https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-high-court-section-12-5-ineligible-arbitrator-four-years-participation-no-waiver/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-27T13:35:54+05:30 It took part in the arbitration for four years and never objected. The award still falls arbitration, seventh schedule https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/jammu-kashmir-ladakh-hc/jammu-kashmir-high-court-enforcement-directorate-locus-addition-of-charges-scheduled-offence/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-27T13:31:23+05:30 The Enforcement Directorate needed a scheduled offence in somebody else’s charge-sheet, and asked the trial court to add one jammu kashmir ladakh hc, pmla https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madhya-pradesh-hc/madhya-pradesh-high-court-rape-not-a-continuing-offence-second-fir-different-city-test-of-sameness/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-27T13:25:54+05:30 The rule against a second FIR protects against duplicated investigation. It does not merge offences committed in another city pocso act, madhya pradesh high court https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/himachal-pradesh-high-court-forged-caste-certificate-user-not-forger-sections-467-468-set-aside/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-27T13:21:08+05:30 He used a forged certificate to get the job. Nobody proved he was the one who forged it caste certificate, himachal pradesh high court https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/calcutta-hc/calcutta-high-court-rice-bran-oil-not-agricultural-produce-market-fee-quashed-west-bengal/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-27T13:15:54+05:30 The statute lists what counts as processing: crushing, husking, parboiling, curing. Solvent extraction is not on the list calcutta hc, calcutta high court, west bengal, article 30 https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madhya-pradesh-hc/madhya-pradesh-high-court-land-acquisition-lapsed-objections-undecided-eight-years-scheme-139/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-27T13:10:55+05:30 The Supreme Court turned the clock back to the objection stage in 2016. The objections were still undecided in 2024 land acquisition https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/himachal-pradesh-high-court-bail-five-years-undertrial-84-witnesses-remain-stay-not-their-doing/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-27T13:05:53+05:30 Thirteen witnesses examined in five years, eighty-four still to come, and a stay obtained by somebody the police cleared section 483 bnss, sc st prevention of atrocities act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-high-court-juvenility-life-sentence-quashed-conviction-sustained-three-year-cap/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-27T13:01:08+05:30 When he got the certificate in 2000 it did him no good, because the law then said a boy was a juvenile only under sixteen section 302 ipc, delhi high court, juvenility https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-high-court-acquittal-mlc-history-denied-assault-school-register-age-not-conclusive/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-27T12:55:53+05:30 The first thing she told a doctor, under police escort, was that nobody had assaulted her section 376 ipc https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-high-court-prevention-of-corruption-cheque-already-delivered-demand-continued-conviction-upheld/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-27T12:51:09+05:30 He had already handed over the cheque the night before the trap, so why was there still money to collect delhi high court, prevention of corruption act, section 7 https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-high-court-order-on-charge-upheld-cbi-closure-reports-inconclusive-forensic-opinion/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-27T12:45:54+05:30 The CBI itself had twice concluded there was no case, and the originals were never found. The charge still stands section 482 crpc, delhi high court, prima facie case https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-high-court-oral-gift-and-adverse-possession-cannot-both-be-pleaded-permissive-occupation/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-27T12:40:56+05:30 She said the house had been gifted to her, and that she had also held it against the owner all along. Both cannot be true CPC, mesne profits, delhi high court, section 9 https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/patna-high-court-dysp-joining-air-force-refused-discharge-candidature-restored/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-27T12:35:54+05:30 They cleared the exam for Deputy Superintendent of Police. The Air Force would not let them go patna high court https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madras-hc/madras-high-court-section-156-3-crpc-magistrate-need-not-weigh-cctv-evidence-before-fir/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-27T12:30:59+05:30 The argument was that the Magistrate should have examined the CCTV footage first. That is what an investigation is for madras high court, electronic evidence, civil dispute https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madhya-pradesh-hc/madhya-pradesh-high-court-irrigated-land-collector-guidelines-no-development-deduction-submergence/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-27T12:25:53+05:30 The State charges stamp duty on its own valuation guidelines. It cannot pay compensation on a lower one land acquisition, sale deed, madhya pradesh high court https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/gujarat-hc/gujarat-high-court-victim-appeal-acquittal-juvenile-justice-board-confirmed-possible-view/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-27T12:21:06+05:30 The uncle who lost a boy appealed an acquittal himself. The chain had two links missing and a gap nobody could fill circumstantial evidence, acquittal, gujarat high court https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-high-court-ssc-unfair-means-debarment-candidate-terminal-not-on-compromised-list/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-27T00:40:58+05:30 The case against her was that she moved to a compromised computer. The Commission’s own annexure does not list that computer judicial review, central administrative tribunal https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-high-court-section-93-cgst-penalty-proceedings-commenced-after-death-legal-representative/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-27T00:35:55+05:30 Three years after her husband died, the Department proposed to penalise her for what he had allegedly done article 14, alternative remedy