https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/piyush-narlawar-v-state-of-maharashtra-supreme-court-dowry-death-fir-quashed/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-03T21:05:44+05:30 The note spoke of a job hunt, not dowry: Supreme Court quashes dowry-death case against Toronto husband dowry death, section 482 crpc https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/akanksha-devi-v-state-of-up-supreme-court-police-constable-squint-medical-board/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-03T20:55:43+05:30 Rejected twice for squint, cleared by KGMU eye board: Supreme Court opens way for woman to join UP Police police recruitment, medical examination https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/ramkishan-jadhav-v-state-of-maharashtra-supreme-court-section-106-murder-dowry-death/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-03T20:40:43+05:30 A fractured hyoid bone, a false seizure story: Supreme Court upholds life term for husband in 1996 dowry death dowry death, section 106 evidence act https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/surendra-manjhi-v-union-of-india-supreme-court-bonded-labour-rehabilitation-timelines/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-03T20:25:44+05:30 Seven days to pay, 24 hours to certify release: Supreme Court sets timelines for rescued bonded labourers bonded labour, article 23 https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/pocso-appellant-v-state-of-nct-of-delhi-delhi-hc-20-year-term-upheld-paralysis-defence/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-03T20:10:44+05:30 Delhi HC upholds 20-year POCSO term: paralysis did not make the offence impossible, court holds POCSO, child rights https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/karnataka-hc/gururaj-gantihole-v-state-of-karnataka-karnataka-hc-additional-land-committee-quashed/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-03T19:55:43+05:30 Karnataka HC quashes land committee whose chairman, a defeated poll rival, had proposed himself in a letter karnataka land revenue act, section 94a https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/mohd-anzar-ahmad-v-state-nct-of-delhi-delhi-hc-pocso-30-year-simple-imprisonment-cut/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-03T19:45:43+05:30 Delhi HC halves a 30-year POCSO term: trial court ordered simple imprisonment where the Act demands rigorous POCSO, proportionality https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/a-arun-v-varsha-sharma-supreme-court-madras-high-court-remarks-expunged-detention/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-03T19:28:20+05:30 Apology accepted but no substitute for care: Supreme Court expunges High Court remarks against IPS officer adverse remarks, expunction https://www.legalrepublic.in/everyday-law/ola-uber-accident-liability/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-03T09:16:10+05:30 Who pays when an Ola or Uber driver causes an accident https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/bombay-hc/sajnya-lakha-pawar-v-state-of-maharashtra-bombay-hc-pocso-bail-long-incarceration/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-02T22:00:44+05:30 Over seven years in jail, one witness examined: Bombay HC bails POCSO undertrial who wrote from prison POCSO, speedy trial https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/bombay-hc/confidence-petroleum-v-bholaji-khandekar-bombay-hc-principal-employer-employees-compensation/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-02T21:55:43+05:30 Killed on a highway, not at the plant: Bombay HC holds LPG firm liable as principal employer of dealer driver employees compensation act, principal employer https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/bpsc-v-sushma-sharan-patna-hc-sc-certificate-husband-name-married-woman/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-02T21:45:44+05:30 Husband named on her caste certificate, not father: Patna HC says BPSC cannot push SC doctor into general list reservation, scst reservation https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/raja-rai-v-state-of-bihar-patna-hc-dowry-death-brick-wall-defence-rejected/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-02T21:35:43+05:30 Brick wall fell on her, husband said: Patna HC upholds 10-year dowry death term, noting his family had fled dowry death, ipc s 498a https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/vishnu-prasad-v-state-delhi-hc-pocso-penetration-not-proved-section-10/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-02T21:25:43+05:30 Delhi HC sets aside 20-year POCSO sentence: graver offence not proved, five-year term for lesser one stands POCSO, pocso s 6 https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/punjab-haryana-hc/tata-aig-v-tushar-yadav-punjab-haryana-hc-mediclaim-deduction-minor-accident-compensation/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-02T21:15:44+05:30 Rs 4 lakh mediclaim not deductible: Punjab and Haryana HC lifts award for boy hit by car to Rs 36.15 lakh motor vehicles act, mediclaim https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/jammu-kashmir-ladakh-hc/sanjeev-sharma-v-ut-of-jammu-and-kashmir-jk-hc-section-119-evidence-act-speech-impaired-witness/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-02T21:05:44+05:30 No video, no prejudice: Jammu and Kashmir HC upholds rape convictions on testimony of speech-impaired girl evidence act s 119, witness with disability https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/punjab-haryana-hc/khushhal-v-state-of-haryana-punjab-haryana-hc-stamp-duty-waiver-land-losers/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-02T21:00:44+05:30 A memo cannot undo a Gazette: Punjab and Haryana HC sets aside stamp duty clawback from land-loser farmers stamp duty, indian stamp act s 9 https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/vivek-katoch-v-state-of-himachal-pradesh-hc-assistant-engineer-seniority-rota-quota/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-02T20:50:43+05:30 Selected in 2008, appointed in 2009: Himachal HC gives direct-recruit engineers their 2008 roster seniority service jurisprudence, promotion disputes https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/shivalik-institute-of-nursing-v-state-of-himachal-pradesh-hc-school-bus-15-year-age-limit/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-02T20:40:43+05:30 Eight years after 23 children died at Nurpur, Himachal HC upholds 15-year age cap on school and college buses article 14, legislative competence https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/bombay-hc/surekha-totla-v-state-of-maharashtra-bombay-hc-abortion-death-conviction-upheld/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-02T20:30:03+05:30 No foetus at autopsy, no pregnancy test: Bombay HC upholds conviction of doctor for death after abortion criminal appeal, mtp act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/irfan-tariq-antoo-v-state-delhi-hc-uapa-bail-trial-delay-back-to-trial-court/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-02T20:20:43+05:30 Nearly five years in custody, 21 of 356 witnesses heard: Delhi HC sends UAPA bail plea back to trial court UAPA, uapa bail https://www.legalrepublic.in/everyday-law/quashing-false-fir/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-02T09:31:04+05:30 Quashing a false FIR — how the High Court can stop a malicious case https://www.legalrepublic.in/the-republic/due-process-was-deliberate/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-02T08:16:07+05:30 The Drafting Committee Knew 'Due Process' Would Have Stopped Preventive Detention — and Voted to Keep Preventive Detention