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A vacation bench said religious freedom is subject to public order, morality and health, and asked why the monitoring committee was not a party. The petition returns after the Diwali vacation. Article 25 and use of public places explained.
By Rohit Singh · 12 Nov 2026
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Justice Jobin Sebastian held that Section 94 of the BNSS cannot be used to compel an accused to produce a mobile phone said to hold incriminating material, because that would violate the protection against self-incrimination in Article 20(3).
By Rohit Singh · 12 Nov 2026
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The High Court says no judge passed the order dated 14 August 2026. The FIR of 6 November invokes six sections of the BNS. How blocking under section 69A and the 2009 Rules works, and what forgery of a court record means.
By Umang Sultania · 12 Nov 2026
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The Ranga Reddy Collector got six months, suspended for four weeks. The Ahmedabad Collector must pay Rs 1 lakh from his own salary. Article 215, the Contempt of Courts Act, apology, appeal under section 19 and personal costs explained.
By Rohit Singh · 12 Nov 2026
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Hearing one accused who had seen two witnesses in three years, Justice B. Pugalendhi widened the case to the State, looked at pendency, special courts and prosecutors, and gave directions to the Registrar General, the Government and the prosecution.
By Rohit Singh · 12 Nov 2026
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Justices M.M. Sundresh and P.B. Varale put the onus on the State, with DLSAs and trial courts to relax conditions across 75 districts. Next hearing 20 January 2027. Article 21, sections 479 and 484 of the BNSS and legal aid explained.
By Shruti Pathak · 12 Nov 2026
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The Madurai Bench told the vigilance directorate to register an FIR over books bought for Tamil Nadu public libraries. Rule 18(4) of the Libraries Rules, Article 14 in procurement, anti-corruption provisions and copyright in machine output explained.
By Manaswi Singh · 12 Nov 2026
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Justice Murali Purushothaman held that the mere possibility of crime cannot justify curbing hours the State allowed under its liquor rules, that a Section 79 order lasts at most fifteen days, and that the police may act against noise only under Section 77 or the Noise Pollution Rules.
By Rohit Singh · 12 Nov 2026
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A bench led by CJI Surya Kant wants WhatsApp and other intermediaries to say what they will do, with a copy to the I4C. Next hearing 23 November 2026. Safe harbour under section 79, the BNSS rules on arrest and the 1930 helpline explained.
By Umang Sultania · 12 Nov 2026
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Justice Sanjeeb K Panigrahi and Justice Chittaranjan Dash upheld the dismissal of a writ by a teacher at the Hindustan Aeronautics school in Sunabeda, holding that his express consent in 1995 to leave the aided regime ended any claim to Government pay scales, matching dearness allowance and retirement at 60.
By Rohit Singh · 11 Nov 2026
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Justice J. B. Pardiwala and Justice K. Vinod Chandran cancel the suspension of one life sentence, spare co-convicts whose witnesses turned hostile, and warn against release merely because appeals are pending.
By Umang Sultania · 11 Nov 2026
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Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar leave the 423-day delay condoned but order the fourth defendant to keep Rs 75 lakh in deposit instead of paying the lender.
By Manaswi Singh · 11 Nov 2026
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Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Manmohan hold that the three-year limit to cancel a gift runs from knowing what the deed is, not from the end of the donor influence.
By Manaswi Singh · 11 Nov 2026
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Justice J. B. Pardiwala and Justice Manmohan say two school heads cannot be tried under Section 304 or 304A: an intervening cause broke the chain, and the contractor is prima facie answerable.
By Umang Sultania · 11 Nov 2026
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Justice Mini Pushkarna suspended the sentence of a DSIIDC dealing clerk convicted in a CBI trap case, noting that no money was recovered from him, no witness spoke of a demand by him and he had stayed on bail through the trial.
By Manaswi Singh · 10 Nov 2026
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A Division Bench held that refusing 2011 correspondence tendered after the other side had finished its evidence did not deny a fair hearing, and that approval of invoices did not prove approval of revised rates. It dismissed Viceroy Engineering appeal against an award rejecting all its counterclaims.
By Manaswi Singh · 10 Nov 2026
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Justice Milind N. Jadhav relied on the accused's long custody, the lack of any prospect of trial ending soon, and a disputed role, in a gang-rivalry killing where the alleged gang leader is already on bail.
By Rohit Singh · 10 Nov 2026
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Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar upheld a Rent Controller's order granting leave to defend, because the landlord's own title documents, pleaded rent and disclosures left the existence of a tenancy open for evidence.