https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/supreme-court-bareboat-charter-termination-notice-sufficient-gratuitous-bailee-vessel-arrest/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-27T00:31:03+05:30 A defaulting charterer kept the ship, so a creditor had it arrested. The Supreme Court asks who the charterer actually was that day bail, default bail, supreme court https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/supreme-court-section-9-order-stayed-at-first-hearing-sole-arbitrator-section-17-kinetic-saera/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-27T00:25:54+05:30 A three-month injunction, stayed at the first hearing of the appeal, then wiped out along with the stay itself arbitration, section 9, non compete https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/supreme-court-railway-untoward-incident-missing-ticket-burden-shifts-railways-section-124a/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-27T00:20:57+05:30 Their son died of his injuries after a month in hospital, and the High Court refused the claim because nobody had kept his ticket supreme court, strict liability https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/supreme-court-no-part-acceptance-part-rejection-prosecutrix-testimony-section-366-376/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-27T00:15:55+05:30 The Sessions Judge disbelieved her on one charge and believed her on the other, and explained the gap with a remark about daring women acquittal, section 376 ipc https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/himachal-pradesh-high-court-cheque-time-barred-loan-instalment-schedule-section-138/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-27T00:10:56+05:30 The loan was from 2014 and the cheque from 2019, so he argued the debt had died. The instalment schedule said otherwise limitation, section 138, section 13 https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/himachal-pradesh-high-court-cheque-dishonour-acquittal-presumption-rebutted-refinance-section-65b/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-27T00:05:54+05:30 A finance company manager said the money had already reached the complainant. Nobody cross-examined him, and two courts convicted anyway criminal revision, himachal pradesh high court https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/patna-high-court-oral-dying-declaration-interested-witnesses-murder-conviction-affirmed-section-32/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-27T00:01:00+05:30 No weapon, no bullet, and the only account of the killing came from the dying man’s own family arms act, dying declaration, indian evidence act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/karnataka-hc/karnataka-high-court-preventive-detention-quashed-substitute-for-cancellation-of-bail-article-22-5/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-26T23:55:54+05:30 Preventive detention cannot be a back door to the bail cancellation the prosecution never applied for habeas corpus, article 22, karnataka high court, preventive detention https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/telangana-hc/telangana-high-court-payment-of-wages-act-employer-employee-relationship-contractor-nmr-waterman/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-26T23:50:58+05:30 A wages claim filed in 1998 is decided in 2026, and the authority never had jurisdiction to allow it alternative remedy, jurisdiction, telangana high court https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/allahabad-high-court-motor-accident-compensation-enhanced-aadhaar-not-proof-of-age-minimum-wages/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-26T23:45:54+05:30 The insurer appealed to cut the award, and left court owing four lakh more than when it started aadhaar, allahabad high court, motor accident https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/gauhati-hc/gauhati-high-court-death-sentence-not-confirmed-dna-evidence-life-without-remission-kokrajhar/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-26T23:40:57+05:30 Three DNA matches settled who did it. The question the trial court never answered was whether they had to die for it circumstantial evidence, pocso act, life imprisonment, dna evidence https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/himachal-pradesh-high-court-authority-to-file-cheque-complaint-not-challenged-cross-examination/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-26T23:35:56+05:30 He waited until final arguments to ask whether the Branch Manager was ever authorised to file the case himachal pradesh high court, cross examination, demand notice https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/himachal-pradesh-high-court-unlicensed-money-lender-bar-does-not-apply-section-138-complaint/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-26T23:31:02+05:30 An unlicensed money lender cannot sue you. The Himachal Pradesh High Court holds he can still prosecute you himachal pradesh high court, section 138, registration https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/calcutta-hc/calcutta-high-court-pocso-victim-compensation-fifty-percent-increase-below-fourteen-schedule-note/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-26T23:25:53+05:30 The trial court missed a note in the compensation schedule, and the victim was short by Rs 1.5 lakh pocso act, calcutta high court, sentencing https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/patna-high-court-quashes-cognizance-police-final-report-civil-nature-family-property-dispute/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-26T23:20:58+05:30 The police called it a civil dispute, the Magistrate agreed — and then took cognizance anyway section 482 crpc, cognizance, quashing https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/patna-high-court-juvenile-bail-section-12-jj-act-institutionalisation-last-resort-family-first/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-26T23:15:56+05:30 No home is worse for a child than an observation home, and a juvenile denied bail twice is released patna high court, juvenile justice act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/karnataka-hc/karnataka-high-court-habeas-corpus-preventive-detention-goonda-act-subjective-satisfaction-upheld/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-26T23:10:57+05:30 Ten cases in two years did not stop him, so preventive detention survives his mother’s habeas corpus petition judicial review, habeas corpus, karnataka high court, preventive detention https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/karnataka-hc/karnataka-high-court-drdo-cair-land-acquisition-restored-single-judge-quashing-set-aside/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-26T23:05:52+05:30 A defence laboratory cannot be built