https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/miyapur-550-acres-jagir-abolition-land-grabbing-state-title-supreme-court/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-30T23:20:44+05:30 Supreme Court upholds Telangana title to 550 acres at Miyapur, calls rival claims a fraud on the State land law, revenue records https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/mansi-finance-clarification-maharashtra-money-lending-bar-unlicensed-lenders-supreme-court/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-30T23:15:44+05:30 Mansi Finance cheque-bounce ruling never decided the Maharashtra money-lending bar, Supreme Court says maharashtra, cheque bounce https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/shreeram-builders-thanawala-arbitral-award-rewrote-contract-section-28-3-supreme-court/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-30T23:10:43+05:30 Supreme Court sinks Shreeram Builders award that rewrote a Thane land deal, orders refund at 9 percent arbitration, patent illegality https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/karnataka-2011-kpsc-recruitment-validation-act-2022-struck-down-supreme-court/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-30T23:05:44+05:30 Supreme Court strikes down Karnataka Act reviving tainted 2011 KPSC recruitment, 2022 appointments to end service jurisprudence, recruitment rules https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/bombay-hc/bombay-hc-model-college-teachers-regularisation-ugc-pay-scale-deemed-sanction/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-30T23:00:44+05:30 Bombay HC regularises Model College staff kept on 11-month contracts since 2011, orders UGC pay scale legitimate expectation, regularisation https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/orissa-hc/orissa-hc-sc-st-own-merit-promotion-clarification-single-judge-set-aside-2019-data-report-remand/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-30T22:55:43+05:30 Orissa HC sets aside single-judge ruling on SC-ST own-merit promotions over a 2019 data report it never saw reservation, promotion https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-hc-acquits-hotel-worker-vasant-continental-ice-pick-murder-2000-sole-witness/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-30T22:50:44+05:30 Delhi HC acquits hotel worker in 2000 Vasant Continental ice-pick killing, 22 years after his life sentence dying declaration, extra judicial confession https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/sikkim-hc/sikkim-hc-rs-565-crore-defence-land-award-unenforceable-composite-award-section-36/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-30T22:45:44+05:30 Sikkim HC declares Rs 565 crore defence land award unenforceable, sends rate dispute back to Government land acquisition, market value https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/jharkhand-hc/jharkhand-hc-acquits-in-laws-dhanbad-dowry-death-passive-presence-not-section-304b/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-30T22:40:45+05:30 Jharkhand HC acquits in-laws convicted of dowry death: standing by and not rescuing is not Section 304B guilt benefit of doubt, dowry death https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/bombay-hc/bombay-hc-kandivali-child-kidnap-murder-acquittal-circumstantial-chain-broken/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-30T22:35:44+05:30 Bombay HC frees man serving life for 2012 Kandivali child kidnap-murder as every link in the chain fails circumstantial evidence, murder https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/chhattisgarh-hc/chhattisgarh-hc-crpf-inspector-reinstated-enquiry-held-while-in-jail-no-back-wages/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-30T22:30:43+05:30 Chhattisgarh HC reinstates CRPF inspector dismissed after enquiry held while he was in jail, no back wages natural justice, departmental enquiry https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-hc-rajkumar-epfo-rs-500-bribe-conviction-upheld-section-65b-objection-belated/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-30T22:25:43+05:30 Delhi HC upholds 2006 conviction of EPFO supervisor for Rs 500 bribe, orders surrender after 20 years on bail prevention of corruption act, electronic evidence https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/allahabad-hc-azam-khan-abdullah-pan-card-forgery-bail-granted-stay-of-conviction-refused/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-30T22:20:45+05:30 Allahabad HC grants bail to Azam Khan and son in PAN card forgery case but refuses to stay their convictions bail, criminal revision https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-hc-cafe-brown-sugar-diwali-cleaning-additional-documents-order-11-rule-1-5-refused/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-30T22:15:43+05:30 Delhi HC rejects Diwali cleaning excuse, bars Cafe Brown Sugar from adding old invoices to trademark suit trademark infringement, commercial suit https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/jammu-kashmir-ladakh-hc/jammu-kashmir-ladakh-hc-water-usage-charges-hydropower-tax-on-generation-struck-down/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-30T22:10:44+05:30 Jammu and Kashmir HC strikes down water usage charges on hydropower as a tax on electricity generation legislative competence, pith and substance https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-hc-mmtc-aust-grain-yellow-peas-award-bank-guarantee-interest-severed/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-30T22:05:44+05:30 Delhi HC severs guarantee interest from MMTC yellow peas award, holds a late dissent is not a second award arbitration act, dissent https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/jharkhand-hc/jharkhand-hc-divorce-refused-separate-flat-not-cruelty-living-apart-not-desertion/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-30T22:00:44+05:30 Jharkhand HC