https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/chetan-sabharwal-reassessment-reason-to-believe-change-of-opinion-supreme-court/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T22:05:44+05:30 Silent assessment order is no opinion: Supreme Court upholds reopening of Rs 255 crore Sabharwal share sale civil appeal, tax law https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/jhabra-ram-pokhran-espionage-bail-cancelled-grounds-of-arrest-supreme-court/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T22:00:43+05:30 No written grounds, no prejudice: Supreme Court cancels High Court bail in Pokhran espionage case bail cancellation, grounds of arrest https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/south-bihar-power-india-power-section-29a-extension-commercial-court-supreme-court/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T21:55:43+05:30 Patna High Court could not extend the arbitrator: Supreme Court sends Section 29A power to commercial court arbitration act, IBC https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/supreme-industries-supremo-india-trademark-suits-transferred-ahmedabad-supreme-court/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T21:50:43+05:30 Supreme v Supremo: Supreme Court moves rival SUPREME trademark suits from Indore and Delhi to Ahmedabad commercial suit, transfer petition https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/gopalakrishnan-kerala-sub-registrar-disproportionate-assets-conviction-supreme-court/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T21:45:44+05:30 Assets 51 per cent above known income: Supreme Court upholds Kerala Sub Registrar corruption conviction prevention of corruption act, burden of proof https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/orissa-mining-corporation-section-143-2-notice-reassessment-supreme-court/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T21:40:44+05:30 No Section 143(2) notice, no reassessment: Supreme Court dismisses revenue appeals in Orissa Mining case civil appeal, tax law https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/royal-construction-npcc-arbitral-award-execution-law-commission-supreme-court/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T21:35:44+05:30 Supreme Court will not referee a 24-year-old award execution, asks Law Commission to fix enforcement execution proceedings, arbitration act https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/operation-rakshak-war-injury-pension-kargil-rheumatoid-arthritis-supreme-court/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T21:30:43+05:30 Kargil arthritis earns war injury pension: Supreme Court holds Operation Rakshak is a notified operation service jurisprudence, ministry of defence https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/gopal-lodhi-rape-fir-quashing-compromise-set-aside-supreme-court/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T21:25:44+05:30 Rape case cannot be quashed on a compromise: Supreme Court revives MP trial after survivor reports coercion inherent powers, quashing https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/himachal-pradesh-hc-interest-bearing-loan-land-purchase-not-commercial-dispute-order-7-rule-11/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T21:20:44+05:30 Interest-bearing loan to ex-employee for land purchase is not a commercial dispute, Himachal Pradesh HC holds cpc o 7, commercial suit https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/gujarat-hc/gujarat-hc-upholds-acquittal-sutrapada-poisoning-case-seized-bottle-never-sent-fsl/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T21:15:44+05:30 Gujarat HC upholds 2015 acquittal in Sutrapada poisoning case where seized bottle was never sent to FSL acquittal appeal, benefit of doubt https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/allahabad-hc-refuses-cancel-bail-mahoba-petrol-pump-death-second-bail-application-after-hc-rejection/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T21:10:44+05:30 Allahabad HC refuses to cancel bail granted by Mahoba trial court on second plea after HC had rejected first sc st act, bail cancellation https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/chhattisgarh-hc/chhattisgarh-hc-raipur-municipal-corporation-bank-attachment-arbitral-award-commercial-court-execution/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T21:05:44+05:30 Chhattisgarh HC upholds Rs 7.29 crore attachment of Raipur civic body accounts to enforce arbitral award article 227, execution proceedings https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madhya-pradesh-hc/madhya-pradesh-hc-indore-khajrana-encroachment-sdo-order-quashed-shree-ram-builders-possession-30-days/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T21:00:44+05:30 MP HC quashes SDO order reopening Khajrana encroachment fight, directs possession to builder within 30 days article 226, encroachment removal https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/karnataka-hc/karnataka-hc-athani-municipal-shops-auction-notification-quashed-public-premises-act/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T20:55:44+05:30 Karnataka HC halts Athani municipal shop auction a day before bidding, says evict under PP Act first eviction, public premises eviction act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/chhattisgarh-hc/chhattisgarh-hc-health-clerk-bribe-trap-conviction-set-aside-complainant-never-met-accused/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T20:50:44+05:30 Chhattisgarh HC acquits health clerk in 2009 bribe trap after complainant admits he dealt with another clerk acquittal, prevention of corruption act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/karnataka-hc/karnataka-hc-parappana-agrahara-prison-land-acquisition-writ-appeal-allowed/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T20:45:44+05:30 Karnataka HC revives 19-acre acquisition for Parappana Agrahara prison, sets