Recruitment Cut-off Dates Are Mandatory: No Post-Deadline Document Acceptance Without Express Power of Relaxation 1. Introduction In Smt. Aaradhna Buj v. The State Of Madhya Pradesh And Others...
Order VII Rule 11(d) Rejection Not Available Where Section 13 Money-Lending Bar Turns on Trial-Dependent “Loan” and “Money-Lender” Determinations under the Maharashtra Money Lending (Regulation) Act,...
Fair-Trial Mandate: Recall of Witness Where Cross-Examination Was Closed in Absence of Counsel; Inherent Powers Invoked to Remedy Gross Injustice Despite Interlocutory Bar 1. Introduction In RAM...
Judicial Deference to Academic Interpretation of “First Attempt” for Gold Medals (with Equitable Merit Certification) 1. Introduction The decision in H.Vennila v. State represented by (Madras High...
Bail as a Constitutional Remedy: Non-supply of Written Grounds of Arrest Vitiates Arrest and Remand 1. Introduction The decision in HABIBUR MOLLA @ SONU v. STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) & ANR. (Delhi...
Mistaken Reservation in Recruitment Advertisement Confers No Right to Appointment Absent an Actual Vacancy; Remedy Lies (If at All) in Damages Court: Delhi High Court Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Anil...
Child-Witness Competency Must Be Properly Recorded; Inquest Omissions and FIR Delay Can Undermine a Homicide Prosecution 1) Introduction In SK. MORSED ALI & ORS. v. STATE OF WEST BENGAL (Calcutta...
Ph.D.-Based Differentiation for Grant of AGP ₹10,000 Under AICTE CAS Upheld: Deference to Statutory Academic Standards 1. Introduction The Delhi High Court in SUNIL KUMAR TIWARI AND ORS. v. GOVT. OF...
Compensation (Not Reinstatement) as the Appropriate Remedy for Daily-Wage Termination Illegal Only for Section 25F Non-Compliance Case: NORTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION v. SHRI DARSHAN SINGH...
Threshold Quashing of Criminal Defamation: Litigation Pleadings, Authority-Complaints, and Unproven Anonymous “Publication” 1. Introduction In HARKIRAT SINGH SODHI v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR...
NBEMS Leave Cap Cannot Pedantically Cancel DrNB Training Where Maternity Leave (a Reproductive Right) and Prolonged Illness Co-exist 1. Introduction Case: SUSAN K. JOHN v. NATIONAL BOARD OF...
Promotees Filling Direct-Recruit Slots Cannot Claim Seniority Over Subsequent Direct Recruits; Seniority May Be Revised to Insert Direct Recruits at Cyclic Points 1. Introduction In A. Srirangam Dora...
Primary Documentary Proof as a Precondition for Section 193 IPC Prosecution: Departmental Findings and Prior Summoning Orders Cannot Sustain Charges Where the Alleged Fabricated Record Is Not on the...
Deemed Extension Under Section 8A(3) MMDR Act Is Unavailable Where the Underlying Mining Lease Is Void for Breach of Rule 22-D (Minimum Area) 1. Introduction In M/S SHRI VENKATESHWARA MINERALS v....
Railway Employee Free Pass and Bona Fide Passenger Status: Non-filling of Journey Particulars Does Not Defeat Section 124A Claim (Subject to Discretionary Reduction) 1. Introduction Case: SEETABAI...
Res Gestae-Based Oral Dying Declarations Naming Assailants: Admissibility, Reliability, and Compensation Enforcement 1. Introduction The Calcutta High Court (Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction) in SAJAL...
Mere Commenting on a Third‑Party Social Media Post Does Not Attract JJ Act (Ss.74/77) or IT Act S.66E Liability: Madras High Court on Quashing FIR 1. Introduction In Sowdhamani v. The Inspector of...
Demand for Repayment of a Loan, Without Instigation or a Positive Act, Does Not Constitute Abetment of Suicide Under Section 306 IPC 1. Introduction In Rinku Lodha v. The State Of Madhya Pradesh...
Disability Pension under 2008 Entitlement Rules: “Lifestyle/Idiopathic” Labels Insufficient Without Cogent, Individualised Medical Board Reasons Case: UNION OF INDIA v. 627281 EX MWO (HFO) TEJPAL...
Section 69 BNS Targets Deceit (Not Disappointment): Consensual Relationships and Implausible “Promise to Marry” Allegations Warrant FIR Quashment at the Threshold 1. Introduction This decision of the...