Intestacy Petition Must Yield to a Propounded Will: Letters of Administration under Section 278 Not Maintainable Once Section 276 Proceedings on the Same Estate Are Filed 1) Introduction The Delhi...
Award to L2 Despite Valid L1 Bid Held Mala Fide: Out-of-State Enlistment Must Be Honoured; “Emergency” Cannot Mask Bias; Cancellation and One-Year Blacklisting as Public Law Remedies 1) Introduction...
Family pension for pre-2005 retired/deceased deficit-college employees: 2020 extension under Section 8A cures CPF-refund delay; rejection on irrelevant 2012 “option” grounds is perverse Case: NIZARA...
Rule 139(c) Pension Cut Requires Rule 43(b)-Compliant Proof of Grave Misconduct and Whole-Service Assessment 1. Introduction Case: THE STATE OF JHARKHAND v. BRAJESHWAR SINGH (L.P.A. No.102 of 2025),...
Co-owners’ Parity in Land Acquisition Compensation: Enhanced Market Value Cannot Be Denied on Technical Non-Invocation of Section 18/28-A 1. Introduction The Himachal Pradesh High Court in Sohan Lal...
Section 494 IPC and Muslim Polygamy: Bigamy Requires a “Void” Second Marriage—Charge Quashable Where Muslim Personal Law Permits Second Marriage Case: Mohd. Arif Ahmad Jahagir Khan v. The State Of...
Judicial Power to Order an Independent Medical Board Re‑Examination When Medico‑Legal Evidence Is Alleged to Be Fabricated 1. Introduction In AJEET SINGH v. STATE OF RAJASTHAN (2026 RJ-JD 13421,...
Sentencing Leniency for Extraordinary Appellate Delay: Imprisonment Reduced to Period Undergone with Enhanced Fine Despite Affirmed Conviction (Section 325 IPC) 1. Introduction In PALAS DOLUI@TANAI...
Writ Petitioners Cannot Reframe Temple Office Claims by Withdrawing and Refiling: Constructive Res Judicata, Omitted Relief, and Limitation Bar Case: HARI RAM v. STATE OF HP AND ORS Citation: 2026...
Expedited Commitment to Sessions Court and Split-Up Procedure Where Co-Accused Are Absconding 1. Introduction In ANIL CHANDRA BARMAN v. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL (Calcutta High Court, Circuit Bench at...
Interim Bail in NDPS Commercial Quantity Cases on Compelling Humanitarian Medical Grounds (with Mandatory Surrender) 1. Introduction In MULAGAPAKA VENKATESH v. The State of Andhra Pradesh (Andhra...
Negative DNA Result Not Fatal to POCSO Conviction When Victim Testimony and Medical Corroboration Are Credible 1. Introduction In NRIPEN RABHA v. STATE OF ASSAM AND ANR. (Gauhati High Court,...
Unconstitutionality of Section 497 IPC Bars Continuation of Pending Adultery Prosecutions (No Prospective Saving) 1. Introduction The Gujarat High Court in MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI MAKWANA v. STATE OF...
Testimony of a Deaf-and-Dumb Rape Survivor as Substantive Evidence When Recorded with Court Safeguards (Interpreter + Demonstrative Method) and Corroborated by Forensic Proof 1) Introduction The...
English Passed as an Additional 10+2 Subject Treated as Meeting “English Compulsory” Eligibility; Fence-Sitter and Delay Objections Limited Where Delay is Condoned and Candidate is PwD 1....
Exaggerated Income Claims in Section 125 Proceedings Do Not Automatically Justify Perjury Complaint: “Expedient in the Interests of Justice” as the Controlling Threshold under Section 340 CrPC / 379...
NSA Preventive Detention: Non-forwarding of Detenu’s Representation and Non-placement Before Advisory Board Violates Article 22(5) and Section 10 1. Introduction In Smt Laishram Nijalat Shija v....
Anticipatory Bail Cannot Be Denied on a Vague Allegation of “Non‑Cooperation” (and an Accused Need Not Be “Not Smart” in Interrogation) 1. Introduction In RAVJEET SINGH v. CENTRAL BUREAU OF...
Non-application of Mind and Contradictory Custody Records Vitiate Preventive Detention under the J&K Public Safety Act 1. Introduction The decision in MUDASIR AHMAD BHAT v. UNION TERRITORY OF J AND K...
Attachment under the U.P. Gangsters Act requires objective “reason to believe” and a proven nexus between offence-proceeds and property 1. Introduction In Mansoor Ansari v. State of U.P. (Allahabad...