aside Single Judge order article 300a, land acquisition https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-hc-flowmore-skipper-8-crore-arbitral-award-set-aside-tower-prototype-inspection-waiver/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T20:40:43+05:30 Delhi HC sets aside Rs 8.15 crore award to Skipper, finds no evidence Flowmore waived tower prototype test patent illegality, arbitration act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/orissa-hc/orissa-hc-odisha-grameen-bank-regularisation-scheme-temporary-sweepers-messengers/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T20:35:44+05:30 Orissa HC tells Odisha Grameen Bank to frame scheme to regularise temporary sweepers and messengers service jurisprudence, regularisation https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/orissa-hc/orissa-hc-sarpanch-no-confidence-notice-fifteen-clear-days-dispatch-envelope-weight/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T20:30:44+05:30 Orissa HC voids no-confidence notice against Kendrapada Sarpanch over one missing day and unproven enclosures natural justice, gram panchayat https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/himachal-pradesh-hc-quashes-rejection-hperc-chairman-panel-electricity-act-selection-committee/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T20:25:44+05:30 Himachal Pradesh HC quashes State rejection of HPERC Chairman panel, orders appointment by 10 November selection committee, electricity act 2003 https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-hc-thor-ventures-nyeq-section-9-post-award-dlf-gurugram-plots-sham-loan-letter/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T20:20:44+05:30 Delhi HC freezes two DLF Gurugram plots for buyer who lost arbitration, doubts sham loan letter finding arbitration act, interim relief https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/himachal-pradesh-hc-no-notice-to-surety-before-bond-forfeiture-section-446-crpc-491-bnss/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T20:15:44+05:30 No prior notice to a surety before his bail bond is forfeited, Himachal Pradesh HC Division Bench holds natural justice, bnss s 491 https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-hc-jai-singh-dda-kondli-gharoli-contractor-final-bill-decreed-26-year-suit/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T20:10:44+05:30 Delhi HC decrees Rs 41.78 lakh final bill with 9% interest from 1999 to DDA contractor in 26-year-old suit money recovery, contract act https://www.legalrepublic.in/everyday-law/caste-certificate/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T09:10:58+05:30 Caste certificates — how they are issued, scrutinised and cancelled https://www.legalrepublic.in/the-republic/vishaka-at-28/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T08:31:02+05:30 Vishaka at 28: Guidelines as Legislation, and What POSH Did to Them https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/ecl-finance-related-party-palm-developers-coc-supreme-court/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T21:10:44+05:30 No driving seat needed: Supreme Court keeps ECL Finance out of Palm Developers CoC as a related party corporate insolvency resolution process, IBC https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/lakshmi-sugar-mills-section-43b-excise-duty-closing-stock-supreme-court/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T21:05:44+05:30 Sugar never left the godown: Supreme Court scraps Rs 69.9 lakh Section 43B add-back on Lakshmi Sugar Mills civil appeal, tax law https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/supreme-court-consecutive-life-sentences-set-aside-thane-rape-murder-muthuramalingam/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T21:00:44+05:30 One life, one life sentence: Supreme Court sets aside consecutive life terms in Thane rape and murder case sentencing, life imprisonment https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/supreme-court-uapa-section-43d7-bail-bar-needs-illegal-entry-not-visa-overstay-mohamed-rifas/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T20:55:44+05:30 Overstaying a visa is not illegal entry: Supreme Court refuses to cancel UAPA default bail UAPA, default bail https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-hc-2020-riots-brijpuri-mob-killing-five-convictions-upheld/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T20:50:44+05:30 Delhi HC upholds seven-year sentences of five men in 2020 riots mob killing of 22-year-old Monish criminal law, unlawful assembly https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/chhattisgarh-hc/chhattisgarh-hc-gati-shakti-cargo-terminal-railway-acquisition-shree-cement-farmer-petitions-dismissed/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T20:45:44+05:30 Rail link to Shree Cement cargo terminal is a public purpose, Chhattisgarh High Court rules; farmers lose article 300a, land acquisition https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/patna-hc-power-grid-union-leader-removal-travel-bills-writ-dismissed/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T20:40:44+05:30 Power Grid union leader removed over travel bills loses writ; Patna HC finds no natural justice breach natural justice, departmental inquiry https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-hc-section-138-dr-ia-khan-sentence-reduced-42-lakh-compensation-upheld/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T20:35:44+05:30 Cheque-bounce jail term cut to six months, Rs 42 lakh compensation stays: Delhi HC in Dr I.A. Khan revision criminal revision, cheque dishonour https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/chhattisgarh-hc/chhattisgarh-hc-veterinary-surgeon-disproportionate-assets-charge-affirmed-revision-dismissed/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T20:30:47+05:30 Veterinary surgeon must face disproportionate assets trial 21 years after ACB raid: Chhattisgarh