh CM
Supreme Court Asks AG to Examine Plea on Attacks Against Northeast Students
Supreme Court Examines Alleged Contradictions in Witness Testimonies & 65B Compliance in Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin Election Case
Delhi High Court Questions Disclosure of Lawyers’ Personal Details in BCD Voter List; Issues Notice
‘Avail Your Remedy, We Won’t Pass Pre-Emptive Orders’; SC Declines Plea to Restrain Trial Court in Places of Worship Act Challenge
Krishna Water Dispute: SC Part-Heard Challenge to ‘Further Reference’ Under Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, Lists for 25 Feb
Supreme Court Grants Regular Bail to Filmmaker Vikram Bhatt in Misappropriation & Cheating Case; Refers the Dispute to the Mediation Centre
Non-Compliance Not Ground for Article 32 Petition; SC Declines Palm Olympia Homebuyers Plea; Directs GNIDA to Decide Representation
“What Kind of Fiscal Culture Are We Developing?”: Supreme Court Questions Subsidised Electricity Policies in Tamil Nadu
PechaKucha-Style Arbitration Conference Marks 4th VIAC-CAN Congress in Vienna
‘This is Professional Misconduct’; SC Pulls Up Law Firms Over Ambiguous Seat-Venue Clauses in Arbitration Agreement
Can a Magistrate Order Online Takedown? Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Scope of ‘Competent Court’ Under IT Rules
‘You Bring Bad Name to the Nation’; SC Pulls Up Marion Biotech in Uzbekistan Cough Syrup Deaths Case; Declines to Interfere
CAA Challenges Listed For Final Hearing In May 2026; SC Segregates Assam & Tripura Matters
“Seemingly Deliberate Attempt”; SC Flags Repeated Missing Records from Registry; Orders Inquiry Into Registry Lapse in Goa Tiger Reserve Case
Supreme Court Hears Sonam Wangchuk’s Detention Plea; To Continue on Monday After Viewing Video Evidence
SC Directs BCI to Reconsider and Amend Rule Debarring Bar Association Office Bearers from Contesting Elections
Supreme Court Relaxes Re-Application Norms for Senior Advocate Designation as One-Time Measure
Plantation will aid in reducing AQI; SC Takes Note of Tree Felling in Delhi Ridge
‘All Efforts Made To Offer Bail On Platter’: SC Questions Probe In Case Against YSRCP MLC Anantha Babu; Orders Time-Bound Trial
‘You Are An Intermeddler’: Supreme Court Dismisses PIL In Uttarakhand Land Case
High Courts Can Compulsorily Retire Judges In Public Interest Based On Overall Performance; SC Upholds Compulsory Retirement
Ask your Office Youngsters to learn Law of Pleadings’; SC Raps Petitioner Over ‘Seasonal Litigation’ Challenging Immunity of ECs
Supreme Court Issues Notice on Plea by 154 Kerala Doctors Seeking Stipend Parity Between Self-Financing and Government Hospitals
Probate Must Be Decided First In Estate Dispute of Late MP Dr Mahendra Prasad before Rival Claims of Daughters-in-law: Supreme Court
Dagar v. A R Rahman Controversy in ‘Shivstuti’ Composition: SC Modifies Attribution In ‘Ponniyin Selvan 2’ Song Pending Trial
‘We Are Disappointed’: SC Asks Calcutta HC To Nominate Judicial Officers To Oversee SIR Duties in WB
Delhi HC Hears Detailed Arguments on Copyright Claims Against OpenAI in ANI Suit
Go Forth Not as Guardians of a Closed Citadel, but as Architects of an Open Forum: Justice Suryakant
Counsel Must Assist the Tribunal, Not Burden It: Justice Tejas Karia at ICDR India Conference