Comparable Sales over Ready Reckoner and Equitable Mesne Profits on Purchase Price: Supreme Court clarifies Sections 26 and 28 of the RFCTLARR Act Case Comment on Pradyumna Mukund Kokil v. Nashik...
Hostile-Witness Declaration Must Be Exceptional; Mere Knowledge of Victim’s Caste Suffices Under Section 3(2)(v) SC/ST Act A detailed commentary on Shivkumar @ Baleshwar Yadav v. State of...
False Electrocution Narrative as an Additional Incriminating Link: Supreme Court Reaffirms Section 106 Burden and Appellate Interference with Acquittals in Domestic Homicide Introduction In State of...
Automatic Application of State Government Gratuity Ceilings to Assam Financial Corporation Employees through Regulation 107 Case: THE ASSAM FINANCIAL CORPORATION LIMITED & ORS. v. BHABENDRA NATH...
Neutral-Auditor Compliance Model and Statutory Gratuity Interest in Contempt: Supreme Court’s Structured Enforcement Framework in Kachara Vahatuk Sharamik Sangh v. Ajoy Mehta Introduction In a...
Confidence-Restoring Interim CBI Transfer and the PIL-Routing Rule for SOP Petitions: Supreme Court’s Framework in the Karur Stampede Case Introduction This commentary analyzes the Supreme Court of...
Targeted Restoration After Quashed Land Acquisition: Supreme Court Limits Singur Relief to Vulnerable Cultivators, Bars Corporate Piggyback Claims Case: The State of West Bengal & Others v. M/s Santi...
Freezing of Embryos Marks Commencement of Surrogacy; Age Caps under the Surrogacy Act, 2021 Cannot Apply Retrospectively Case: ARUN MUTHUVEL v. Union of India (with connected matters: WP(C) 331/2024;...
Article 233 Recast: In‑service Judicial Officers Now Eligible for Direct Recruitment as District Judges — Dheeraj Mor Overruled; Seven‑Year Combined Experience and Age 35 Minimum Mandated...
Rule 21 confined to merit-list preparation: Vocational-subject marks count toward eligibility; termination on a new ground without fresh notice violates natural justice Case: Ravi Oraon v. State of...
AFT’s Substitution Power Clarified: Unauthorized Ammunition Possession May Be Punished under Section 63 (Army Act) When a Section 69 Civil Offence Fails Case: S.K. Jain v. Union of India, 2025 INSC...
Trust Need Not Be Arraigned Under Section 138 NI Act; Trustee–Signatory Can Be Prosecuted Case: SANKAR PADAM THAPA v. VIJAYKUMAR DINESHCHANDRA AGARWAL | Citation: 2025 INSC 1210 | Court: Supreme...
Section 19 Empowers Commissioner to Fasten Joint and Several Liability on Insurer Under the Employees’ Compensation Act Where Risk Is Covered 1. Introduction Alok Kumar Ghosh v. The New India...
Executability of a Specific-Plot Allotment Decree Despite Alleged Merger and Subsequent Construction; Court-May Order Removal of Non-Integral Encroachment Case: Prakash Namdeorao Dhage v. Ganpati s/o...
Illegality as to Essential Object Bars Specific Performance: Courts Cannot Rewrite Building-Law-Violative Construction Contracts via Section 12 SRA 1. Introduction Case: CANARA BANK v. K.L. RAJGARHIA...
Presumption of Electricity Theft under Section 39 (1910 Act) requires proof of “artificial means”; inference from consumption mismatch is insufficient Mahaveer v. State of Maharashtra, 2025 INSC 1206...
Security Bonds under Article 57 Require a Distinct Surety; Self‑Mortgages by the Principal Debtor Are Mortgage‑Deeds under Article 40 Citation: 2025 INSC 1207 Case Title: M/S Godwin Construction Pvt....
Order XV-A (Bombay Amendment): Mandatory Interim Deposit of Contractual Licence Fee; Liquidated Damages Not Awardable Interim Without Evidence 1. Introduction Case: ATUL J DOSHI v. PRAMUKH PROPERTIES...
COVID-19 Limitation Exclusion Applies to Written Statements in Commercial Suits; Non-filing of Written Statement Does Not Extinguish Right to Cross-Examination Commentary on M/s Anvita Auto Tech...
Official Ticket Verification as Prima Facie Proof of Bona Fide Travel under Section 124-A: Supreme Court’s Burden-Shifting Clarification in Rajni v. Union of India Introduction The Supreme Court of...