India - High Court of Gauhati

Oral Evidence Fails Citizenship Proof in Gauhati Ruling

Oral Evidence Fails Citizenship Proof in Gauhati Ruling In a significant affirmation of stringent evidentiary standards in citizenship disputes, the Gauhati High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging a Foreigners' Tribunal's declaration of petitioner Kurban Ali as a foreigner. The d...

29 Jan 2026

India - High Court of Gauhati

Absence Of Rules Doesn't Invalidate Executive Action Under Statute For Mayor's Post Reservation: Gauhati High Court

Gauhati High Court Dismisses PIL on Itanagar Mayor Reservation, Imposes Costs for Concealing Facts Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh– The Gauhati High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the reservation of the Mayor's post in the Itanagar Municipal Corporation (IMC) f...

01 Dec 2025

India - High Court of Madhya Pradesh

MP High Court Scrutinizes Media's Role in OBC Viral Video Case

MP High Court Scrutinizes Media's Role in OBC Viral Video Case, Demands Response from Platforms Jabalpur, MP– In a significant move that turns the lens of judicial scrutiny onto the media itself, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has demanded a response from newspapers, YouTube channels, and soci...

01 Nov 2025

India - High Court of Orissa

Orissa High Court Recalls Judgment Citing Judicial Error and 'Mistake of Fact'

Orissa High Court Recalls Judgment Citing Judicial Error and 'Mistake of Fact' CUTTACK, ODISHA– In a notable demonstration of judicial humility and commitment to justice, the Orissa High Court has taken the rare step of recalling its own judgment, candidly admitting to a "mistake of fact" tha...

29 Oct 2025

India - Supreme Court

Tax Law Weekly: Supreme Court Probes GST on Leaseholds as High Courts Tackle Unregistered Firms, Restitution, and Major Corporate Tax Demands

Tax Law Weekly: Supreme Court Probes GST on Leaseholds as High Courts Tackle Unregistered Firms, Restitution, and Major Corporate Tax Demands New Delhi– India's tax litigation landscape was abuzz this past week with a series of significant rulings from the Supreme Court and various High Court...

27 Oct 2025

India - High Court of Gauhati

Failure to Consider Detenu's Representation & Unexplained Delay Vitiates Preventive Detention Under PIT-NDPS Act: Gauhati High Court

Gauhati High Court Quashes Preventive Detention Order Citing Procedural Lapses and Unexplained Delay Guwahati:The Gauhati High Court has quashed a preventive detention order issued under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT-NDPS) Act, 1988, citi...

11 Oct 2025

India - High Court of Gauhati

Unexplained 16-Month Delay Snaps 'Live & Proximate Link', Vitiates Preventive Detention Order Under PITNDPS Act: Gauhati High Court

Gauhati High Court Quashes Preventive Detention Order Citing Unexplained Delay and Lack of 'Live Link' Guwahati:The Gauhati High Court has set aside a preventive detention order issued under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PITNDPS) Act, 1988, r...

11 Oct 2025

India - High Court of Gauhati

Nagaland Police's Separate Promotion Cadres for Armed and Unarmed Branches Upheld by Gauhati High Court

Gauhati High Court Upholds Separate Promotion Rules for Nagaland Police's Armed and Unarmed Branches Kohima:The Gauhati High Court, Kohima Bench, has dismissed a series of writ petitions filed by police personnel from the Unarmed Branch (UB) of the Nagaland Police, who challenged the disparit...

11 Oct 2025

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Punjab & Haryana High Court on Credibility and Equity: Key Rulings on Rape Acquittals and Daily Wager Rights

Punjab & Haryana High Court on Credibility and Equity: Key Rulings on Rape Acquittals and Daily Wager RightsIn a series of significant pronouncements, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has recently delivered two distinct but equally impactful judgments that traverse the complex terrains of cr...

25 Sep 2025

India - True

Inclusion of Brother's Name in NRC Not a Ground to Review 'Foreigner' Declaration: Gauhati High Court

NRC Inclusion of Sibling No Grounds to Review 'Foreigner' Declaration, Rules Gauhati High Court Guwahati, Assam- The Gauhati High Court has delivered a significant ruling, holding that the inclusion of a person's sibling in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) does not constitute a valid g...

09 Jul 2025