https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/senior-citizens-act-tribunal-eviction-power-ravi-kant-gupta/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-19T12:40:03+05:30 Senior Citizens Act tribunals can order eviction to protect parents, Supreme Court holds supreme court 2026 https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/new-india-assurance-v-louis-dreyfus-section-64vb-insurance-act/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-19T12:35:03+05:30 Section 64VB Bars Retrospective Cover; Agent’s Assurance Cannot Override Statutory Bar on Insurance Risk supreme court, ncdrc, consumer law, insurance repudiation https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/hemant-kumar-v-state-of-haryana-deputation-absorption-pw-br-department/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-19T12:30:03+05:30 Supreme Court Voids Absorption of Four Officers Into Haryana PWD, Orders Repatriation service jurisprudence, punjab haryana hc, supreme court https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/hanging-execution-section-354-5-crpc-rishi-malhotra/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-19T12:25:03+05:30 Supreme Court declines to reconsider hanging as sole mode of execution article 21, stare decisis, supreme court 2026, bnss section 528 https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/gopi-sentence-enhancement-consecutive-life-sentences/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-19T12:20:03+05:30 Supreme Court strikes down suo motu sentence enhancement and consecutive life terms criminal appeal, revisional jurisdiction, life imprisonment, section 386 crpc https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/writ-mandamus-private-unaided-schools-teacher-pay-scales/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-19T12:15:03+05:30 Supreme Court: Writ Lies Against Private Unaided Schools to Enforce Statutory Teacher Pay supreme court, private unaided schools, delegated legislation https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/bombay-hc/bombay-hc-testamentary-probate-general-directions-registry-caveat-abhay-ahuja/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-19T11:55:03+05:30 Bombay HC Issues Practice Note Barring Registry from Entertaining Caveats After Probate Order bombay high court https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/bombay-hc/bombay-hc-suo-moto-pil-girls-hostel-facilities-maharashtra-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-19T11:50:03+05:30 Bombay High Court Registers Suo Moto PIL on Lack of Basic Facilities in Girls' Hostels bombay high court, public interest litigation https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/karnataka-hc/karnataka-hc-relinquishment-deed-occupancy-certificate-road-widening-bbmp-gbg-act/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-19T11:45:03+05:30 Karnataka HC Quashes Demand for Relinquishment Deed as Condition for Occupancy Certificate karnataka hc, article 300a https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/bombay-hc/mcgm-community-health-volunteers-minimum-wages-bombay-hc-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-19T11:40:03+05:30 Bombay HC: MCGM Must Pay Minimum Wages to Community Health Volunteers, “Honorarium” Label Cannot Deny Statutory Protection bombay high court, public health https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/sugriv-kila-temple-land-sale-consideration-ayodhya-allahabad-hc-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-19T11:35:03+05:30 UP Government Took Ayodhya Temple Land by Sale Deed, Then Claimed It Was Nazul Property All Along: Allahabad HC allahabad high court, transfer of property act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madras-hc/madurai-bench-dna-test-bigamy-section-495-ipc-paternity-not-in-issue/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-19T11:30:03+05:30 DNA Test Cannot Resolve Bigamy Charge When Paternity Is Not in Issue, Holds Madurai Bench article 21, madras hc, criminal revision https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/punjab-haryana-hc/rakesh-walia-punjab-de-novo-inquiry-quashed-pcs-rules-1970/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-19T11:25:03+05:30 Punjab & Haryana HC Quashes De Novo Inquiry Against Officer Exonerated in 2016, Orders Consideration for Service Extension departmental enquiry, punjab haryana high court, haryana civil services rules 2016, superannuation https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/calcutta-hc/priyangshu-mukherjee-ews-certificate-neet-ug-2026-calcutta-hc/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-19T11:20:03+05:30 Calcutta HC Directs ADM North 24 Parganas to Issue EWS Certificate by 5 PM Ahead of MBBS Counselling calcutta high court https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/bombay-hc/bombay-hc-rejects-pune-cantonment-election-petition-bagwe-vs-kamble-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-19T11:15:03+05:30 Bombay HC Rejects Pune Cantonment