Supreme Court
Multiple Dishonours From Same Transaction Can Attract Separate Section 138 Prosecutions: Supreme Court
Supreme Court Dismisses Landowners’ Appeal Against NCDRC Order in Joint Development Dispute; Grants Liberty to Pursue Civil Remedies
Supreme Court :Vendor Remains Necessary Party in Suit for Specific Performance Despite Subsequent Transfer to Third Party
No Personal Liability Of Directors/ Promoters Absent Disregard Of Corporate Personality; Supreme Court Refuses To Lift Corporate Veil In Ansal Crown Heights Project
Supreme Court: Dependent Widow Entitled to Maintenance From Estate of Deceased Father-in-Law Under HAMA
“Sympathy cannot Supplant Law”; SC Allows Appeal to Cancel Appointment of UPPSC Candidate Who Concealed Pending Criminal Cases
Without Enforceable Rules, Article 21A Becomes ‘Dead Letter’: SC Directs Authorities to Frame Enforceable Regulations For 25% Quota u/s 12 of RTE Act
Woman With Benchmark Disability Cannot Be Denied Employment On Technical Grounds; SC Invokes Article 142 To Do Complete Justice
No Treaty Benefit On Tax-Evasion Arrangement; Supreme Court Denies Exemption To Tiger Global On Capital Gains From Sale Of Unlisted Equity Shares Of Flipkart
Parallel Recovery Proceedings Under SARFAESI Does Not Bar Financial Creditor From Initiating CIRP; Supreme Court Issues Directions To Safeguard Homebuyers
Failure To Prove Motive And Minor Discrepancies Do Not Create Dent In Credibility Of Dying Declaration; Supreme Court Overturns Acquittal And Orders Surrender
Signed Orders Cannot Be Reversed for Non-Clerical Errors: Supreme Court Restores Bail Recalled by Patna High Court
Student Suicide Cases: Supreme Court Issues Directions After National Task Force Interim Report
Supreme Court: Fees Paid By News Media To Speakers Through International Booking Agency Is Not ‘Event Management Service’, Do Not Attract Service Tax
Allahabad High Court
Educational Qualification Alone Cannot Be Basis to Deny Maintenance Under Section 125 CrPC: Allahabad HC
“We put on Record Our Serious Displeasure and Anguish”; Allahabad HC Affirms Rejection of Anticipatory Bail to Man Accused of Helping Anti-Nationals
‘Swift Dzire Didn’t Exist in 2003’: Allahabad High Court Stays Dowry Harassment Case
Allahabad HC Demands Explanation from Special Judge for Inclusion of Non-Existent Provisions of SC/ST Act in Summoning Order
Bombay High Court
Plaint Can’t Be Rejected For Non-Exhaustion Of Pre-Institution Mediation; Bombay HC Clarifies Scope Of Sec 12-A Of Commercial Courts Act, 2015
Fifteen-Day Notice Under Section 106 of TP Act Sufficient to Terminate Holding-Over Tenancy: Bombay HC
Nexus With Business Is Essential To ‘Supply Of Service’; Bombay HC Exempts Long-Term Leasehold Right Allotted By State Industrial Development Corp. From GST
Bombay HC Quashes Order Rejecting Claim under PM Garib Kalyan Yojna for Lack of RTPCR Report; Orders Claim to be Decided within 8 Weeks
Bombay HC Grants Permanent Injunction Against Use Of Deceptively Similar Domain To Shaadi.com, Awards ?25 Lakh Costs
Bombay HC: Award Imposing Monetary Liability In Terrorem, Contingent Upon Failure To Perform Primary Obligation, Can’t Be Set Aside Under Sec 34 Arbitration Act
Bombay HC: Lifting Of Moratorium Does Not Revive Employees’ Claim For Reinstatement Which Stand Extinguished By Approval Of Resolution Plan
Trade Marks Act Does Not Prohibit Registration Of Marks Comprising Names Of Hindu Gods; Bombay HC Saves Siyaram Silk Mills From Goodwill Infringement
