Police Protection to Consenting Adult Couples Despite Disputed Marriage Validity (Male Below 21) 1. Introduction The Uttarakhand High Court, in Vanshika Tomar v. State of Uttarakhand (2026 UHC 5234,...
Disclosure of “Reason to Believe” in PMLA Provisional Attachment Orders & Attachment of Equivalent-Value Assets (Pre-Offence Purchases) Case: MRIG MRINAL DHAWAN v. THE UNION OF INDIA AND ANR (Gauhati...
Administrative Circulars Cannot Dilute Rule-Based Eligibility: High Court PA Selections Must Follow Rule 14A, Merit and Article 14 Case: SUO-MOTU v. The Registrar General, High Court, Madras...
PIL for CBI Probe Barred Where Petitioner Has Personal Animosity: Bona Fides as a Threshold Test Under Article 226 1. Introduction In SHANKAR @SAVUKKU SHANKAR v. The State (2026 MHC 2430), the Madras...
Regulation 69 Verification as a Substitute Route for CARA NOC in Post-17.09.2021 HAMA “Expatriate” Adoptions Where Regulation 68 Sponsorship Is Impossible 1. Introduction The Delhi High Court in...
Selective Withholding of Defence Explanations Vitiates PCA Sanction; Time-Bound Trials Cannot Curtail Defence Evidence Case: MAJOR GENERAL ANAND KUMAR KAPUR (RETD) v. C B I Citation: 2026 DHC 5278...
Eligibility Must Follow Mapped/Merged Weight Categories: Medal in a Now-Nonexistent Category Cannot Disqualify an Athlete Case: KASHISH MALIK v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. (2026 DHC 5269) | Court: Delhi...
Privately Incorporated Stock Exchanges Recognised Under the SCRA Are “Public Authorities” Under the RTI Act Case: NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE OF INDIA LTD v. CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION & ORS Court:...
Reliable Dying Declaration as Sole Basis for Section 302 Conviction Despite Hostile Witnesses; Separate Residence Undermines In-Law’s Section 498A Liability 1. Introduction Suhail v. State Of U.P....
Dying Declaration as Primary Proof Despite Delayed FIR & Unproved “Omissions” in Section 161 Statements — Tilluka @ Manoj v. State Of U.P. (Allahabad High Court, 02.07.2026) 1. Introduction The...
VDA Taxation Does Not Make Crypto Exchanges “State”: Writ Jurisdiction Excluded for Investor Fund-Release/Compensation Claims 1. Introduction In AMIT RANJAN & ORS. v. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS (Delhi...
Senior Citizens Act, 2007: Protection of Life/Property Is Preventive; Title Adjudication and Deed-Invalidation Lie Only Through Section 23 (Not Section 22/Writ) 1. Introduction Case: Satish Chandra...
Writ Maintainability Against Minority Aided Schools When Disciplinary Action Is Alleged to Breach Statutory Approval Requirements 1. Introduction The Patna High Court’s decision in Abha Rani v. The...
Article 28(1) “Religious Instruction” Has a Narrow Meaning: Non-coercive Moral/Cultural Recitations in State Schools Not Barred; Challenge Premature Without Concrete Injury 1) Introduction Case:...
Holding Over After Withdrawal and Rent Acceptance Creates a Fresh Month-to-Month Tenancy: Subsequent Eviction Suit Not Barred by Order XXIII and Late Commercial-Court Objections Case: BUDGE BUDGE...
UGC 2018 “Concerned/Relevant/Allied” Master’s Degrees Are Equivalent for Assistant Professor Eligibility, with Judicial Deference to Academic Screening 1. Introduction In DR. JASPAL SINGH KHATRI v....
Withdrawal of Criminal Writ Petition at Admission Stage: Petition Closed as Withdrawn Without Adjudication on Merits 1. Introduction The decision in ATHUL MC v. STATE OF KERALA (Kerala High Court,...
Exception to Chapter VIII Rule 5 Bar: Special Appeal Maintainable Against a Non-Speaking Writ Order Violating Natural Justice 1. Introduction Sanjay Agrawal v. State Of U.P. And 4 Others (Allahabad...
State Must Restore Land Given for a School When the Purpose Is Abandoned (No Registered Gift, Licence Deemed Revoked) Case: RATTAN SAIN v. THE STATE OF HP Citation: 2025 HHC 45825 Court: Himachal...
Related Witnesses as “Natural Witnesses”: Minor Contradictions on Weapon Description and Travel Sequence Not Fatal to a Section 302 IPC Conviction Case: Ranjeet Patel v. State Of U.P. (Criminal...