Election Petition for Lack of Material Facts on EVM Use and Corrupt Practice bombay high court https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/orissa-hc/purushottam-hikaka-v-state-of-odisha-tribal-police-atrocity-writ-orissa-hc-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-19T11:10:03+05:30 Orissa HC Orders Joint Spot Verification After PIL Alleges Police Attacked Tribal Villagers Over Road Project orissa high court, public interest litigation https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/gujarat-hc/ravi-nair-adani-ports-fir-quashing-gujarat-hc-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-19T11:05:03+05:30 Gujarat HC Dismisses Journalist Ravi Nair's Plea to Quash FIR Over Washington Post Article on LIC-Adani Investments bharatiya nyaya sanhita, section 528 bnss, gujarat high court https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/punjab-haryana-hc/stamp-duty-parking-contract-lease-collector-penalty-cwp-34700-2024/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-19T11:00:03+05:30 Parking Contract Is a Lease, Not a Management Agreement: Punjab & Haryana HC Limits Collector’s Power Under Section 31 of Stamp Act indian stamp act, punjab haryana hc, functus officio https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/gauhati-hc/uttam-das-v-union-of-india-declared-foreigner-bail-denied-gauhati-hc-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-19T10:50:03+05:30 Declared Foreigner Who Re-Entered After Expulsion Cannot Claim Bail on Prolonged Detention Alone, Rules Gauhati HC gauhati high court https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/yogesh-kumar-singh-patna-hc-civil-dispute-criminal-complaint-quashing-2025/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-19T10:45:03+05:30 Patna HC Dismisses Quashing Petition, Holds Non-Payment of Land Sale Balance Is a Civil Dispute, Not Cheating quashing petition, patna high court, criminal conspiracy https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/murti-shri-ram-chandra-ji-virajman-second-appeal-505-2026-allahabad-hc/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-19T10:35:03+05:30 No Idol Installed, No Endowment Created: Allahabad HC Dismisses Suit Over Mirzapur Property Claimed as Lord Rama's Debutter allahabad high court, transfer of property act, locus standi https://www.legalrepublic.in/everyday-law/living-will-advance-directive/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-19T09:25:13+05:30 Living will — making a legally valid advance medical directive https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/vinod-shivakumar-v-state-of-maharashtra-abetment-suicide-discharge-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-18T15:20:03+05:30 Suicide Note Alone Cannot Establish Abetment Without Proximate Act, Supreme Court Holds supreme court, forest officer, suicide note, mens rea https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/arbitration-pre-deposit-clause-reference-larger-bench/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-18T15:15:03+05:30 Supreme Court refers validity of arbitration pre-deposit clauses to larger Bench article 14, arbitration, party autonomy https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/black-money-elections-supreme-court-directions/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-18T15:10:03+05:30 Supreme Court sets safeguards for poll seizures and bars easy withdrawal of election cases section 125 crpc, intra court appeal https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/compassionate-appointment-age-employer-delay-western-coalfields/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-18T15:05:03+05:30 Supreme Court says employer delay cannot bar compassionate appointment on age service jurisprudence, article 14, supreme court 2026, national coal wage agreement https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/gangsters-act-section-12-clash-of-dates-not-freeze-other-trials/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-18T15:00:03+05:30 Section 12 Gangsters Act only resolves clash of dates, does not freeze other trials: Supreme Court criminal appeal, speedy trial https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/fake-sureties-ndps-foreign-nationals-union-of-india-chidiebere-kingsley/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-18T14:55:03+05:30 Supreme Court cancels NDPS bail after accused absconds on fake sureties article 142, ndps act, foreign nationals https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/taher-vajiyuddin-rangwala-state-gujarat-acquittal-accidental-drowning-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-18T14:50:03+05:30 Supreme Court Acquits Murder Accused After Finding Death Was Accidental Drowning, Not Homicide circumstantial evidence, section 302 ipc https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/pazhanathal-vs-alamathal-will-proof-section-68-69-evidence-act-supreme-court-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-18T14:45:03+05:30 Supreme