https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/gauhati-hc/gauhati-high-court-acquits-mother-confession-inadmissible-postpartum-psychosis-not-considered/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-07T13:55:42+05:30 Convicted on a confession and nothing else, a mother is acquitted. Gauhati High Court adds that postpartum psychosis should have been considered section 302 ipc, acquittal https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/jharkhand-hc/jharkhand-high-court-anti-corruption-bureau-preliminary-enquiries-pending-ten-years-timelines/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-07T13:50:58+05:30 Two hundred and sixteen corruption enquiries, some pending ten years. Jharkhand High Court puts the Bureau on a clock of its own government's making speedy trial, public interest litigation https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/calcutta-hc/calcutta-high-court-section-90-industrial-relations-code-retrenchment-before-dispute-conciliation-quashed/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-07T13:45:51+05:30 The terminations came first and the dispute afterwards. Calcutta High Court quashes conciliation orders that reversed the sequence termination, retrenchment https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/patna-high-court-murder-acquittal-no-blood-no-site-plan-no-weapon-eighteen-years/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-07T13:41:03+05:30 No blood at the spot, no site plan, no weapon seized. Patna High Court acquits three brothers eighteen years after their conviction hostile witnesses, benefit of doubt https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madras-hc/madras-high-court-church-of-south-india-office-bearers-writ-not-maintainable-section-92-cpc/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-07T13:35:43+05:30 Office-bearers whose terms ended in January are still in office. Madras High Court sends the Church of South India dispute to the civil court article 226, writ jurisdiction https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/chhattisgarh-hc/chhattisgarh-high-court-liquor-breakage-penalty-quashed-distillers-not-liable-after-depot-delivery/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-07T13:30:42+05:30 The bottles broke after the state took delivery. Chhattisgarh High Court quashes breakage penalties recovered from the distilleries high court writ jurisdiction, writ petition https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/rajasthan-hc/rajasthan-high-court-directs-enforcement-directorate-section-44-1-c-pmla-committal-adarsh/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-07T13:25:43+05:30 The agency invoked the provision once and then dropped it. Rajasthan High Court orders the Enforcement Directorate to apply for committal pmla, special court https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/allahabad-high-court-principal-suspension-section-16g-hearing-before-approval-larger-bench-reference/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-07T13:21:03+05:30 An inquiry cleared her, a second one did not reach her, and she was suspended. Allahabad High Court refers the hearing question to a larger Bench suspension, natural justice https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-high-court-section-340-complaint-cbi-officers-reply-said-correspondence-underway/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-07T13:15:50+05:30 The reply said the correspondence was under way. The file said it had closed two months earlier. Delhi High Court orders a perjury complaint section 340 crpc, perjury https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/bombay-hc/bombay-high-court-tomco-sewree-closure-hul-workmen-vrs-benefits-rs-five-crore-settlement/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-07T13:10:59+05:30 The factory that made Moti and Hamam closed in 2004. Bombay High Court ends the dispute 22 years later with a Rs 5 crore direction article 227, industrial disputes act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/andhra-pradesh-hc/andhra-pradesh-high-court-seat-of-arbitration-visakhapatnam-section-34-jurisdiction-danieli/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-07T13:06:00+05:30 Six cities were named as the venue and one as the forum. Andhra Pradesh High Court holds the exclusive jurisdiction clause fixes the seat arbitration, jurisdiction https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madhya-pradesh-hc/madhya-pradesh-high-court-section-64-land-acquisition-limitation-runs-from-knowledge-of-award/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-07T13:00:59+05:30 A landowner never told of the award cannot be shut out by the clock: Madhya Pradesh High Court reads down Section 64 and revives a batch of references stare decisis, land acquisition https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/telangana-hc/telangana-full-bench-gst-unsigned-show-cause-notice-valid-but-missing-din-fatal/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-07T12:55:42+05:30 A missing digital signature does not void a GST notice. A missing DIN does. Telangana's Full Bench answers a reference for nearly 200 assessees information technology act, show cause notice https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/supreme-court-clears-clerk-prevention-of-corruption-act-demand-never-proved-trap-witnesses/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-07T12:50:48+05:30 He served the sentence and came anyway to clear his name. The Supreme Court finds the bribery charge