“POCSO Presumption Cannot Turn a Broken Prosecution Case into Proof”: Supreme Court Acquits Man as Medical and Forensic Evidence Negated Sexual Assault

“Deposit Is Not Payment”: Supreme Court Holds Conditional Deposit of Arbitral Award Does Not Stop Interest Unless Award-Holder Can Withdraw It Freely

“No Leave, No Suit, No Interim Relief”: Supreme Court Rules That Receiver Cannot Be Appointed Before Grant of Leave Under Section 92 CPC

“Evidence Is Weighed, Not Counted; Kinship Alone Does Not Make an Eyewitness ‘Interested’”: Punjab and Haryana High Court Upholds Murder Conviction, Orders Appellant’s Re-Arrest

Mere Officiation Creates No Vested Right to Promotion: Supreme Court Says Vacancies Need Not Be Filled Under Rules Existing When They Arose

CBDT Condonation Circulars Must Be Applied Liberally, Not Hyper-Technically: Punjab and Haryana High Court Condones 34-Day COVID Delay in Co-operative Society’s ITR, Revives Section 80P Claim

Supreme Court Acquits Murder Convicts After 25 Years: Once Eyewitness Account Is Rejected, Suspicion and an Incomplete Chain of Circumstances Cannot Sustain Conviction

“No Work, No Pay” Cannot Reward Employer’s Own Wrong: Punjab and Haryana High Court Grants Salary Arrears Where Promotion Was Delayed by Illegal Transfer

Supreme Court Strikes Down Maharashtra Methanol Rules: Adding Colour and Bitterant to Methanol Is Like “Rearranging the Deck Chairs on the Titanic”

“Fair Trial Does Not Mean Accused Can Demand Every Document”: Punjab and Haryana High Court Refuses Production of CBI Status Report Outside Charge-Sheet in 1994 Alleged Fake Encounter Trial

Buyer Not Criminally Liable for Forged Will in Vendor’s Title Chain Without Knowledge or Participation: Punjab and Haryana High Court Quashes Cheating and Forgery FIR

“Serious Allegations Alone Cannot Undo Bail”: Punjab and Haryana High Court Refuses to Set Aside Bail Without Misuse or Supervening Circumstances; Orders Accused to Surrender Passport

“Husband’s Role Was Bound to Be Under Scanner”: Punjab and Haryana High Court Upholds Withholding of Deceased Employee’s Benefits Pending Suicide Probe, Denies Interest Where Department Is Not Responsible for Delay

“Immoral Traffic Act Targets Exploitation of Another Woman, Not Her Own Alleged Participation in Prostitution”; Offences Require Living on Another’s Earnings or Procuring Another Woman: Punjab and Haryana High Court Quashes Charges Under Sections 4 and 5

Airbag Failure in Severe Collision Can Establish Manufacturing Defect Without Expert or Laboratory Test: Punjab and Haryana High Court Upholds Refund Against Ford India

Judgment-Debtor Cannot Frustrate Specific Performance Decree by Concealing Prior Mortgage; Decree-Holder Permitted to Clear Loan from Balance Sale Consideration: Punjab and Haryana High Court

RTI Act: Litigant’s Private Need for Police Records Cannot Be Disguised as ‘Larger Public Interest’, Punjab and Haryana High Court Declines Disclosure of Third-Party Information

Termination Based on Criminal Case Is Punitive, Even If Styled as Simple Discharge; Notice and Hearing Mandatory: Punjab and Haryana High Court

“Protection Plea Cannot Be Used to Cover Up a Promiscuous Relationship”: Punjab and Haryana High Court Denies Relief to Married Live-In Partners, Cites Rights of Their Spouses and Eight Children

Muslim Girl Who Has Attained Puberty May Marry a Person of Her Choice Under Personal Law; Article 21 Protection Cannot Be Denied Over Family Opposition: Punjab and Haryana High Court

High Court Should Not Be Approached Directly for Allegedly Improper Police Investigation; Remedy Lies Before Magistrate Under Section 175(3) BNSS: Punjab and Haryana High Court

“Cyber Fraud Is a Social Wrong, Not a Private Dispute; Compensating the Victim Cannot Buy Quashing of FIR”: Punjab and Haryana High Court

“Deceased Is the Real Victim; Family Cannot Consent on His Behalf”: Punjab and Haryana High Court Refuses to Quash Fatal Accident FIR Under Section 106 BNS on Compromise

“Fair Trial Cannot Be Limitlessly Stretched in Accused’s Favour”: Punjab and Haryana High Court Rejects Plea to Recall Witnesses Five Years After Cross-Examination

“FIR Is Not an Encyclopaedia”; High Court Cannot Test Truth of Allegations While Investigation Is Underway: Punjab and Haryana High Court Dismisses Section 528 BNSS Quashing Plea

Loan Transaction Alone Cannot Establish Liability Under Section 138 NI Act: Punjab and Haryana High Court Acquits Accused Where Complainant Admitted Cheque Was Taken as Security

Insurer’s Branch Office Cannot Create Territorial Jurisdiction for a Motor Accident Claim: Supreme Court Restricts MACT Forum Shopping Under Section 166(2)

“Disabled Soldiers Are Still Denied Benefits on Hyper-Technical Grounds”: Supreme Court Dismisses Union’s Repetitive Appeals Against Disability Pension

A Trust Is Not a Juristic Person and Cannot Be Prosecuted as an Accused; Criminal Liability May Continue Against Its Trustees: Supreme Court

High Court Overstepped Review Jurisdiction by Reassessing Answer Key Without Any Glaring Error: Supreme Court Restores UPSSSC’s Answer

Section 69 BNS Cannot Criminalise a Failed Promise to Marry: Supreme Court Quashes FIR Arising from a Consensual Relationship

Administrative Clarification Cannot Turn a Medical Device into a ‘Drug’ or Retrospectively Create Criminal Liability Without Gazette Notification: Punjab and Haryana High Court Quashes Heart Lung Pack Prosecution

