Crime-Scene Re-enactment Is Not Per Se Self-Incrimination: Article 20(3) Limits, Electronic-Evidence Proof, and Appellate Restraint in Reversing Trial Findings Case: THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU v....
Post-Repeal Invalidity of Old-Act Posting Changes: Section 31 Savings Do Not Revive Section 13(4) Powers or Old Panels 1) Introduction Case: MANOJ KUMAR RAWAT v. STATE OF UP & ORS. (Supreme Court of...
Institutional Premises Excluded from “Re-Release” under ABC Rules, 2023: Article 21-Driven Stray Dog Removal, SOP Validity, and Feeder/Carer Tort Liability Court: Supreme Court of India Date:...
Overqualification and Suppression of Educational Credentials Can Void Public Employment Where Maximum Qualification Is Prescribed 1. Introduction In GENERAL MANAGER (HR) v. K POOVARASAN, 2026 INSC...
Partition Decree with Built-in Sale/Mesne-Profits Directions is Partly Final and Executable Without a Fresh Final-Decree Application 1. Introduction In JENNIFER MESSIAS v. LEONARD G LOBO (Supreme...
Article 21 “Melts Down” Section 43-D(5) UAPA in Prolonged Incarceration: K.A. Najeeb as Binding Stare Decisis and the Impermissibility of Smaller-Bench Dilution 1. Introduction In SYED IFTIKHAR...
Executive Instructions Give No Enforceable Right Once Article 309 Rules Supersede: “Things Done” Saving Clause Does Not Preserve an Unheld DPC 1. Introduction The Supreme Court of India, in STATE OF...
Res Judicata Bars Repeat Order VII Rule 11 Attempts; Section 6(5) HSA Is a Saving Clause—Section 8 Rights of Daughters Survive Case: B.S. LALITHA v. BHUVANESH (2026 INSC 499) Court: Supreme Court of...
Mediclaim Reimbursement Not Deductible from MACT Medical Expenses: Contractual Benefit Independent of MV Act Compensation Case: THE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED v. DOLLY SATISH GANDHI & ANR....
Pleadings vs Proof in Rent-Eviction: Substance over Form, Co-owner as “Landlord”, and Limited Appellate Revival of Pleading Objections Case: MARIETTA D SILVA v. RUDOLF CLOTHAN LACERDA & ORS. (2026...
Reasoned Concurrence Requirement in CBI-Investigated Remission: Non-Speaking MHA Rejection Quashed; Court May Grant Premature Release Without Remand 1. Introduction In ROHIT CHATURVEDI v. STATE OF...
Co-mingled Pipeline Gas is an Inter-State Sale: Explanation 3 to Section 3 CST Act is Clarificatory (Retrospective) and States Cannot Levy VAT 1. Introduction This Supreme Court decision (15 May...
Stamp-Duty Guideline Value as the Statutory Baseline in NH Act Acquisitions: Single, Dissimilar Sale Exemplar as “Patent Illegality” 1. Introduction This Supreme Court decision in Project Director...
Regulatory Securities as a Compensation Fund for Court-Ordered Student Relocation: Equitable Fee Apportionment When a Medical College Defaults Case: SOUMYA RANJAN PANDA v. SUBHALAXMI DASH Citation:...
Hostile Witness Testimony Can Be Used to Acquit: Symmetric Use of Hostile Evidence and Collapse of Uncorroborated Medical Proof 1. Introduction In TALARI NARESH v. THE STATE OF TELANGANA (2026 INSC...
“Loan” Nomenclature Irrelevant: Money Advanced on Promise of Return With Interest Is a “Deposit” Under the MPID Act; MPID Remedy Independent of IPC Findings 1. Introduction In ALKA AGRAWAL v. STATE...
Professional Autonomy and Child Welfare Are Not “Cruelty” or “Desertion”: Expunging Patriarchal Findings and Deeming Divorce to Rest on Irretrievable Breakdown 1) Introduction Case: ANN SAURABH DUTT...
Billing/Record-Supply Grievances Against Hospitals Are Not Per Se “Criminal Offences”: Section 482 CrPC Quashing Where IPC Ingredients and 2017 Act “Offence” Are Not Pleaded Case: NARAYANA HEALTH v....
Regulation 10 “May” Is Directory: No Employee Right to Insist on Common Disciplinary Proceedings 1. Introduction In CANARA BANK v. PREM LATHA UPPAL (DEAD) (2026 INSC 478, decided on 12-05-2026), the...
Revenue-Sharing in AOP Agreements Creates an Overriding Title: Upfront Gross-Receipt Share Taxable in Member’s Hands; Reassessment Valid on Post-Assessment Tangible Material Case: SANAND PROPERTIES...