[ High Courts ]
A division bench led by Chief Justice Sheel Nagu, applying the Wednesbury test, found a reasonably palpable apprehension of political vendetta in the timing of a PPCB raid on Trident Limited and directed that no coercive steps be taken without first granting the company a 30-day window to cure deficiencies.
2026-05-12 · 4 min read
[ High Courts ]
Treating illegal encroachment and excavation of Gwalior's hillocks as an existential public-trust question, a division bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has set up a Collector-led, expert-and-citizen committee to fence, afforest and audit every hillock in and around the city.
2026-05-12 · 6 min read
[ The Republic ]
M.C. Mehta gave India a rule of absolute liability that walked away from Rylands v Fletcher. Forty years on, the rule has no limiting principle, no statutory home, and an enforcement record that rides on it as if it were settled law.
2026-05-12 · 22 min read