Supreme Court
Supreme Court Refuses Arbitration Where Arbitration Clause Itself Is Alleged to Be Forged
Supreme Court: Appeal By Indian Navy Officer Challenging Recommendations Of ICC Under Sec 18 Of POSH Act Is Maintainable Before Armed Forces Tribunal
Supreme Court Directs Mediation in Prime Hyderabad Property Dispute; Appoints Retd. Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia as Mediator
Supreme Court Orders Probe into Illegal Admissions by Six Ayurvedic Colleges
SC: Mere Leasing of Flat Does Not Prove ‘Commercial Purpose’; Buyer Remains Consumer Unless Profit Motive Is Established
Nine Years After Removal as BCCI President, Supreme Court Lifts Ban on Anurag Thakur
Section 11 Judicial Determination Binding in Subsequent Proceedings Under Pre-2015 Arbitration Law: Supreme Court Reiterates SBP & Co. Ruling
SC Directs Procedure to Inform Accused in Criminal Cases of their Right to Legal Representation; Grants Bail to Accused in NDPS Matter
Promise To Marry A Person Who Already Has Living Spouse Is Legally Unenforceable; Supreme Court Quashes Rape Case Premised On ‘False Promise To Marry’
Employees Are Legally Entitled To DA & State Can’t Plead Paucity Of Funds To Abdicate From Honouring Employee Emoluments; Supreme Court Orders To Pay Arrears
Revenue Officers Under West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act, 1953, Lack Inherent Review Powers; Supreme Court Clarifies Constitutional Limits
Future Prospects Mandatory For Fixed Salary Earners Below the Age of 40; SC Enhances Motor Accident Compensation To ₹20.8 Lakh
Photocopy of Power of Attorney Without Proof of Secondary Evidence is No Evidence: SC Upholds Invalidity of Sale Deeds
Supreme Court Declines To Interfere With Calcutta High Court Order In Janardan Nirman Case, Directs Expeditious Disposal Of Counterclaim
Can A Third Party Seek To Set Aside An Ex Parte Decree Under Order IX Rule 13 CPC? Supreme Court Refers Issue to Larger Bench
Allahabad High Court
Section 138 NI Act Complaint Not Maintainable by Third Party Unless Duly Authorised by Payee or Cheque Holder: Allahabad High Court
Allahabad High Court Issues Guidelines to Curb Police Officers from Causing Grievous Injuries to Accused in Police Encounters
Prolonged Pendency and Advanced Age Relevant While Moulding Relief; Allahabad High Court Acquits Murder Convict After 42 Years
Noida Techie Death Case: Allahabad HC Slams UP Police for Arrest Lapses, Orders Release in Habeas Corpus Petition
Bombay High Court
Bombay HC: Unilateral Compensation In Form Of Transferrable Development Rights Violates Landowner’s Constitutional Right To Property Under Art. 300-A
Bombay HC: Once Competent Authority Has Granted Deemed Conveyance For Property Under Sec 11 Of Maharashtra Ownership Flats Act, It Becomes Functus Officio
Bombay HC: Absconding Accused Who Is Not Available For Investigation Is Not Entitled To Extraordinary Remedy Of Pre-Arrest Bail
Bombay HC: Maharashtra Tenancy & Agricultural Lands Act Can’t Be Turned To Benefit ‘Violative Transferee’ At Expense Of ‘Allegedly-Violative Transferor’
Bombay High Court: Magistrate Cannot Mechanically Invoke Section 323 CrPC to Commit a Case to the Sessions Court Without Justifying the Need for Severe Punishment
Gift Deed Executed By Judgment Debtor Was Fraudulent Transfer Under Sec 53 TP Act; Bombay HC Directs Sheriff To Proceed As Per Proclamation Of Sale
No Protective Interim Order Maintainable Against Vijay Sales Absent Enforceable Decree In Foreign Arbitral Award; Bombay HC Negates ‘Group of Companies’ Doctrine
National Highways Fall Under Entry 23 List I; Bombay HC Affirms Union’s Primacy Over Multiplier Factor For Determining Compensation Under RFCTLARR Act, 2013