By Manaswi Singh · 10 Nov 2026
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The Noise Pollution Rules, 2000 bar loudspeakers and sound-emitting crackers at night, with a limited festive relaxation up to midnight. Zone limits, the 2005 Supreme Court directions and the complaint route explained.
By Rohit Singh · 10 Nov 2026
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A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court noted that only High Courts and the Supreme Court can fix such terms after V. Sriharan, but dismissed the writ petition because the High Court itself had confirmed the sentence in 2013 and the Supreme Court had dismissed his special leave petition.
By Manaswi Singh · 10 Nov 2026
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Under the Income-tax Act, 2025, gifts from relatives are tax-free, money from others is taxed in full above Rs 50,000 a year, and employer gifts have a Rs 15,000 threshold. Clubbing for spouses explained.
By Manaswi Singh · 10 Nov 2026
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Justice Sandeep V. Marne held that the Deputy Registrar of Co-operative Societies has no power to grant, or even direct, a no-objection for commercial use of a flat, and sent the owners to the co-operative court under Section 91.
By Rohit Singh · 10 Nov 2026
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A Division Bench upheld the murder conviction of a woman accused of setting her daughter-in-law on fire in a Delhi jhuggi in 2000, relying on two consistent dying declarations, but set aside the cruelty convictions of her and her son.
By Manaswi Singh · 10 Nov 2026
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A Division Bench at Jabalpur set aside five single-judge orders that had quashed recovery of an ad hoc pay increase from ministerial staff of the Madhya Pradesh Police. It held that recovery stalled for years under court stays, that the employees were unjustly enriched, and that none had pleaded hardship.
By Rohit Singh · 09 Nov 2026
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The High Court upheld the Tribunal exclusion of comparables from a transfer pricing set, including a company whose merger produced super profits that would skew the mean. It found no substantial question of law on the remaining questions after the Supreme Court remand in SAP Labs.
By Rohit Singh · 09 Nov 2026
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A paper dealer lost its execution case because the buyer was not a member of the Paper Merchants Association. The Delhi High Court held that non-membership does not make the Association Executive Committee appointment of a sole arbitrator unilateral under Section 12(5), and sent the case back to the executing court.
By Manaswi Singh · 09 Nov 2026
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Justice Tejas Karia granted an interim injunction to Jindal Composite Tubes, holding that JINDAL remains the dominant feature of GROJINDAL, that a surname defence fails because JINDAL is not the defendant name, and that Delhi has jurisdiction because the plaintiffs carry on business there.
By Manaswi Singh · 09 Nov 2026
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Twenty-eight years after a woman was set on fire on Bhai Dooj, a Delhi High Court bench upheld murder convictions of her husband, a Delhi Police ASI, his mother and a sister-in-law on the strength of her dying declaration, and acquitted three women of cruelty on the benefit of doubt.
By Manaswi Singh · 09 Nov 2026
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Certified green crackers were allowed on 7 and 8 November 2026 in two daily slots. The complete ban resumed on 9 November. Article 21, the Explosives Act, the 2018 Arjun Gopal judgment and the penalties explained.
By Umang Sultania · 09 Nov 2026
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Justice Amit Borkar held that a missing signature does not mean there is no arbitration agreement, because the cardholder terms drawn up by the bank treat use of the card as acceptance. He appointed a sole arbitrator in four card-default disputes and left every question of proof to the tribunal.
By Rohit Singh · 09 Nov 2026
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Justice Anish Dayal applied the multiplier method to nursing, attendants, physiotherapy and future treatment, rejected a three-year-old income finding, and refused loss of consortium because the man is alive.
By Manaswi Singh · 09 Nov 2026
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Justice Ashish S. Chavan fixed the outer limit on 6 November 2026, supplementing the dynamic injunction of 2 November against John Doe defendants. Copyright Act sections 14, 51 and 55, dynamic injunctions and section 79 safe harbour explained.
By Shruti Pathak · 08 Nov 2026
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On 6 November 2026 the BCI told a bench led by CJI Surya Kant that its General Council had withdrawn the age caps for three-year and five-year LL.B courses. Sections 7 and 49 of the Advocates Act, Articles 14, 19(1)(g) and 21, and what students should check.
By Rohit Singh · 08 Nov 2026
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Justices M.M. Sundresh and Prasanna B. Varale rejected the application on 6 November 2026, saying they were considering only suspension at this stage. Section 430 BNSS, Babu Singh and Kashmira Singh explained.
