Supreme Court
Departmental Proceedings After Retirement Barred for Events Beyond Four Years Under CCS Pension Rules, 1972: Supreme Court
“Protection and Welfare of Armed Forces Personnel is Core Government Function”; Supreme Court Declares Air Force Group Insurance Society as ‘State’
Custodial Interrogation Unwarranted After Co-Accused Acquitted; Supreme Court Grants Anticipatory Bail in Online Gaming Fraud Case
Possessing Higher Qualification Will Not Disqualify Candidate If Minimum Criteria Is Met; SC Allows Anganwadi Workers To Compete For ICDS Supervisor Posts
Supreme Court: Receipts By Dependants Of Deceased Under Employer-Provided Group Insurance Scheme Will Not Alter Compensation Under Motor Vehicles Act
Violation Of SEBI Regulations Cannot Be Validated By Shareholders’ Private Resolution; Supreme Court Affirms Penalty Of Rs. 1 Cr On Terrascope Ventures
Supreme Court Grants Bail to NDPS Accused Travelling as Passenger in Truck Containing 150 Kgs of Ganja
Bank Can’t Unilaterally Act Contrary To Customer’s Express Mandate; Supreme Court Upholds Canara Bank’s Liability
SARFAESI’s Objective is to Facilitate Recovery Without Forcing Secured Creditor To Initiate Fresh Proceedings : Supreme Court
Supreme Court Issues Notice in Sarin Property Dispute; Examines Limitation on Damages for Unauthorized Occupation
Supreme Court Lays Procedural Norm To Avoid Misuse Of Bail Concession
Dying Declaration Certified by Doctor and Corroborated by Eyewitness Valid: Supreme Court Upholds Conviction
Maternity Benefit Is Associated With Motherhood, Not Childbirth; Supreme Court Holds That Restricting Adoptive Mothers To Avail Such Benefit Is Violative Of Art 14 & 21
Supreme Court: Employer Can Withhold Gratuity to Recover Penal Rent for Unauthorized Occupation of Company Accommodation
No ‘Mini-Trial’ By Overemphasizing Minor Contradictions; Supreme Court Explains Power To Summon Additional Accused Under Sec 319 CrPC
Cognitive Functional Disability Corelate To Loss Of Earning Capacity; Supreme Court Orders Reliance General Insurance To Pay Compensation Of Rs.97 Lakhs
Supreme Court Allows MLA Mukesh Malhotra to Attend Assembly but Bars Voting, Salary in Corrupt Practice Case
Allegations of Forgery and Fraud Require Full Investigation; Supreme Court Sets Aside Quashing of FIR at Threshold
Supreme Court : Corporate Entities Placing Surplus Funds in Fixed Deposits Are Not ‘Consumers’ Under Law
SC Cancels Bail Granted by Bombay HC to Man Accused of Sharing Ex-Girlfriend’s Intimate Photos, Allegedly Abetting Her Suicide
Supreme Court Holds No Entitlement to Monetary Compensation; Directs Supply of Coal at Current Price for Suspended Period as per Earlier Orders
Investor Agreeing For Sharing Profits In Movie-Making May Get Possible Zero Return; Supreme Court Quashes Cheating Case In Dishonour Of Post-Dated Cheque
Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Alleging CITES Violations in Animal Imports; Finds No Illegality in Prior SIT Probe
Supreme Court Refuses to Interfere with Bombay High Court Order on Action Against Delinquent Police Officers
Disciplinary Proceedings Against Bank Officer Could Lawfully Continue Post-Retirement; Supreme Court Upholds Punishment Of Reduced Pay Scale & Pension
Allahabad High Court
Allahabad HC Refuses to Quash Proceedings Against Exorcist Accused of Raping Woman under Guise of Son’s Treatment
Bombay High Court
Grievance For Incorrect Pay Is Recurring Cause Of Action, But Claim For Arrears Is Subject To Limitation; Bombay HC Deprecates Unfair Labour Practice By Mumbai University
Bombay HC: Developer Eligible for Sec 80-IA(4) Tax Benefit After Handing Over Infrastructure Facility to Government
