https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/ndps-charas-identified-by-burning-not-proof-two-acquitted-after-twenty-two-years/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-13T01:50:57+05:30 An officer who burnt a piece of the seizure and called it charas did not prove what the substance was acquittal, ndps act https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/rajbhasha-adhikari-promotion-old-rules-no-vested-right-raj-kumar-applied/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-13T01:46:00+05:30 Hindi translators cannot claim promotion under the rules that existed when the vacancies arose service jurisprudence, promotion https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/partition-suit-alienation-legal-necessity-trial-court-decree-restored/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-13T01:40:58+05:30 An unproved allegation about a father's habits was not enough to undo a sale, and the trial court's decree is restored partition suit, property https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/motor-accident-claim-territorial-jurisdiction-section-166-chennai-to-chittoor/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-13T01:35:56+05:30 A claimant who lives in Chittoor and was injured in Tirupati cannot file his claim in Chennai motor vehicles act, motor accident claims https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/laterite-stone-never-recovered-never-shown-to-doctor-murder-convictions-set-aside/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-13T01:31:15+05:30 The 53 kg stone said to have killed the man was never recovered and never shown to the doctor circumstantial evidence, acquittal https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/witness-who-said-nothing-that-night-acquittal-affirmed-himachal-double-murder/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-13T01:25:56+05:30 He reached the bodies within two hours and said nothing about two men with sticks looking for them circumstantial evidence, interested witness https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/section-37-appeal-cannot-be-remitted-to-arbitral-tribunal-as-section-17-application/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-13T01:20:59+05:30 Even with both sides consenting, a Section 37 appeal cannot be handed to the arbitral tribunal as a Section 17 application arbitration, jurisdiction https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/kerala-hc/kaapa-detention-upheld-illegible-documents-claim-rejected-on-perusal/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-13T01:15:58+05:30 The pages said to be too blurred to answer were read in court, and found perfectly legible habeas corpus, preventive detention https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madhya-pradesh-hc/specific-performance-1980-sauda-receipt-first-appeal-allowed-after-forty-six-years/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-13T01:10:59+05:30 A 1980 sauda receipt, a suit dismissed in 2002, and a first appeal decided in 2026 in the buyer's favour specific performance, specific relief act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/andhra-pradesh-hc/goonda-detention-quashed-grounds-outside-district-bail-conditions-not-considered/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-13T01:05:56+05:30 Two of the three cases were from outside the District Magistrate's own district, and the detention order never explained why that mattered preventive detention, public order https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madhya-pradesh-hc/mutation-refused-three-revenue-orders-set-aside-article-227-bhoomiswami/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-13T01:01:06+05:30 Three revenue orders refusing to mutate a 2010 sale deed are set aside, and so is a fourth passed behind the buyers' backs article 227, mutation https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/kerala-hc/pitndps-detention-set-aside-inordinate-delay-bail-cancellation-no-substitute/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-13T00:55:56+05:30 The delay in issuing the detention order was never explained, and that alone undid it habeas corpus, preventive detention https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/andhra-pradesh-hc/constable-selection-restored-non-disclosure-no-one-size-fits-all-formula/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-13T00:51:10+05:30 Twelve years after his selection was cancelled, a constable gets the job back with seniority but no arrears service jurisprudence, non disclosure https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/chhattisgarh-hc/secl-arbitration-award-severed-pendente-lite-interest-bank-guarantee-set-aside/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-13T00:46:02+05:30 Interest on a bank guarantee that was never encashed is cut out of the award, and the rest of it stands arbitration https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/kerala-hc/section-69-indian-succession-act-marriage-revokes-will-christians-upheld/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-13T00:41:01+05:30 A Christian's Will is still revoked by his marriage, and a Hindu's is not, and that difference survives Article 14 article 14, personal law https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madhya-pradesh-hc/madhya-pradesh-obc-reservation-27-percent-amendment-act-2019-struck-down/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-13T00:36:00+05:30 Madhya Pradesh's increase of OBC reservation from 14 to 27 per cent is struck down, and the 1983 report it rested on is held too old to carry it reservation https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/settlement-commission-finality-assessing-officer-cannot-reopen-section-245d/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-13T00:31:27+05:30 Once the Settlement Commission has spoken, the Assessing Officer cannot reopen the same years section 80ib https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/rpf-security-commissioner-acquitted-approver-corroboration-diary-entry/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-13T00:25:58+05:30 Two