By Manaswi Singh · 08 Nov 2026
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A newspaper report of hundreds of trees axed and a hillside dug up for a housing colony on Omkareshwar Road led the Green Tribunal to act on its own. A joint committee traced every tree to a Gram Panchayat permission. The Bhopal bench closed the case and gave the State Pollution Control Board 30 days to decide the colony consent application.
By Shruti Pathak · 08 Nov 2026
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DGGI Surat said target and non-target bonuses paid to Monarch Cars by Chevrolet Sales India were consideration for sales-related services. The Ahmedabad bench follows its Down Town Motors ruling on a Hyundai dealer: such payments reduce the purchase price of cars and are not a service. The Rs 1 lakh penalty on the dealer general manager also goes.
By Shruti Pathak · 08 Nov 2026
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CERC ordered NHDC to refund Madhya Pradesh Rs 156.13 crore of Secondary Energy Charges after a corrigendum changed a unit of water measurement in the Indira Sagar clearance of 1984. The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity stays the payment direction, finding prima facie that settled tariffs cannot be rewritten retrospectively on that basis.
By Shruti Pathak · 08 Nov 2026
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Justice Rakesh Kainthla upheld the three-year sentence of a branch postmaster for criminal breach of trust over deposits never credited to depositors, but acquitted him of cheating, holding that the two offences cannot stand together on the same facts.
By Rohit Singh · 08 Nov 2026
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A Division Bench of Chief Justice G.S. Sandhawalia and Justice Bipin Chander Negi dismissed 44 writ petitions by the Bhakra Beas Management Board against labour court awards of compensation to work-charged workmen who were not offered re-employment after retrenchment.
By Rohit Singh · 08 Nov 2026
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Justice Anish Dayal enhanced compensation for a 21-year-old left in a vegetative state, applying a multiplier of 18 to nursing, attendant, physiotherapy and future medical costs, while rejecting the insurer plea to cut income and non-pecuniary heads.
By Manaswi Singh · 08 Nov 2026
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A Division Bench of Justice Dinesh Mehta and Justice Aditi Choudhary upheld a single judge who set aside the part of an arbitral award letting DDA keep interest on a fixed deposit made from an encashed bank guarantee the arbitrator held DDA had no right to invoke.
By Manaswi Singh · 08 Nov 2026
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A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana dismissed the plea on 6 November 2026. Articles 75(1), 164(1), 102 and 191, Manoj Narula and Public Interest Foundation explained.
By Umang Sultania · 08 Nov 2026
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A bench headed by Justice Aravind Kumar asked KPCC office-bearers on 6 November 2026 why they should not be punished for contempt under Article 129. Scandalising the court, section 15 and the truth defence explained.
By Umang Sultania · 08 Nov 2026
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Customs reclassified 60 spools imported for a rolling mill as steel articles, denied the EPCG exemption and demanded Rs 3,07,21,816 with an equal penalty and a Rs 50 lakh fine. The Chandigarh bench holds that goods the DGFT licence treats as capital goods stay exempt whatever heading Customs prefers, and never rules on the heading.
By Shruti Pathak · 07 Nov 2026
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The NCLT Indore admitted a Section 9 petition against Flexituff Technology International because it had sent a letter and four post-dated cheques for a debit note raised on its subsidiary. The Principal Bench holds the letter was no novation, the business transfer agreement left such liabilities with the subsidiary, and the debt was disputed.
By Shruti Pathak · 07 Nov 2026
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MERC struck the IXORA substation and eight Parel bays off Tata Power's transmission cost because no one drew power from them. The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity holds that readiness for service, not actual use, is what counts, and sends the question of who should pay for the idle assets back to the State Commission.
By Shruti Pathak · 07 Nov 2026
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Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Augustine George Masih and Justice Sandeep Mehta set aside the Delhi High Court and revive a contractor suit, holding that the society kept carrying his dues forward in its own balance sheets.
By Umang Sultania · 07 Nov 2026
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Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar upheld the trial court prima facie findings on four passages of Yes Man, but held that a pending-trial ban on the entire book tilts the balance against free speech, and moulded the injunction to cover only those passages.
By Manaswi Singh · 07 Nov 2026
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Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Augustine George Masih hold that property a father takes in a partition among Class I heirs is his alone, and his son has no birthright in it, and the Tamil Nadu amendment does not rescue the claim on these facts.
By Umang Sultania · 07 Nov 2026
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Justice Tejas Karia held that Doosra prima facie used the recognition and commercial appeal of Sourav Ganguly to draw audiences, yet declined to stop screenings of a film already released, ordering a disclaimer in English and Hindi and an unconditional bank guarantee of Rs 2 crore.
By Manaswi Singh · 07 Nov 2026
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Justice Manmohan and Justice Shree Chandrashekhar dismiss the appeals of two Chhattisgarh clerks, holding that a similar colleague left in service does not make a compulsory retirement order invalid.
By Manaswi Singh · 07 Nov 2026
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Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Augustine George Masih dismiss the Trust appeal against a 2012 Delhi High Court Full Bench ruling, citing Government control over its Chairman, committee, accounts and rules.
By Manaswi Singh · 07 Nov 2026
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Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice R. Mahadevan clarify the 11 March judgment, decline to set any timeline for the Centre policy exercise, and extend the compliance period by two months.
By Umang Sultania · 07 Nov 2026
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Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta exclude cultivators living outside the forest or only temporarily in it, and set deadlines under a committee headed by former Chief Justice of India B. R. Gavai.
By Manaswi Singh · 07 Nov 2026
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Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Justice Amit Sharma held that a plea of mental illness under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act and the Dhariwal ruling needs material, and that judicial review does not reopen the evidence in a departmental inquiry.
By Manaswi Singh · 07 Nov 2026
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Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V. Mohana adopt the Attorney General formula, set off Rs 420.77 crore of capital cost, and stretch the payback from 15 to 20 years.
By Umang Sultania · 07 Nov 2026
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Justice Alok Kumar quashed a Circle Officer order of 5 March 2024 against Patna residents told to clear alleged public land. It said nothing on the objections they filed under an earlier High Court order, and a summary order without reasons cannot take property under Article 300A.
By Rohit Singh · 07 Nov 2026
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A division bench led by Chief Justice V. Kameswar Rao dismissed a Letters Patent Appeal by a Bihar police constable removed in 2018. She wrote No on her verification form while a 2017 FIR was pending, and her December 2024 acquittal came too late to help.
By Rohit Singh · 07 Nov 2026
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A division bench led by Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad upheld a Ranchi Family Court judgment refusing a husband divorce under Section 13(1A)(ii). He took no step to enforce his own conjugal-rights decree, and nothing showed the wife knew of it or meant to end the marriage.
By Rohit Singh · 07 Nov 2026
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A division bench led by Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad upheld a Dhanbad Family Court judgment refusing a husband divorce on cruelty and mental disorder. His only medical paper, a US discharge slip, recorded altered mental status, and no doctor was examined.
By Rohit Singh · 07 Nov 2026
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A division bench led by Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad set aside a Palamau Family Court judgment that refused a wife divorce, holding that pilgrimages, photographs and a husband later offering to take her back do not cancel cruelty proved through the whole course of the marriage.
By Rohit Singh · 07 Nov 2026
High CourtsHimachal Pradesh HcArticle
Justice Rakesh Kainthla held that the Bilaspur court was wrong on territorial jurisdiction, but refused to disturb a 2011 acquittal because the complainant never proved he was the proprietor of the payee firm.
By Rohit Singh · 07 Nov 2026
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Justice Rakesh Kainthla allowed two second appeals from Theog and decreed a land suit, holding that both courts wrongly shut out signed papers and a 1980 statement because they were not put to the landowner in cross-examination.
By Rohit Singh · 07 Nov 2026
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A bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant sought responses from the Centre and the Election Commission on 26 October 2026 and listed the matter for 5 November. Articles 324 to 326, the 1950 Act, Rule 21A and Lal Babu Hussein explained.
By Rohit Singh · 07 Nov 2026
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The plea is tagged with a pending petition and listed for 7 December 2026. Article 21, parental consent under the DPDP Act, the IT Rules and the policy question the Centre raised in the Delhi High Court.
By Shruti Pathak · 07 Nov 2026
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IFF says two notices of 31 October and 2 November 2026 cite criminal defamation and Rule 3(1)(d) of the IT Rules. Who may order a takedown under Sections 69A and 79(3)(b), and what Shreya Singhal and Subramanian Swamy held.
By Manaswi Singh · 07 Nov 2026
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A bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and R. Mahadevan rejected the Union government plea under Article 142 on 6 November 2026 but protected settled appointments, seniority and promotions. Article 16(4), Indra Sawhney and prospective overruling explained.
By Umang Sultania · 06 Nov 2026
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A division bench dismissed a writ appeal by Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences against the refusal to recall a 2023 order that counted a former Deputy Registrar's compulsory retirement years as duty, saying the suppression ground was available earlier.
By Shruti Pathak · 06 Nov 2026