Subsequent Extension Cannot Retrospectively Defeat Default Bail Right Accrued After 180 Days; Rejection Based on Non-Existent Extension Order Set Aside: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Safe Custody Must Be Proved from Seizure Until Dispatch; Intact Seals at Laboratory Not Enough Where IO Retained Contraband and Seal Witness Was Withheld: Punjab and Haryana High Court Sets Aside NDPS Conviction for Unproven Chain of Custody

Review Jurisdiction Cannot Be Invoked to Introduce New Pleas, Cure Defective Pleadings or Reargue a Concluded Case: Punjab and Haryana High Court

State Cannot Relitigate a Failed Title Claim Through Execution Objections: Punjab and Haryana High Court Ends 20-Year Obstruction to Final Decree

Section 245H Bar Does Not Justify Endless Prosecution: Punjab and Haryana High Court Quashes 17-Year-Old Income Tax Case Prosecution After Settlement

Insurer Cannot Invoke ‘Free-Look Period’ to Defeat Claim Based on Proven Policy Mis-Selling: Punjab and Haryana High Court

No Electricity Supplied, No Consent Obtained, Yet ₹57.74 Lakh Demanded After Nine Years: Supreme Court Rejects Distribution Licensee’s Stale Minimum Consumption Charges

Continuing Partners Cannot Pocket Decades of Appreciation in Firm Assets: Supreme Court Rules That Property of a Dissolved Partnership Must Be Liquidated at Its Realisable Value and Shared Among All Partners

Decades of Possession Do Not Confer Ownership: Supreme Court Rules That Revenue Entries and “Dharam-Arth” Occupation Cannot Establish Adverse Possession Without a Hostile Claim

Branding an ‘Outstanding’ Officer as Dead Wood Soon After Merit-Based Promotion Is Malicious and Arbitrary: Supreme Court Quashes Compulsory Retirement Under FR 56(j)

POCSO Conviction Cannot Rest on an Unverified Baptismal Certificate, but Failure to Prove Minority Does Not Erase a Proven Rape: Supreme Court

Escrow Release Is Not a Clean Chit: Supreme Court Rules That SEBI Can Independently Investigate Fraud in a Share Buyback

Punjab and Haryana High Court Directs Custody of 2.5-Year-Old Child to Working Mother in Habeas Corpus Petition, Emphasizing Statutory Preference Under Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act and Paramount Welfare of Minor Over Technical Objections Regarding Alternative Remedies

Order I Rule 8(3) CPC Gives a Right to Apply, Not an Automatic Right to Impleadment: Punjab and Haryana High Court Says Every Co-Sharer Need Not Join a Representative Suit

Repeated ‘False Rape’ Complaints Across States: Punjab and Haryana High Court Suggests Privacy-Protected National Antecedents Portal, Grants Bail to Women Running Extortion Racket

Loan File Already Dispatched, Bribe Demand Rendered Doubtful: Punjab and Haryana High Court Rules ₹200 Tainted-Money Recovery Alone Cannot Sustain Corruption Conviction

Two Forceful Stick Blows on Vital Part Show Intention to Kill, Not Mere Knowledge: Punjab and Haryana High Court Refuses to Reduce Murder Conviction to Culpable Homicide under Section 304 Part II IPC

Section 295-A Does Not Criminalise Every Creative Misstep: Punjab and Haryana High Court Quashes FIR over Non-Amritdhari ‘Yaarian 2’ Actor Wearing Kirpan

Not Named in FIR Is No Shield When Specific Role Emerges Later: Punjab and Haryana High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail in Compromising-Photo Extortion Case

Priority in Absorption Is No Licence to Leapfrog Merit: Punjab and Haryana High Court Quashes Seniority Granted to Lower-Merit Surplus Employees

Wife’s Mere Presence with Principal Accused Is Not Proof of Murder Conspiracy: Punjab and Haryana High Court Rejects ‘Improved’ Witness Version, Upholds Acquittal

Bald ‘Security Cheque’ Plea Cannot Secure Unconditional Leave to Defend: Punjab and Haryana High Court Upholds ₹16.53 Lakh Security Condition in Order XXXVII Suit

No ‘Second Bite at the Apple’ Through FIR Quashing After Anticipatory Bail Fails: Punjab and Haryana High Court Rejects Plea by Accused Remaining at Large

‘Honey Trap’ Plea Cannot Excuse Sharing Rafale and Air Force Station Images with Pakistan-Based Contact: Punjab and Haryana High Court Denies Bail

Parliament Cannot Override Judicial Verdicts Through a ‘Clarification’: Punjab and Haryana High Court Strikes Down Section 147A, Quashes Reassessment Notices Issued by Jurisdictional AOs

Family Court Remedy Is No Excuse to Ignore Alleged Illegal Removal of a Child: Supreme Court Revives Father’s Habeas Corpus Petition

Courts Cannot Clip the Arbitrator’s Jurisdiction: Supreme Court Holds That “Excepted Matters” and Arbitrability Must First Be Decided Under Section 16

Artificial Breaks Cannot Erase Years of Service: Supreme Court Holds Pre-Regularisation Employment Must Count for Pension and Gives Employees the Right to Choose the Old Pension Scheme

Is Fraudulent Intent Necessary to Initiate Stamp Undervaluation Proceedings? Supreme Court Doubts V.N. Devadoss and Refers the Scope of Section 47-A to a Larger Bench

Environmental Clearance Need Not Restart from Scratch After Earlier Approval Is Set Aside; Supreme Court Restores EC and CTE for Biomedical Waste Facility and Terms NGT’s Approach an “Egregious Error”

Company Can Be Prosecuted for Mens Rea Offences Even Without Arraigning Its Officers; Supreme Court Lays Down Three-Stage Test for Corporate Criminal Liability

Australian Driving Licence Without International Driving Permit Is Not Valid in India; Criminal Acquittal Does Not Negate MACT Liability: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Minor Child Cannot Be Treated as a Non-Earning Person in Motor Accident Claims; Compensation Must Be Based on Minimum Wages of a Skilled Worker: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Proof of Poisoning Is Not Proof of the Poisoner: Punjab and Haryana High Court Acquits Wife as Section 106 Cannot Fill Gaps in Circumstantial Evidence

Child Custody Cannot Be Treated as “Property” to Prosecute Relatives for Cheating or Criminal Breach of Trust: Punjab and Haryana High Court Quashes FIR

