Section 22 CPC Transfer Applications: Prior Notice to Opposite Party as a Condition Precedent; Failure Renders the Application Not Maintainable 1. Introduction In Meenal Budholia @ Meenal Rehman v....
Proportionate Bank-Account Freezing: Only the Quantified Suspect Amount May Be Restrained, Not the Entire Salary Account 1. Introduction In ARJUN KURUVEETIL PEETHAMBARAN v. THE POLICE INSPECTOR...
Preliminary Enquiry Cannot Become a Mini-Trial: Selective and Delayed Corruption Probes May Justify CBI Investigation 1. Introduction In ARAPPOR IYAKKAM v. THE DIRECTOR, the Madras High Court...
Section 14-A SC/ST Act Appeal: Proceedings May Be Quashed Where the Charge-Sheet Rests on Materially Shifting Versions and Silent CCTV Evidence 1. Introduction In Mahesh Tiwari v. State of U.P. and...
Protected Schedule-II Birds Are Compensable Wild Animals for Crop and Fruit-Tree Damage 1. Introduction In Shri Mahadeo s/o Jagannath Dekate v. State of Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court, Nagpur...
“Bad Work” Alone Does Not Prove Penetration: POCSO Section 4 Requires Clear Ocular or Medical Foundation Introduction In Md. Khurshid @ Md. Khurshid Rayeen v. The State Of Bihar, the Patna High Court...
Recovery of “Excess” Gratuity from Retired Employees Is Impermissible Absent Fraud or Misrepresentation 1. Introduction Case: Jahindra Brahma v. The State of Assam and 5 Ors (Gauhati High Court,...
Section 37 NDPS “Twin Conditions” Remain Mandatory for Post-Conviction Suspension of Sentence; Long Incarceration/Article 21 Cannot Dilute the Statutory Rigour 1) Introduction The High Court of Jammu...
Bail under Section 483 BNSS in Section 111 BNS “Organized Crime” Prosecutions: Economic-Offence Label and Pending Further Investigation Are Not Standalone Grounds to Refuse Bail 1. Introduction In...
Deputation Benefits Rule: Parent Body Pays Gratuity with Statutory Interest; Borrowing Body Pays Leave Salary and Seeks Reimbursement 1. Introduction In M NASEER U ZAMAN v. MANAGING DIRECTOR, J AND K...
Real Earning Capacity Prevails Over Paper Income in Section 125 Maintenance Claims 1. Introduction The Gujarat High Court in VASANTBHAI PREMJIBHAI VEKARIYA v. STATE OF GUJARAT examined the scope of...
TET/CTET as a Cut-off Eligibility for Promotion: No “In-Process” Accrual and No Retrospective Cure of Qualification Case: VAIJENATH HARIDAS AMBAD AND OTHERS v. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS...
Unilateral Freezing of Bank Accounts by Banks Is Illegal Absent Statutory Power or Competent Authority Order Case: M/S S. A. Enterprises Thru. Its Proprietor Rameshvar Singh And Another v. Reserve...
Medical Evidence Prevails Over Uncorroborated Eyewitness Account: Time-of-Death and Injury-Causation as Essential Links for Murder Conviction Case: TNGEN MURUH AND 2 ORS. v. THE STATE OF MEGHALAYA...
Executive Power to Create CBSE Teacher Sub‑Cadre and Mandate Merit‑Based Competitive Screening for In‑Service Deployment 1. Introduction The Himachal Pradesh High Court (Vivek Singh Thakur & Ranjan...
Consistency and Non-Arbitrariness in Granting Permission for Festival Advertisement Boards on Temple Grounds, Subject to Court-Imposed Safeguards 1. Introduction Case: THE TEMPLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE...
Accrued Right to Regularization Survives Repeal: Equality-Based Posthumous Regularization Where Juniors Were Regularized 1. Introduction This judgment of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh...
Article 324 Is Not a Licence for Blanket Mobility Bans: Calcutta High Court Limits Election-Era Motorcycle Restrictions to Statutory/SOP-Consistent, Proportionate Measures Case: RITANKAR DAS v. STATE...
NDPS Commercial-Quantity Bail: Woman Accused, Prolonged Custody, No Antecedents as Basis to Satisfy Section 37 Twin Conditions 1. Introduction This order of the Gujarat High Court (Justice Nikhil S....
False Self-Disclosure in Form 26 Is Not “Publication” and Does Not Constitute Corrupt Practice under Section 123(4) RP Act 1. Introduction This Delhi High Court Division Bench decision arose from a...