Finality of the Digitally Signed Supreme Court Order and Strict Maintainability Limits for Post‑Disposal Miscellaneous Applications Case: FAKIR MAMAD SULEMAN SAMEJA v. ADANI PROTS AND SPECIAL...
State Duty to Frame a Time-Bound Mother-Tongue Education Policy and Introduce Rajasthani as a School Subject (Non–Eighth Schedule Status No Defence) 1. Introduction In PADAM MEHTA v. THE STATE OF...
“Public View” as a Sine Qua Non for SC/ST Act Charges: FIR/Charge-sheet Liable to Be Quashed Where the Foundational Ingredient Is Absent 1. Introduction In GUNJAN @ GIRIJA KUMARI v. STATE (NCT OF...
Recounting Must Be an Interim Direction in Panchayat Election Petitions; a “Petition Allowed + Recount” Order Renders the Prescribed Authority Functus Officio Case: Urmila Devi v. The State of Uttar...
Conviction Can Rest on Reliable Oral Dying Declaration Corroborated by a Sterling Witness Despite Hostile Witnesses 1. Introduction Case: Mitesh @ T.V. Vaghela v. The State of Gujarat (2026 INSC...
Article 142 “Forgiveness-with-Vigil” in Criminal Contempt: Indefinite Suspension of Conviction with Periodic High Court Review Case: Yatin Narendra Oza v. Suo Motu, High Court of Gujarat, 2026 INSC...
Departmental Fraud in Police Recruitment: “Some Evidence” Suffices; High Courts Cannot Reappreciate Facts, and Article 142 May Quash a Parallel Fraudulent Appointment Case: THE STATE OF JHARKHAND v....
Direct Confiscation Consequence After Final Judicial Declaration of a Benami Transaction & Retroactive Reach of the 2016 Benami Machinery Provisions Case: MANJULA AND OTHERS v. D.A. SRINIVAS...
Indian Railways’ Captive Traction Network Is Not “Distribution”: Open-Access Procurement Attracts Cross-Subsidy & Additional Surcharge 1. Introduction This Supreme Court decision in INDIAN RAILWAYS...
State as Model Employer: Final, Unchallenged Service Tribunal Orders Must Be Implemented Despite Delay—Suppression Sanctioned by Denial of Interest Court: Supreme Court of India Date: 08 May 2026...
No Automatic Rescission of a Specific Performance Decree for Delay in Deposit; Equity-Based Section 28 Discretion and “Same Suit” Procedure 1) Introduction Case: ANAND NARAYAN SHUKLA v. JAGAT DHARI...
IBC Section 7 Cannot Be Invoked as Recovery Tool Where Bank’s Disbursement Is Intertwined with Builder Obligations Under a Quadripartite Property Transaction Case: DHANLAXMI BANK LTD. v. MOHAMMED...
Depreciation Recovery in Electricity Tariff is Limited to the Commission-Approved Supply Period (Not the Asset’s Technical Useful Life) Case: DELHI ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION v. TATA POWER...
Mere Non-Communication Without Cogent Proof Is Not Cruelty Under Section 498A IPC Introduction In Jayesh Kanna v. The Assistant Commissioner Law and Order (West), the Supreme Court of India...
Section 36(1)(iii): Interest Deduction Allowed Where Borrowed Funds Are Routed Through a Group Entity on Grounds of Commercial Expediency Case: L.K. TRUST v. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (2026 INSC...
Geo-Tagging Conditions in Public Tenders Cannot Be Used to Arbitrarily Disqualify Genuine Bidders 1. Introduction In VIDYASAGAR VIJAYKUMAR KAMBOJ v. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA, 2026 INSC 697, the...
Conditional Specific Performance Decrees: Non-Deposit Within Decretal Time Renders Decree Inexecutable Without Deemed Extension 1. Introduction Habban Shah v. Sheruddin (2026 INSC 451, decided on...
CTE/CTO-Protected Operation Pending Environmental Clearance: No Closure for Bona Fide “Prior-EC” Lapse Where PCB Itself Was Unaware 1) Introduction Neetu Solvents v. Vineet Nagar & Ors. (Supreme...
Brutality Alone Does Not Make a Case “Rarest of Rare”: Death Sentence Commuted to 25 Years Without Remission Where Reformation Is Not Foreclosed Introduction In SHAHJAD ALI @ ALI UR REHMAN v. THE...
Real Estate CIRP: Lifting the Corporate Veil to Bind Subsidiary Leasehold/Development Rights; Development Authority Denied Penal Interest for Monitoring Failures Case: ALPHA CORP DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE...