Orders of NCDRC Between Private Parties: Article 227 Is the Proper Route; Impleading NCDRC Does Not Cure an Article 226 Defect Case: TRIPTI DAS AND ANR. v. DR. PHANI BHUSAN MANDAL AND ORS. Court:...
IBC Liquidation Overrides Municipal Retrospective Revaluation: Pre-liquidation Property Tax Cannot Be Recovered from IBC Auction Purchasers 1. Introduction Mamta Binani & Anr. v. Kolkata Municipal...
Unauthorized Possession Alone Is Not “Act Prejudicial to the Interest of the Bank” Under Clause 19.5(j): Reinstatement with Full Back Wages, Subject to Set-off Case: THE CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING...
Criminal Process Cannot Be Used to Enforce Failed Real‑Estate Development MOUs Absent “Inception Mens Rea” or “Entrustment”: Calcutta High Court Quashes 406/420 IPC Complaint 1. Introduction In...
Conviction Set Aside for Unreliable Related-Witness Testimony, Unnatural Conduct, and FIR/Investigation Infirmities 1. Introduction Case: Bishnupada Choudhury & Ors. v. The State of West Bengal...
Refusal to Accept a Resignation (Especially of a Statutory Company Secretary) Can Amount to Bonded Labour Under Article 23 Case: GREEVAS JOB PANAKKAL v. TRACO CABLE COMPANY LIMITED Citation: 2026 KER...
Recruitment Advertisements May Reserve Power to Fix Paper-wise Thresholds Mid-Process if Notified Before the Relevant Stage Case: DINESH & ANR. v. COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH...
Fund-raising without a proven “scheduled-offence source” is not “proceeds of crime”: Bail under PMLA cannot rest on guilt by association 1. Introduction The Delhi High Court in MOIDEEN KUTTY K @ M.K....
Written Grounds of Arrest under BNSS: Specific, Accused-Centric Allegations Suffice; Remand-Copy Non-supply Not Fatal When Grounds Are Independently Served 1) Introduction PANKAJ BHANDARI v. STATE OF...
Tribunals Must Not Interdict Transfers/Postings by Ad-Interim Orders that Grant Substantive Relief 1. Introduction In UNION OF INDIA & ORS. v. B SRINIVASA RAO & ORS. (Delhi High Court, decided on...
Negative Viscera Report Not Fatal in Poisoning Deaths When Clinical Records and Accused Admissions Prove Administration Case: S.Muneeswaran v. The Inspector of Police Court: Madras High Court...
Continuity of Jurisdiction After Repeal: Section 104(1A) of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 Preserves Existing Labour Adjudicatory Forums Until Code Tribunals Become Functional 1. Introduction...
Matrimonial Suspicion and Discord Alone Do Not Amount to “Abetment of Suicide” Under Section 306 IPC Without Mens Rea and a Proximate Instigating Act 1. Introduction The Uttarakhand High Court, in...
Maintenance Tribunals Cannot Order Eviction Under Sections 4–5 of the 2007 Act; Their Orders Are Amenable to Article 226 Review 1. Introduction These connected writ petitions before the Calcutta High...
Final Partition Decree Incorporating a Commissioner’s Plan Is a Dutiable “Instrument of Partition” Even Where Physical Partition Is Impracticable 1. Introduction Case: Subrata Nundy v. The Collector...
DV Act Jurisdiction at Temporary Shelter: Section 482 CrPC Maintainable and “Economic Abuse” Creates a Continuing Cause of Action 1. Introduction In RANI BIBI v. SK NURULLAH AND ORS (Calcutta High...
Institutional Duty to Report Cognizable Hospital Offences: Section 39 Cr.P.C. Compliance and Accountability of Medical Superintendent & Police Court: High Court of Karnataka (Division Bench) Case:...
Single-Complaint Prosecution for Multiple Dishonoured Cheques When They Form the “Same Transaction” Under Section 220 CrPC Case: BALACHANDRAN v. SAJAN MATHEW Citation: 2026 KER 13892 Court: High...
Marital Status Cannot Defeat a Nominated/Only Legal Heir’s Claim to Ex‑Gratia and Leave Encashment in Service Death Benefits Case: Prasanna Namdev (Soni) v. The High Court Of Madhya Pradesh And...
Short-Term Hiring of a Driver Creates Employer–Employee Relationship Under the Employees’ Compensation Act: FIR Admissions and Welfare-Oriented Adjudication 1) Introduction The Bombay High Court...