Private Compromise Cannot Defeat Pendente Lite Transferees; Punjab and Haryana High Court Upholds Registered GPA and Punishes Alienation in Breach of Status Quo Order

Matrimonial Discord Is Not Abetment of Suicide: Supreme Court Rebukes High Court for Reversing Acquittal on Evidence That Did Not Exist

Courts Cannot Cripple Education Regulators Through Pedantic Review: Supreme Court Upholds NCTE’s Power to Demand Annual Performance Appraisal Reports

Employment Sustained by “Corporate Compassion” Does Not Negate 100% Functional Disability: Supreme Court Enhances MACT Compensation to ₹3.77 Crore

Democratic Control Cannot Create a Regulatory Vacuum in a Failing Bank: Supreme Court Upholds RBI’s Power to Supersede Multi-State Co-operative Bank Boards for Up to Five Years

Clearing Members Cannot Be Forced to Repay Investors for a Broker’s Illegal F&O Schemes: Supreme Court Strikes Down ₹460 Crore Restitution Order

An Appeal Cannot Leave a Taxpayer Worse Off: Supreme Court Strikes Down Automatic Penalty and Affirms ‘No Reformatio in Peius’

A Debt Cannot Escape SARFAESI Merely Because It Originated with an Unnotified NBFC: Supreme Court Upholds Bank’s Right to Enforce Assigned Security

Mere Lip Service to Marital Obligations Cannot Defeat Proven Desertion: Supreme Court Dissolves Marriage After Two Decades of Separation

Technical Finality Cannot Bury a Juvenile’s Statutory Rights: Supreme Court Holds High Court Can Recall Its Judgment to Correct Miscarriage of Justice

Extra-Judicial Confession Cannot Sustain Conviction Without Corroboration: Supreme Court Acquits Man After 16 Years, Finds ‘Last-Seen’ Chain and Police Recovery Unreliable

Police Official Can Face Departmental Punishment Despite Being Found Innocent in Criminal Investigation and Placed in Column No. 2: Punjab and Haryana High Court Upholds Penalty Against Constable in Prisoner-Escape Case

Custody Alone Cannot Unlock PMLA Bail When Section 45 PMLA Threshold Remains Unsatisfied: Punjab and Haryana High Court Denies Relief in Alleged ₹236-Crore Money-Laundering Case

Suspicion Is Not Proof of Fabrication: Punjab and Haryana High Court Quashes Section 340 CrPC Proceedings Against Police Officials Over Arrest-Record Discrepancies

A Police Report Cannot Undo a Judicial Acquittal: Punjab and Haryana High Court Holds Reinvestigation Cannot Trigger a Second Trial Unless Acquittal Is First Set Aside

Article 311(2)(b) Is Not a Shortcut to Dismissal: Punjab and Haryana High Court Quashes DSP Gursher Sandhu’s Removal in Lawrence Bishnoi Interview Case, Orders Reinstatement

Police Cannot Deny CCTV Access on Pretext of Password or Prior Permission: Punjab and Haryana High Court Issues Comprehensive Directions for Habeas Corpus Inspections

Rule 8.15 Permits Recording of Evidence from a Person’s Location in Cases of Sickness or Physical Infirmity; Request Cannot Be Rejected Merely for Initial Absence of Medical Certificate: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Order XVIII Rule 1 CPC Does Not Require Plaintiff to Always Lead Evidence First; Defendant May Be Directed to Prove Adverse Possession First: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Can an Informant Oppose Quashing After the Real Victim Settles the Dispute? Supreme Court Distinguishes a “Victim” from a “Complainant” while Distinguishing Quashing from Compounding of Offences

Can a High Court Set Aside Concurrent Orders of an Arbitrator and Tribunal in Certiorari Jurisdiction? Supreme Court Explains the Scope of Interference

Government Cannot Restrict Employees’ Right to Travel Abroad Through Executive Instructions; Blanket Ban on Foreign Travel Manifestly Arbitrary: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Order VIII Rule 1 CPC Is Directory; Procedural Delay Cannot Justify Striking Off Defence Where It Causes Serious Prejudice: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Rival Claims Over Title and Possession Coupled With Threat of Conflict Justify Attachment of Land Under Section 164 BNSS: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Further Investigation Cannot Be Revived Through Executive Fiat After Cancellation Report Is Placed Before Court Without Prior Permission of Magistrate: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Unapproved Municipal Resolution Creates No Right to Contractual Extension; Employee Cannot Reject Outsourcing and Demand Direct Engagement: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Anticipatory Bail Not Maintainable Merely Because Accused Summoned in Private Complaint Fears Judicial Custody: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Prosecution of Wife for Harbouring Her Husband Despite Express Exception Under Section 212 IPC Is Abuse of Process: Punjab and Haryana High Court Quashes FIR

Prosecution Cannot Keep an Undertrial in Jail Indefinitely While Its Witnesses Repeatedly Evade Trial: Punjab and Haryana High Court Grants Bail in Murder Case After 3½ Years’ Custody

Government Cannot Blame Retiring Employee for Delayed Pension Papers; Head of Office, Not Retiring Employee, Is Responsible for Timely Processing of Pension Papers: Punjab and Haryana High Court

State Cannot Dissect Certified Multiple Disabilities to Deny Service Extension Until 60; Multiple Disabilities Are a Distinct Specified Disability Under the RPwD Act: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Scribe Can Also Be an Attesting Witness if Animus Attestandi Is Proved; Intestate Succession Cannot Override a Valid Will: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Concealing Earlier Anticipatory Bail Petition Is an “Unpardonable Subversion of Rule of Law”: Punjab and Haryana High Court Imposes ₹25,000 Costs on Litigant for Suppressing Prior Withdrawal

Magistrate Cannot Bypass Section 195 CrPC by Directing Police to Register FIR under Section 174-A IPC: Punjab and Haryana High Court Quashes Proceedings after Withdrawal of Cheque-Bounce Complaint

Nationalised Bank Employee Cannot Claim Sanction Protection under Section 197 CrPC: Punjab and Haryana High Court Sets Aside Unreasoned Quashing of Summoning Order