accomplices propping each other up is not corroboration, and a diary put the officer on a train prevention of corruption act, approver evidence https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/pocso-presumption-sections-29-30-cannot-tilt-appreciation-of-evidence-acquittal/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-13T00:21:05+05:30 The POCSO presumption shifts the onus, it does not tilt how a court reads the evidence acquittal, pocso act https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/truck-repossessed-without-notice-rs-10-lakh-compensation-rbi-directed/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-13T00:16:04+05:30 A truck taken away in the night cost the financier Rs 10 lakh, and the RBI was told its circulars exist only on paper right to livelihood, reserve bank of india https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/maharashtra-poisons-rules-methanol-bitterant-colourant-struck-down-articles-14-19/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-13T00:11:05+05:30 Making industrial methanol bitter and blue was no answer to a hooch tragedy, and the rules fell under Articles 14 and 19 article 19, delegated legislation https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/deposit-is-not-payment-arbitral-award-interest-law-commission-reference/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-13T00:05:58+05:30 A deposit is not a payment: the award-debtor pays interest until the money actually reaches the creditor civil procedure, arbitration https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/section-92-cpc-no-interim-orders-before-leave-high-court-conflict-settled/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-13T00:01:13+05:30 A Section 92 suit gets no interim protection before leave, but a court may grant leave without notice when it is urgent civil procedure, interim relief https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/union-appeals-disabled-soldiers-entitlement-rules-2008-suspect-legality/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-12T23:55:57+05:30 The Union could not show how the 2008 Entitlement Rules were made, and its appeals against disabled soldiers failed burden of proof, limitation https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/section-175-3-bnss-three-requirements-order-directing-investigation-set-aside-guidelines/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-12T23:51:10+05:30 Three things a magistrate must do before ordering an investigation — and an order that did none of them criminal procedure https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madras-hc/magistrate-cannot-conduct-mini-trial-refuse-fir-on-ground-dispute-is-civil-chengalpattu/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-12T23:46:06+05:30 “Civil in nature” is not a reason to refuse an FIR — a magistrate who held a mini trial exceeded his jurisdiction criminal procedure, criminal revision https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/dowry-death-acquittal-what-was-the-last-demand-who-made-it-and-when-section-304b/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-12T23:41:12+05:30 Four questions a dowry death prosecution has to answer — and a case that answered none of them benefit of doubt, dowry death https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/death-reference-answered-in-negative-altered-inquest-records-dgp-inquiry-ordered/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-12T23:31:47+05:30 Two severed hands, eight altered records, and a death sentence that cannot stand sentencing, murder https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madras-hc/annapoorna-annapurna-interim-injunction-made-absolute-snacks-namkeens-blended-spices/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-12T23:31:44+05:30 ANNAPOORNA against ANNAPURNA: an injunction is made absolute, and an undertaking shapes its edges commercial suit https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madras-hc/school-correspondent-conviction-confirmed-sexual-assault-wrongful-confinement-locked-room/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-12T23:26:00+05:30 Age sixty-one and a position of trust are not mitigation — a school correspondent's conviction is confirmed pocso act, sentencing https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/bombay-hc/midc-eviction-upheld-illegal-subletting-order-did-not-travel-beyond-show-cause-notice/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-12T23:21:07+05:30 The notice said subletting and so did the order — an industrial plot eviction survives Article 227 article 227, eviction https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/partition-suit-rejected-order-vii-rule-11-will-left-unchallenged-limitation-expired/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-12T23:16:10+05:30 You cannot sue for partition while leaving the Will that defeats you unchallenged partition suit, limitation https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/findings-perverse-circumstantial-chain-incomplete-acquittal-after-twenty-four-years/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-12T23:11:12+05:30 A girl who vanished in 2002, a life sentence in 2013, and an acquittal in 2026 circumstantial evidence, acquittal https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/jharkhand-hc/divorce-decree-affirmed-permanent-alimony-of-rs-20-lakh-in-four-instalments-jamshedpur/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-12T23:06:02+05:30 The divorce stands, but it comes with Rs 20 lakh — a wife with no other income gets permanent alimony matrimonial dispute, maintenance https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/jharkhand-hc/wife-appeal-allowed-marriage-dissolved-maintenance-left-open-for-the-children/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-12T23:01:27+05:30 She asked for the divorce and nothing else — the Court grants it and tells her the children can still claim desertion, special marriage act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/kerala-hc/contractor-granted-twelve-per-cent-interest-on-delayed-payments-kuttiyadi-kseb-rfa/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-12T22:56:01+05:30 