Anticipatory Bail under SC/ST Act Bar: Courts May Scrutinize Available Electronic Evidence to Test Prima Facie Caste-Humiliation Allegations Case: SANTOSHA DEVI v. UT OF J AND K TH DY SP HEADQUARTER...
Section 20 PC Act Presumption Not Automatic: Demand Must Be Proved; Unchallenged Defence Records and Withheld Material Witnesses Can Create Reasonable Doubt Case: V.K. DATTA v. NCT OF DELHI (with...
Section 33C(1) ID Act: No Separate Delay-Condonation Application Required if Sufficient Cause is Shown in the Main Claim 1. Introduction This decision of the High Court of Karnataka (Anant Ramanath...
Unchallenged Reinstatement Date Creating Break in Service Bars Regularisation/Parity Claims Under a Regularisation Scheme 1. Introduction The Delhi High Court (Division Bench) in SHRI MOHKAM SINGH v....
Primacy of Section 12 JJ Act Bail: Gravity of Offence Not a Standalone Ground to Detain a Child Below 16; Social Investigation & Bullying Context Must Guide “Ends of Justice” Case: MINOR MUSEB MEHTAB...
Further Investigation Can Be Directed Post-Cognizance Until Charges; Supplementary Report Must Follow Section 173(2) CrPC 1) Introduction In Subash Chander Sharma v. S.H.O. P/S Anti Corruption Bureau...
No Artificial Distinction on Common Evidence: Acquittal Reversal of a Principal Conspirator in a Joint Conspiracy Trial 1. Introduction The Chhattisgarh High Court (Division Bench) decided a cluster...
Bail in POCSO Cases: Custody May Be Relaxed Where the Minor Victim Is Married to the Accused, Has Given Birth, and Seeks Family Stability (Case-Specific “Practical Empathy” Approach) 1. Introduction...
Anticipatory Bail in High-Value Cyber Fraud: Societal Impact and Custodial Interrogation as Decisive Factors 1. Introduction In AAYUSH MALHOTRA v. STATE OF HARYANA (Punjab & Haryana High Court,...
UAPA Bail: Uncorroborated Approver/Co-accused Confessions and No Recovery Fail the “Prima Facie True” Threshold Case: AMIN ALLAIE TH RUBINA v. NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY JAMMU Court: High Court of...
Mere Existence of an Agreement Is Not an “Existing Commitment”: Disclosure Duty in Bid-Capacity Must Track a Subsisting, Executable Obligation Case: Gopal Kumar v. The State of Bihar Court: Patna...
Section 23 Autonomy After the 2000 Amendment: State Government Cannot Control Pay Revision in State Financial Corporations 1) Introduction This common Division Bench decision of the Jharkhand High...
Full Pay for Suspension Period Requires Full Exoneration or Wholly Unjustified Suspension under DVC Regulation 100 1. Introduction In GAJENDRA PRASAD v. DAMODAR VALLEY CORPORATION THROUGH ITS...
Anticipatory Bail in “Digital Arrest” Cyber-Frauds: Compromise Cannot Dilute Societal-Impact Offences; High Court May Invoke Inherent Powers to Expedite Interim Release of Recovered Money to an Aged...
Bail in Espionage/National Security FIRs: Disclosure-Only Allegations and Pending Official Secrets Act Sanction as Decisive Factors Case: DAVENDER SINGH ALIAS DAVINDER SINGH v. STATE OF HARYANA...
Article 21’s Right to Health Enforced Through Time-Bound, Fully Functional District Burn Units in Jharkhand Case: ONKAR VISHWAKARMA v. STATE OF JHARKHAND THROUGH SECRETARY FOOD AND CIVIL SUPPLY...
Customary Right (in Gross) to Use Private Land for Village Festival Is Distinct from Customary Easement; Interim Protection Sustained Under Article 227 Case: Ganesh D. Tapkir v. Baner Yethil Samasta...
Judicial Propriety in Intra-Court Appeals: Interim Orders Should Not Be Interfered With When the Single Judge Is Seised of Their Modification 1. Introduction Case: GOSHREE ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT...
When Delay and Child’s Settled Life Make Article 226 an Improper Forum: Foreign Custody Orders as Persuasive, Not Determinative Case: AMAN KATHPAL v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR. (connected with W.P.(CRL)...
Rehabilitation-Oriented Relocation from Riverbeds Is Not “Punitive Action” Under the 2018 Moratorium Case: RAJESHWARI YADAV GUPTA v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND (Uttarakhand High Court, 01-04-2026) |...