Court Restores Partition Decree After Holding Disputed Will Not Proved Under Sections 68 and 69 hindu succession act, supreme court, suspicious circumstances, attesting witness https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/shivappa-vs-shantavva-remand-not-matter-of-course-supreme-court-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-18T14:30:03+05:30 High Court Cannot Remand When Evidence Is Already on Record, Supreme Court Holds limitation act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/mohd-jamil-warsi-compulsory-retirement-washed-out-theory-allahabad-hc-writ-a-48336-2005/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-18T11:50:03+05:30 Promotion Does Not Wipe Out Prior ACR Entries for Compulsory Retirement: Allahabad HC Dismisses Writ service jurisprudence, allahabad high court https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madras-hc/madras-hc-stays-vaac-fir-petitioner-not-named-accused-ramesh-karur-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-18T11:45:03+05:30 Madras HC Stays V&AC Probe Against Man Not Named in FIR, Arrested at Prison Gate Hours After Getting Bail madras high court, prevention of corruption act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/vipin-mishra-special-teachers-iedc-parity-allahabad-hc-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-18T11:40:03+05:30 Contractual Label Cannot Deny Pay Parity to Special Teachers Under IEDC Scheme, Rules Allahabad HC persons with disabilities, allahabad high court https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madras-hc/madras-hc-selvam-duraimanickam-settlement-deed-joint-family-partition-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-18T11:35:03+05:30 Madras HC Upholds Daughter's Title Under 2002 Settlement Deed, Dismisses Collusive Partition Suit by Father and Uncle transfer of property act, madras high courts https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/punjab-haryana-hc/sanjay-fauji-bail-uapa-baba-rampal-punjab-haryana-hc-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-18T11:30:03+05:30 Punjab and Haryana HC Grants Bail to Baba Rampal's Son-in-Law After Main Accused Freed and All Material Witnesses Examined punjab haryana hc, prolonged incarceration https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/punjab-haryana-hc/sandeep-kala-v-state-haryana-dying-declaration-acquittal-cra-d-84-db-2014/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-18T11:25:03+05:30 Punjab & Haryana HC Acquits Rape-Abetment Accused After Finding Police-Recorded Dying Declaration Unreliable punjab haryana hc https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/ram-pratap-singh-premature-release-governor-article-161-allahabad-hc-2025/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-18T11:20:03+05:30 Allahabad HC Quashes Governor's Refusal of Premature Release After Jail Record Was Misread by Two Years allahabad high court, non application of mind https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/patna-hc-sole-bidder-no-vested-right-contract-buidco-bodh-gaya-drainage/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-18T11:15:03+05:30 Sole Bidder Has No Vested Right to Contract Award, Rules Patna High Court in BUIDCo Drainage Tender Dispute patna high court, public procurement https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/state-of-hp-v-ram-lal-ndps-section-50-acquittal-upheld-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-18T11:10:03+05:30 HP High Court Upholds NDPS Acquittal After Gazetted Officer Gave Unauthorised Second Search Option acquittal appeal, himachal pradesh high court, section 50 ndps, search and seizure https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/nasir-farooq-vs-state-up-kanwar-yatra-pil-dismissed-allahabad-hc/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-18T11:05:03+05:30 Allahabad HC Dismisses PIL on Kanwar Yatra Shop Closures, Labels It a “Publicity Interest Litigation” allahabad high court, public interest litigation https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/orissa-hc/narayan-prasad-behera-orissa-hc-anticipatory-bail-cid-cb-insurance-fraud/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-18T11:00:03+05:30 Orissa HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to Lawyers, Claimants and Vehicle Owners in CID CB Insurance Fraud Cases, Citing Decade-Old Claims and Lack of Custodial Interrogation Demand bail, orissa high court, custodial interrogation, pre arrest bail https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/bl-agro-industries-interim-board-settlement-limitation-section-245d-4a/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-18T10:55:03+05:30 Allahabad HC Quashes IBS-VII Chennai Order as Barred by Limitation Under Section 245D(4A) allahabad hc, high court writ jurisdiction, limitation https://www.legalrepublic.in/everyday-law/holder-in-due-course/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-18T09:05:12+05:30 Holder in due course — what it protects, and when it does not