https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/state-of-maharashtra-v-sudhakar-teke-surplus-employee-absorption-head-of-department/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-20T17:45:03+05:30 Surplus Employee Cannot Claim Absorption on Higher Post Than One Held When Declared Surplus supreme court, andhra pradesh high court https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/reena-v-karnataka-state-road-transport-corporation-ksrtc-contributory-negligence-mact-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-20T17:40:03+05:30 Supreme Court Reverses 50% Contributory Negligence Finding, Awards Rs 50.8 Lakh to KSRTC Accident Widow motor vehicles act, supreme court, just compensation https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/cynthia-julious-charlie-v-vice-chancellor-pharmacy-degree-caste-certificate-supreme-court-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-20T17:35:03+05:30 Supreme Court Orders University to Release B. Pharma Degree Withheld Over Cancelled Caste Certificate supreme court https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/utkarsh-enterprises-doe-sports-tender-delay-laches/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-20T17:30:03+05:30 Supreme Court refuses to examine Delhi sports tender clauses over four-month delay supreme court, public procurement https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/tvs-motor-company-referral-charges-business-auxiliary-service-penalty-set-aside/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-20T17:25:03+05:30 TVS Motor's Referral Charges Taxable as Business Auxiliary Service, But Penalty Set Aside supreme court 2026 https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/patel-joshnaben-gujarat-abetment-suicide-fir-quashed-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-20T17:20:03+05:30 Filing an FIR or Claiming Maintenance Cannot Constitute Abetment of Suicide, Supreme Court Rules section 482 crpc, matrimonial dispute, suicide note https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/bappa-barai-v-union-of-india-rpf-constable-discharge-criminal-antecedents-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-20T17:15:03+05:30 Supreme Court Upholds Discharge of RPF Constables Who Concealed Pending Criminal Cases service jurisprudence, natural justice, supreme court https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/singapogu-babu-rao-lok-adalat-land-acquisition-apportionment-supreme-court-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-20T17:10:03+05:30 Lok Adalat Award Cannot Bind Claimants Who Were Not Parties or Signatories, Supreme Court Holds supreme court, land acquisition, compensation https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/pramod-kumar-shukla-section-156-3-rejection-fir-res-judicata/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-20T16:50:03+05:30 Rejection of Section 156(3) application does not bar a later FIR, holds Supreme Court criminal procedure, supreme court, section 482 crpc https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/typing-test-first-promotion-junior-assistant-2001-rules-2014-rules-allahabad-hc-writ-a-6755-2018/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-20T16:25:03+05:30 Typing Test Before Written Exam Is Valid for Junior Assistant Promotion, Rules Allahabad High Court service jurisprudence, allahabad high court https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/calcutta-hc/sbi-atm-caretaker-minimum-wages-watch-ward-calcutta-hc-wpa-13625-2025/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-20T16:20:03+05:30 Calcutta HC Quashes Rs 77 Lakh Minimum Wages Award Against SBI, Finds ATM Caretakers Not Security Guards calcutta high court, state bank of india https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/chhajju-ram-v-babu-singh-lis-pendens-court-auction-second-appeal-1147-1980/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-20T16:15:03+05:30 Lis Pendens Binds Court Auction Purchaser; Execution Claim Order Not Res Judicata on Antecedent Contract, Holds Allahabad HC allahabad high court, transfer of property act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/jammu-kashmir-ladakh-hc/albert-david-limited-drugs-cosmetics-act-section-25-retesting-quashing-kathua-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-20T16:10:03+05:30 Eight-Year Delay, Lost Sample, Expired Drug: J&K High Court Quashes Drugs Act Prosecution Against Albert David Limited jammu kashmir ladakh hc, quashing petition, section 482 crpc, abuse of process https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/rafikmiya-malek-state-gujarat-corruption-acquittal-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-20T16:05:03+05:30 Supreme Court Acquits Talati and Peon in Gujarat Bribery Case, Finds Demand Not Proved Beyond Doubt criminal appeal, prevention of corruption act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/punjab-haryana-hc/prem-singh-state-haryana-ndps-bail-police-witnesses-dgp-summoned-crm-m-33449-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-20T16:00:03+05:30 Punjab & Haryana HC Grants Interim Bail in NDPS Case, Summons DGP Over Police Witnesses Skipping Trial punjab haryana hc, section 483 bnss https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/jammu-kashmir-ladakh-hc/sana-aftab-v-mohtashem-billah-malik-child-custody-qatar-kashmir-fao-mat-01-2025/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-20T15:55:03+05:30 Mother Retains Custody of Two Sons Despite Passport Violation and Contempt Finding, J&K High Court Rules jammu kashmir ladakh hc, family law https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madras-hc/tamil-thaai-vaazhthu-state-song-circular-madras-hc-wp-21971-2026/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-20T15:50:03+05:30 Madras HC Dismisses PIL on Tamil Thaai Vaazhthu Order After Centre and Tamil Nadu Issue Revised Circulars madras high court, public interest litigation, ministry of home affairs https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/calcutta-hc/soma-mukhopadhyay-bagnan-college-preliminary-enquiry-quashed-calcutta-hc/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-20T15:45:03+05:30 Calcutta HC Quashes 93-Charge Preliminary Enquiry Against Bagnan College Teachers, Finds Notices Harassive and Mala Fide disciplinary proceedings, calcutta high court https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/calcutta-hc/srikanta-paul-purshottam-lal-sanganeria-huf-section-2g-west-bengal-premises-tenancy-act-1997-calcutta-hc/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-20T15:40:03+05:30 Tenancy Inherited After 1997 Act Attracts Five-Year Cap Under Section 2(g), Rules Calcutta High Court calcutta high court https://www.legalrepublic.in/everyday-law/passport-application-tatkal/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-20T09:25:11+05:30 Applying for a passport — normal route and Tatkaal https://www.legalrepublic.in/the-republic/indian-free-speech-us-text-uk-habits/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-08-20T08:30:12+05:30 Indian Free Speech Has US Text and UK Habits 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