India - High Court of Punjab and Haryana

Confiscated Vehicles Must Not Rot: P&H High Court Orders Interim Release on Superdari in NDPS Act Case

From Asset to Eyesore: Court Slams 'Mechanical' Confiscation of VehiclesIn a robust judgment that balances judicial caution with economic pragmatism, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has signaled an end to the "archaic" practice of allow...

29 May 2026

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Incorrect Statutory Provision in Bail Appeal Does Not Bar Substantive Rights: Punjab and Haryana HC Grants Bail in UAPA Case

Technicalities Cannot Curtain Liberty: HC Grants Bail Despite Procedural ErrorIn a significant verdict reaffirming the primacy of personal liberty over procedural technicalities, the High Court of Punjab an...

29 May 2026

India - Supreme Court

Mere Supervisory Role & Pujari Appointments Don't Confer Temple Title: Supreme Court

Temple Custodian Triumphs: Supreme Court Rejects 'Management Means Ownership' ClaimIn a significant ruling on property rights in religious institutions, the Supreme Court of India has set aside decrees by the Rajasthan trial court and High Court that awarded a te...

09 Apr 2026

India - Supreme Court

Supreme Court Strikes Down Haryana Ad-Hoc Regularization Policy

Supreme Court Strikes Down Haryana's Arbitrary Ad-Hoc Regularization PolicyIn a significant reinforcement of constitutional mandates on public employment, theSupreme Court of Indiahas struck down Haryana'sJuly 7, 2014notifications aimed at regularizing ad hoc, contractual, and daily wage empl...

20 Apr 2026

India - High Court of Rajasthan

Lawyers Can't Be Treated Like Servants: Termination of Engagements Must Follow Terms, Not Arbitrarily - Rajasthan HC

"Lawyers Aren't Servants": Rajasthan HC Slaps Down JDA's Arbitrary Sackings of Assistant AdvocatesIn a resounding defense of legal professionals' dignity, the Rajasthan High Court at Jaipur has quashed the Jaipur Development Authority's (JDA) blanket orders terminating engagements of multiple...

27 Mar 2026

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Systemic Bias Within Armed Forces Led To Denial Of Permanent Commission To Several Women Officers: SC

It is entirely in the fitness of things that the Supreme Court in a most learned, laudable, landmark, logical and latest judgment titled Lt. Col. Pooja Pal and others vs Union of India and others in Civil Appeal Nos. 9747 - 9757 / 2024 and Others and cited in Neutral Citation No.: 2026 INSC 2...

26 Mar 2026

India - Digest

Supreme Court Monthly Digest – February 2026

Supreme(SC) 2026 0 217Supreme Court (277)West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd. VS Adhunik Power & Natural Resource Ltd.Written contract – Ordinarily, when a contract is reduced to writing, its terms must be determined from the document itself – However, this rule does not put ...

09 Mar 2026

India - Supreme Court

Defunct Scheme of Arrangement under Companies Act Sections 391-394 Can't Stall CIRP under IBC Section 7: Supreme Court

Supreme CourtClears Path for IBC Revival: Defunct Company Scheme No Barrier to InsolvencyIn a significant ruling for India's insolvency landscape, theSupreme CourtonFebruary 24, 2026, overturned the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal's (NCLAT) decision to pauseCorporate Insolvency Resolu...

24 Feb 2026

India -

Supreme Court Mandates Regularization of Long-Serving Contractual Employees

Supreme Court Mandates Regularization of Long-Serving Contractual Employees Introduction In a significant judgment reinforcing the principles of fairness and equity in public employment, the Supreme Court of India has ruled that the State cannot arbitrarily deny regularization to contractual ...

31 Jan 2026

India - Supreme Court

Supreme Court Allows UP to Amend MV Act Trial Abatement Law Amid Ultra Vires Challenge

Supreme Court Directs Uttar Pradesh to Proceed with Amendment to Motor Vehicles Act Trial Abatement Provisions Introduction In a significant development addressing the intersection of state legislative autonomy and national traffic safety laws, the Supreme Court of India has directed the Gove...

30 Jan 2026