Five-Month Delay in Deciding Detenu’s Representation Makes Article 22(5) Safeguard Illusory: Punjab and Haryana High Court Quashes Preventive Detention

Executing Court Cannot Import an Unwritten Payment Deadline into Specific Performance Decree: Punjab and Haryana High Court Rejects Judgment-Debtor’s Attempt to Defeat Execution

Customs Duty on Pilfered Imported Goods Cannot Disappear into a Statutory Vacuum: Supreme Court Upholds the Liability of an Approved Port Trust Custodian Under Section 45(3) of the Customs Act

Employee of Proprietorship Cannot Face Cheque-Bounce Prosecution, but Strategic Silence to Statutory Notice May Invite Cheating Case: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Employee Cannot Claim Proportionate Pension by Labelling Resignation as Voluntary Retirement; Calling a Resignation “Voluntary Retirement” Cannot Create a Right to Pension: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Police Cannot Hijack PCPNDT Investigations Merely Because Offences Are Cognizable: Supreme Court Bars FIR-Based Prosecution and Police Chargesheets

State Cannot Overrule Public Service Commission by Setting Up Its Own Rival Expert Committee: Supreme Court Orders Appointment of Selected Registrar

Revenue Mutation Cannot Erase Inherited Property Rights: Supreme Court Restores Co-Owners’ Share and Rebukes High Court for Reversing Concurrent Findings in Second Appeal

Mere Recovery of Tainted Currency Cannot Rescue a Failed Bribery Case: Supreme Court Acquits Officials Where Demand Was Not Proved

Lok Adalat Cannot Decide Rival Land Titles Through an “Enjoyment Survey” or Bind Non-Signatory Claimants: Supreme Court Sets Aside Compensation Awards

Rejection of Section 156(3) CrPC Application Is No Shield Against a Subsequent FIR: Supreme Court Refuses to Quash Job-for-Money Fraud Case

Alleged Babbar Khalsa Terror Plot to Assassinate Hindu and Comrade Leaders: Punjab and Haryana High Court Grants Bail After 3 Years 7 Months as Prosecution Relies on Disputed Custodial Disclosure, Shows No Money or Arms Trail

Mere Possibility of an Alternative View on Contract or Evidence Cannot Justify Interference; Arbitrator Is Master of Quality and Quantity of Evidence: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Section 13(2)(v), East Punjab Rent Act | Juridical Possession Cannot Defeat Eviction for Cessation of Occupation; Onus Shifts to Tenant Once Landlord Establishes Prima Facie Non-Use: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Preventive Detention Cannot Circumvent Supreme Court’s Bail Order; Unexplained Three-Year Delay Snaps Live Link and 41-Day Delay in Execution Vitiates Detention Under PITNDPS Act: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Petrol Pump Dealership Reconstitution | Clause L-8 Does Not Permit Reconstitution from Cooperative Society to Individual; Settled Claim of Lessee to Dealership Cannot Be Reopened Due to Res Judicata: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Order VII Rules 10 and 11 CPC | Lack of Territorial Jurisdiction Requires Return, Not Rejection, of Plaint; Parties May Choose One Among Multiple Competent Courts: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Order VII Rule 11 CPC | Plaint Cannot Be Rejected as Time-Barred When Effect of Subsequent Payment as Part-Payment or Acknowledgment Requires Evidence: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Expired HTET Certificates Stand Revived from 11 February 2011; Haryana Cannot Deny NCTE’s Retrospective Lifetime Validity: Punjab and Haryana High Court

“Husband and Wife Are Distinct Legal Entities”: Punjab and Haryana High Court Denies Section 54 Exemption for House Purchased Solely in Wife’s Name

HPSC Cannot Prescribe Minimum Interview Marks Mid-Selection; Recruiting Agency Must Remain “Above All Suspicion”: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Section 113-B Presumption Cannot Replace Proof of Dowry Cruelty “Soon Before Death”: Punjab and Haryana High Court Acquits Husband in 1998 Burn-Death Case

Supreme Court Dilutes Mandatory Three-Year Bar Practice Rule for Civil Judge Recruitment: Fresh Law Graduates Eligible During Transition, One-Year Actual Practice Required from April 2027

An Accused Cannot Be Made Worse Off for Filing an Appeal: Supreme Court Bars Suo Motu Sentence Enhancement and Consecutive Life Terms

No Proof That Lethal Injection Is More Humane Than Hanging: Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to India’s Sole Method of Executing Death Sentences

A False “No” in the Attestation Form Can Cost the Uniform: Supreme Court Upholds Discharge of RPF Constables for Concealing Pending Criminal Cases

Gangsters Act Cannot Become a Shield to Stall Murder Trials: Supreme Court Rules That Section 12 Gives Priority Only When Hearing Dates Clash

Change in Political Power Cannot Wash Away Electoral Crimes: Supreme Court Makes High Court Approval Mandatory for Withdrawal of Cases Against Election Candidates

Letter of Intent Creates No Vested Contractual Right; Writ Court Cannot Rewrite Tender Conditions or Substitute Financing Scheme to Accommodate an Individual Bidder: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Article 22(1)—Failure to Furnish Written Grounds Does Not Invalidate Pre-Mihir Rajesh Shah Arrest Where Grounds Were Orally Communicated and No Prejudice Is Shown: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Section 138 NI Act Complaint Maintainable Against Sole Proprietor Without Separately Arraigning Proprietary Concern; Aneeta Hada Rule Inapplicable: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Prior Sanction Under Section 197 Cr.P.C. Mandatory to Prosecute Government Doctor for Allegedly False Medico-Legal Report Prepared in Discharge of Official Duty: Punjab and Haryana High Court

High Court’s Power Under Section 528 BNSS to Order Further Investigation or Transfer Probe to CBI Must Be Exercised Sparingly in Exceptional Cases of Biased or Deficient Investigation; Further Investigation Permissible Despite Commencement of Trial Where Investigative Deficiencies Raise Serious Concerns: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Children Are Not Invisible in Motor Accident Compensation: Supreme Court Holds Spousal and Parental Consortium Must Be Awarded Separately to Every Eligible Claimant

Registration Cannot Rescue an Unproved Will: Supreme Court Restores Partition After Propounders Fail to Prove Attestation and Remove Suspicious Circumstances

Private Unaided Schools Cannot Hide Behind Their Private Status to Deny Teachers Statutory Pay: Supreme Court Upholds Writ Jurisdiction

Can the State Price a Contractor Out of Arbitration? Supreme Court Refers Validity of Contractor-Only Pre-Deposit Clauses to Larger Bench

Simple Injury Cannot Rule Out Attempt to Murder at Charge Stage When Weapon and Manner of Assault Reveal Intent: Punjab and Haryana High Court Upholds Section 307 IPC Charge

Mere Agreement to Sell Does Not Terminate Tenancy; Unregistered Agreement Cannot Protect Tenant Under Section 53A: Supreme Court

Witch-Hunting Is an Assault on Human Dignity; Sole Testimony of Victim’s Daughter Sufficient to Sustain Murder Conviction: Supreme Court

Photocopy on Court File Does Not Prove Existence or Loss of Original: Punjab and Haryana High Court Rejects Secondary Evidence Without Section 65 Foundation

Criminal Law Cannot Be Used as a Debt-Recovery Weapon: Supreme Court Quashes Cheating and Breach of Trust FIR in Commercial Dispute

Selling Shares While Holding UPSI Is Insider Trading Regardless of Motive or Profit: Supreme Court Rejects “Corporate Purpose” Defence

One Judgment, One Composite Appeal: Supreme Court Ends Procedural Confusion Over Appeals in Suits and Counterclaims

Section 9 Relief Available Even to a Losing Party in “Rare and Compelling” Cases: Supreme Court Orders Deposit of ₹3.5 Crore to Prevent Unjust Enrichment

Procedure Is the Handmaid of Justice, Not a Sword to Defeat Appeals: Supreme Court Upholds Composite Appeal Against Common Judgment in Two Suits

B.Ed. Degree from an Unrecognised Institution Is “Not Worth the Paper on Which It Is Printed”: Supreme Court Rejects Teacher’s Reinstatement

Can a Woman Be Denied Maintenance Under Section 125 CrPC If Her Earlier Marriage Was Subsisting? Punjab & Haryana High Court Examines Meaning of ‘Wife’; Subsistence of First Marriage No Automatic Bar to Maintenance from Second Husband

Property Transfer Made to Frustrate Execution Is Fraud on Decree Holders; Purchaser Cannot Claim Bona Fide Status; Consumer Commission Can Attach and Sell Property to Enforce Its Orders; Section 25 Not Limited to Recovery as Land Revenue: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Delay in Commercial Appeals Cannot Be Condoned Routinely; State’s Administrative Lapses No Excuse for Lack of Diligence; 196 Days Delays Not Condoned: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Matrimonial Settlement Cannot Quash Criminal Breach of Trust Case Arising From Separate Financial Transaction; Civil and Criminal Remedies Can Coexist: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Parking Fee Collection Contract Is a ‘Lease’ Liable to Stamp Duty; Collector Under Section 31 Cannot Impose Penalty or Order Recovery: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Can Surplus Land Be Reclaimed After It Has Vested in the State? Punjab & Haryana High Court Rules on Fresh Determination Under Subsequent Land Reform Law Holds Cancellation of Allotment Does Not Restore Vested Surplus Land to Original Landowner

Supreme Court: Civil Courts Retain Jurisdiction Over Disputes Between Non-Tribals in Scheduled Areas; Geographic Location Alone Cannot Oust Jurisdiction

Supreme Court: Indivisible Turnkey Contracts Cannot Be Artificially Split to Levy Service Tax Without Statutory Authority

Supreme Court on ‘Manufacture’ Under Central Excise: Mere Kitting, Plugging or Pinning of Imported Xerox Modules Does Not Create a New Excisable Product

Supreme Court Restores Cheque-Bounce Conviction: High Court Cannot Reappreciate Evidence in Revision Merely Because Another View Is Possible

Supreme Court: Order XVIII Rule 17 CPC Cannot Be Used to Fill Gaps in Evidence or Reopen a Trial at the Fag End

Supreme Court Restores 436 Bighas of Gurugram Shamilat Deh to Municipal Body: Unpartitioned Village Common Land Cannot Be Converted into Private Property

Women Are Exempt from Section 45 ‘Twin Conditions’ but Have No Automatic Right to Bail; Courts Must Apply Ordinary Bail Principles: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Habeas Corpus Maintainable Where Minor’s Custody Is Unlawful; Judicial Statement Relinquishing Custody Cannot Be Dislodged by Bald Allegations of Coercion: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Second Review Not Maintainable Merely Because Similarly Situated Landowners Subsequently Secured Higher Compensation; Finality of Earlier Review Cannot Be Reopened on Ground of Parity: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Supreme Court: Child’s 90% Physical Disability Can Amount to 100% Functional Disability; ₹83.38 Lakh Compensation Awarded for Lifelong Consequences

Specific Performance Cannot Be Refused Merely Due to Inadequacy of Consideration; Fraud Must Be Specifically Pleaded and Proved: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Encroacher Has No Vested Right to Regularisation of Shamlat Land; Section 5A(1A) Only Enables Panchayat to Sell Land Subject to Statutory Conditions: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Punjab & Haryana High Court: Collector’s Choice of Lambardar Is Not Absolute; Article 226 Judicial Review Permissible Where Selection Ignores Age, Education and Comparative Merit

Advertisement Cannot Restrict Statutory Age Relaxation to Experience on ‘Equivalent Post’ When Service Rules Require Only Teaching Experience: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Reserved Category Candidate Cannot Be Denied General Category Appointment If Selected on Own Merit Without Availing Relaxation: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Mere Filing of Chargesheet Does Not Prove Negligence in Motor Accident Claim When Offending Vehicle’s Involvement Is Doubtful; Beneficial Nature of Motor Vehicles Act Cannot Justify Compensation on a False Claim: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Section 182 IPC Proceedings Invalid Unless Complaint Is Filed by Competent Public Servant Under Section 195 CrPC: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Cheating FIR Quashed Against Property Dealer Who Neither Received Sale Consideration Nor Benefited From Transaction; Mere Role as Property Dealer and Witness to Agreement to Sell Not Enough to Sustain Cheating Case: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Industrial Pollution Cannot Be Tackled Through Fragmented Governance: Supreme Court Orders Rajasthan River Authority, Pollution Probe and No Fresh Development in River Corridors