Registration Of ‘ASIAN PAINTS’ Dates Back To 1990 & Evidence Of Prior Use Since 1968; Bombay High Court Restrains Using Of ‘ASIA TUFF’ Mark For Cement Paint
Bombay High Court Declares Bodybuilding Eligible for 5% Sports Quota in Government Jobs; Calls Exclusion Unconstitutional
Bombay HC Upholds RBI-Framed Bank Amalgamation Scheme, Says Depositor Protection Justifies Article 14 Compliance
No Dissolution Clause Not Ground to Deny Registration: Bombay HC Grants Section 12AB I-T Benefit to Chamber of Tax Consultants
Calcutta High Court
Calcutta High Court: VRS Benefits Do Not Waive Right to Revised Pay If Successor Entity Agrees to Indemnify
Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court: Child Victims in POCSO Cases Should Not Be Repeatedly Summoned; Trial Courts Must Ensure Time-Bound Recording of Testimony
Legends League Cricket Masters T20 Dispute: Delhi HC Refers JioStar–Absolute Legends Row to Mediation
Appointment Rooted in Backdoor Entry Cannot be Converted into Permanent Public Employment; Delhi HC Rejects Plea Against Delhi Technological University
Precise Loss From Delay in Large Public Utility Projects Difficult to Quantify; Delhi HC Upholds ₹10 Lakh Award to GAIL
Delhi High Court Defers Hearing on Eviction of Bhai Ram Camp Residents Near Air Force Land; Seeks Comprehensive Written Submissions
“Not Possible without Complicity of Railway Officials”; Delhi HC Denies Anticipatory Bail for Vast Fraud Network of Providing Job in Railways to be Unearthed
Relief for MakeMyTrip: Delhi HC Flags Arbitrary Denial of Lower Tax Withholding, Orders Review
Delhi HC Denies Bail to Woman Accused of Carrying Out Digital Arrest of Elderly Couple and Misappropriating Rs. 94.50 Lakhs
Delhi HC Grants Bail to Foreigner Accused in NDPS Case for Carrying 42 Cocaine Capsules; Finds S.50 Search Notice Translated through AI Incomplete and Unclear
Assessment Framed Against Non-Existent Entity Is Void Ab Initio, Can’t Be Cured Under Sec 292B I-T Act; Delhi High Court Grants Substantive Relief To Boeing India
Conviction Under Section 324 IPC unsustainable without Proven Medical Evidence: Delhi HC
Delhi High Court Holds ICAI Meeting Without Majority Approval Invalid
Execution of Discharge Voucher Without Protest Constitutes Full and Final Settlement: Delhi High Court
‘Vacancy Arising After Expiry of Waiting List Must be Filled through Fresh Recruitment Process’ : Delhi HC
Delhi High Court Issues Notice on Razorpay’s Plea Against PayU Over Alleged Copying of Founders Campaign; No Immediate Interim Relief
Delhi High Court Restrains Transfer of Media Rights in Legends League Cricket Dispute; Grants Interim Relief to Jiostar
‘Victim’s Negligence Irrelevant for Denying Compensation u/S. 124-A of Railway Act’; Delhi HC Remands Matter to Railway Tribunal to Assess Passenger Death Claim
Direction to Apologise for Raising Workplace Grievance on Restroom Access Held Unsustainable; Delhi HC Quashes Disciplinary Action
Delhi High Court pulls up Centre for delay in filling Minorities Commission vacancies
Delhi High Court Upholds Cancellation of Land Allotment to UNI at Rafi Marg Over Decades Long Non-Construction
Gujarat High Court
Gujarat High Court: No Indemnity Bond Required Once Valid Succession Certificate Is Produced
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court
Preventive Detention Vitiated by Unexplained Delay and Lack of Public Order Nexus: Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court
Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh HC: Special Police Officer Engaged Under Government Scheme Is Not Entitled To Art 311 Protection Before His Termination
Kerala High Court
Kerala High Court Permits Extraction and Cryopreservation of Gametes of Patient on Ventilator Support; Bars Further ART Procedure Without Court Permission
