Post-facto Shareholder Ratification Cannot Cure Fraudulent Diversion of Preferential-Issue Proceeds (PFUTP); Distinct SEBI WTM Directions and AO Penalties May Co-exist 1) Introduction In SECURITIES...
Section 319 CrPC: “Strong and Cogent” Means No Mini‑Trial; Evidence Must Be Assessed Cumulatively 1. Introduction Case: MOHAMMAD KALEEM v. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH & ORS., 2026 INSC 251 (Supreme...
Premature Quashing Under Section 482 CrPC Is Impermissible When Forensic Verification of Alleged Forgery Is Pending Case: SHARLA BAZLIEL v. BALDEV THAKUR AND OTHERS Citation: 2026 INSC 252 (Supreme...
Doctor-Certified Police-Recorded Dying Declaration and Eyewitness Child Testimony as Sufficient Basis to Reverse Acquittal in a Burn-Homicide 1. Introduction SUBRAMANI … APPELLANT VERSUS STATE OF...
Adoptive Maternity Benefit Cannot Be Age-Capped: Section 60(4) Read Down to Remove the Three-Month Limit I. Introduction In HAMSAANANDINI NANDURI v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS. (2026 INSC 246), the Supreme...
No Partial Relief in Fraud-Tainted Insurance Claims: Fraud Vitiates the Entire Claim and Mandates Total Repudiation 1. Introduction United India Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Sayona Colors Pvt. Ltd. (2026...
ICDS Supervisor Recruitment: Graduate Anganwadi Workers May Compete in SSLC-Experience Stream Despite Separate Graduate Earmarking 1. Introduction The Supreme Court of India in Shiny C.J v. Shalini...
Accommodation of PwBD Candidates as per 04.01.2021 Identification Notification: SSC Duty to Forward Dossiers; CAG to Appoint Against Suitable Group ‘C’ Posts with Supernumerary Creation if Needed 1....
Article 32 Laches Recast: “Unexplained Delay” as the Operative Test and State-Induced Expectation as a Ground to Hear Decades-Old Fundamental Rights Claims Case: MIZO CHIEF COUNCIL MIZORAM THR....
Confirmed DRT Auction Sales Are Not Immune from Limited Judicial Scrutiny on Valuation 1. Introduction Case: OM SAKTHI SEKAR v. V SUKUMAR & ORS. (2026 INSC 237), Supreme Court of India, decided on...
Objective-Material Threshold for Article 311(2)(b): Presumptions of Witness Intimidation Cannot Justify Dispensing with Departmental Inquiry 1) Introduction Manohar Lal v. Commissioner of Police &...
Compulsory Armed-Forces Welfare Insurance Societies as “State” under Article 12 Despite Self-Funding: The AFGIS Rule Case: RAVI KHOKHAR v. UNION OF INDIA (2026 INSC 233) Court: Supreme Court of India...
Formal Closure of Long-Running Environmental PILs: Pending Air-Pollution Issues to Continue Through Thematic Suo Motu Proceedings 1. Introduction In M.C. MEHTA v. UNION OF INDIA, 2026 INSC 383, the...
Benefit-of-Doubt Acquittal Is Not “Honourable” for Police Recruitment: Screening Committee Primacy and Limited Judicial Review 1) Introduction In THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH v. RAJKUMAR YADAV (2026...
Seniority Under TNEB Service Regulations: Appointment and “Duty” Commence on Joining for Training, Not on Probation 1. Introduction M. THANIGIVELU v. TAMIL NADU ELECTRICITY BOARD TAMIL NADU...
Clarificatory Letters Cannot Amend OBC Creamy Layer Norms: Salary-Only Exclusion Invalid and Parity Required for PSU/Private and Government Employees 1. Introduction UNION OF INDIA v. ROHIT NATHAN...
CANH via PEG Is “Medical Treatment”: Best-Interests Framework and Operationalisation of Common Cause for Home-Based PVS Patients Case: HARISH RANA v. UNION OF INDIA Citation: 2026 INSC 222 Court &...
No “Ceiling” on Benchmark Disability: Upper Caps in PwD Reservation Must Yield to Reasonable Accommodation and Functional Assessment 1. Introduction Prabhu Kumar v. The State of Himachal Pradesh...
Restructuring Continuing Mandamus: Legacy Environmental PILs May Be Closed While Preserving Prior Directions and Migrating Live Issues to Focused Proceedings 1. Introduction In M.C. Mehta v. Union of...
Legacy Environmental PILs May Be Closed Without Diluting Binding Directions: Supreme Court Creates Focused Suo Motu Framework for Taj Trapezium Zone 1. Introduction In M.C. Mehta v. Union of India,...