High Court prevention of corruption act, charge framing https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/patna-hc-atma-deputy-project-directors-accountant-fixed-pay-orders-quashed/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T20:25:45+05:30 Contract label cannot erase an advertised pay scale: Patna HC quashes fixed-pay orders for ATMA staff service jurisprudence, article 14 https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/jharkhand-hc/jharkhand-hc-law-officer-engagement-rules-2026-rule-3-7-struck-down-researcher-fee-reconsider/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T20:20:44+05:30 Jharkhand HC upholds Law Officer Rules 2026 but strikes Rule 3(7), orders rethink of Rs 20,000 researcher fee judicial review, article 14 https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-hc-pinnacle-school-teacher-pgt-claim-doe-arrears-order-set-aside/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T20:15:44+05:30 Pinnacle School teacher was never promoted to PGT, Delhi HC holds; Rs 8.36 lakh interim payout stays with her service jurisprudence, education law https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-hc-mmtc-chauhan-jewellers-arbitral-award-partly-set-aside-section-37/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T20:10:44+05:30 Delhi HC partly sets aside award against MMTC: two of five gold export claims were wrongly rejected patent illegality, arbitration act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-hc-mool-chand-hospital-reinstatement-award-3-lakh-lump-sum-section-33/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T20:05:44+05:30 Delhi HC turns 2004 reinstatement award into Rs 3 lakh lump sum; writ pendency does not trigger Section 33 reinstatement, industrial disputes act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/himachal-pradesh-hc-pwd-engineer-in-chief-extension-quashed-chauhan/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T20:00:43+05:30 Himachal HC quashes CM-approved extension of PWD Engineer-in-Chief, orders Screening Committee by 11 November service jurisprudence, superannuation https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-hc-ntpc-badarpur-rs-197-crore-electricity-tax-auxiliary-consumption-upheld/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T19:55:45+05:30 Delhi HC upholds Rs 197 crore municipal electricity tax on power NTPC used to run Badarpur plant tax law, delegated legislation https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/chhattisgarh-hc/chhattisgarh-hc-afrc-hostel-mess-transport-charges-raipur-medical-colleges-quashed-remanded/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T19:50:44+05:30 Chhattisgarh High Court quashes fee committee cut in hostel, mess charges at two Raipur medical colleges private medical colleges, education law https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-hc-chandni-chowk-tenants-subsequent-events-leave-to-defend-section-151-refused/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T19:45:44+05:30 Delhi HC refuses to let tenants add subsequent events to leave-to-defend plea through Section 151 CPC delhi rent control act, leave to defend https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-hc-rishi-levi-proclaimed-offender-set-aside-extradition-stands/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T19:40:44+05:30 Proclaimed offender tag on NAFED accused held in Philippines set aside; Red Notice and extradition stand criminal law, proclaimed offender https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/rajasthan-hc/rajasthan-hc-rpsc-assistant-professor-interview-weightage-single-judge-set-aside/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T19:35:43+05:30 Rajasthan HC: 10% interview cap does not reach 2021 Assistant Professor recruitment; single judge set aside service jurisprudence, recruitment rules https://www.legalrepublic.in/everyday-law/blood-transfusion-negligence/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T09:01:11+05:30 Negligent blood transfusion — when the hospital is strictly liable https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/calcutta-hc/calcutta-hc-adani-sabeer-bhatia-video-interim-injunction-takedown/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T01:00:45+05:30 Calcutta HC blocks Sabeer Bhatia video on Adani till 31 January, orders takedowns on YouTube, X and Instagram intermediary liability, defamation https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madhya-pradesh-hc/madhya-pradesh-hc-arbitral-award-no-merger-execution-24-years-time-barred/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T00:55:44+05:30 Arbitral awards do not merge in court orders: MP High Court throws out execution filed 24 years after award limitation act, arbitration https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/himachal-pradesh-hc-balwinder-singh-molestation-appeal-remitted-uncharged-incidents-evidence/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T00:50:44+05:30 Himachal HC sends 2006 molestation appeal back: evidence of two uncharged incidents was never admissible criminal revision, indian evidence act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madhya-pradesh-hc/madhya-pradesh-hc-asi-bribe-conviction-set-aside-unseized-phone-recording-lokayukt/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T00:45:45+05:30 Bribe case built on an unseized phone recording collapses; Madhya Pradesh HC acquits Alirajpur ASI prevention of corruption act, electronic evidence https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/jammu-kashmir-ladakh-hc/jammu-kashmir-ladakh-hc-amity-tenant-cheating-fir-quashing-refused/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T00:40:44+05:30 Tenant who allegedly posed as Amity official loses bid to quash cheating case in Jammu and Kashmir HC quashing petition, cheating