Bombay High Court: Once an Insurer Accepts a Request to Port a Health Policy and Receives the Premium, It Cannot Repudiate a Claim on the Ground of Non-Disclosure
Excuses Without Proof; Bombay High Court Refuses to Condone 645-Day Delay
Bombay HC: Stamp Duty Adequately Determined By Joint District Registrar Cannot Be Reopened After Limitation Period Under Maharashtra Stamp Act
Bombay HC: Co-Operative Housing Society Can’t Levy Transfer Premium Over & Above Ceiling Limits Under Sec 79A Of Maharashtra Co-Operative Societies Act
IPC Does Not Impose Vicarious Criminal Liability on Company Directors in Absence of Specific Statutory Provision: Bombay High Court
Altering Settled Seniority List Would Disturb Crystallized Rights Of Employees; Bombay HC Asserts Principle Of ‘Seniority-Cum-Merit’ For Promotion
Last Seen Together’ Theory Inapplicable Due to Unexplained Time Gap in Recovery of Body; Bombay High Court Orders Acquittal in Alleged Strangulation Death Case
Bombay HC Sets Aside Award Granting Brokerage Refund on Authorised Trades; Terms It Patently Illegal
Railways Cannot Withhold Purchase Order Dues by Lien Solely Over Pending Criminal Case; Bombay HC Upholds Arbitral Award
Lease Deed Can’t Obstruct Mutation Proceeding Founded On Registered Court Decree; Bombay HC Bars Revenue Authority From Adjudicating Title Of Immovable Property
Denial Of Effective Representation Violates Detenue’s Rights Under Art. 22(5); Bombay HC Quashes Prevention Detention Based Solely Upon FIRs Under Arms Act
Bombay HC: Order Extinguishing Right to Challenge Auction Sale Requires Pre-Deposit Under Section 18 SARFAESI for DRAT Appeal
Bombay HC Clarifies Procedure for Executing Warrants Outside Issuing Court’s Jurisdiction Under BNSS
Trial Court Took ‘Parochial View’: Bombay High Court Revives Injunction in Ulwe Land Case, Citing Prima Facie ₹3.12 Crore Payments
Cooperative Society Cannot Deny Membership On Grounds Not Prescribed Under Act Or Bye-Laws: Bombay High Court
Delhi High Court
Participation In World Championship’ Not Mandatory; Delhi HC Directs Indian Olympic Association To Revise Athlete List Representing India At Milano Cortina 2026
Delhi High Court Orders Removal Of ‘SUNFLARE’ Trademark, Holds It Deceptively Similar To ‘SUNFLAME’
Bank Employee Can’t Seek Retiral Benefits For Period Of Suspension If His Acquittal Is Not Honourable; Delhi HC Upholds Conditional Reinstatement By SBI
Sec 34 Arbitration Act Does Not Permit Re-Appreciation Of Evidence; Delhi HC Quashes Defective Award Against Gorkha Security Services
If ‘Admitted Liability’ Foundation For Arbitration Is Eroded Post-Settlement? Delhi HC Quashes Patently Illegal Award, Gives Relief To Iffco Tokio General Insurance
Delhi HC Grants Ex-Parte Ad Interim Injunction To Jiostar India; Restrains Rogue Websites From Streaming ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup 2026
“What the Law Expressly Prohibits Cannot Be Permitted Through Indirect Means Unless Gross Injustice Is Demonstrated”: Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court Upholds Centre’s Recognition of Indian Pickleball Association as National Sports Federation
Reliance Looses Battle Over Production Sharing Contracts; Delhi HC Says Refusal To Enforce Foreign Award Under Sec 48 Is Appealable Under Sec 50(1)
Inability to Cooperate After Traumatic Amputation Cannot Be Treated as Intoxication: Delhi High Court Awards ₹8 Lakh in Railway Accident Case
Undertrial Incarceration Is Not To Punish Accused For Offence, Guilt Wherefor Is Yet To Be Proved In Trial; Delhi HC Allows Interim Bail For Mother’s Surgery