Bombay HC Directs Scrutiny Committee to Grant Caste Validity Certificate to Scheduled Tribe Woman based on Certificate Issued to Paternal Cousin
Rape Conviction is Set Aside for Want of Proof of Penetration: Bombay HC Partly Upholds Conviction on Kidnapping and Sexual Assault Charges
“A Hurdle in Swift Delivery of Justice”; Bombay HC Warns about Cross-Verifying Existence of Material Generated by AI Tool before Submission
Trivial Defects In Investigation Do Not Entitle Accused To Acquittal From Sec 302 IPC; Bombay HC Affirms Conviction Based On Extra-Judicial Voluntary Confession
Calcutta High Court
Calcutta HC Dismisses Plea for Quashing Proceedings under SC/ST Act by Person Accused of Uttering ‘Adivasi’ and ‘Santhal’ to Humiliate Man in Public View
Delhi High Court
Partial Eviction Maintainable After Severance of Estate and Bona Fide Requirement Established; Delhi HC Upholds Eviction Order
‘SOCIAL’ Has Acquired Status Of Well-Known Marks As Per Sec 2(1)(Zg) Of Trade Marks Act; Delhi HC Confirms Case Of ‘Passing Off’ Against Infringer
Delhi HC: Word ‘DUNIYADARI’ Can Be Used For News Program, If ‘Manner Of Use’ Is Not Deceptively Similar To ZEE MEDIA’s Registered Device Mark
Resolution Plan Extinguishes Pending Arbitration Claims: Delhi HC Terminates Pending Arbitral Proceedings
Suffix ‘KIND’ Holds Higher Degree Of Protection Due To Its Extensive Usage; Delhi HC Allows Mankind Pharma To Proceed With Advertising ‘PETKIND’ Application
Long-Term Lease Remains Defeasible If It Contains Overriding Right Of Resumption For Public Purposes; Delhi HC Denies Market Value Based Compensation
‘Anti-Dissection Rule’ Shall Be Applied While Determining Deceptive Similarity; Delhi HC Refuses Injunction Against Use Of ‘TIGER’ Being Common To Trade
New Ads Are Mere Variations of Ongoing Campaign; Delhi HC Refuses Colgate’s Plea to Amend Suit Against Dabur
No Absolute Injunction In Patent Infringement Of Life-Saving Drugs; Delhi HC Cautions ‘Bio-similar Analysis Over ‘Product-To-Claim’ Mapping To Zydus Lifesciences
Delhi HC Quashes Direction Compelling Advocates To Disclose Source Of Documents; Reaffirms Client–Advocate Privilege Under Section 126 Evidence Act
Delhi HC Holds Interest on Arbitral Award Ceases Only When Decree Holder Has Effective Access to Deposited Amount; Rejects Claim For Interest Till 2022
Delhi HC Invokes Forum Conveniens; Declines to Entertain Detention Challenge as Predicate Offence Is Pending Before Calcutta HC
Conveyance Deed Constitutes Unimpeachable Evidence Of Ownership; Delhi HC Allows Possession And Negates Oral Assertions Of Joint Family Funds
Service Conditions Are Not Vested Rights Frozen On Date Of Probationer’s Entry Into Service; Delhi HC Refuses IFS Probationers To Appear In Civil Services Exam
Delhi HC Orders Pass Code Hospitality To Deposit 15 Lakhs Ad Hoc License Fees, To Play Copyrighted Sound Recordings, Till Outcome In Azure Hospitality Case
Services Furnished Through Personnel Within Contracting State Not Enough To Render PE; Delhi HC Ask Dept. To Review Physical Presence Of Ernst & Young LLP
Delhi HC Affirms AO’s Statutory Obligation To Follow Rule 28AA For Deciding Lower/ Nil Withholding Tax Certificate Under Sec 197 Income Tax Act
Delay in Pronouncement Does Not Vitiate Arbitral Award if No Prejudice is Established: Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court Orders Emergency Shelters Near Hospitals Amid Severe Cold Wave; Warns Agencies of Accountability
Delhi High Court Extends Sole Arbitrator’s Mandate by One Year in NCC–IOCL Arbitration