refuses divorce: a wife wanting a separate flat is not cruelty, living apart is not desertion desertion, cruelty https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/chhattisgarh-hc/chhattisgarh-hc-bilaspur-college-restore-pre-marriage-name-degrees-silent-rules-no-bar/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-30T21:55:44+05:30 Chhattisgarh HC orders Bilaspur college to restore pre-marriage name on degrees: silence in rules is no bar article 226, education law https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/allahabad-hc-kgbv-contract-teachers-forced-labour-article-23-posts-four-months-rs-17000/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-30T21:50:43+05:30 Allahabad HC calls KGBV contract teaching forced labour, orders UP to create posts within four months article 21, regularisation https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/patna-hc-probate-refused-1994-will-thumb-impression-literate-testatrix-fir-suspicious-circumstances/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-30T21:45:44+05:30 Patna HC refuses probate: literate woman who signed an FIR nine days earlier left thumb marks on her will will, probate https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/himachal-pradesh-hc-lis-pendens-same-day-sale-deed-petition-box-rule-una-specific-performance/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-30T21:40:44+05:30 Himachal HC dates 1986 plaint to 10.15 am by petition-box rule, holds same-day sale deed hit by lis pendens execution proceedings, transfer of property act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/himachal-pradesh-hc-ndps-acquittal-upheld-2-kg-charas-solan-tape-colour-contradictions/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-30T21:35:44+05:30 Himachal HC upholds acquittal in 2 kg charas case: yellow tape at seizure, brown tape in court acquittal appeal, ndps act https://www.legalrepublic.in/everyday-law/sexual-harassment-section-75-bns/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-30T09:16:05+05:30 Sexual harassment at work — the criminal-law track https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/chetan-sabharwal-reassessment-reason-to-believe-change-of-opinion-supreme-court/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T22:05:44+05:30 Silent assessment order is no opinion: Supreme Court upholds reopening of Rs 255 crore Sabharwal share sale civil appeal, tax law https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/jhabra-ram-pokhran-espionage-bail-cancelled-grounds-of-arrest-supreme-court/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T22:00:43+05:30 No written grounds, no prejudice: Supreme Court cancels High Court bail in Pokhran espionage case bail cancellation, grounds of arrest https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/south-bihar-power-india-power-section-29a-extension-commercial-court-supreme-court/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T21:55:43+05:30 Patna High Court could not extend the arbitrator: Supreme Court sends Section 29A power to commercial court arbitration act, IBC https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/supreme-industries-supremo-india-trademark-suits-transferred-ahmedabad-supreme-court/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T21:50:43+05:30 Supreme v Supremo: Supreme Court moves rival SUPREME trademark suits from Indore and Delhi to Ahmedabad commercial suit, transfer petition https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/gopalakrishnan-kerala-sub-registrar-disproportionate-assets-conviction-supreme-court/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T21:45:44+05:30 Assets 51 per cent above known income: Supreme Court upholds Kerala Sub Registrar corruption conviction prevention of corruption act, burden of proof https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/orissa-mining-corporation-section-143-2-notice-reassessment-supreme-court/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T21:40:44+05:30 No Section 143(2) notice, no reassessment: Supreme Court dismisses revenue appeals in Orissa Mining case civil appeal, tax law https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/royal-construction-npcc-arbitral-award-execution-law-commission-supreme-court/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T21:35:44+05:30 Supreme Court will not referee a 24-year-old award execution, asks Law Commission to fix enforcement execution proceedings, arbitration act https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/operation-rakshak-war-injury-pension-kargil-rheumatoid-arthritis-supreme-court/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T21:30:43+05:30 Kargil arthritis earns war injury pension: Supreme Court holds Operation Rakshak is a notified operation service jurisprudence, ministry of defence https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/gopal-lodhi-rape-fir-quashing-compromise-set-aside-supreme-court/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T21:25:44+05:30 Rape case cannot be quashed on a compromise: Supreme Court revives MP trial after survivor reports coercion inherent powers, quashing https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/himachal-pradesh-hc-interest-bearing-loan-land-purchase-not-commercial-dispute-order-7-rule-11/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T21:20:44+05:30 Interest-bearing loan to ex-employee for land purchase is not a commercial dispute, Himachal Pradesh HC holds cpc o 7, commercial suit https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/gujarat-hc/gujarat-hc-upholds-acquittal-sutrapada-poisoning-case-seized-bottle-never-sent-fsl/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T21:15:44+05:30 Gujarat HC upholds 2015 acquittal in Sutrapada poisoning case where seized bottle was never sent to FSL acquittal appeal, benefit of doubt