Forgery Proven By CAG Report; Delhi HC Upholds Dismissal Of Employee For Using Fake Medical Certificate To Justify 3-Year Unauthorised Absence From Service
Similarity In Designation No Basis To Claim Pay Parity; Delhi HC Upholds Educational Qualification As Valid Basis For Differential Pay Structure In MCD Hospitals
Post-Decisional Hearing Cannot Rectify Procedural Lapses; Delhi High Court Sets Aside Termination Over Violation of Natural Justice
‘Unusual Delay of 13 Years Portrays Serious Systematic Failure in Enforcement of Judicial Orders’; Delhi HC Lays Down Guidelines for Post-Conviction Follow-Up
Withholding Tax Rate Be Proportionately Reduced for Disputed Non-India POS Income; Delhi HC Allows Entire Expenses from Attributed Revenue
Delhi HC: Dishonest Adoption and Initial Interest Confusion Amount to Infringement; Bars Deceptive Use of Times Group’s ‘MISS INDIA’ Mark
‘If Interrogator is Unskilled, Interrogatee Cannot be Blamed as being Evasive’; Delhi HC Upholds Bail Granted to NDPS Accused
“We Do Not See Why Procedure Adopted in this Court is Not Prevalent in District Courts”; Delhi HC Issues Practice Directions for Registration of Applications
‘Costs to be Recovered from Officer who Decided to File Half-Baked Petition’; Delhi HC Dismisses Union’s Plea Challenging CAT Order
DJS Rules Expressly Prohibit Re-Evaluation; Delhi High Court Refuses To Unsettle Judicial Appointments Over Allegation Of Mark Alteration By Examiner
Subordinate Officer Lacks Jurisdiction To Revive Disciplinary Action Dropped By Superior Authority; Delhi HC Reinstates DTC Employee
Discontinuance Of HRA Itself Cannot Legitimize Unauthorised Occupation; Delhi HC Upholds Deduction Of Penal Rent From Gratuity For Overstay In Railway Quarters
Jharkhand High Court
No Spouse Has a Superior Right Over the Other in Marriage: Jharkhand HC Dismisses Appeal for Restitution of Conjugal Rights
Regular Bail Not Maintainable Without Physical Custody; Jharkhand HC Dismisses Bail Plea of Navin Kedia in Jharkhand Liquor Scam
‘Wife Cannot Be Forced to Resign to Fate’: Jharkhand HC Upholds Family Court’s Maintenance Order
Jharkhand High Court Upholds 25-Year-Old Appointments on Grounds of Equity, Rejects the Claim for Appointment as Lecturer
Kerala High Court
Section 44(1)(c) of PMLA Does Not Restrict BNSS Application: Kerala High Court Permits Transfer of Prevention of Corruption Act Case to PMLA Court for Adjudication by Same Judge
Committee Under National Dairy Development Board Forms Part Of ‘Operation Flood-II’ Project; Kerala HC Upholds Constitutional Validity Without Official Gazette Publication
‘Maternity Leave Cannot be Clubbed with Regular Leaves’; Kerala HC Directs NBEMS to Consider Grant of Leave to DrNB Trainee under Extraordinary Circumstances
Punjab & Haryana High Court
Punjab & Haryana High Court Waives Six-Month Cooling-Off Period in Mutual Consent Divorce; Sets Aside Family Court Order
Law Schools News
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Madhya Pradesh High Court
Madhya Pradesh HC Suggests State Government To Formulate Policy To Resolve Disputes At Departmental Level To Avoid Multiplicity Of Litigation
MP High Court Holds Officer Guilty of Contempt for Re-Imposing TET Condition After Court Quashed Appointment Cancellation
Madras High Court
“No Legal Right”; Madras HC Directs Issuance of Certificate to Student who was Denied Gold Medal Despite Scoring Highest
Rajasthan High Court
Delay Alone Cannot Bar Filing of Rejoinder: Rajasthan High Court Allows Contractor to File Rejoinder Despite Delay
Telangana High Court
Forest Officers Have No Authority to Investigate Penal Offences as They are Not Police Officers within Meaning of CrPC: Telangana HC
District Court
‘Applicant’s Liberty Cannot be Restricted Merely because Other Accused are Untraced’; Bombay Court Grants Bail to Man Accused in Cyber Fraud Case of Rs. 1.93 Cr
Delhi Court Grants Interim Injunction Restraining Circulation of Allegedly Misleading Pamphlets in Pamposh RWA Dispute
Tribunals
NGT Directs Matheran Hill Station Municipal Council to File Reply in Matter Against Environmental Degradation of Matheran for being ‘Horse-Reliant’
NGT Directs PWD, GNCTD to Clean Drain Clogged by Waste from Dumping Yard and Submit Report Within Six Weeks
NGT Directs Formation of Joint Committee to Look Into Alleged Illegal Felling of Trees in Chhatarpur, New Delhi, and Submit Recommendations
Notification No. 20/2020-Cus Not Confined to ‘Ventilators’; CESTAT Grants Exemption to Other Artificial Respiration Apparatus
CESTAT, New Delhi: Private Use of Imported Aircraft Attracts Confiscation, Importer Liable to Pay Exempted Customs Duty
Conduit Entity Not Eligible For Treaty Benefit; Delhi ITAT Applies Source-Based Rule To Tax Capital Gain Arising On Sale Of Indian Entity’s Equity Shares
CESTAT Delhi: Customs Act Can’t Be Invoked for FEMA Violations; Confiscation and Penalty Set Aside
Mere Right To Claim Damages For Breach Of Contract Does Not Constitute ‘Operational Debt’ Under IBC; NCLAT Rejects Akshay Kumar’s Insolvency Plea
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Pennaiyar River Dispute: Supreme Court Directs Centre to Constitute the Water Dispute Tribunal within 1 Month
Supreme Court Declines To Entertain Sakshi TV’s Plea Alleging Blocking By Andhra Pradesh Authorities, Cites Pending TDSAT Proceedings
Supreme Court Grants Bail to Bikram Singh Majithia in Disproportionate Assets Case
Supreme Court Remits Shaadi.com Founder Anupam Mittal’s Plea to High Court; Grants Interim Protection
Supreme Court Criticises WhatsApp Over Data Sharing With Meta; Warns Against Compromising User Privacy for Commercial Gain
Supreme Court Directs States to Release Pending Compensation for Acid Attack Victims
Delhi High Court Directs MEA To Authorise Pro Bono Legal Representation for Vikrant Jaitly in UAE Detention Case
Supreme Court Collegium Approves Appointment of Five Retired Judges as Ad Hoc Judges of Allahabad High Court
Supreme Court Directs ED to Constitute SIT; Seeks Status Reports in Anil Ambani Group Probe
Supreme Court Warns NMC of Contempt Over Non-Payment of Stipend to Doctors; Orders Retrospective Payment in Connected Case
Supreme Court Issues Notice in West Bengal SIR Petitions; Lists Matter for Monday
President’s Rule Revoked in Manipur
India Energy Week 2026 : Insights with Advocate Kartik Seth
Indian Law and AI Congress, 2026 [11th February, 2026]
CCI Orders DG Probe Against IndiGo Over Alleged Abuse of Dominance Following Mass Flight Cancellations and Fare Surge
SC Upholds NBCC Plan to Complete 16 Stalled Supertech Projects; Directs No Court to Stall Work, Relief for 50,000 Homebuyers
Centre Notifies Revised Fee Structure for Law Officers Appearing Before SC, HCs and Tribunals
Court Cannot Compel a Woman to Give Birth: Supreme Court Allows Termination of 30-Week Pregnancy of Minor
SC Hears Plea on Reservation for Women Lawyers in Bar Council Elections; Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia to Issue Necessary Directions
SC Issues Notice in Plea by 14-Year-Old Expelled from ICSE School Over Alleged Meme Account
Delhi High Court Refers Voicemonk-Google Patent Dispute to Mediation
Mediation for the Nation 2.0: Justice Anil K. Narendran Leads Kerala’s Mediation Drive, Over 3,400 Cases Settled