around the plots left out of it, and the acquisition is restored land acquisition, karnataka high court https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/punjab-haryana-hc/punjab-haryana-high-court-dacoity-preparation-sentence-reduced-two-decades-pendency-sections-399-402/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-26T23:01:02+05:30 His appeal was filed in 2008 and heard in 2026, and the delay itself shortens the sentence arms act, sentencing, punjab haryana high court https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/allahabad-high-court-government-appeal-acquittal-dismissed-summarily-without-summoning-record/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-26T22:55:54+05:30 The State said the record must be summoned before its appeal could be decided, and the Bench says no BNSS, allahabad high court, acquittal https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/patna-high-court-contempt-not-maintainable-single-judge-doctrine-of-merger-special-leave-dismissal/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-26T22:50:57+05:30 Dismissing a leave petition does not swallow the order below it, and a 2014 contempt case finally ends special leave petition, article 136 https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/allahabad-high-court-stranger-cannot-challenge-marital-status-hindu-marriage-act-void-marriage-property/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-26T22:45:56+05:30 A stranger to the marriage cannot call it void to keep her out of the house, the High Court holds hindu marriage act, locus standi, mandatory injunction https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madhya-pradesh-hc/madhya-pradesh-high-court-three-fir-petitions-dismissed-same-day-sakiri-vasu-section-156-3-magistrate/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-26T22:40:55+05:30 Three people asked the High Court to make the police act, and all three were sent to the Magistrate alternative remedy, fir registration, writ of mandamus https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/patna-high-court-1956-gift-deed-registration-formalities-donor-complete-title-passes-minor-donee/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-26T22:35:55+05:30 The donor did everything the Registration Act asked of him in 1956, and the gift holds seventy years later section 100 cpc, registration https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/karnataka-hc/karnataka-high-court-dismissal-absenteeism-without-enquiry-rule-11-cca-rules-reinstatement-ordered/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-26T22:31:01+05:30 He admitted he was absent, so they dismissed him without an enquiry — and must now start again natural justice, reinstatement, departmental enquiry https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madhya-pradesh-hc/madhya-pradesh-high-court-430-day-delay-leave-to-appeal-acquittal-prevention-of-corruption-refused/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-26T22:25:54+05:30 The file went from the prosecutor upward for 430 days, and the corruption acquittal now stands for good section 5 limitation act, acquittal, prevention of corruption act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/karnataka-hc/karnataka-high-court-compassionate-appointment-no-second-option-higher-post-tribunal-orders-quashed/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-26T22:20:55+05:30 Take the compassionate job and the door closes — you cannot come back later for a better post service jurisprudence, karnataka state administrative tribunal https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-high-court-motor-accident-attendant-charges-lump-sum-pain-and-suffering-enhanced-disability/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-26T22:15:55+05:30 He needs full day care and a special diet, so the Court awards an attendant — but not by multiplier delhi high court, motor accident compensation https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/allahabad-high-court-temporary-injunction-possession-since-1987-widow-minor-daughter-cancelled-sale-deed/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-26T22:10:56+05:30 Their sale deed was cancelled, but they have lived there since 1987 — and that is enough for an injunction CPC, allahabad high court, prima facie case https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/patna-high-court-no-coercive-recovery-stay-application-undecided-itat-seised-income-tax/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-26T22:05:55+05:30 The Tribunal was hearing the appeal, the stay application was sitting unopened, and the recovery notice arrived anyway patna high court https://www.legalrepublic.in/everyday-law/wakf-creation-registration/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-26T09:06:09+05:30 Creating a wakf in India — what it is, who can make one, and how to register it https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-high-court-benami-transactions-prohibition-act-bars-challenge-to-sale-deed-source-of-funds/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-25T23:50:41+05:30 Paying for a property is not the same as owning it, and saying so is barred by the Benami Act benami transactions, sale deed, delhi high court https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-high-court-equestrian-federation-youth-olympic-selection-challenge-dismissed-consistency-penalties/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-25T23:46:04+05:30 Two young riders asked the court to re-rank them for the Youth Olympics, and the Chief Justice declines letters patent appeal, delhi high court https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/patna-high-court-bank-dismissal-upheld-judicial-review-penalty-proportionality-delinquent-did-not-participate/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-25T23:40:57+05:30 He stayed away from his own departmental enquiry, and fifteen years later his heirs lose the case judicial review, patna high court, departmental enquiry, show cause notice https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/allahabad-high-court-multiple-firs-clubbed-principal-fir-same-transaction-depositors-maturity/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-25T23:35:46+05:30 Every unpaid depositor filed his own FIR, and the accused faced the same case over and over allahabad high court, multiple firs, section 161 crpc https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madhya-pradesh-hc/madhya-pradesh-high-court-medical-board-gestational-age-governs-termination-permission-survivor/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-09-25T23:31:04+05:30 The petition said twenty-six weeks, the Medical Board said twenty-two, and the Court went with the Board madhya pradesh high court, termination, pregnancy