[ Supreme Court ]
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Prasanna B. Varale holds that statutory bail powers cannot be stretched to mandate administrative reforms in criminal process service.
2026-05-22 · 7 min read
[ High Courts ]
The Lucknow Bench held that Section 36A(1)(d) of the NDPS Act is pari materia with Section 44(1)(b) of PMLA, making the pre-cognizance hearing proviso under BNSS Section 223 equally applicable to NCB complaints filed after 1 July 2024.
2026-05-21 · 6 min read
[ High Courts ]
The Allahabad High Court has stayed complaint proceedings against Reliance Bio Energy Limited before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hapur, after the company deposited the full penalty and was permitted to resume operations.
2026-05-21 · 4 min read
[ High Courts ]
The Allahabad High Court dismissed a challenge to an SDM's encroachment removal order, holding that the petitioner's own objection admitted the existence of the disputed public street, making a Section 137 inquiry unnecessary.
2026-05-19 · 7 min read
[ High Courts ]
Dismissing a wife's criminal revision seeking higher maintenance, the Allahabad High Court held that enhancement requires fresh evidence and must be pursued before the trial court, not in revision.
2026-05-19 · 5 min read
[ High Courts ]
The Allahabad High Court's Lucknow Bench held that a bank has no authority to freeze a customer's account on self-declared suspicion, directing de-freezing and imposing costs on Indian Overseas Bank for acting without any complaint, FIR, or order from a competent authority.
2026-05-19 · 9 min read
[ Supreme Court ]
A Supreme Court bench of Justices S.V.N. Bhatti and Prasanna B. Varale remands a Kanpur eviction suit, holding that striking off a tenant's defence demands proper determination of the first date of hearing.
2026-05-18 · 7 min read
[ High Courts ]
Justice Garima Prashad found the Family Court's maintenance quantum unjust and its effective date manifestly erroneous, remanding the matter for fresh adjudication within six months.
2026-05-14 · 6 min read
[ Supreme Court ]
A Division Bench of Justices Pardiwala and Bhuyan quashed a 1989 police-mess assault case, then directed Allahabad High Court to furnish comprehensive undertrial pendency data for Uttar Pradesh.
2026-05-13 · 9 min read
[ High Courts ]
A division bench of the Allahabad High Court has set aside a single judge's direction to revise the CLAT-UG 2026 merit list, holding that the Consortium of National Law Universities' two-tier expert review of the answer key cannot be displaced unless a manifest error is shown on the face of the record.
2026-05-11 · 6 min read
[ High Courts ]
The Lucknow bench rules that listing a case crime number in the arrest memo is not enough — and holds the State liable after three months of illegal detention.
2026-05-10 · 5 min read