Superdari of Rescued Pets: Welfare and Emotional Bond as Determinative Considerations 1. Introduction In MR. SUNIL MALHOTRA & ORS. v. STATE, NCT OF DELHI & ORS. (2026 DHC 3171), the Delhi High Court...
No Pre-Notice Hearing Before Lokpal’s Section 20(3) Show-Cause Notice: Prima Facie Opinion After CBI Preliminary Inquiry Does Not Violate Natural Justice 1. Introduction In CHINMOYJIT SEN v. LOKPAL...
Adult Trafficking Victim Repatriation: Magistrate’s Repatriation Order Not Mandatory; Trial Court ‘No Objection’ Suffices Court: Bombay High Court (Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction) Case: Writ...
Psychiatric Examination in Divorce Proceedings: No Mechanical Orders—Prima Facie Material and Reasons Are Mandatory Case: Dimpal Nikhilkumar Sanklecha v. Nikhilkumar Nandakumar Sanklecha Court:...
POCSO Quashing Where No De-facto Victim Exists and Prosecution Would Re-victimise the Child: “De-juré Victim” Alone Is Insufficient 1. Introduction In HARMEET SINGH v. STATE OF GNCT DELHI AND ANR....
Sudarshan v. State (2026 DHC 3061): Conviction and Sentencing Must Track the Charge in POCSO Attempt Cases 1) Introduction In SUDARSHAN v. STATE (Delhi High Court, decided on 15.04.2026), the...
Minor Contradictions (Including Date Mix-up) Not Fatal in Child Sexual Assault Trials When Victim Testimony and DNA Evidence Coherently Corroborate the Core Allegation 1. Introduction In RAM MURAT v....
Qualified and Previously High-Earning Spouse May Be Denied Interim Maintenance Under Section 24 HMA Introduction In Dr Garima Dubey And 3 Others v. Dr. Saurabh Anand Dubey, the Allahabad High Court...
Judicial Restraint in Election-PILs: No Mandamus Once the Election Commission Has Initiated Action for Section 127A RPA, 1951 Violations 1. Introduction The Madras High Court, in R.A.S.Senthilvel v....
Panchayat Shiksha Karmi Cannot Claim 10.03.2017 Kramonnati/Time-Bound Pay; Absorption Restricts Pre-01.07.2018 Arrears 1. Introduction Case: MANGAL RAM USENDI v. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH (WA No. 310 of...
Gang Chart and Criminal Antecedents Alone Do Not Sustain Conviction Under the Gangsters Act Without Proof of an Organized Gang and Continuing Unlawful Activity Case: HEMU PANT @ HEMU KALU AND ANOTHER...
Election Petitions Under the Representation of the People Act, 1951: “Proper Parties” Are Impermissible; Misjoinder Is Curable by Striking Out Non-Candidates Case: HARSH DEV SINGH v. UT OF J AND K TH...
Section 482 Cr.P.C. Cannot Function as a “Second Revision” to Reappreciate Concurrent Findings; Complaints Based on Uncorroborated High-Value Cash Property Payments Fail at Summoning Stage 1....
Writ Bar Against Section 6 Eviction Notices and State Regulation of Grama Natham (Commercial Use Impermissible) Case: Selvakumar v. The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, 2026 MHC 1572 (Madras...
Recusal Cannot Be Manufactured: Objective “Reasonable Apprehension” Test, Interim Prima Facie Orders, and Non-Lis Associations Do Not Disqualify a Judge 1. Introduction The decision in CENTRAL BUREAU...
Article 226 Limits: No Writ Adjudication of Decades-Old Public Works Payment Claims When Records Are Unverifiable 1. Introduction The Delhi High Court (Division Bench) in JL WALI & ORS v. UNION OF...
Deployment Under Odisha’s 31.01.2018 Hi-Tech Survey Policy Creates a Continuing Lien and Bars Repatriation as “Deputation” Case: SMRUTI RANJAN MOHAPATRA v. STATE OF ODISHA Court: Orissa High Court...
Third-Party Writs/PILs on Alleged Hate Speech in Election Campaigns Are Not Maintainable; Remedy Lies with Aggrieved Persons Under Election Law Case: VA PUGAZHENDI v. THE CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER...
Section 482 Cr.PC/Section 528 BNSS: FIR Not Determinative; Quashing of Murder Charge Impermissible Where Charge-sheet, Eyewitness Support and Post-mortem Show Prima Facie Causation Case: MANGA RAM v....
Cancellation of Caste Certificate Requires Formal Show-Cause Notice: Telephone Call Is Not an Effective Hearing 1. Introduction In MOHD DANISH v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND (Uttarakhand High Court, decided...