Unrealistic Guaranteed Returns = Prima Facie Cheating: Bombay High Court’s BNS-era benchmark for denying anticipatory bail in investment‑inducement cases Introduction This commentary analyzes the...
Administrative Disarray Is No Ground to Reject Judicial Applications: MP High Court Reaffirms Duty to Pass Speaking, Merit-Based Orders under Article 227 Case: Parameshwari Developers Pvt. Ltd....
Forged Age Proof Cannot Sustain Statutory Rape Conviction: Delhi High Court Reaffirms Burden to Prove Minority Beyond Reasonable Doubt in Arjun v. State (NCT of Delhi) Case: Arjun v. State (NCT of...
Anticipatory bail under BNSS Section 482 hinges on necessity of custodial interrogation, not gravity of allegation alone: MP High Court in Qureshi & Patidar v. CBI (Fake Encounter Probe) Introduction...
Proportionality Anchored in Past Record: Madras High Court Affirms Dismissal for Repeated Insubordination and Reaffirms Prejudice Test for Non‑supply of Enquiry Report Case: A. Shanthi v. State of...
Generic/Descriptive Marks Cannot Be Monopolised Even If Registered: Kerala High Court refuses injunction over “Metal Industries” and reiterates that passing off requires proof of goodwill,...
Limited, Time‑Bound Police Protection for Removal of Lawfully Owned Goods During Industrial Agitations: AP High Court’s Direction with Cost-Sharing Case: Realme Mobile Telecommunications (India) Pvt...
Expeditious Disposal of Maintenance Proceedings under Article 227: Allahabad High Court Mandates “No Unnecessary Adjournments” and Short-Interval Hearings in Section 125 CrPC/Section 144 BNSS Cases...
Rarest-of-Rare Recalibrated: Calcutta High Court commutes death penalty to “life without remission for 40 years” and overturns rape conviction for want of medical corroboration Introduction In State...
Bail in Schedule-I Wildlife Meat Allegations Requires Prima Facie Forensic/Link Evidence (FSL Pending Not Enough) 1) Introduction The decision in Sandeep Singh Parihar @ Ravi Singh v. The State Of...
Impleaded Sub-tenant is an “Aggrieved Person” Entitled to Revision, but Eviction Stands Absent Perversity: HP High Court on Subletting, Pleading Sufficiency, and Revisional Limits under Section 24(5)...
Post‑Retirement Recovery of Excess Pay Barred Absent Misrepresentation: Punjab & Haryana High Court in Virender Pal v. Union of India Introduction The Punjab & Haryana High Court, in a succinct yet...
Only Active Shopkeepers “Doing Business” Qualify for Alternative Shops under GNCTD’s MRTS Rehabilitation Policy: Delhi High Court’s Clarification in Surender Kumar v. GNCTD (2025 DHC 8227)...
Rule 29 ITAT Additional Evidence Cannot Be Used to Retract a Voluntary Return: Kerala High Court on Afterthought Affidavits in Cash Seizure Assessments 1. Introduction The decision of the Kerala High...
Section 319 Cr.P.C.: Summoning Requires Recorded Satisfaction of “More Than Prima Facie” and a Quality-Based Appraisal of Trial Evidence (Including FIR Delay) 1. Introduction In Ramnarayan Ram Daroga...
Mere Request for “Help” During Tax Raid Is Not Electoral Bribery or Undue Influence: Commentary on Dr. K. Sudhakar v. State of Karnataka 1. Introduction The decision of the Karnataka High Court in...
Sole-Testimony Convictions in Rape Cases Require “Sterling Quality” Evidence; Appellate Deference to Acquittals Reaffirmed, with Post-Judgment Bonds Directed under BNSS Section 481 Case: State of...
NMC Teaching-Experience Requirement Prevails: Study Leave for Super-Specialty Cannot Be Counted Toward Promotion as Associate Professor Introduction In The Dean in Charge, ESI-PGIMSR, ESIC Medical...
Post-Retirement Recovery from Pension under J&K CSR Article 168‑A Requires a Specific Charge and Proven “Loss to Government”; CCA proceedings cannot be used after superannuation — J&K High Court in...
Digital compliance with non-bailable warrants and the “material in possession” threshold for PMLA arrests: Punjab & Haryana High Court in Dharam Singh Chhoker v. Directorate of Enforcement and Others...