POSH Act: ICC’s “No Sexual Element” Closure Is an Appealable Section 13(2) Recommendation Under Section 18 Case: ANUP VIKAL v. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR THE INDUSTRIES AND ORS (connected with WP...
RTI Act: No Obligation on a Public Authority to Procure Information from a Private Body Merely Because It Can Access It Under Another Law 1) Introduction This group of nine writ petitions before the...
Re-reservation Bar After Section 127 Lapse: Land De-reserved by Operation of Law Cannot Be Reserved Again in a Subsequent Development Plan 1. Introduction The Bombay High Court (M.S. Karnik and...
Mandamus Cannot Protect Admission Founded on a Non-Authentic CET Scorecard; Writ Court Confines Itself to Authenticity, Not Criminal Attribution 1) Introduction In SHUBHAM VIJAY MANGIRE v. THE STATE...
POSH Act Appeals Must Lie Only to Statutory Court/Tribunal or Notified Standing Orders Appellate Authority—Employer-Created “Appellate Authorities” Are Without Jurisdiction Case: ASHOK UPADHYAY,...
Vehicle Under Repair is “In Use” and a Repair Garage is a “Public Place”: Insurer Liability for Welding-Blast Death Under the Motor Vehicles Act 1. Introduction In THE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD....
Mandatory Pre‑Cognizance Hearing under BNSS Section 223 Applies to SEBI Special Courts (Non‑Compliance Vitiates Cognizance) 1) Introduction In Neville Tuli v. Securities and Exchange Board of Indi...
Section 33(2)(b) “One Month’s Wages” Must Be an Additional Statutory Payment, Not the Earned Salary of the Dismissal Month 1) Introduction In DR. SATISH BHIDE v. SHRI. RAVINDRA M. PANDE (Bombay High...
Executive Government Resolutions Cannot Retrospectively Defeat Statutory Leasehold-to-Occupancy Conversion; Sub-lessee Lacks Locus; Section 257 MLRC Is Supervisory 1. Introduction In DHARAMPAL SHARMA...
No Presumption of Private Practice Income for Government Doctors; No Compensation for “Loss of Salary” When Salary Was Drawn Case: BAJAJ ALLIANCE INSURANCE CO. LTD. v. SHRI ROHIDAS AMBADAS CHAVAN AND...
Non-recording of Section 164(5A) CrPC and short delay in Section 354 IPC complaints do not, by themselves, justify quashing; CCTV defence must meet “sterling material/impossibility” thresholds Case:...
Interim Gag Orders in Defamation: Truthful, Bona Fide Public-Interest Clarifications (Especially by Banks) Are Not Restrained Case: LILAVATI KIRTILAL MEHTA TRUST THROUGH PRASHANT MEHTA v. HDFC BANK...
Nexus-to-Syndicate as the Decisive Threshold for MCOCA: Delay, A‑Summary History, and 65B Defects Not Grounds for Quashment; Proceedings Quashed Only Where Nexus is Absent Case: RAJAN BHAGWANDAS...
Article 21 Public Law Compensation for Death in State Mental Hospital: Adoption of Motor Accident Multiplier Method and Need-Based Top-Up Case: SMT. NOORJAN SAMSHUDDIN BHANVADIYA AND ORS. v. THE...
Religious References, Dua/Amen, and “Dead Voters” Allegations: Strict Pleading Threshold for Corrupt Practice and Void-Vote Grounds in Election Petitions 1) Introduction The decision in MUFTI...
Tenure “D” (Rule 43) Lands Are Class-I and Freely Transferable: No 75% Transfer Premium; Only NA Change-of-User Charge Sustainably Recoverable 1) Introduction The Bombay High Court (Milind N. Jadhav,...
Section 175(3) BNSS Cannot Be Used as a Mechanical Tool to Criminalise Debt-Recovery Disputes: FIR Quashed as Counterblast Where Core Ingredients of Sections 406/409/420 IPC Were Absent Court: Bombay...
Recruitment Timelines Are Not Relaxable on Vague Pleas: No Article 14 “Parity” or Legitimate Expectation to Reopen Document Verification Case: MAYUR SAKHARAM SAWANT v. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR THE...
Protected Schedule-II Birds Are Compensable Wild Animals for Crop and Fruit-Tree Damage 1. Introduction In Shri Mahadeo s/o Jagannath Dekate v. State of Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court, Nagpur...
TET/CTET as a Cut-off Eligibility for Promotion: No “In-Process” Accrual and No Retrospective Cure of Qualification Case: VAIJENATH HARIDAS AMBAD AND OTHERS v. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS...