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 https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/bombay-hc/kamakhya-prasad-das-anticipatory-bail-tiss-gn-saibaba-commemoration-bombay-hc/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-17T18:05:13+05:30 Bombay HC Grants Interim Protection to TISS Student Accused of Raising Pro-Maoist Slogans at G. N. Saibaba Commemoration bail, bombay high court, bharatiya nyaya sanhita, section 482 bnss https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/dk-automobiles-petrol-pump-noc-writ-dismissed-allahabad-hc-lucknow-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-17T18:00:13+05:30 Rival Petrol Pump Operator Has No Locus to Challenge Competitor's NOC, Rules Allahabad HC Lucknow Bench writ petition civil, allahabad high court, locus standi https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/kanti-kumar-v-board-of-revenue-allahabad-hc-writ-b-7800-1978/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-17T17:55:13+05:30 Allahabad HC Restores 1971 Decree After Revenue Authorities Ignored Decades of Khatauni Entries allahabad hc, board of revenue https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/orissa-hc/orissa-hc-no-confidence-sarpanch-section-24-odisha-grama-panchayats-act-notice-invalid/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-17T17:50:13+05:30 Orissa HC Sets Aside No-Confidence Notice Against Sarpanch, Holds WhatsApp and Affixture Are Not Valid Modes of Service Under Section 24(2)(c) orissa high court, intra court appeal https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/calcutta-hc/calcutta-hc-neet-ug-2026-ews-category-change-counselling-dismissed-hasibur-rahaman-mondal/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-17T17:45:12+05:30 Calcutta HC Dismisses NEET UG 2026 Petitioners Seeking EWS Reservation After Declaring General Category at Registration ews certificate, calcutta high court https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/narender-kumar-bhardwaj-hp-government-accommodation-penal-rent-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-17T17:40:13+05:30 Doctor Held Earmarked Quarters for a Decade After Transfer; HP High Court Orders Inquiry Into Official Connivance himachal pradesh high court, government accommodation https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/yeida-sunworld-zero-period-lease-residential-township-sector-22d/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-17T17:35:13+05:30 Allahabad HC Allows Sunworld Zero Period Benefit Under 2023 Government Order, Directs YEIDA to Complete Lease of Remaining Land Within a Month allahabad high court, rera, lease deed https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/jammu-kashmir-ladakh-hc/corona-remedies-directors-drugs-cosmetics-act-section-34-quashing-dismissed-jk-hc-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-17T17:30:13+05:30 Directors Cannot Escape Section 34 Liability at Threshold, JK&L High Court Dismisses Quashing Petition in Not-of-Standard-Quality Drug Case jammu kashmir ladakh hc, criminal misc petition, vicarious liability https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/kerala-hc/malayala-manorama-editors-defamation-complaint-quashed-kerala-hc-excise-arrest-report/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-17T17:25:13+05:30 Kerala HC Quashes Defamation Case Against Malayala Manorama Editors for Reporting Excise Arrest quashing petition, kerala hc, section 482 crpc https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/karnataka-hc/mukesh-jain-v-state-of-karnataka-section-497-bnss-seized-property-disposal-timeline/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-17T17:20:12+05:30 Karnataka HC: BNSS Mandates 45-Day Disposal of Seized Property, Magistrate's Delay Draws Mandamus karnataka hc, cyber fraud, writ petition https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/allahabad-hc-suo-moto-road-school-hamirpur-chandupur-pil-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-17T17:15:12+05:30 Allahabad HC Takes Suo Moto Cognisance After Hamirpur School Children March 5 km to Demand a Road allahabad high court https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/bombay-hc/jk-hc-maintenance-levy-warrant-district-collector-shopian-show-cause-notice-quashed/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-17T17:10:13+05:30 J&K High Court quashes show cause notice to District Collector Shopian, faults Magistrate for misreading Section 421 CrPC maintenance recovery bombay hc, section 125 crpc, district collector, show cause notice https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/dildar-ali-batt-fir-quashing-section-149-ipc-himachal-pradesh-hc-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-17T17:05:13+05:30 Protest March Participants Who Tried to Save Teachers Cannot Be Held Liable Under Section 149 IPC, Rules Himachal Pradesh HC himachal pradesh hc, section 482 crpc, section 528 bnss, unlawful assembly https://www.legalrepublic.in/legal-buzz/sc-collegium-recommends-four-new-high-court-chief-justices-two-judge-transfers/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-17T17:00:12+05:30 SC Collegium Recommends Four New High Court Chief Justices, Two Judge Transfers justice v kameswar rao, justice ravindra v ghuge, justice mahesh chandra tripathi, justice ashwani kumar mishra https://www.legalrepublic.in/legal-buzz/bci-bars-reverses-and-finally-drops-enrolment-case-against-nalsar-s-2026-batch-after-cji-calls-the-move-uncalled-for/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-17T16:25:12+05:30 BCI Bars, Reverses and Finally Drops Enrolment Case Against NALSAR's 2026 Batch After CJI Calls the Move "Uncalled For" student protest, dissent, nalsar, cji suryakant https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/allahabad-hc-oudh-bar-association-women-reservation-30-percent-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-17T14:55:13+05:30 Allahabad HC Prescribes Post-Wise Rotation Schedule for 30% Women’s Reservation in Oudh Bar Association Elections allahabad hc