https://www.legalrepublic.in/legal-buzz/supreme-court-obc-creamy-layer-ruling-not-prospective-article-142/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-06T22:00:43+05:30 Supreme Court declines future-only OBC creamy layer ruling, shields appointments and seniority article 142, reservation https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/telangana-hc/nizams-institute-of-medical-sciences-v-k-vinodhar-telangana-hc-recall-refused-fraud-not-raised-in-review/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-06T21:55:43+05:30 Telangana HC refuses NIMS bid to recall 1,569-day duty order: fraud was never raised in review service jurisprudence, writ appeal https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/bombay-hc/rhutu-mantri-v-mantri-realty-bombay-hc-winding-up-flat-agreements-section-536/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-06T21:50:44+05:30 Only Rs 5.5 lakh paid before the winding-up petition: Bombay HC rejects two Mantri flat claims real estate, company law https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/navratan-v-state-nct-of-delhi-delhi-hc-pocso-sentence-reduced-2019-amendment/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-06T21:45:43+05:30 Delhi HC cuts POCSO sentence from 20 to 15 years: 2019 minimum does not reach a 2016 offence criminal law, POCSO https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/orissa-hc/ferro-alloys-corporation-v-presiding-officer-labour-court-orissa-hc-review-dismissed-ibc-plan-back-wages/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-06T21:40:44+05:30 Worker sacked in 1986 keeps 1999 award: Orissa HC rejects Ferro Alloys review over IBC plan insolvency and bankruptcy code, back wages https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/telangana-hc/s-shashi-rekha-v-kothapalli-madhusudhan-rao-telangana-hc-rent-deed-signature-eviction/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-06T21:35:44+05:30 Telangana HC sets aside eviction: signatures matched by eye could not prove a 2004 rent deed burden of proof, rent control revision https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/bombay-hc/raman-sharma-v-cbi-bombay-hc-epfo-middleman-bribery-case-quashed/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-06T21:30:44+05:30 Rs 5,000 paid after a PF claim cleared: Bombay HC quashes CBI bribery case against ex-Jet staff quashing petition, prevention of corruption act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/yashpal-banarsi-dass-v-state-nct-of-delhi-delhi-hc-murder-acquittal-recovery-blood-group/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-06T21:25:44+05:30 Delhi HC acquits two of 1998 murder: blood on sword and clothes matched, but the chain broke acquittal, burden of proof https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/gauhati-hc/noor-ali-v-union-of-india-gauhati-hc-pitndps-detention-quashed-290-day-delay/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-06T21:20:43+05:30 Gauhati HC frees drug detenu: 290 days to issue the order, nearly seven months more to serve it preventive detention, ndps act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/unity-small-finance-bank-v-resilient-innovations-delhi-hc-reserved-matter-share-capital-section-9/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-06T21:15:44+05:30 Unity Bank sought consent three times, then listed the item anyway: Delhi HC upholds the bar arbitration act, interim relief https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/bombay-hc/jitendra-rana-v-state-of-maharashtra-bombay-hc-amboli-double-murder-sudden-fight-section-34/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-06T21:10:43+05:30 Bombay HC clears two in Amboli double murder, cuts whole-life term to a fixed 20 years sentencing, murder https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/bombay-hc/nia-v-sachin-waze-bombay-hc-uapa-section-43d-bail-set-aside/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-06T21:05:43+05:30 Charged on 1 August, bailed on 29 September: Bombay HC sets aside Sachin Waze bail in UAPA case nia, uapa bail https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/rama-pandey-v-ram-lal-supreme-court-consolidation-roadside-plot-tenure-holders/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-06T21:00:43+05:30 Supreme Court returns roadside plot handed to strangers in a 1978 consolidation scheme land law, writ jurisdiction https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/kamalbai-waman-patil-v-state-of-maharashtra-supreme-court-dying-declaration-acquittal-reversed/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-06T20:55:43+05:30 Life term on one uncorroborated dying declaration: Supreme Court frees mother-in-law dying declaration, appeal against acquittal https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/g-pazhanivel-v-s-thilagavathy-supreme-court-order-7-rule-11-rejection-before-registration/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-06T20:50:44+05:30 Plaint rejected before it got a number: Supreme Court revives Rs 25 lakh loan-security