https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/allahabad-hc-refuses-cancel-bail-mahoba-petrol-pump-death-second-bail-application-after-hc-rejection/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T21:10:44+05:30 Allahabad HC refuses to cancel bail granted by Mahoba trial court on second plea after HC had rejected first sc st act, bail cancellation https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/chhattisgarh-hc/chhattisgarh-hc-raipur-municipal-corporation-bank-attachment-arbitral-award-commercial-court-execution/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T21:05:44+05:30 Chhattisgarh HC upholds Rs 7.29 crore attachment of Raipur civic body accounts to enforce arbitral award article 227, execution proceedings https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madhya-pradesh-hc/madhya-pradesh-hc-indore-khajrana-encroachment-sdo-order-quashed-shree-ram-builders-possession-30-days/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T21:00:44+05:30 MP HC quashes SDO order reopening Khajrana encroachment fight, directs possession to builder within 30 days article 226, encroachment removal https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/karnataka-hc/karnataka-hc-athani-municipal-shops-auction-notification-quashed-public-premises-act/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T20:55:44+05:30 Karnataka HC halts Athani municipal shop auction a day before bidding, says evict under PP Act first eviction, public premises eviction act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/chhattisgarh-hc/chhattisgarh-hc-health-clerk-bribe-trap-conviction-set-aside-complainant-never-met-accused/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T20:50:44+05:30 Chhattisgarh HC acquits health clerk in 2009 bribe trap after complainant admits he dealt with another clerk acquittal, prevention of corruption act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/karnataka-hc/karnataka-hc-parappana-agrahara-prison-land-acquisition-writ-appeal-allowed/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T20:45:44+05:30 Karnataka HC revives 19-acre acquisition for Parappana Agrahara prison, sets aside Single Judge order article 300a, land acquisition https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-hc-flowmore-skipper-8-crore-arbitral-award-set-aside-tower-prototype-inspection-waiver/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T20:40:43+05:30 Delhi HC sets aside Rs 8.15 crore award to Skipper, finds no evidence Flowmore waived tower prototype test patent illegality, arbitration act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/orissa-hc/orissa-hc-odisha-grameen-bank-regularisation-scheme-temporary-sweepers-messengers/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T20:35:44+05:30 Orissa HC tells Odisha Grameen Bank to frame scheme to regularise temporary sweepers and messengers service jurisprudence, regularisation https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/orissa-hc/orissa-hc-sarpanch-no-confidence-notice-fifteen-clear-days-dispatch-envelope-weight/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T20:30:44+05:30 Orissa HC voids no-confidence notice against Kendrapada Sarpanch over one missing day and unproven enclosures natural justice, gram panchayat https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/himachal-pradesh-hc-quashes-rejection-hperc-chairman-panel-electricity-act-selection-committee/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T20:25:44+05:30 Himachal Pradesh HC quashes State rejection of HPERC Chairman panel, orders appointment by 10 November selection committee, electricity act 2003 https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-hc-thor-ventures-nyeq-section-9-post-award-dlf-gurugram-plots-sham-loan-letter/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T20:20:44+05:30 Delhi HC freezes two DLF Gurugram plots for buyer who lost arbitration, doubts sham loan letter finding arbitration act, interim relief https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/himachal-pradesh-hc-no-notice-to-surety-before-bond-forfeiture-section-446-crpc-491-bnss/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T20:15:44+05:30 No prior notice to a surety before his bail bond is forfeited, Himachal Pradesh HC Division Bench holds natural justice, bnss s 491 https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-hc-jai-singh-dda-kondli-gharoli-contractor-final-bill-decreed-26-year-suit/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T20:10:44+05:30 Delhi HC decrees Rs 41.78 lakh final bill with 9% interest from 1999 to DDA contractor in 26-year-old suit money recovery, contract act https://www.legalrepublic.in/everyday-law/caste-certificate/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T09:10:58+05:30 Caste certificates — how they are issued, scrutinised and cancelled https://www.legalrepublic.in/the-republic/vishaka-at-28/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-29T08:31:02+05:30 Vishaka at 28: Guidelines as Legislation, and What POSH Did to Them https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/ecl-finance-related-party-palm-developers-coc-supreme-court/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T21:10:44+05:30 No driving seat needed: Supreme Court keeps ECL Finance out of Palm Developers CoC as a related party corporate insolvency resolution process, IBC https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/lakshmi-sugar-mills-section-43b-excise-duty-closing-stock-supreme-court/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T21:05:44+05:30 Sugar never left the godown: Supreme Court scraps Rs 69.9 lakh Section 43B add-back on Lakshmi Sugar Mills civil appeal, tax law https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/supreme-court-consecutive-life-sentences-set-aside-thane-rape-murder-muthuramalingam/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T21:00:44+05:30 One life, one life sentence: Supreme Court sets aside consecutive life terms in Thane