Vague Preventive-Detention Grounds and Event-Linked Detention: Dual Invalidating Factors under Article 22(5) Case: RAYEES AHMAD LONE v. UNION TERRITORY OF J AND K AND ORS. (HOME) Court: High Court of...
Strict “Sufficient Cause” Standard for Belated High Court Review After Unsuccessful Supreme Court Challenge 1. Introduction This decision of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court (Division Bench)...
Post-Superannuation Dismissal Valid Where Disciplinary Proceedings Were Initiated in Service; Writ Review Limited to Process, Not Merits 1. Introduction This Letters Patent Appeal (LPA No. 233/2025)...
Juveniles Cannot Be Preventively Detained Under PSA on the Basis of Acts Committed During Juvenility 1. Introduction In FARIZ GULZAR v. UNION TERRITORY OF J AND K AND ANR. (HOME) (Jammu & Kashmir and...
Nazool Lease Regularization Must Follow the Correct Regime (1981 Policy), Not Roshni; Unrelated Prior Writs Are Not “Material Suppression” 1. Introduction This decision of the High Court of Jammu &...
Government Order S-432 (1966): Prior Permission for Alienation Treated as Otiose; Long-standing Single-Judge View to be Followed under Stare Decisis Court: High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at...
Section 37 NDPS “Twin Conditions” Remain Mandatory for Post-Conviction Suspension of Sentence; Long Incarceration/Article 21 Cannot Dilute the Statutory Rigour 1) Introduction The High Court of Jammu...
Bail under Section 483 BNSS in Section 111 BNS “Organized Crime” Prosecutions: Economic-Offence Label and Pending Further Investigation Are Not Standalone Grounds to Refuse Bail 1. Introduction In...
Deputation Benefits Rule: Parent Body Pays Gratuity with Statutory Interest; Borrowing Body Pays Leave Salary and Seeks Reimbursement 1. Introduction In M NASEER U ZAMAN v. MANAGING DIRECTOR, J AND K...
Accrued Right to Regularization Survives Repeal: Equality-Based Posthumous Regularization Where Juniors Were Regularized 1. Introduction This judgment of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh...
Quashment of 498-A/506 RPC Proceedings for Omnibus Allegations and Non-Relative Accused (including Alleged Paramour) under Section 561-A Cr.P.C 1. Introduction The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High...
Wrongful Denial of Appointment: Notional Appointment, Merit-Based Seniority, and Old Pension Coverage from the Original Selection Date 1. Introduction The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court (Jammu...
Election Petitions Under the Representation of the People Act, 1951: “Proper Parties” Are Impermissible; Misjoinder Is Curable by Striking Out Non-Candidates Case: HARSH DEV SINGH v. UT OF J AND K TH...
Section 482 Cr.PC/Section 528 BNSS: FIR Not Determinative; Quashing of Murder Charge Impermissible Where Charge-sheet, Eyewitness Support and Post-mortem Show Prima Facie Causation Case: MANGA RAM v....
NDPS Trials: Mechanical Deferment Due to Supplementary Complaint Is Impermissible—Trial Court Must Decide Segregation and Proceed Expeditiously 1. Introduction In AFROZ AHMED SHEIKH v. NARCOTICS...
Procedural Direction in a Criminal Appeal: Reserving the Matter for Orders and Permitting a Brief Written Synopsis 1. Introduction This order was passed by the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and...
Cancellation of PMLA Bail Requires Supervening Misconduct; ED Must Show Post-Bail Grounds Beyond Merits Disagreement 1) Introduction The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court (Justice M. A....
Moulding Relief in Defective Land Acquisition After Possession and Construction: Fresh Award Under the 1990 Act Using Final-Award Date as Valuation Benchmark 1) Introduction This Letters Patent...
Writ Courts Cannot Collaterally Reopen Unchallenged Revenue Mutations While Testing Agrarian Reforms Orders 1. Introduction The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court (Division Bench) in Naresh Kumar...
Police-Custody Excesses as “Purported Official Duty”: Prior Sanction under Section 197 CrPC as a Precondition to Cognizance Case: RAJESHWAR SINGH v. STATE TH.2ND ADDL.COURT AND ORS. (CRMC No....