claim CPC, cause of action https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/sujit-das-v-union-of-india-supreme-court-article-22-2-24-hour-clock-ndps-detention/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-06T20:45:43+05:30 Held at 2 pm, shown arrested at 11 am next day: Supreme Court starts 24-hour clock at the hold article 21, ndps act https://www.legalrepublic.in/everyday-law/ews-certificate-eligibility/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-06T09:36:01+05:30 EWS certificate — who qualifies and how to apply https://www.legalrepublic.in/everyday-law/hospital-bill-disputes-cghs-rates/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-06T09:16:07+05:30 Hospital overbilling — CGHS rates and how to dispute them https://www.legalrepublic.in/legal-buzz/us-midterms-2026-v-india-lok-sabha-rajya-sabha-election-law-compared/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-05T21:50:43+05:30 Senate by direct vote, Rajya Sabha by MLAs: how the US midterms differ from Indian election law us midterms 2026, rajya sabha https://www.legalrepublic.in/legal-buzz/two-child-norm-state-laws-javed-v-state-of-haryana-larger-bench-local-elections/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-05T21:35:44+05:30 Two-child rules for local elections: which States still bar candidates and what a larger bench could change two child norm, javed v state of haryana https://www.legalrepublic.in/legal-buzz/supreme-court-scst-reserved-seats-rotation-section-9-1-c-delimitation-act/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-05T21:25:44+05:30 Supreme Court declines to rotate SC and ST reserved seats, upholds Section 9(1)(c) of Delimitation Act scheduled castes, scheduled tribes https://www.legalrepublic.in/legal-buzz/tamil-nadu-seeks-supreme-court-bench-in-chennai-article-130/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-05T21:10:43+05:30 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay seeks Supreme Court bench in Chennai, citing Article 130 and the 2007 refusal article 130, regional bench https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madras-hc/s-p-ramesh-kumar-v-union-of-india-madras-hc-ajith-kumar-custodial-death-remand-bond-not-bail/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-05T21:00:43+05:30 Four police personnel charged in Ajith Kumar custodial death must seek bail, not undo remand, Madras HC rules criminal misc petition, custodial violence https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/jharkhand-hc/rohit-singh-v-state-of-jharkhand-jharkhand-hc-preventive-detention-bail-no-bar-control-of-crimes-act/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-05T20:45:43+05:30 Jharkhand HC upholds detention of man on bail in five FIRs: bail does not bar a Control of Crimes Act order preventive detention, article 22 5 https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/telangana-hc/southern-power-distribution-company-v-state-of-andhra-pradesh-telangana-hc-vat-right-to-use-goods/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-05T20:30:44+05:30 Telangana HC upholds Rs 21.88 crore VAT on discom line-extension charges as transfer of right to use goods article 226, tax law https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/rajasthan-hc/noratmal-nolkha-v-state-of-rajasthan-rajasthan-hc-bribe-trap-hostile-complainant-conviction-upheld/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-05T20:05:43+05:30 Rajasthan HC upholds bribe conviction: Rs 700 found in a shaving box, though the complainant turned hostile prevention of corruption act, pc act s 7 https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/bombay-hc/vikky-sanjay-mahadule-v-state-of-maharashtra-bombay-hc-bail-long-incarceration/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-05T19:35:43+05:30 Bombay HC frees Pune murder accused after 6 years 3 months in jail, deciding bail on delay alone speedy trial, regular bail https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/orissa-hc/nilamani-dibya-v-state-of-odisha-orissa-hc-board-of-revenue-section-38b-fraud-delay-remand/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-05T19:05:43+05:30 Orissa HC sets aside Board of Revenue ruling that reopened a 2003 land settlement on an untested fraud theory board of revenue, fraud https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/jinder-pal-v-state-of-hp-himachal-pradesh-hc-ndps-bail-poppy-straw-section-37/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-05T18:35:44+05:30 Himachal HC denies NDPS bail: 91 grams on him, 58 kg on his co-accused, and Section 37 applies regular bail, ndps act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/commissioner-of-customs-export-v-gd-manglam-exim-delhi-hc-drawback-third-party-remittances-cestat-set-aside/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-05T18:02:24+05:30 Delhi HC restores Rs 67 crore drawback recovery on 1,650 garment exports and sets aside CESTAT order customs act, drawback