Delhi High Court Stays Summoning in CBI Case After Second Supplementary Chargesheet; Seeks Status Report
‘Even Most Dreaded Criminal has Fundamental Right to Life and Liberty’; Delhi HC Directs Medical Superintendent, AIIMS to Conduct Accused’s Brain Scans in a Week
Delhi HC Upholds Inclusion of Press Club, Mumbai as ‘Association of Persons’ For 15th Press Council; Applies Doctrine of Substantial Compliance
Registered Title Prevails Over HUF and Family Settlement Claims: Delhi High Court Upholds Eviction and Mesne Profits
Gujarat High Court
Custodial Interrogation Necessary Given Gravity Of Allegations; Gujarat HC Denies Anticipatory Bail In Matrimonial Cruelty And Sexual Abuse Case
Gauhati High Court
“In Absence of Family Court in District, Only Competent Authority to Deal with Matrimonial Matter is District Judge or Civil Court”: Gauhati HC
Jharkhand High Court
Concealment of Age and Life Conviction in Murder Case Before Marriage Amounts to Cruelty; Jharkhand HC Upholds Divorce Under Section 13 HMA
Jharkhand HC Stays Further Proceedings & Investigation Against ED Officials; Orders Central Force Deployment at Ranchi Office
Kerala High Court
56th GST Council Meet Explicitly Exempts Individual Policies And Not Group Insurance Policies: Kerala HC
Subsequent Amendment Can’t Be Used To Revive Time-Barred Assessment; Kerala HC Quashes Orders Passed Beyond Limitation Of Sec 17(6) Of CGST Act
Kerala HC Directs Cancellation of Petroleum Retail Outlet Licence After Lease Expiry; Holds Writ Maintainable Against Licensing Authority
“Certain Employees of Travancore Devaswom Board are More Interested in Siphoning Off Amounts”; Kerala HC Directs Investigation into Misappropriation at Sabarimala
Special Judge Wrongly Discharged Public Servant From Corruption Case; Kerala HC Forbids Addition & Subtraction At Pre-Trial Stage, Being Akin To Mini Trial
Right of Hindu Wife to Claim Maintenance From Husband’s Immovable Property Not Defeated by Transfer: Kerala HC
Kerala HC Directs Government to Consider Re-Induction of Former KAT Chairman Justice C.K. Abdul Rehim
Kerala High Court: Rent Control Act Continues to Apply Even After Panchayat is Upgraded to Municipality
Madhya Pradesh High Court
Suppression of Material Facts Alone is Sufficient to Dismiss Writ Petition: MP HC Dismisses Doctor’s Plea Seeking Relief from Bond Conditions
Aadhaar & Voter ID Cards Are Not Conclusive Proof Of Date Of Birth; Madhya Pradesh HC Denies Alteration In Service Record Once It Attained Finality Upon Retirement
High Court Which Appointed Arbitrator u/s 11 Can Entertain Section 29A Extension Plea; MP HC Rejects Objection On Section 29A Jurisdiction
Courts Cannot Rewrite Eligibility Conditions Due to Administrative Delay; MP HC Refuses Age Relaxation in Assistant Professor Recruitment
MP High Court Flags Misuse of ‘Organised Crime’ Provision by Investigation Agency; Grants Bail in Absence of Evidence
Orissa High Court
Orissa HC Suggests Sensitization Programme to Eradicate Parents’ Sense of Imposing Decision Regarding Marriage on Children
Death of First Wife Does Not Cure Illegality of Bigamous Marriage: Orissa HC Rejects Second Wife’s Claim over Family Pension
Rajasthan High Court
Scheduled Area Is Constitutionally Protected, But Not Constitutionally Frozen; Rajasthan HC Validates Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 2009, Under Art 243-ZC(1)
Rajasthan HC: Mechanical Reinstatement Is Not Automatic Even If Retrenchment Was Done Illegally By Violating Sec 25F Industrial Disputes Act