Pre-Emergency Army Service Cannot Be Counted for Seniority and Increments Where Civil Appointment Was Made After 1976 Amendment: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Non-Payment of Balance Sale Consideration Does Not Invalidate Registered Sale Deed: Supreme Court Says Remedy Is Recovery of Money, Not Cancellation of Sale

Mere Registration of Multiple Criminal Cases Cannot Establish Police Vendetta or False Implication: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Supreme Court Lays Down Eight Principles for Environmental Compensation: Polluter Must Pay Until Ecological Damage Is Reversed, Compensation Cannot Be Arbitrary

Extortion and Ransom Cases Cannot Be Quashed Merely on Compromise; Private Settlement Cannot Eclipse Societal Impact of Crime: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Minor in Live-In Relationship With an Adult Cannot Seek Court Protection; Welfare of Minor Overrides Claimed Freedom of Choice: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Failure to Determine Aggressor in Cross-Cases Vitiates Conviction: Punjab & Haryana High Court Acquits Accused on Right of Private Defence

Sections 406 and 420 IPC Cannot Co-Exist on Same Contractual Substratum; Mere Breach of Joint Development Agreement Is a Civil Dispute: Supreme Court Quashes FIR

Wife ‘Living in Adultery’ Is Disentitled to Interim as Well as Final Maintenance Under Section 125(4) CrPC: Supreme Court

Stray Cattle Victims Cannot Be Left Remediless After Years of Litigation; Victim Cannot Be Sent to Civil Court After 15 Years of Litigation; Supreme Court Awards ₹15 Lakh and Calls for Compensation Mechanism and Mandatory Animal Tagging

Appeal Challenging Solatium, Additional Amount or Statutory Interest in Land Acquisition Case Attracts Ad Valorem Court Fee; Section 8 Court Fees Act Applies Even When Appeal Does Not Challenge Market Value but Only Solatium and Interest: Supreme Court

No Appeal Lies Under Section 374 CrPC Against First-Time Conviction by Sessions Court While Reversing Acquittal; Remedy Is Revision: Supreme Court

Non-Tabling of Delegated Legislation Does Not Invalidate It Where Laying Requirement Is Directory; Registrar’s Statutory Power Cannot Be Defeated Merely Because Amendment Was Communicated Through an Executive-Looking Document: Supreme Court Upholds Registrar’s Rule Amendment and Restores Promotion

Vehicle Owner Must Ensure Driver’s Licence Remains Valid and Renewed; Failure Breaches Policy Conditions: Supreme Court

Prior Environmental Clearance Is Mandatory; Ex Post Facto EC Cannot Become a Perpetual Administrative Amnesty: Supreme Court Upholds 2017 One-Time Scheme, Quashes 2021 OM Prospectively

Ad Hoc Service Counts for Seniority Where Promotion Was Within Quota and Later Regularised; State Cannot Deny Seniority for Its Own Failure to Consult Public Service Commission: Supreme Court

Elevators Are ‘Common Carriers’ Owing Heightened Duty of Care; Manufacturer, Operator and Premises Owner Can Be Jointly Liable for Passenger Safety; Cause of Accident and Cause of Action for Deficiency in Service Are Distinct: Supreme Court

Air Force Personnel Cannot Apply for Civil Posts First and Seek NOC Later; Prior Permission Under AFO 33/2017 Is Mandatory; Air Force NOC for Civil Employment Is a Privilege, Not a Matter of Right: Supreme Court

Co-Owner Can Gift His Undivided Share Without Consent of Other Co-Owner; Inherited Undivided Share Under Section 15 Hindu Succession Act Is Absolute Property Not Coparcenary Property: Supreme Court

Employer Cannot Use Its Own Wrongful Discharge to Deny Career Progression for Missing ACRs: Supreme Court Grants Selection and Super Time Scales to Judicial Officer

Reach Stacker Used Only Inside an Inland Container Depot Is Not a ‘Motor Vehicle’ Under Section 2(28) MV Act; Rubber Tyres and Mechanical Propulsion Alone Do Not Make a ‘Motor Vehicle’; ICD Is Not a ‘Public Place’: Supreme Court

Traffic Violation Cannot Be Dressed Up as Cheating: Masking a Vehicle Number Plate Does Not Attract Section 420 IPC Without Dishonest Inducement, Every Act of Evasion Is Not ‘Cheating’: Supreme Court

Section 149 CPC Cannot Revive a Counterclaim Never Taken on Record; Court Fee Defect Can Be Cured Only in an Existing Pleading: Supreme Court

Brutality of Crime Cannot Substitute Proof; Plausible Acquittal Must Stand Even If Another View Is Possible; Benefit of Reasonable Doubt Is a Tenet of Criminal Jurisprudence, Not Mere Judicial Caution: Supreme Court

Plaint Cannot Be Amended at Appellate Stage to Cure a Defect Known Before Trial; ‘Sheer Carelessness’ Fails Due Diligence Test Under Order VI Rule 17 CPC: Supreme Court

Homebuyers Can Continue Consumer Proceedings Against Non-Corporate Debtor Parties Despite Developer’s CIRP; IBC Moratorium Protects Only the Corporate Debtor; Consumer Proceedings Can Continue Against Other Respondents: Supreme Court

Courts Cannot Render Police Custody Illusory With Unworkable Conditions: Supreme Court Clarifies Section 187 BNSS, Lawyer Presence and Videography During Interrogation

Erroneous Impleadment Order Still Binds: Same Claim Cannot Be Re-Litigated Under Order XXII Rule 10 CPC After Rejection Under Order I Rule 10, Wrong Judicial Decision Still Operates as Res Judicata Unless Set Aside in Appeal :Supreme Court

Vehicle Registration Certificate Does Not Confer Automatic Right to Interim Custody; Court Must Decide Who Is Best Entitled to Possession; Registered Owner Has No Absolute Right to Interim Custody of Seized Vehicle Under Sections 451 and 457 CrPC: Supreme Court

