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27/08/2026, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Cancels Bail in Murder Case, Says Courts Must Record Real Reasons in Serious Offences

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 […]

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27/08/2026, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Reiterates That Electoral Roll Exclusion Cannot Trigger Loss of Citizenship or Welfare Rights

Introduction: The Supreme Court, while hearing the ongoing challenges concerning the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, has orally reiterated an important constitutional limitation on the consequences of exclusion from a voters’ list. The Court made it clear that its earlier ruling in the Bihar SIR matter had already confined the […]

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25/08/2026, 2 months ago

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Absence of Train Ticket Alone Cannot Defeat Compensation Claim for Untoward Incident

Introduction: The Punjab and Haryana High Court, in Philips and another v. Union of India, has reaffirmed the protective approach governing compensation claims arising out of railway accidents and untoward incidents. Justice Harkesh Manuja set aside the decision of the Railway Claims Tribunal, Chandigarh, which had rejected the claim of the parents of a deceased […]

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25/08/2026, 2 months ago

Concealment of a Legal Heir Cannot Defeat an Order IX Rule 13 Challenge to an Ex Parte Succession Certificate: Gauhati High Court

Introduction: The Gauhati High Court has delivered an important ruling on the remedies available to an excluded legal heir in succession certificate proceedings, holding that the existence of a specific remedy for revocation under Section 383 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 does not render an application under Order IX Rule 13 of the Code […]

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25/08/2026, 2 months ago

Breach of IRCTC Agency Terms Cannot Automatically Become a Criminal Offence Under the Railways Act: Madhya Pradesh High Court

Introduction: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has drawn an important distinction between a breach of contractual or administrative conditions and the commission of a criminal offence, holding that an authorised IRCTC e-ticketing agent does not become liable for prosecution under Section 143 of the Railways Act, 1989 merely because he used his personal IRCTC user […]

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25/08/2026, 2 months ago

Patna High Court Acquits Gang Rape Convicts, Finds Medical Evidence and Prosecution Case Riddled With Doubt

Introduction: The Patna High Court has set aside the conviction of four men who had been found guilty of gang rape more than two decades ago, holding that the prosecution failed to establish their guilt beyond reasonable doubt. In a significant judgment emphasising the foundational principles of criminal jurisprudence, the Court found serious discrepancies in […]

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25/08/2026, 2 months ago

24-Hour Rule Begins With Initial Detention, Not Formal Arrest: Gauhati High Court Grants Bail in NDPS Case

Introduction: The constitutional protection requiring an arrested person to be produced before a Magistrate within twenty-four hours cannot be postponed by describing an initial restraint as mere “detention” and treating a later formal arrest as the starting point of custody. In a significant ruling concerning personal liberty and procedural safeguards in narcotics investigations, the Gauhati […]

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25/08/2026, 2 months ago

Stray Cohabitation After Separation Does Not Erase Matrimonial Cruelty: Calcutta High Court

Introduction: The Calcutta High Court has reaffirmed an important principle of matrimonial law: isolated instances of spouses living together or engaging in physical relations after separation do not, by themselves, amount to condonation of earlier acts of matrimonial cruelty. Upholding a decree of divorce granted to a husband on the ground of mental cruelty, the […]

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25/08/2026, 2 months ago

Prior Unchallenged Finding on Relationship and Birth Can Bar Fresh Paternity Dispute in Child Maintenance Cases: Gauhati High Court

Introduction: In an important ruling on the application of the doctrine of res judicata in criminal maintenance proceedings, the Gauhati High Court has held that an earlier judicial finding establishing a physical relationship between a man and a woman, and further recording that a child was born out of that relationship, can operate as res […]

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