Uttarakhand High Court
‘Ganga Aarti has Assumed Character of Established Public Observance’; Uttarakhand HC Orders Conditional Continuance of Ganga Aarti at Triveni Ghat
Tribunals
New Investments Abroad Will Not Outweigh ‘Centre Of Vital Interests’ In India; Bangalore ITAT Applies DTAA Tie-Breaker Test To Decide Residency Status
NGT Takes Suo Motu Cognisance of Media Report on Felling of Over 15 Lakh Trees in Madhya Pradesh
Ink & Insight
[Ink & Insight] Singapore Upholds Major ECT Award Against EU State: A New Chapter for Arbitration under Multilateral Treaties
By Vyapak Desai and Ananya Mittal
[Ink & Insight] Summoning Advocates in Criminal Investigations: Re-Examining the Threshold After the 2025 Judicial Reset
By Garimaa Jalan
[Ink & Insight] Economic Marginalization and Pink-collar Crime
By Mohd Mehndi
Legislation Updates
[Legislation Updates] FEMA (Guarantees) Regulations, 2026 Mandates Prohibitions, Exemptions & Conditions For Acting As Surety/ Pincipal Debtor
Law Schools News
RGNUL to Host 2nd National Intellectual Property Law Moot Court Competition, 2026
News
Madras HC Restrains AI-Generated, Morphed Images of Kamal Haasan; Clarifies Caricature & Satire Exempt
Sutlej-Yamuna Link Canal Dispute: Supreme Court Adjourns Execution Proceedings, Gives States Time to Explore Amicable Settlement
Supreme Court Directs Completion of Election Process of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike by June 30
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Justice Sujoy Paul As Chief Justice Of Calcutta High Court
Supreme Court Refers Government Contract Dispute to Mediation to Settle Claims and Counter-Claims
‘Disgusting and Unbecoming’: Supreme Court Questions MP HC for Reinstating Civil Judge Accused of Urinating in Train Compartment
SC Delivers Split Verdict On Validity Of Section 17A of PC Act; Matter to be Placed Before Appropriate Bench for Authoritative Determination
Delhi HC Grants Interim Protection Against Unauthorised Use of Bhuvan Bam’s Images
SC Hears Arguments on Stray Dogs; Bench Questions ABC Rules, Institutional Relocation & Seeks Accountability From States
SC Hears Bail Plea of Shabir Ahmad Shah in UAPA Case; NIA Seeks Time to File Additional Documents
Supreme Court Issues Notice in Haryana DSP Seniority Dispute; UPSC Impleaded
NGT Issues Notice on Plea Seeking Safe Drinking Water Nationwide; Seeks Responses From Centre, States & Pollution Bodies
Delhi HC Admits Plea Alleging Fire Safety, Excise & Building Norm Violations by Sandoz Restaurant in Lajpat Nagar; Seeks Response
Supreme Court Grants Interim Bail to Ex-Minister Kawasi Lakhma Amid Ongoing Liquor Scam Probe; CJI Bench Flags Serious Allegations
Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs Not to Refer District Judges/Courts as Subordinate Judges/Courts or Lower Courts
I-PAC Raid Case: SC Issues Notice In ED Plea Over Alleged Obstruction By CM Mamata Banerjee, Stays FIRs, Orders Preservation Of CCTV Footage
Supreme Court Rejects Justice Yashwant Varma’s Challenge to Impeachment Process; Upholds Speaker’s Power to Constitute Probe Panel
Supreme Court Hears Pleas on Bar Council Elections; Indicates It Is Too Late to Alter Structure for Ongoing Polls
Delhi High Court Declares First and Third Saturdays as Court Working Days
Delhi High Court Appeals to DHCBA Lawyers to Contribute Funds for AIIMS Night Shelter for Homeless Patients and Attendants
Roundup
Weekly Bulletin [5th – 11th January, 2026]