No Presumption of Private Practice Income for Government Doctors; No Compensation for “Loss of Salary” When Salary Was Drawn Case: BAJAJ ALLIANCE INSURANCE CO. LTD. v. SHRI ROHIDAS AMBADAS CHAVAN AND...
PIL Not Maintainable on Vague Allegations: Specific Instances Required for Police-Interference Claims Case: Majlis Ulema-E-Hind, Through Its General Secretary Maulana Syed Kalbe Jawad Naqvi v. State...
Article 226 Restraint Against Interfering with Law-and-Order Possession Orders Under BNSS, 2023 Where Title/Possession is Disputed 1. Introduction The Jharkhand High Court in Md Shahid Raja v....
Regular Bail under BNSS Section 483 for a Peripheral Accused: “Bail as Rule” Where Chargesheet Is Filed and No Money Trail Is Shown Case: ANKITKUMAR RAMCHANDRA PADHIYAR (MALI) v. STATE OF GUJARAT...
No Separate “Criminal Writ Petition” Category: Writs Must Be Registered as Civil Writ Petitions Case: JIYA v. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ORS Court: Rajasthan High Court, Bench at Jaipur (Division Bench)...
“Last Heard” Is Not “Last Seen”: Recalibrating Circumstantial Proof in Homicide Appeals 1) Introduction In NARESH KUMAR SAHU v. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH (2026 CGHC 27654-DB, decided on 06-07-2026), the...
Unauthorised Absence Is Not Misconduct Without a Finding of Wilfulness: Proportionality Limits on Compulsory Retirement 1. Introduction In JAYA CHANDRA MISHRA v. UNION OF INDIA (Orissa High Court,...
Unilateral Representations Do Not Extend Limitation: Stale Contractual Money Claims Against the State Are Not Enforceable Under Article 226 1. Introduction The decision in Janardan Singh v. State Of...
Conditional Bail with a Time-Bound Social‑Media Ban and Trial‑Court Recall Power in Online Image‑Morphing/Child Protection Cases Case: TULSA RAM ALIAS TUSHAR v. STATE OF RAJASTHAN (2026 RJ-JP 30041)...
First Appellate Authority Cannot Be Treated as “Deemed PIO” for Section 20 Penalty Absent Section 5(4)/(5) Assistance and Recorded Statutory Satisfaction 1. Introduction In KAUSHLENDRA KUMAR v. STATE...
Preventive Detention Quashed for Non-Consideration of Relevant Material; Fresh Detention (if any) Must Not Exceed 12 Months in Aggregate 1. Introduction Case: SIDDABATTULA SWARNA LATHA v. THE STATE...
Viscera Report Must Be Put to the Accused Under Section 313 CrPC and Its Chain of Custody Proved—Otherwise It Must Be Excluded 1. Introduction Case: Ram Autar And Others v. State (Allahabad High...
Refusal by Aided School Management Does Not Nullify Statutory Deployment of Surplus Teachers; Gender-Based Objections Without Statutory Basis Are Impermissible 1. Introduction Case: Saratha Devi v....
Rule 18 as a Safety Valve: Relaxing Rule 5.3.1 to Record Overseas Evidence from a Secure Residence in Uncontested Probate Proceedings 1. Introduction In MRS. REKHA GUPTA v. NIL (Karnataka High Court,...
POCSO Trials: Section 164 Child Statements Need No Child Signature and Magistrates Should Not Be Routinely Summoned; Courts Must Enforce Speedy Trial Timelines Case: PIYUSH RANJAN v. State of...
“Old Cheque” Dishonour Post-Bank Merger: Not a Threshold Bar to Section 138 NI Act Prosecution 1. Introduction In JASMER SINGH v. SUNITA (Himachal Pradesh High Court, decided on 03.07.2026), the...
Places of Worship Act, 1991 Does Not Bar Eminent-Domain Acquisition; Tenants Lack Locus to Challenge Road-Widening Acquisition Case: Syed Rashid Ali And 5 Others v. State Of Up And 14 Others Court:...
Suo motu High Court cognizance dispenses with waiting for Section 217 BNSS sanction in hate-speech private complaints 1. Introduction Case: K.Ponmudi v. Uma Anandan (Madras High Court, CRL RC No. 645...
Article 21–Driven Relaxation of PMLA Section 45 on Successive Bail: “Changed Circumstances” as an Independent Bail Gateway 1) Introduction Case: G.T DINESH KUMAR v. DIRECTOR OF ENFORCEMENT Court:...
Conviction Cannot Rest on Rumour or Unproved Sniffer-Dog Tracking: Minimum Proof Standards in “Two-Story” Homicide Prosecutions 1. Introduction The Allahabad High Court (J.J. Munir, J. and Vinai...