No Fresh River-Corridor Development Without Scientific High Flood Line Demarcation: Integrated River Basin Governance Mandated for Rajasthan 1. Introduction The Supreme Court of India, in IN RE: 2...
Bona Fide Ignorance of a Criminal Report Is Not Suppression: Termination Requires a Two-Pronged Antecedent Verification Inquiry Introduction In SHATRUGHN YADAV v. THE FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS...
Appellate Courts Must Not Alter Murder Convictions on Surmise: Prosecution Evidence Must Sustain Restoration of Section 302 Conviction Introduction In THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH HOME DEPARTMENT v....
Section 69 CGST Arrest Order Must Be Communicated Before Arrest, But Courts Cannot Grant Post-Dismissal Protective Bail Introduction In UNION OF INDIA v. SUNIL BIYANI, 2026 INSC 849, the Supreme...
Custodial Death Requires Real Investigation and Meaningful Compensation, Not Token Relief Introduction In LAHRA BAI TAMRE v. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH, 2026 INSC 840, the Supreme Court of India dealt...
No Retrospective Application of Enhanced POCSO Sentencing: Life Imprisonment Restored for Pre-2019 Child Sexual Assault 1. Introduction In BALESH KUMAR KURAITI v. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH, the Supreme...
Electrocution Compensation Claims Against Electricity Utilities Are Governed by Strict, Not Absolute, Liability Where Facts Are Disputed Introduction In Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation...
Suspicion Is Not Theft: Section 135 Electricity Act Requires Inspection-Recorded Evidence and Subjective Satisfaction 1. Introduction In M/S. HIMADRI STEEL PVT. LTD. v. JHARKHAND URJA VIKAS NIGAM...
Mere Naming in a Suicide Note Does Not Establish Abetment Without Specific Instigation and a Proximate Nexus Case: KIRAN DESHMUKH v. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH Citation: 2026 INSC 884 Court: Supreme...
Execution Courts Cannot Enlarge a Final Service-Benefit Order Beyond Its Express Terms Case: STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH v. JAMEET SINGH Citation: 2026 INSC 885 Court: Supreme Court of India Date: 11...
Ratification of Unauthorised Acceptance of Resignation Relates Back and Bars Later Withdrawal 1. Introduction In Delhi Technological University v. B.S. Rawat, 2026 INSC 797, the Supreme Court of...
Compulsory Retirement under FR 56(j): “Washed-Off Theory” Inapplicable to Retention Review Introduction In Sushil Sharma v. Union of India, 2026 INSC 809, the Supreme Court of India considered the...
Indivisible Turnkey Contracts Cannot Be Notionally Vivisected for Pre-2007 Service Tax under “Commissioning or Installation” 1. Introduction In COMMR.OF SERVICE TAX,CHENNAI v. M/S DIEBOLD SYSTEMS(P)...
Non-Stigmatic Discharge of a Probationary Teacher Holding an Unrecognised B.Ed. Requires No Futile Enquiry; Later NCTE Recognition Has No Retrospective Effect Case: M/S BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN'S...
Civil Courts Retain Jurisdiction in Scheduled Areas for Disputes Exclusively Between Non-Tribals Introduction In Mukkera Venkata Ratnam v. Vantasala China Venkateswarlu, the Supreme Court of India...
Kitting Imported Modules Is Not Manufacture Without Proof of Conversion into a New Marketable Article 1. Introduction In Commissioner of Central Excise, Hyderabad-IV v. M/s Xerox India Ltd. & Ors.,...
Proactive Condonation of Delay in Jail Appeals and the Duty to Scrutinize Sole-Eyewitness Convictions 1. Introduction In ARJUN JANI @ TUNTUN v. STATE OF ORISSA, the Supreme Court of India dealt with...
Subvention Scheme Under TMA Pai Interim Order Ends with Final Declaration of Unconstitutionality Introduction In GOVERNMENT OF INDIA v. SRI DEVRAJ URS MEDICAL COLLEGE, the Supreme Court considered...
Technology-Based Enforcement of Mandatory Motor Insurance and Standardised Four-Layer Motor Policy Disclosure 1. Introduction In NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED v. SMT. THUNGALA DHANA LAXMI, the...
Order XVIII Rule 17 CPC Is a Court’s Clarificatory Power, Not a Party’s Tool to Fill Gaps in Evidence Introduction In K. Bharathamma v. Bandaru Sakku Bai, the Supreme Court of India examined the...