was never proved acquittal, prevention of corruption act https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/supreme-court-nios-certificate-does-not-satisfy-10th-under-10-plus-2-recruitment-rules-goa/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-07T12:46:03+05:30 Two marks ahead and still ineligible: the Supreme Court restores an appointment the High Court had taken away service jurisprudence, recruitment rules https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/supreme-court-quashes-498a-dowry-proceedings-against-in-laws-omnibus-allegations-no-material/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-07T12:40:41+05:30 The investigation produced nothing beyond the complaint itself. The Supreme Court frees a couple from their daughter-in-law's dowry case dowry prohibition act, section 498a https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/supreme-court-quashes-fir-gpa-holder-civil-dispute-given-criminal-colour-cheating-ingredients-missing/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-07T12:35:38+05:30 The landowners were freed in 2017 and their power-of-attorney holder was not. The Supreme Court calls that a grave error cheating, quashing https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/supreme-court-health-drink-powder-not-a-beverage-classification-decided-at-point-of-sale/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-07T12:31:31+05:30 A powder you stir into milk is not a beverage: the Supreme Court fixes classification at the point of sale, not the kitchen civil appeal, ejusdem generis https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/supreme-court-daily-wagers-made-permanent-entitled-to-retirement-increment-mundinamani/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-07T12:25:43+05:30 Called daily wagers for the first time on appeal, after thirty years of service: the Supreme Court restores their retirement increment service jurisprudence, retirement https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/supreme-court-quashes-rape-fir-both-sides-four-step-test-pradeep-kumar-kesarwani/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-07T12:20:44+05:30 Applying a four-step test, the Supreme Court quashes an FIR and the complaints filed against the complainant too promise to marry, quashing https://www.legalrepublic.in/everyday-law/wage-recovery-code-on-wages/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-07T09:06:01+05:30 Recovering unpaid wages from your employer — the new wage code https://www.legalrepublic.in/everyday-law/marriage-certificate-state-portals/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-06T09:21:10+05:30 Registering your marriage — what state portals require https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/himachal-pradesh-high-court-parole-villagers-objection-cannot-be-sole-ground-life-convict/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-06T01:21:09+05:30 A hundred and fifty villagers objected in writing. Himachal Pradesh High Court grants the life convict parole anyway writ of mandamus, parole https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/andhra-pradesh-hc/andhra-pradesh-high-court-teaching-associate-regularisation-assistant-professor-from-initial-appointment/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-06T01:15:51+05:30 Twenty years of teaching on eleven-month contracts: Andhra Pradesh High Court orders regularisation from the date of first appointment regularisation, umadevi https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/allahabad-high-court-article-22-grounds-of-arrest-challenge-ends-with-section-167-stage/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-06T01:10:55+05:30 A grounds-of-arrest challenge has a shelf life: Allahabad High Court holds Article 22 cannot be invoked once charges are framed article 22, remand https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/orissa-hc/orissa-high-court-cruelty-divorce-upheld-decree-not-rested-on-irretrievable-breakdown/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-06T01:05:40+05:30 Both sides told the Court they wanted the marriage over. Orissa High Court still refused to rest the decree on that hindu marriage act, cruelty https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/calcutta-hc/calcutta-high-court-joint-venture-member-silence-article-227-arbitration-intervention-refused/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-06T01:00:38+05:30 Asked to clarify whether it had authorised the liquidator, a joint venture partner said nothing. Calcutta High Court holds that silence cost it the point arbitration, joint venture https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/delhi-high-court-senior-citizens-rules-daughter-in-law-eviction-shared-household-not-indefeasible/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-06T00:55:42+05:30 A daughter-in-law's claim to the shared household is not indefeasible: Delhi High Court upholds a mother-in-law's eviction order eviction, senior citizens https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/telangana-hc/telangana-high-court-tahsildar-cannot-validate-chain-of-sada-sales-against-registered-sale-deed/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-06T00:50:40+05:30 A Tahsildar validated three unregistered sales in one stroke. Telangana High Court sets it aside for displacing a registered deed without notice article 226, sale deed https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/gauhati-hc/gauhati-high-court-ppf-account-cannot-be-frozen-section-102-crpc-cbi-corruption-case/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-06T00:45:39+05:30 