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Introduction: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the State Government to reconsider the candidature of a woman who applied for the post of Higher Secondary Teacher (Hindi), taking into account an earlier Division Bench judgment that struck down a provision prescribing a second-division master’s degree as an eligibility requirement for teachers. In Mamta Anjana […]
Introduction: The Supreme Court of India, comprising Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar, has clarified the territorial jurisdiction of Motor Accident Claims Tribunals (MACTs) under Section 166(2) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. In K Rashik v. National Insurance Company Ltd. & Anr., the Court held that the provision allowing a claimant to […]
Introduction: The Calcutta High Court has clarified that the police cannot be treated as the appropriate authority to determine whether a dairy farm or dairy unit is being operated in accordance with law or whether its operation is creating health hazards for neighbouring residents. The Court held that disputes concerning the legality and environmental or […]
Introduction: The Kerala High Court has reserved its verdict in a suo motu proceeding concerning the exorbitant pricing of patented life-saving medicines, particularly drugs used in the treatment of breast cancer. The proceedings raise important questions about the relationship between the right to health, access to essential medicines, patent protection and the powers of the […]
Introduction: The Bombay High Court has held that compensation for land acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, can extend to the loss of a milk business being carried on from a cattle shed situated on the acquired land. Justice Abhay Ahuja, while deciding First Appeal No. 20 of 2012 in Kashinath Dudhaji Gaikwad v. […]
Introduction: The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that a person cannot be denied a passport merely because an old police verification report records his alleged involvement in an FIR, particularly when no charge sheet arising from that case is pending before the concerned court. The ruling came in a writ […]
Introduction: The Kerala High Court has held that Tahsildars are competent to issue legal heirship certificates irrespective of the monetary value of the properties or assets left behind by a deceased person. Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas, in [case name as provided in the record], examined the legal status of the financial ceiling prescribed under paragraph […]
Introduction: The Kerala High Court has issued a significant procedural direction requiring strict compliance with the Supreme Court’s mandate concerning disclosure of criminal antecedents and previous bail applications. The Court has held that bail applications which fail to contain the mandatory disclosures prescribed by the Supreme Court in Zeba Khan v. State of U.P. and […]
Introduction: The Supreme Court of India, on September 15, 2026, asked the Union Government to consider installing speed breakers and rumble strips near the Delhi High Court crossing on Mathura Road, close to the National Zoological Garden. The Bench emphasised that pedestrian safety at the busy stretch was a matter of public interest and called […]
Introduction: The Supreme Court of India has asked the Uttar Pradesh Government to issue a further Ordinance clarifying that prosecutions for certain serious offences under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, were never deemed to have been abated under the State’s 2023 legislation. The Court specifically emphasised that non-compoundable offences, offences carrying mandatory imprisonment, and repeated […]
Introduction: The Rajasthan High Court has upheld the penalty of compulsory retirement imposed upon an in-charge of a Government Ayurvedic Dispensary, holding that an officer entrusted with overall responsibility for the functioning and records of a government dispensary cannot completely disassociate himself from irregularities merely by claiming that the particular duty was assigned to a […]
Introduction: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has clarified the scope of statutory powers available to electricity transmission companies under Section 164 of the Electricity Act, 2003, holding that once an electricity licensee is validly vested with the powers of the Telegraph Authority, prior consent of the landowner is not a mandatory precondition for surveying, aligning […]
Introduction: The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has permitted the medical termination of pregnancy of a minor sexual-assault survivor even though the pregnancy had advanced beyond the twenty-four-week limit specified under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971. In Minor Victim X Through Father v. Union Territory of J&K and Others, a […]
Introduction: The Rajasthan High Court has restrained the State authorities from declaring the final results of candidates selected for the post of Assistant Professor (English), while permitting the recruitment process to continue. The interim order was passed by Justice Ganesh Ram Meena in a petition challenging the manner in which objections to the model answer […]
Introduction: The Rajasthan High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the deletion of a man’s name from the electoral roll for the Nagar Palika General Election 2026, holding that the constitutional restriction on judicial interference in municipal elections becomes applicable once the election process has commenced. Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand observed that the petitioner’s grievance […]
Introduction: The Supreme Court of India has reaffirmed that electricity distribution companies cannot ordinarily recover outstanding electricity charges after the expiry of two years from the date on which the amount first became due, unless the statutory exception under Section 56(2) of the Electricity Act, 2003, is satisfied. The Court clarified that when a distribution […]
“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 […]