Kerala High Court Closes Contempt Case Against Kerala Public Service Commission Filed for Availability of Vacancy
Kerala High Court: Theft Charges Under BNS Maintainable Alongside Sand Act Offences in Illegal River Sand Cases; Earlier View Held Per Incuriam
District Court
Delhi Court Directs Telegram to Take Down Channels Hosting Pirated ‘Malkansview’ Trading Course Content
Delhi Court: Coal Block Allocation Without Mining Lease Yielded No Economic Gain to Rathi Steel, Not ‘Proceeds of Crime’ Under PMLA
“Only Ambition, Not Need”; Haryana Court Denies Maintenance to Highly Qualified Wife Seeking Finance for Fourth Master’s Degree from USA
Foreign Court
UK High Court Refuses to Restrain Dubai Proceedings Against Clyde & Co, Criticises Firm’s Conduct and Orders Judgment to Be Published
Madhya Pradesh High Court
Interim Exam Relief Doesn’t Cure Academic Deficiency; Madhya Pradesh High Court Upholds Symbiosis University ‘Year Down’ Rule
MP High Court Slams State Counsel for Being “Unprepared”; Orders Review of Govt Advocates
Madras High Court
Habeas Corpus Not Maintainable Where Wife Leaves Voluntarily; Madras High Court issues directions for Production of Minor Children
Telangana High Court
Non-Bidders Cannot Question Concluded Contracts; Telangana HC Dismisses Challenge to Bunker Bed Tender
Tribunals
Security Deposits Refundable To Post-Paid Subscribers Are Operational Debt; Mumbai NCLT Explains Treatment Of Financial Disincentives Levied By TRAI
Violation of Natural Justice: Chandigarh ITAT Sets Aside Appeal Dismissed Without Personal Hearing
CESTAT: Products With Primary Therapeutic Use Are Medicaments, Not Cosmetics; Excise Relief to Shahnaz Hussain Unit
NCLAT: Unilateral Adjustment of Dues by Creditors from Corporate Debtor Assets After Section 14 IBC Moratorium Is Illegal
Failure to Prevent Unauthorised Occupation of Reserved Seats Constitutes Deficiency in Service: Palakkad Consumer Commission Holds Railways Liable
No Retrospective Denial of CENVAT Credit; CESTAT Quashes ₹3.24 Cr Demand on Jindal Stainless
Legislation Updates
Kerala High Court Notifies 2026 Gender Sensitisation & Sexual Harassment Regulations; Framework for Prevention and Redressal in Court Premises
Roundup
Weekly Bulletin [9th – 15th March, 2026]
Ink & Insight
[Ink & Insight] Clock-Bound Justice: When Delay Can Invalidate an Arbitral Award
By Surjendu Sankar Das, AOR and Mohd Saqib
News
[Excise Policy Case] Delhi HC Chief Justice Declines Administrative Plea to Shift Case from Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma’s Bench
Centre Appoints Kartik Navneet Shukul as Deputy Solicitor General of India for Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench)
‘Your Career Will Be Your Raid, Your Upbringing Your Court, Your Education Your Breath’: Justice Surya Kant
PIL Seeks Legal Education Commission to Review LLB-LLM Curriculum and Course Duration in India; CJI Suggests Wider Consultation
Supreme Court Reserves Order on Judgment Delays; Seeks Responses from All High Courts on Proposed Guidelines
SC Closes Proceedings Against Prof. Ali Khan Mahmudabad Over His Comment on ‘Operation Sindoor’ as Haryana Gov Refuses Prosecution Sanction
Bhopal Gas Waste Disposal Case: Supreme Court Leaves Mercury Leakage Concerns to High Court’s Examination
SC Directs MP High Court to Decide Interim Relief in Som Distilleries Licence Suspension Over Child Labour Row
Memorise the Preamble, It Is the ‘Mul Mantra’ of the Indian Judiciary: Justice N. Kotiswar Singh
Supreme Court Invites Stakeholder Views on Senior Advocate Designation; 293 Advocates in Consideration List