Delays from 1988, a suit in 1996, a decree in 2005 and interest finally awarded in 2026 civil first appeal, damages https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/bombay-hc/cidco-impleadment-refused-agent-of-the-state-section-113-3a-mrtp-land-acquisition-appeals/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-12T22:51:08+05:30 Paying the compensation does not make you a party — CIDCO is refused impleadment in land acquisition appeals land acquisition, mrtp act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/kerala-hc/waqf-board-must-answer-interrogatories-order-xi-rule-1-waqf-tribunal-kozhikode/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-11T19:55:38+05:30 The Waqf Board must answer the questions: interrogatories ordered because they can shorten the litigation tribunals https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/steel-bars-set-off-criminal-case-quashed-pre-eminently-civil-dispute-section-420/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-11T19:50:39+05:30 A deposit left behind by a previous owner, a set-off, and fourteen years of criminal process abuse of process, cheating https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/law-perhaps-not-developed-on-correct-lines-recovery-of-excess-payment-rafiq-masih/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-11T19:45:39+05:30 “The law, perhaps, has not developed on correct lines”: the Court turns a critical eye on its own rule against recovering overpaid salary article 142, unjust enrichment https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/telangana-hc/revised-layout-restored-open-space-10-12-per-cent-rolling-hills-villa-owners/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-11T19:35:53+05:30 Moving the park is not the same as taking it away: a revised villa layout is restored on the numbers judicial review, town planning https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/bombay-hc/iti-instructors-regularisation-from-date-posts-sanctioned-arrears-capped-ten-years/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-11T19:31:09+05:30 Twelve instructors win permanency after twenty-one years — with arrears for only the last ten service jurisprudence, regularisation https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/life-sentence-converted-to-section-304-part-ii-three-years-surrender-after-25-years-on-bail/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-11T19:31:05+05:30 Life imprisonment becomes three years — and the appellants must surrender after twenty-five years on bail criminal appeal, sentencing https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/calcutta-hc/section-10-cpc-applications-frivolous-vexatious-costs-rs-25000-each-commercial-division/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-11T19:26:16+05:30 Not a party to the earlier suit, and not litigating under the same title: two stay applications cost Rs 25,000 each civil procedure, costs https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/sub-registrar-is-a-victim-fir-forgery-sale-deed-not-quashed-on-compromise/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-11T19:26:12+05:30 The Sub-Registrar is a victim, not a bystander: a forged sale deed cannot be compromised away quashing petition, forgery https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/bombay-hc/section-84-multi-state-cooperative-societies-act-arbitrator-multiple-references-no-disqualification/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-11T19:26:09+05:30 Appointed for many disputes from one bank: an arbitrator under Section 84 is not disqualified by volume arbitration, writ jurisdiction https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/rs-25000-compensation-on-rs-15000-cheque-not-excessive-section-138-ni-act/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-11T19:20:39+05:30 Rs 25,000 on a Rs 15,000 cheque is not excessive — the interest and the lawyer had to be paid for too cheque dishonour, negotiable instruments act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/bombay-hc/managing-trustee-discharged-drugs-and-cosmetics-act-no-averment-beyond-designation/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-11T02:10:59+05:30 Thirty-four years after a cataract operation went wrong, a hospital's managing trustee is discharged quashing petition, vicarious liability https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/acquittal-reversed-passenger-on-apple-boxes-rash-driving-section-304a-fagu-curve/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-11T02:05:40+05:30 Letting a man ride on the apple boxes was itself the negligence: an acquittal is reversed after nineteen years rash and negligent driving, acquittal appeal https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/kerala-hc/rule-120-ksr-not-absolute-bar-pension-arrears-beyond-three-years-head-of-office-duty/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-11T01:55:44+05:30 The three-year bar on pension arrears is not absolute — and the Head of Office had his own duty to perform article 227, retiral benefits https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/calcutta-hc/slst-protest-fir-quashed-section-332-ipc-not-attracted-park-street-case/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-11T00:45:42+05:30 “Being punished for the protest”: an FIR against job seekers outside the MLA Hostel is quashed in full quashing petition, writ jurisdiction https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/rule-4-original-side-rules-written-statement-120-days-referred-to-larger-bench/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-11T00:40:46+05:30 Three Division Benches said 120 days is the end of it — a fourth has asked a Larger Bench to decide civil procedure, limitation https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/advocate-restored-to-roll-proviso-section-26-1-advocates-act-fraud-must-secure-enrolment/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-11T00:36:00+05:30 Restored to the roll and censured in the same judgment: the fraud must be what got you enrolled advocates act, legal profession