Fallback Appointment Clauses Are Enabling: Co-Arbitrators Retain Power to Appoint the Presiding Arbitrator Absent a Party Request to the Designated Authority 1. Introduction In MUNICIPAL CORPORATION...
Shoddy Investigation and Unreliable Dying Declarations: Acquittal Affirmed Where Fire Causation Is Uninvestigated and Section 313 Cr.P.C. Examination Is Inadequate 1. Introduction The Supreme Court...
Section 7 PC Act: Standalone Conviction of the Bribe-Taker Survives Failure of Conspiracy and Co-Accused’s Acquittal 1. Introduction In CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION v. BALJEET SINGH (2026 INSC...
Mandatory Section 65-B Certification and Strict Chain-of-Custody as Preconditions for Reliance on CDR/FSL in Circumstantial Murder Trials 1. Introduction Pooranmal v. The State of Rajasthan & Anr....
Section 103 MSCS “Deeming” Is Not Automatic: Reorganisation Act Actions and Single‑State Objects Defeat Multi‑State Status 1) Introduction REGISTRAR CANE COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES v. GURDEEP SINGH NARVAL...
Constitutional Mandate for No‑Fault Compensation for Serious AEFI in State‑Led Vaccination Programmes 1. Introduction Rachana Gangu v. Union Of India (2026 INSC 218, decided on 10-03-2026) arose from...
Manifest Arbitrariness as a Limit on “Better Management” Takeovers: Token Compensation and Unjustified Vesting of a Trust Institution Violates Articles 14 and 300A 1. Introduction Case: ANURAG...
Nomenclature-Neutral Regularisation: “Academic Arrangement” Exclusion Struck Down as Arbitrary under Article 14 1) Introduction In ABHISHEK SHARMA v. THE STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR & ORS. (Supreme...
No-Confidence Motions Under the Bihar Panchayat Raj Act, 2006: “Majority” Means Majority of the Total Elected Membership (Not Merely Those Present and Voting) Court: Supreme Court of India (Civil...
Automatic Consequential Declaration of the Sole Remaining Candidate When the Returned Candidate Is Statutorily Disqualified (Orissa Panchayat Samiti Act, 1959) Case: BASANTI SAHOO v. RAMADEBI ROUTRAY...
Section 48-B Reconveyance Is Discretionary: No Enforceable Right and No Judicial Time-Limit for Utilisation/Change of Public Purpose 1. Introduction In CHENNAI METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,...
Section 66 Capital Reduction: Valuation Disclosure Not Mandatory; DLOM Permissible in Market-Based “Fair Value” and NCLAT Bench Composition Valid 1. Introduction Case: PANNALAL BHANSALI v. BHARTI...
Order XLI Rule 27 CPC: Additional Evidence in Appeal Cannot Be Used to Fill Lacunae; Omission to Decide the Application in the Main Appellate Judgment Is Not Fatal If Later Considered and No...
Non-parties with Notice Can Be Proceeded Against for Contempt; Filing a Review/Belated Appeal Does Not Suspend Compliance 1. Introduction The Supreme Court of India, exercising its “extraordinary and...
Commercial Wisdom and Appellate Finality Under the IBC: “Clarifications” Sought by the CoC via the RP Are Not Plan Modifications; RP Acting on CoC Instructions Is Not “Material Irregularity”...
Section 133 “Transaction-wise Discharge”: Surety Liable up to Sanctioned Limit; Discharged Only for Post-Variance Overdrawals Case: BHAGYALAXMI CO-OPERATIVE BANK LTD. v. BABALDAS AMTHARAM PATEL (D)...
Contractual Bar on Pre-Award Interest Under the Arbitration Act, 1996 Cannot Be Circumvented as “Compensation”; Post-Award Interest is Statutory and Modifiable 1. Introduction Union of India & Ors....
Change in Law Compensation Prevails Over Fuel-Source Indemnity Only From the Change Event Date (Coal Block Cancellation as Change in Law) Case: WEST BENGAL STATE ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY...
Simultaneous CIRP Against Principal Debtor and Corporate Guarantor is Maintainable; No Mandatory Election of Claims Under the IBC I. Introduction ICICI BANK LIMITED v. ERA INFRASTRUCTURE (INDIA)...
Public-Servant Complaints: Section 202 Inquiry Not Mandatory; Limitation Runs from Identification of Offender under Section 469(1)(c) 1) Introduction The State of Kerala v. M/s. Panacea Biotec Ltd....