https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/arjun-flour-mills-v-state-of-odisha-supreme-court-surcharge-on-sales-tax-reference/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-05T17:32:19+05:30 28 years on, a seven-judge bench closes the tax-on-tax surcharge reference: S. Kodar already answers it legislative competence, sales tax surcharge https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/shekappa-v-state-of-karnataka-supreme-court-double-murder-acquittal-reversed-eyewitnesses/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-05T17:05:43+05:30 A four-hour digestion theory fails: Supreme Court upholds life terms for 2001 double axe murder section 302 ipc, murder https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/mangala-ingle-v-additional-commissioner-amravati-supreme-court-two-child-norm-javed-reference/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-05T16:35:44+05:30 Fertility down from 3.0 to 1.9: Supreme Court sends 2003 two-child election bar ruling to a larger bench two child norm, javed v state of haryana https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/goverdhan-v-state-of-rajasthan-supreme-court-abetment-suicide-handwriting-expert-letters/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-05T16:05:43+05:30 Four threatening letters, expert never examined: Supreme Court acquits husband of abetting wife suicide abetment of suicide, section 306 ipc https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/in-re-xxx-judicial-officer-v-high-court-supreme-court-strictures-expunged-cut-copy-paste/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-05T15:35:44+05:30 Cut, copy and paste remarks struck off: High Court never asked POCSO judge to explain, says Supreme Court article 227, judicial officer https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/state-of-uttarakhand-v-mc-bhandari-supreme-court-psc-pension-deduction/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-05T15:05:44+05:30 Rs 17,627 of Army pension held back for a PSC chairman: Supreme Court upholds pay-minus-pension rule article 14, public service commission https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/n-sridhar-reddy-v-state-of-ap-supreme-court-foreign-divorce-bigamy/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-05T14:34:26+05:30 Husband remarried 33 days after UK divorce: bigamy trial stays, case against parents and second wife quashed section 13 cpc, bigamy https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/nillum-batra-v-state-delhi-hc-dowry-death-abetment-suicide-discharge-section-113a/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-05T14:04:26+05:30 Delhi HC discharges husband of dowry death, cruelty and abetment: a final message blaming him was not enough criminal revision, ipc s 304b https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/andhra-pradesh-hc/sultana-begum-v-state-of-andhra-pradesh-andhra-pradesh-hc-police-civil-disputes-dgp-circular/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-05T13:35:26+05:30 Andhra HC bars police from settling civil disputes and orders them to follow the DGP land-dispute circular article 226, police powers https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/kerala-hc/arun-shyamnath-v-state-of-kerala-kerala-hc-planning-board-chief-post-diploma-slash-rule/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-05T13:04:58+05:30 Kerala HC: slash between Economics and Mathematics does not split the rule, four applicants stay out of post service jurisprudence, article 227 https://www.legalrepublic.in/legal-buzz/kriti-sanon-v-deepfake-impersonators-delhi-hc-personality-rights/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-05T11:56:26+05:30 Delhi High Court bars Kriti Sanon deepfakes and fake accounts, and says personality rights are not one claim personality rights, deepfakes https://www.legalrepublic.in/legal-buzz/cji-surya-kant-team-player-factor-supreme-court-elevation-collegium/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-05T11:30:26+05:30 CJI Surya Kant says team spirit is one factor he weighs when recommending judges for the Supreme Court collegium, cji surya kant https://www.legalrepublic.in/legal-buzz/manoj-kumar-jha-v-union-of-india-election-commissioners-immunity-section-16-notice/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-05T11:04:26+05:30 Supreme Court issues notice on immunity for election commissioners, asks lawyers to stop filing petitions election commission of india, chief election commissioner https://www.legalrepublic.in/everyday-law/life-insurance-nominee-claim/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-05T10:01:06+05:30 How a nominee claims money on a life-insurance policy after the policyholder dies https://www.legalrepublic.in/everyday-law/triple-talaq-criminal-complaint/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-05T09:41:02+05:30 Triple talaq — how to file a criminal complaint https://www.legalrepublic.in/the-republic/bench-of-thirteen-procedural-choice/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-11-05T08:31:00+05:30 The Bench of Thirteen Was a Procedural Choice, Not a Constitutional Necessity