Non-Statutory Transfer Guidelines Create No Enforceable Right; Mala Fides in Transfer Must Be Specifically Pleaded and Proven 1. Introduction The decision in Gaganpreet Singh Wazir v. Food...
IOA Cannot Supersede Independent Sports Associations; National Sports Governance Act, 2025 Inapplicable to Unrecognised Bodies 1. Introduction The Division Bench of the Delhi High Court (Chief...
Just Compensation in Injury Claims: Income Guesswork, Functional Disability, Future Prospects, and Stepped-Up Interest Case: ALAM v. RAJASTHAN STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORP. & ANR Court: Punjab & Haryana...
Non-executant with derivative title may sue under Section 31 Specific Relief Act to cancel a subsequent instrument executed by the same transferor Case: RAJEEV MIGLANI v. URMIL GUJRAL & ORS (2026 DHC...
Omission of Rape Allegation in Section 164 Cr.P.C. Statement Not Decisive: Conviction Sustainable on Sterling Trial Testimony Despite Investigative Lapses Case: MADAN SINGH v. STATE OF THE NCT OF...
498A Conviction Cannot Survive on Vague Allegations or a Misread “Dying Declaration” After 304B Acquittal 1. Introduction In BOREN MONDAL v. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL (Calcutta High Court, decided on...
False Promise to Marry and “Misconception of Fact” Under Section 90 IPC: Conviction for Rape Cannot Stand Without Proof of Deceptive Intent From Inception, Especially Where Subsequent...
Penalty for Alleged Illegal Sand Excavation Cannot Rest on an Undated/Ex Parte Panchanama and Contradictory Official Record Case: Gunaji Ramji Surnar Vs The State of Maharashtra Through Secretary and...
Section 47 Disability Protection Does Not Carry Cadre Seniority on Shift/Absorption; Existing Cadre Seniority Cannot Be Disturbed 1. Introduction In RAMESHWAR S/O. MAHADEORAO SURVE v. STATE OF MAHA.,...
EWS/RTE Allotment Rights Lapse After the Academic Year Absent Interim Protection; No Enforceable Right to a Particular School 1. Introduction This Delhi High Court Division Bench decision in POOJA AS...
Reasoned Differentiation and Proportionality in Bank Disciplinary Penalties: Dismissal Set Aside for Reconsideration Where Parity and Retiral Consequences Were Not Addressed 1. Introduction P K VARUN...
Preventive Detention under the J&K Public Safety Act Requires Fresh, Proximate Material and Independent Application of Mind—Mechanical “Dossier-as-Grounds” Detentions are Illegal 1. Introduction In...
Physical (Non-Electronic) Service of Section 35(3) BNSS Notice as a Precondition to the “Notice-First” Arrest Regime for ≤7-Year Offences 1. Introduction Case: MR. YUGADEV R v. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA...
Foundational Proof First: Section 106 Burden in Matrimonial Custodial Strangulation and Forensic Rejection of “Partial Hanging” Defence Case: PARESHBHAI SHANKERBHAI TAVIYAD v. STATE OF GUJARAT Court:...
Publicity Interest Litigation Bar in Custodial-Death Matters Under Judicial Monitoring & Article 21 Duty to Ensure Dignified Last Rites 1. Introduction In C.Selvakumar v. The Chief Election...
Courts Will Not Compel Universities to Issue or Validate “Post‑Review” Marksheets That Do Not Tally With the Official Database Case: ABHISHEK MISTRY v. THE WEST BENGAL STATE UNIVERSITY AND ORS Court:...
Preventive Detention under the J&K PSA: Referenced (but Not Relied-Upon) FIRs Need Not Be Supplied and DSB Intelligence May Be Withheld under Section 13(2) 1. Introduction This judgment of the Jammu...
Foundational Facts as a Threshold in Railway “Untoward Incident” Claims: Material Inconsistencies and Unexplained Delay Can Defeat Compensation 1. Introduction The Delhi High Court in Tulsi Das v....
Disciplinary Authority as Enquiry Officer: Inquiry Vitiated Where Authority Also Acts as Prosecutor and Denies Cross‑Examination; No Fresh Inquiry After Superannuation Without Enabling Rule 1)...
Marriage-Expense Narratives and Omnibus Dowry Allegations: Quashing 498A/DP Act Proceedings Against In-Laws for Want of Specific Overt Acts 1) Introduction In SMT SUMITHRA v. STATE OF KARNATAKA...