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Introduction: The Rajasthan High Court has taken serious note of an alleged practice involving repeated encroachment of government land and the subsequent handing over of crops grown on such land to the very persons accused of occupying it unlawfully. While hearing an encroachment-related matter, a Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and […]
Introduction: The Uttarakhand High Court, in Vivek Shah v. State of Uttarakhand [WPMS No. 862 of 2026], has reaffirmed an important principle of administrative and excise law: statutory powers must be exercised only by the authority upon whom those powers are legally conferred, and commercial loss allegedly suffered by a competing licensee cannot, in the […]
Introduction: The seriousness of an offence under Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code cannot be determined solely by looking at the eventual medical description of the injuries sustained by the victim. What assumes greater importance is the intention or knowledge with which the accused acted, as reflected in the weapon used, the part of […]
Introduction: The Bombay High Court has delivered a significant ruling emphasising the reformative and rehabilitative role of criminal justice while quashing a First Information Report registered against a young man who had brandished a sword during a neighbourhood quarrel. In YRK v. State of Maharashtra, Criminal Application No. 1466 of 2026, reported as 2026 LiveLaw […]
Introduction: The distinction between being present at a police station for questioning and being formally placed under arrest has once again come under judicial scrutiny, with the Bombay High Court holding that an accused cannot automatically treat the time spent waiting for an Investigating Officer to begin an inquiry as a period of arrest. A […]
Introduction: The Himachal Pradesh High Court has reaffirmed an important principle of fairness in service jurisprudence: the State cannot rely on an alleged procedural lapse by a retired employee when the Government itself initiated, processed and formally approved the very course of action that it later seeks to question. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice […]
Introduction: The Kerala High Court has reaffirmed that statutory safeguards governing the reclassification and commercial utilisation of land recorded as paddy land cannot be bypassed merely because technical reports or satellite imagery are available. Upholding the essential reasoning of a Single Bench, a Division Bench comprising Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice Basant Balaji held that […]
Introduction: The fixation of a cut-off date is an unavoidable feature of competitive examinations and public recruitment. Whenever an age limit, educational qualification or other eligibility condition is prescribed, the authority conducting the selection process must identify a particular date on which eligibility will be assessed. Such a date may inevitably create a distinction between […]
Introduction: In a strong reaffirmation of personal liberty and the limits of police power, the Karnataka High Court has declared the arrest of an accused who was also an attesting witness to a disputed Will to be illegal, sharply criticising the police for acting in a manner the Court described as reflective of “police raj”. […]
Introduction: The Supreme Court has reaffirmed the distinct and overriding role of the Customs Act, 1962 in regulating liability for customs duty arising from the pilferage of imported goods while they remain in customs custody. In Union of India & Ors. v. The Board of Trustees of the Port of Bombay, the Court upheld the […]
Introduction: The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has reiterated an important principle of civil procedure: a suit that fails to satisfy the technical requirements of the summary procedure under Order XXXVII of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, does not necessarily have to be rejected if the plaint otherwise discloses a valid […]
Introduction: The Allahabad High Court has delivered an important ruling on the limits of the State’s power to blacklist contractors and firms, holding that an order of debarment for an indefinite or perpetual period is impermissible and amounts to a grave civil consequence that can effectively result in the “civil or commercial death” of an […]
Introduction: The Patna High Court has reiterated an important principle governing administrative fairness and blacklisting: the rules of natural justice require a person facing adverse action to be given a reasonable and meaningful opportunity to respond, but they do not compel an authority to keep granting repeated or unlimited opportunities until the affected party offers […]
Introduction: The Uttarakhand High Court has reaffirmed that even a temporary acquisition of land by the State cannot be carried out by dispensing with the basic requirements of notice and due process. Holding that a person cannot be deprived of the use and control of land in his possession through administrative action taken without following […]
Introduction: The Jharkhand High Court has reaffirmed the broad protective scope of Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, holding that cruelty against a married woman to coerce her or her family into meeting any unlawful demand for property or valuable security may attract the provision even if the demand is not specifically connected with […]
Introduction: The Supreme Court recently reaffirmed that the grant of bail in serious criminal offences, particularly murder, cannot be treated as a routine exercise. Setting aside bail granted to two accused persons in a case involving the alleged burning alive of a man after a violent and premeditated attack, the Court held that the orders […]
“While the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.” – Andrew Carneige The tussle between Epic games and Google started way back in the U.S., wherein the biggest gaming giant on August 2020, approached the […]
The Supreme Court today issued a notice on the petition filed by the top woman wrestlers of India seeking registration of FIR against a BJP MP as well as the wrestling federation of India’s president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for alleged sexual harassment. Advocate Kapil Sibal appearing for the petitioners stated that the woman wrestlers […]
“The sovereignty of scriptures of all religion must come to an end if we want to have a united integrated modern India.”– Dr. B.R Ambedkar In the case of Farhan Tasaddukhussain Barodawala v. Onali Ezazuddin Dholkawal, Allahabad High Court imposed cost of rupees 25,000 on petitioners who were objecting on the fact that how a […]
Reported By: Ankita Bhardwaj The case of KUSH KALRA v. UOI & ANR has brought forward the interesting notion of barring the entry of married men and women in Judge Advocate General (JAG) claiming it in the benefit of public interest and national security. A PIL is filed against the policy by Kush Kalra seeking the […]
“We direct all High Courts to establish online RTI portals within 3 months from today. High Courts can formulate adequate provisions to facilitate the supply of adequate information. Information is to be passed onto the secretary generals of High Courts for administrative directions from the Chief Justices (of High Courts). The same directions are to […]
Introduction: The Calcutta High Court recently upheld an industrial tribunal’s ruling that an accountant, Dulal Chatterjee, was a ‘workman’ under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, dismissing a writ petition filed by Swarnakshar Prakasani Pvt. Ltd. The case arose when Chatterjee was terminated from employment in July 2013, leading to a legal dispute over whether his […]
The Madras High Court in the case of G Sundararajan v The Secretary held that the exemption from payment of entertainment tax is just a concession by the government and cannot be claimed as a right. The court thus refused relief to the producer and distributor of the 2015 Tamil film, “I” which was claimed […]
The Karnataka Appellate Authority of Advance Ruling (AAAR), in the case of Myntra Designs Private Limited modified the decision of AAR, has observed, “input tax credit (ITC) is not available on the vouchers and subscription packages procured by Myntra from third-party vendors.” They relied on the judgement of the Karnataka High Court in the case […]