Same Modus Operandi or Common Bank Account Does Not Make Separate Cyber Frauds the ‘Same Transaction’: Supreme Court Refuses to Club Multiple FIRs

Criminal Complaint Filed as Retaliatory Counterblast to Earlier FIR Is Abuse of Process; High Court Must ‘Read Between the Lines’ Where Criminal Proceedings Appear Vexatious: Supreme Court Quashes Proceedings Against Entire Family

Same Grade Pay Does Not Erase a Promotion: Supreme Court Holds Railway Guards Cannot Claim MACP Benefits Beyond Cadre Ceiling After Three Promotions

Sanction for Prosecution Cannot Be Reversed on Political Dictate Without Fresh Material; Review of Refusal to Grant Sanction on Same Material Is Impermissible: Supreme Court Deprecates CM Office Interference

Non-Service of Grounds of Arrest May Vitiate Arrest, but Inadequacy Requires Proof of Prejudice; Accused Cannot Reopen Grounds-of-Arrest Challenge After Earlier Bail Pleas Were Decided on Merits: Supreme Court

Married Daughter Cannot Be Denied Compassionate Appointment on Presumption That Marriage Severs Ties With Parental Family; Distinguishing Daughter From Son for Compassionate Appointment Is Unconstitutional: Supreme Court

Stamp Duty on Mining Lease Must Be Computed on Anticipated Royalty, Not Merely Dead Rent; Section 26 Stamp Act Specifically Governs Stamp Duty on Mining Leases With Indeterminate Value: Supreme Court

Mere Involvement of a Vehicle in Chain of Events Leading to Death Cannot Trigger Motor Accident Compensation Without Causal Nexus; Death Must ‘Arise Out of’ Use of Motor Vehicle: Supreme Court

Owner Cannot Be Kept Out of a Suit Seeking Declaration of Tenancy Rights Over His Property; Subsequent Purchasers Are Necessary Parties: Supreme Court

Section 302 IPC Falls Squarely Within ‘Heinous Offence’ Under JJ Act; Section 101(2) JJ Act Does Not Mandate Fresh Psychological Assessment in Every Appeal: Supreme Court Rejects Juvenile’s Plea

Mandatory Opportunity Notice Under Section 61(2) FERA Cannot Be Bypassed Before Prosecution; Section 482 CrPC Petition Cannot Be Rejected Merely Because Revision Under Section 397 Is Available: Supreme Court

‘Wrong Statement’ Is Not the Same as a ‘False Statement’: Supreme Court Explains Threshold for Section 340 CrPC Proceedings

High Court Cannot Act as a First Appellate Court in Rent Revision; Concurrent Findings on Landlord’s Bona Fide Need Cannot Be Overturned by Reappreciating Evidence In Revision: Supreme Court

Husband’s Murder Conspiracy Proved Through Call Records, Fake SIMs and False Abduction Story; Mere Affair Cannot Establish Paramour’s Complicity: Supreme Court

Insurer Cannot Deny Motor Accident Compensation for Accident in Nepal When Policy Covers Use Under a Valid Cross-Border Permit: Supreme Court

Section 376D Gang-Rape Sentence Must Still Satisfy Proportionality: Supreme Court Reduces Imprisonment Till Natural Life to 20 Years

Pending Civil Suits and Arbitrations for Uncrystallised Pre-CIRP Dues Cannot Survive an Approved Resolution Plan; ₹1 Notional Admission Does Not Keep Claims Alive: Supreme Court

Absconding Accused Cannot Benefit from a Witness’s Death: Supreme Court Allows Deceased Victim’s Prior Deposition Under Section 299 CrPC

Abusive or Vulgar Words Are Not ‘Obscene’ Under Section 294(b) IPC; Mere Threats During an Altercation Do Not Constitute Criminal Intimidation: Supreme Court

Missing Ticket Is Not Proof of Ticketless Travel: Supreme Court Says Claimant’s Affidavit Can Establish Bona Fide Passenger Status for Railway Accident Compensation

Delay Beyond 150 Days in Substitution Requires a Separate Section 5 Application; ‘Advocate Was Preoccupied’ Is Not Sufficient Cause: Supreme Court

Employer Cannot Delay Medical Retirement Until the Employee Crosses the Age Limit and Then Deny Compassionate Appointment: Supreme Court

Prison Sentence Cannot Become Institutional Neglect: Supreme Court Orders Nationwide Compassionate Release Policy for Elderly and Terminally Ill Prisoners

High Court Cannot Convert Certiorari into a Backdoor Appeal or Alter Property Rights Without Hearing Necessary Parties: Supreme Court

Railways Not Liable for Short Delivery Under ‘Owner’s Risk’ Booking Without Proof of Quantity Loaded and Negligence: Supreme Court

High Court Cannot Overturn a Trial Court Through a Cryptic Judgment or Publicly Castigate the Judge: Supreme Court Restores First Appeal

Absence of a Valid Marriage Is No Shield Against Section 498A: Supreme Court Extends Cruelty Law to Marriage-Like Live-In Relationships Where Intent to Marry Exists

Specific Performance Cannot Reward a Buyer Who Blows Hot and Cold: Supreme Court Denies Equitable Relief for Lack of Continuous Financial Readiness, Contradictory Pleadings and Creation of Third-Party Rights

Supreme Court Corrects Misapplication of Christian Succession Law: Property Purchased in Wives’ Names Cannot Be Recast as Husband’s Estate; Sections 33 and 35 Apply Only to the Deceased Wife’s Share

Supreme Court Reiterates That ‘Last Seen Together’ Theory Alone Cannot Sustain a Murder Conviction Without Corroborative Evidence

Railway Passenger Does Not Lose Bona Fide Status by Changing Trains During Journey: Punjab & Haryana High Court Holds DRM Report Cannot Defeat Statutory Compensation Under Section 124-A of the Railways Act

Victim’s Appeal Against Acquittal in Private Complaint Lies Before Sessions Court, Not High Court: Punjab & Haryana High Court Applies Supreme Court’s Interpretation of Sections 372 and 378(4) CrPC

