Family Quarrel, Household Weapons, and a Three-Minute Interval: When Homicide Falls Under Section 304 Part I (Exception 4 to Section 300 IPC), Not Section 302 Case: AIMUDDIN SHEIKH & ANR v. STATE OF...
Only Statutory Deductions (Income Tax/Professional Tax) Reduce “Monthly Income” in Motor Accident Dependency Claims; GPF/Group Insurance Not Deductible Case: SWAPNA BHATTACHARJEE & ANR. v. THE NEW...
Parity in Recruitment: Illegally Introduced Interview Cut-offs Must Not Defeat Higher Merit of Similarly Situated Candidates 1. Introduction The Calcutta High Court in NIRMAL CHANDRA BISWAS v. State...
False Due Diligence Reports by Empanelled Agencies Can Sustain Conspiracy Charges at the Charge-Framing Stage 1. Introduction In VIKAS GARG & ANR. v. THE STATE THROUGH CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION...
Age Relaxation as a Bar to “Migration” into Unreserved Vacancies for Ex-Servicemen under Horizontal Reservation Case: GAURAV VERMA & ORS. v. AIRPORT AUTHORITY OF INDIA & ANR. Court: Delhi High Court...
Employer-Driven Delay Cannot Defeat Compassionate Employment: Age-Bar Not Determinative; Notional Seniority from Date of Reference Case: EASTERN COALFIELDS LIMITED v. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Court:...
Link Judge’s Competence to Extend MCOCA Investigation Time When the Sole Special Judge Is Absent: CrPC/BNSS “Urgent Application” Power Fills the Vacuum (and De Facto Doctrine Defeats Default Bail)...
Continuing Mandamus for Decades-Delayed Land Acquisition: Statewide Mission-Mode Ledger, Payment/Deposit Compliance, and Accountability Under Article 300A 1. Introduction Case: Shahadeo Dagadu Mete...
Section 127 MRTP: Post-notice lapsing cannot be defeated by alleging “defective” purchase notice for want of title documents 1. Introduction The Bombay High Court (Ravindra V. Ghuge & Abhay J....
Contractual Service Termination by Non‑State Public-Function Bodies Not Amenable to Writ: “Public Law Element” as the Maintainability Threshold 1) Introduction In Atal Khandelwal v. Institute of...
Non-renewal of a fixed-term contract is not punitive “termination”; ministerial backdoor engagement without a sanctioned post/procedure is void Case TITHI ADHIKARY v. STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ORS Court...
PMFBY Data-Entry Error Rule: Nodal Bank Liable to Pay Farmers’ Claims When NCIP Upload Is Wrong/Incomplete 1. Introduction This batch of writ petitions before the Rajasthan High Court (Jodhpur) arose...
Premature Release Cannot Be Denied Solely on “Gravity”: SRB Must Give Evidence-Linked Reasons and Courts May Grant Mandamus After Repeated Mechanical Rejections 1. Introduction In ASIF @ NAEEM v....
Temple Invitations Must Omit Caste Suffixes of Ubayatharars: Prospective HR&CE Duty Under Article 14 1. Introduction In N.SAMARAN v. THE COMMISSIONER (Madras High Court, 17-02-2026, W.P.No.6606 of...
Admissions, Pleadings, and “Perversity” in Second Appeal: Invalidating an Admitted Lease and Deciding Beyond Issues is Unsustainable 1. Introduction The decision in SHILLONG CLUB LTD v. NATHANIEL...
Delay in Seeking Probate Is Not a Bar: It Is Only a Rebuttable Suspicious Circumstance; Limitation Runs From When Probate Becomes Necessary Case: RAJA SHAH AND ORS v. KOWSHIK SHOW AND ORS Court:...
Bail to Medical Practitioners: Jacob Mathew Screening Not Attracted Where a Competent Authority Complains and the Doctor Allegedly Prescribes a Banned Fixed-Dose Syrup Despite Prior Toxicity Warning...
Bail in Serious Sexual-Offence Prosecutions: Victim’s No-Objection and Proposed Special Marriage as a Post-Release Bail-Cancellation Trigger 1. Introduction In Mani Miraj Alias Ramdi Miraj Alam v....
Habeas Corpus for a Near-Major Minor: Protective Custody in a Children Home Until 18 When the Corpus Refuses Parental Return 1. Introduction The Gujarat High Court in BHANGI ANILBHAI GOVABHAI v....
Section 34 Specific Relief Act: Declaration May Survive Defective/Missing Consequential Relief; Withdrawal Without Liberty Not an Absolute Bar 1) Introduction Case: TAJ PARVEEN v. EZAZULLA SHARIFF,...