rape and murder case sentencing, life imprisonment https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/supreme-court-uapa-section-43d7-bail-bar-needs-illegal-entry-not-visa-overstay-mohamed-rifas/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T20:55:44+05:30 Overstaying a visa is not illegal entry: Supreme Court refuses to cancel UAPA default bail UAPA, default bail https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-hc-2020-riots-brijpuri-mob-killing-five-convictions-upheld/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T20:50:44+05:30 Delhi HC upholds seven-year sentences of five men in 2020 riots mob killing of 22-year-old Monish criminal law, unlawful assembly https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/chhattisgarh-hc/chhattisgarh-hc-gati-shakti-cargo-terminal-railway-acquisition-shree-cement-farmer-petitions-dismissed/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T20:45:44+05:30 Rail link to Shree Cement cargo terminal is a public purpose, Chhattisgarh High Court rules; farmers lose article 300a, land acquisition https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/patna-hc-power-grid-union-leader-removal-travel-bills-writ-dismissed/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T20:40:44+05:30 Power Grid union leader removed over travel bills loses writ; Patna HC finds no natural justice breach natural justice, departmental inquiry https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-hc-section-138-dr-ia-khan-sentence-reduced-42-lakh-compensation-upheld/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T20:35:44+05:30 Cheque-bounce jail term cut to six months, Rs 42 lakh compensation stays: Delhi HC in Dr I.A. Khan revision criminal revision, cheque dishonour https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/chhattisgarh-hc/chhattisgarh-hc-veterinary-surgeon-disproportionate-assets-charge-affirmed-revision-dismissed/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T20:30:47+05:30 Veterinary surgeon must face disproportionate assets trial 21 years after ACB raid: Chhattisgarh High Court prevention of corruption act, charge framing https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/patna-hc-atma-deputy-project-directors-accountant-fixed-pay-orders-quashed/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T20:25:45+05:30 Contract label cannot erase an advertised pay scale: Patna HC quashes fixed-pay orders for ATMA staff service jurisprudence, article 14 https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/jharkhand-hc/jharkhand-hc-law-officer-engagement-rules-2026-rule-3-7-struck-down-researcher-fee-reconsider/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T20:20:44+05:30 Jharkhand HC upholds Law Officer Rules 2026 but strikes Rule 3(7), orders rethink of Rs 20,000 researcher fee judicial review, article 14 https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-hc-pinnacle-school-teacher-pgt-claim-doe-arrears-order-set-aside/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T20:15:44+05:30 Pinnacle School teacher was never promoted to PGT, Delhi HC holds; Rs 8.36 lakh interim payout stays with her service jurisprudence, education law https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-hc-mmtc-chauhan-jewellers-arbitral-award-partly-set-aside-section-37/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T20:10:44+05:30 Delhi HC partly sets aside award against MMTC: two of five gold export claims were wrongly rejected patent illegality, arbitration act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-hc-mool-chand-hospital-reinstatement-award-3-lakh-lump-sum-section-33/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T20:05:44+05:30 Delhi HC turns 2004 reinstatement award into Rs 3 lakh lump sum; writ pendency does not trigger Section 33 reinstatement, industrial disputes act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/himachal-pradesh-hc-pwd-engineer-in-chief-extension-quashed-chauhan/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T20:00:43+05:30 Himachal HC quashes CM-approved extension of PWD Engineer-in-Chief, orders Screening Committee by 11 November service jurisprudence, superannuation https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-hc-ntpc-badarpur-rs-197-crore-electricity-tax-auxiliary-consumption-upheld/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T19:55:45+05:30 Delhi HC upholds Rs 197 crore municipal electricity tax on power NTPC used to run Badarpur plant tax law, delegated legislation https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/chhattisgarh-hc/chhattisgarh-hc-afrc-hostel-mess-transport-charges-raipur-medical-colleges-quashed-remanded/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T19:50:44+05:30 Chhattisgarh High Court quashes fee committee cut in hostel, mess charges at two Raipur medical colleges private medical colleges, education law https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-hc-chandni-chowk-tenants-subsequent-events-leave-to-defend-section-151-refused/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T19:45:44+05:30 Delhi HC refuses to let tenants add subsequent events to leave-to-defend plea through Section 151 CPC delhi rent control act, leave to defend https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-hc-rishi-levi-proclaimed-offender-set-aside-extradition-stands/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T19:40:44+05:30 Proclaimed offender tag on NAFED accused held in Philippines set aside; Red Notice and extradition stand criminal law, proclaimed offender https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/rajasthan-hc/rajasthan-hc-rpsc-assistant-professor-interview-weightage-single-judge-set-aside/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-28T19:35:43+05:30 Rajasthan HC: 10% interview cap does not reach 2021 Assistant Professor recruitment; single judge set aside service jurisprudence, recruitment rules