India - Supreme Court

Bail Hearing Can't Be Deferred for Non-Compliance with Deposit Undertaking: Supreme Court

Supreme Court Mandates Merits-Based Bail Decisions, Rejects Deferrals Over Deposit Failures In a significant ruling on bail jurisprudence, the Supreme Court of India has held that courts cannot defer hearings on bail applications merely because an accused fails to comply with an undertaking t...

24 Jan 2026

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Jharkhand High Court Moves Against Advocate for 'Bullying' Judge on Live-Stream

Jharkhand High Court Moves Against Advocate for 'Bullying' and 'Threatening' Judge on Live-Stream A five-judge bench has initiated suo motu criminal contempt proceedings against an advocate, citing an attempt to "brow-beat, bully and threaten" a single judge during a hearing that later went v...

20 Oct 2025

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Jharkhand HC Issues Contempt Notice for 'Bullying' Judge

Jharkhand High Court Issues Criminal Contempt Notice to Advocate for 'Bullying' and 'Threatening' Judge Ranchi, India– In a firm assertion of judicial authority, a five-judge bench of the Jharkhand High Court has initiatedsuo motucriminal contempt proceedings against an advocate for allegedly...

19 Oct 2025

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Jharkhand High Court Lawyer Faces Full Bench in Contempt Case After Viral Courtroom Clash

Jharkhand High Court Lawyer Faces Full Bench in Contempt Case After Viral Courtroom ClashRANCHI– A heated and unprecedented exchange between a senior advocate and a sitting judge in the Jharkhand High Court, captured during a live-streamed proceeding, has culminated in the initiation of crimi...

18 Oct 2025

India - High Court of Jharkhand

Jharkhand High Court Commutes Death Sentence to Life in Triple Murder 'Honour Killing' Case, Acquits 5 for Insufficient Evidence [S.302, 364 IPC]

Jharkhand High Court Commutes Death Sentence in Triple Murder 'Honour Killing' Case, Acquits Five The court upheld the conviction of the girl's father and another accused but converted their death penalty to life imprisonment, citing mitigating factors. Ranchi, Jharkhand– In a significant jud...

08 Aug 2025

India - True

Jharkhand's Claim Over BISCOMAUN Board Seat is a State vs. State Dispute for Supreme Court Under Article 131: Jharkhand High Court

Jharkhand's Claim for BISCOMAUN Board Seat Falls Under Supreme Court's Exclusive Jurisdiction, Rules High Court Ranchi,Jharkhand– TheJharkhandHigh Court, in a significant ruling on constitutional jurisdiction, has held that the dispute betweenJharkhandand Bihar over the right to nominate a di...

02 Jul 2025

India - True

Jharkhand HC Upholds Tender Disqualification; Finds Petitioner Violated Working Capital and JV Clauses

Jharkhand High Court Upholds Tender Disqualification, Reinforces Limited Scope of Judicial Review Ranchi, Jharkhand– The Jharkhand High Court, in a significant ruling on contract law, has dismissed a writ petition filed byNuravi Importsand Exports Private Ltd challenging its disqualification ...

02 Jul 2025

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Jharkhand High Court Grants Bail to Former CM Hemant Soren in Land Scam Case

Jharkhand High Court Grants Bail to Former CMHemantSorenin Land Scam CaseHeadlineThe Jharkhand High Court has granted bail to former Chief MinisterHemantSorenin an alleged money laundering case linked to a land scam.Subheading: The Court's ObservationsThe High Court observed that there was no...

29 Jun 2024

India -

Tax Judgment of High Courts Annual Digest 2023 (Part-11)

The Kerala High Court directed to consider condonation application for 234-day delay in filing an appeal on rectification application against the Rejection of the Foreign Tax Credit (FTC) Claim. The single judge bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh observed that the appellate authority shall c...

08 Jan 2024

India -

Tax Judgments Of 2023: A Legal News Roundup

The compendium of tax-related verdicts and rulings issued by India's various High Courts in 2023 is called "Tax Judgments of High Courts: Annual Case Digest 2023 (Part 3). Taxes, such as income tax, GST, excise duty, service tax, customs duty, and others, are among the legal problems and obse...

06 Jan 2024