A bank account can be frozen in a bribery investigation but a provident fund account cannot: Gauhati High Court orders one of three released prevention of corruption act, provident fund https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madhya-pradesh-hc/madhya-pradesh-high-court-indore-development-authority-town-planning-scheme-169a-release-four-weeks/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-06T00:40:38+05:30 Thirteen years of litigation by a development authority ends with a four-week order to release the land it wanted article 226, land acquisition https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/bombay-hc/bombay-high-court-navi-mumbai-recreational-open-space-pil-dismissed-transparency-directions/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-06T00:35:56+05:30 Bombay High Court dismisses a Navi Mumbai open-space PIL, then tells the civic authorities they cannot play hide and seek with the public public interest litigation, navi mumbai https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/rajasthan-hc/rajasthan-high-court-refuses-bail-five-accused-kanhaiya-lal-murder-najeeb-distinguished/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-06T00:30:39+05:30 Four and a half years in custody is not enough: Rajasthan High Court refuses bail to five accused in the Kanhaiya Lal murder UAPA, speedy trial https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madras-hc/madras-high-court-ambasamudram-election-petition-order-vii-rule-11-rejection-refused-trial-ordered/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-06T00:25:39+05:30 A voter can question nominations the rejected candidates never challenged: Madras High Court sends the Ambasamudram election petition to trial order vii rule 11 https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/karnataka-hc/karnataka-high-court-aicte-qualification-lecturer-removal-upheld-twelve-lakh-in-equity/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-06T00:20:47+05:30 The college was entitled to let him go and should never have hired him: Karnataka High Court orders Rs 12 lakh in equity service jurisprudence, high court writ jurisdiction https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/meghalaya-hc/meghalaya-high-court-section-39-vat-scrutiny-quashed-no-section-35-notice-forty-one-quarters/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-06T00:15:54+05:30 Sixteen years of VAT scrutiny collapses on a clause nobody had read closely: Meghalaya High Court quashes notices for forty-one quarters high court writ jurisdiction, jurisdiction https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/patna-high-court-rule-52-5-bihar-minor-mineral-interest-capped-at-two-months/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-06T00:11:10+05:30 Interest runs for two months and then the remedy is cancellation: Patna High Court caps what the mining department can recover on a defaulted instalment letters patent appeal, bihar https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/supreme-court-article-22-breach-re-arrest-needs-judicial-imprimatur-superior-endorsement/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-05T23:20:43+05:30 Supreme Court holds police who breach Article 22 cannot decide on re-arrest themselves, and orders the judgment sent to every DGP article 22, grounds of arrest https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/supreme-court-de-novo-investigation-sit-2012-rape-murder-karnataka-conscience-of-the-court/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-05T23:15:53+05:30 Supreme Court orders a fresh investigation into a 2012 rape and murder, barring every officer who handled it before special investigation team, further investigation https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/supreme-court-order-xiv-rule-2-preliminary-issue-limitation-mixed-question-suit-restored/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-05T23:10:37+05:30 Supreme Court faults all three courts below on preliminary issues and sends a suit filed in 2013 back for trial civil procedure, limitation https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/supreme-court-uapa-charge-sheet-extension-restored-default-bail-set-aside-sufficient-material/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-05T23:06:00+05:30 Supreme Court restores a charge-sheet extension, holding the High Court read one sentence out of context UAPA, default bail https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/supreme-court-sets-aside-ncdrc-fire-insurance-award-surveyors-reports-brushed-aside/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-05T23:00:58+05:30 Supreme Court sets aside a Rs 2.4 crore fire insurance award that brushed aside both surveyors' reports surveyor, insurance https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/supreme-court-section-28a-land-acquisition-first-appeal-order-cannot-found-redetermination/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-05T22:55:56+05:30 Supreme Court holds a Section 28A application cannot be founded on a First Appeal order, rejecting a claim filed 40 years on land acquisition, compensation https://www.legalrepublic.in/supreme-court/supreme-court-unrelied-documents-charge-framing-section-91-crpc-inspection-cbi/ LegalRepublic.inen 2026-10-05T22:50:49+05:30 Supreme Court resolves a document fight without choosing between its own precedents, ordering inspection instead of production criminal appeal, charge framing