‘This Time You Be the Kingmaker Instead of the King’; SC Declines Plea to Contest BCMG Election as Ballots Already Printed
Delhi High Court Disposes Plea Over Detention of Actress Celina Jaitly’s Brother in UAE; Says Consular Assistance Being Provided
T.N. Godavarman Case: SC Directs Categorisation of Pending IAs Before Closing 1995 Forest Litigation through Common Order
Delhi HC Orders Takedown of Epstein-Linked Content in Defamation Suit by Hardeep Singh Puri’s Daughter Within 24 Hours
Adoptive Mothers’ Maternity Leave Not Dependent on Child’s Age: SC Strikes Down Section 60(4) of Social Security Code
Christian Missionary Case: Supreme Court to Hold Full Hearing on Conversion, Trafficking Allegations
LIDW26 announces Sean West as keynote speaker and unveils this year’s programme at the Law Society
SC Asks Centre, RBI to File Affidavits in Sucheta Dalal’s PIL Seeking Centralised Database of Unclaimed Funds of Dead People
‘Industry’ Definition Back Under Scanner: Supreme Court 9-Judge Bench Begins Hearing on Bangalore Water Supply Verdict
Day 2 LIVE | Constitution Bench Hearing on ‘Industry’ Definition
CJI Signals Pivot to Family Court Infrastructure; Lays Foundation for Rohini Complex
Supreme Court Issues Notice on Bail Plea by Convict in Bilkis Bano Case, Lists Hearing for May 5
Delhi HC Denies Peru Exclusive Rights Over ‘PISCO’, Upholds Shared GI with Chile
Meta Moves Delhi HC Against CCPA Fine Over Facebook Marketplace Listings
Supreme Court Issues New Guidelines on Adjournment Requests; Bars Letters in Regular Matters
Delhi High Court Stays Trial Proceedings Against Bina Modi, Lalit Bhasin in Samir Modi Assault Case
Delhi High Court Directs MCD, Northern Railways to Decide PIL Representation on Public Parking Within 2 Months
I-PAC Raid Case: SC Raises Remedial ‘Vacuum’ Concern as State of WB Argues on Maintainability of the Writ Petition by ED
NLU Delhi Revives Project 39A; Appoints Sanjay Vashishtha & Dr. Pupul Dutta Prasad to Lead
Arbitration Is Not an Alternative but a Parallel System of Justice: Justice Tejas Karia
Day 3 LIVE | Constitution Bench Hearing on ‘Industry’ Definition
Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against YouTuber Elvish Yadav in Snake Venom Case
Delhi High Court Grants Time to Respondents in ED Plea Seeking Expunction of Remarks in Excise Policy Case
Delhi High Court Orders Takedown of Defamatory Content Against Isha Foundation; Rejects Nakkheeran’s Plea to Dismiss Suit
Delhi High Court Directs ECI to Expeditiously Decide K. Kavitha’s Plea for Registration of ‘Telangana Praja Jagruti’
‘Third-Party Funders Cannot Be Held Liable for Adverse Costs in Arbitration’: Shashank Garg
Supreme Court Designates 7 Former High Court Judges as Senior Advocates
Supreme Court 9-Judge Bench Reserves Verdict on ‘Industry’ Definition Under ID Act After 3 days of Continuous Hearing
Supreme Court Declines Immediate Protection to Runaway Couple; Directs Petitioner to Approach Delhi HC
Delhi High Court Orders Newslaundry to Take Down Videos Targeting Aaj Tak, India Today
Supreme Court Grants Bail to Muppidi Avinash Reddy in Andhra Pradesh Liquor Scam
AI Summit Protest Case: Delhi Court Grants Anticipatory Bail to IYC Leader Manish Sharma; Directs 7-Day Notice Before Arrest
Delhi High Court Quashes LOC Against NDTV Founders Prannoy Roy, Radhika Roy in CBI Cases, Subject to Cooperation
Wildlife Surveillance: Supreme Court Declines To Entertain Plea on Privacy Concerns to Tribals
Supreme Court Flags ‘Media Trial’ Concerns Over Police Social Media Posts on Accused; Allows Fresh Plea on Wider Issues
CJI Surya Kant Recuses from Hearing Pleas on CEC Appointment Law
‘Development Cannot Be Halted’: SC Refuses To Stall Mumbai Coastal Road Project Amid Concerns Over Mangrove Cutting