India - Supreme Court

Judicial Directions on Regularisation Attain Finality; State Can't Dilute via Temporary Schemes: Supreme Court

Supreme Court Delivers Justice to ISRO's Forgotten Ground Force: Regularisation Ordered After 30-Year FightIn a landmark ruling on April 29, 2026, the Supreme Court of India, through a bench comprisingJustice Vikram NathandJustice Sandeep Mehta, has directed the regularization of daily-wage "...

30 Apr 2026

India - High Court of Bombay

LARR Authority Has Jurisdiction to Examine Limitation in References Under Section 64 of 2013 Act: Bombay High Court

Bombay HC Greenlights LARR Authority's Power to Probe Limitation in Bullet Train Land RowIn a significant ruling for land acquisition disputes, the Bombay High Court has affirmed that the Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Authority holds jurisdi...

30 Apr 2026

India - High Court of Punjab and Haryana

Punjab Anti-Sacrilege Law Challenged in High Court

Punjab Anti-Sacrilege Law Faces Constitutional Challenge in High CourtIn a bold constitutional salvo, Jalandhar-based RTI activist Simranjeet Singh has filed aPublic Interest Litigation (PIL)in thePunjab and Haryana High Court, seeking to strike down the freshly notifiedJaagat Jot Sri Guru Gr...

23 Apr 2026

India - Supreme Court

Supreme Court to Hear NEET-PG Cut-Off Challenge April 28

Supreme Court to Hear NEET-PG Cut-Off Challenge April 28In a closely watched development for India's medical education landscape, the Supreme Court of India has scheduled a detailed hearing on April 28, 2026, for a batch of petitions challenging the unprecedented reduction in t...

08 Apr 2026

India -

Non-Appointment of Presenting Officer & Document Non-Supply Vitiate Enquiry: Patna High Court

Breath Test or Procedural Blunder? Patna High Court Sides with Dismissed Cop on Enquiry FlawsIn a nuanced ruling, a Division Bench of the Patna High Court—comprising Chief Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Justice Harish Kumar—dismissed the State of Bihar...

07 Apr 2026

India - High Court of Allahabad

Proviso to Order VI Rule 17 CPC Not Strictly Applicable to Amendments in Revisional Proceedings: Allahabad High Court

Allahabad HC: Trial-Linked Curbs on Pleading Amendments Don't Bind RevisionsIn a nuanced ruling on civil procedure, the Allahabad High Court has held that the strict "due diligence" proviso under Order VI Rule 17 of the Code of Civil Pro...

02 Apr 2026

India - High Court of Patna

Fence-Sitters Barred from Parity Claims After Expired Select Panel Despite Lower-Merit Appointments: Patna High Court

Patna High Court Slams Door on Latecomers: No Job Parity for "Fence-Sitters" in Stale Recruitment ListsIn a decisive ruling on service jurisprudence, the Patna High Court has set aside a single judge's order directing the appointment of a waitlisted candidate as a clerk in Bihar's civil court...

27 Mar 2026

India -

Conversion Must Be Definitely Banned Nationally Right Now: Sageer Khan

It was my very best friend Sageer Khan who first of all ingrained in me most deeply in Mackronia locality in Sagar in Madhya Pradesh way back in 1994 that conversion is a crime that is worst than all the other crimes in this world and when I wanted to myself convert and become a Muslim in 199...

26 Mar 2026

India - High Court of Calcutta

17-Year Trial Delay Justifies Reducing Sentence to Time Served Despite Upholding Section 325 IPC Conviction: Calcutta High Court

Sword of Damocles: Calcutta HC Cuts Jail Time After 17-Year Wait in Brutal Assault CaseIn a poignant nod to the human cost of judicial delays, theCalcutta High Courthas upheld a conviction for causinggrievous hurtbut reduced the sentence to time already served, blaming a staggering 17-year li...

20 Mar 2026

India - High Court of Delhi

Dehadrai Seeks Dismissal of Moitra's Dog Custody Suit

Dehadrai Seeks Dismissal of Moitra's Dog Custody SuitIn a latest escalation of the protracted legal tussle between Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra and advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai, the Delhi High Court has issued notice to Moitra on Dehadrai's revision petition challenging a trial court ord...

11 Mar 2026