https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madras-hc/madras-hc-nise-nice-dr-reddys-trademark-opposition-appeal-dismissed/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T00:35:44+05:30 NISE and nice sound alike, but Madras HC lets neonatal equipment mark stand against Dr Reddys registration https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/himachal-pradesh-hc-dupal-singh-charas-bail-refused-grounds-of-arrest-prospective/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T00:30:46+05:30 No bail for driver of car with 1.853 kg charas; grounds-of-arrest rule does not reach pre-Mihir Shah arrests section 37 ndps, grounds of arrest https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/himachal-pradesh-hc-spasmo-proxyvon-wrong-ndps-section-conviction-upheld/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T00:25:44+05:30 Charged under the wrong NDPS section, convicted anyway: Himachal HC upholds Spasmo-Proxyvon verdict hostile witness, ndps act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/patna-hc-panel-advocate-uco-bank-fraud-cognizance-quashed-legal-opinion/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T00:20:44+05:30 Panel lawyer who told UCO Bank to verify title itself cannot be tried for the fraud that followed: Patna HC bhajan lal guidelines, legal profession https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madras-hc/madras-hc-kn-nehru-review-dismissed-recruitment-fir-state-withdraws-challenge/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T00:15:45+05:30 Madras HC dismisses K.N. Nehru review of recruitment-scam FIR order; State withdraws its own challenge contempt petition, review petition https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madras-hc/madras-hc-iti-machinery-suit-tamil-nadu-cooperative-union-time-barred/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T00:10:44+05:30 Rs 2.58 crore ITI machinery suit against Tamil Nadu Co-operative Union dismissed as time-barred limitation act, government contracts https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/chhattisgarh-hc/chhattisgarh-hc-margdarshan-sansthan-frozen-account-registrar-60-days/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T00:05:46+05:30 College account frozen since 2021: Chhattisgarh HC gives Registrar 60 days to decide who runs the society article 226, natural justice https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-hc-minor-rape-survivor-29-week-pregnancy-termination-allowed/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T00:00:46+05:30 Delhi HC lets 17-year-old rape survivor end 29-week pregnancy, says 24-week limit does not bind the court article 21, reproductive rights https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/kerala-hc/kerala-hc-legal-benefit-fund-court-fee-hike-not-retrospective-vat-appeals/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-27T23:55:52+05:30 Kerala HC: doubled court fee on tax appeals applies only where the dispute began after 1 April 2016 vested rights, tax law https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/himachal-pradesh-hc-shoghi-bus-heroin-conviction-upheld-sentence-cut-15-months/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-27T23:50:43+05:30 Heroin found on a bus seat: Himachal HC keeps the conviction but cuts three years to 15 months sentencing, ndps act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/gujarat-hc/gujarat-hc-gst-refund-limitation-apl-04-upload-panila-chem/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-27T23:45:45+05:30 Gujarat HC orders refund of Rs 5.41 lakh GST penalty the State held for two years after losing the appeal article 265, tax law https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/jharkhand-hc/jharkhand-hc-lukuiya-more-ambush-nia-bail-maoist-lookout/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-27T23:42:29+05:30 Jharkhand HC grants bail to alleged Maoist lookout held six years in Lukuiya More police ambush case UAPA, bail jurisprudence https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/andhra-pradesh-hc/andhra-pradesh-hc-assigned-house-site-mortgage-decree-execution-restored/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-27T23:35:44+05:30 Mortgage decree stalled by a 1983 patta: Andhra Pradesh HC revives execution, orders ruling on saleability civil revision, CPC https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madras-hc/madras-hc-letter-of-credit-discounting-not-payment-leather-suit-dismissed/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-27T23:30:44+05:30 Discounting a letter of credit is not payment by the debtor: Madras HC dismisses Rs 5.19 crore leather suit commercial suit, limitation act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/gauhati-hc/gauhati-hc-fancy-bazar-demolition-order-stayed-section-342-notice/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-27T23:25:43+05:30 Gauhati HC stays GMC order to demolish Fancy Bazar building, finds no sign of Section 342 notice on record stay order, natural justice https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/gujarat-hc/gujarat-hc-juvenile-bail-mephedrone-section-12-jj-act-surat/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-27T23:20:44+05:30 Gujarat HC bails teenager in Rs 26.86 lakh mephedrone case, says Surat courts misread the chargesheet ndps act, juvenile justice act https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/supreme-court-six-years-undertrial-acquitted-agra-murder-case-compensation-uttar-pradesh/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-27T21:40:44+05:30 Six years jailed on surmise: Supreme Court makes Uttar Pradesh pay an acquitted undertrial Rs 6 lakh circumstantial evidence, wrongful incarceration https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/atibir-industries-sbi-arc-loan-settlement-rs-125-crore-supreme-court/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-27T21:35:45+05:30 Supreme Court ends Atibir Industries loan fight at Rs 375 crore, Rs 125 crore above what the ARC paid SBI banking law, IBC