Order XXI Rule 22 CPC Notice Not Mandatory for Execution Filed Within Two Years: Punjab & Haryana High Court Holds Pendency of Appeal Does Not Bar Execution of Eviction Order Without Stay

Circumstantial Evidence Must Form an Unbroken Chain: Punjab & Haryana High Court Acquits Murder Convict as Last Seen Theory, Extra-Judicial Confession and FSL Evidence Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt

Stigmatic Termination of Contractual Employee Sustainable if Principles of Natural Justice Are Followed: Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds HKRNL Employee’s Dismissal After Inquiry and Show Cause Notice

Punjab & Haryana High Court Explains Difference Between Contributory and Composite Negligence: Pillion Rider Entitled to Full Compensation Despite Negligence of Motorcycle Driver

Second Writ Petition Challenging Land Acquisition Not Maintainable After Withdrawal Without Liberty: Punjab & Haryana High Court Applies Order XXIII Rule 1, Order II Rule 2 CPC, Constructive Res Judicata and Delay & Laches

Section 101-A of the 2013 Land Acquisition Act Does Not Confer a Vested Right to Seek De-notification: Punjab & Haryana High Court Bars Fresh Challenge to Concluded Acquisition on Grounds of Constructive Res Judicata and Order II Rule 2 CPC

Plaintiff Cannot Rewrite a Specific Performance Suit After Defendant Agrees to Perform Contract: Punjab & Haryana High Court Holds Order VI Rule 17 CPC Cannot Be Used to Abandon Specific Performance and Substitute a Recovery Suit on a New Cause of Action

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses Anticipatory Bail in Cross-Border Drug Syndicate Case, Holds Disclosure Statements Coupled with Digital Evidence and Financial Trail Justify Custodial Interrogation Despite Alleged Procedural Lapses, Courts Cannot Let Border Drug Syndicates Escape on Minor Technicalities

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail in POCSO Case After Victim Turns Hostile, Citing Parity and Right to Speedy Trial

Punjab & Haryana High Court: Legal Representatives of a Deceased Vendor Cannot Be Excluded from a Specific Performance Suit Merely Because the Plaintiff Gives Them Up; Order I Rule 10 CPC Must Ensure Effective Representation of the Estate

Supreme Court: TRAI Can Enforce Regulatory Compliance but Cannot Adjudicate Telecom Disputes Reserved for TDSAT

Supreme Court Cracks Down on Illegal Sand Mining: District Magistrates, Police Chiefs and Forest Officers Made Personally Accountable for Protecting the National Chambal Sanctuary

Supreme Court Clarifies NDPS Law: Search of Bags or Containers Does Not Attract Section 50; Procedural Irregularity Under Section 52A Alone Cannot Result in Acquittal

Can a Doubtful FIR Sustain a Murder Conviction? Supreme Court Answers with Acquittal After 49 Years.

When Does the Right to Seek Probate Accrue? Supreme Court Clarifies Limitation Under Article 137 and Restricts Summary Rejection Under Order VII Rule 11 CPC

Business Auxiliary Service or Sale of Goods? Supreme Court Settles Taxability of CNG Distribution Through Oil Marketing Companies

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Benefit of Section 164 MV Act to Claim Originally Filed Under Section 166, Grants ₹5 Lakh Compensation Under Section 164 of the Motor Vehicles Act for Pre-2019 Accident, Applying Beneficial Provision Retrospectively

Punjab & Haryana High Court: POCSO Trial Witnesses Cannot Retract Sworn Testimony Through Subsequent Affidavits; Recall Under Section 231 CrPC Impermissible

Punjab & Haryana High Court Alters Section 304 Part II Charge to Section 304-A IPC in Chandigarh PG Fire Tragedy: Knowledge, Not Mere Negligence, Is the Test for Section 304 Part II IPC

Can Proceedings Under Section 145 CrPC Continue Despite a Pending Civil Suit? Punjab & Haryana High Court Answers

Persistent Demand for Loan Repayment Does Not Constitute Abetment of Suicide, Rules Punjab & Haryana High Court: Quashes Abetment of Suicide FIR Against Creditor

Recovery of Bribe Money Alone Cannot Sustain Conviction Under the Prevention of Corruption Act: Punjab & Haryana High Court Reiterates Demand and Acceptance as Indispensable for Bribery Convictions

Can a Drug Prosecution Survive When the Government Analyst Misses the Statutory Timeline? Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Proceedings for Violation of Rule 45 of Drugs and Cosmetics Act and Mechanical Summoning Order

False Implication Is No Ground to Quash an FIR if Cognizable Offences Are Disclosed: Punjab and Haryana High Court Reaffirmed Bhajan Lal and Neeharika Principles

Punjab & Haryana High Court Clarifies 24-Month Salary Attachment Rule Under Section 60 CPC; Upholds Execution of MACT Award

Can a Railway Accident Compensation Claim Be Rejected Merely Because the Journey Ticket Was Not Recovered? Punjab & Haryana High Court Reiterates the Burden of Proof Under the Railways Act

Work-Charged Service Must Count Towards Pension; Executive Instructions Cannot Override Rule 3.17-A, Rules Punjab & Haryana High Court

Can Compensation Under the Employees’ Compensation Act Be Calculated Using the Old Wage Ceiling After the 1995 Amendment? Punjab & Haryana High Court Answers

Vicarious Liability Under Section 141 NI Act Cannot Be Invoked Against an Authorised Signatory Alone Without Arraigning the Company: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Can a Complainant Back Out After Reaping the Benefits of a Divorce Settlement? Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Cheating FIR Despite Refusal to Verify Compromise; Calls It Abuse of Process

Brother Accused of Murdering His Own Sister Gets Bail After Sole Eyewitness—Another Sister—Turns Hostile: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Having Taken the Chance as a General Candidate, Reservation Cannot Be Claimed After Failure: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Article 22 Is Not an Empty Formality: Failure to Furnish Written Grounds of Arrest Can Override the NDPS Bail Embargo, Holds Punjab and Haryana High Court

Section 216 CrPC Is a Judicial Power, Not a Procedural Straitjacket: Punjab and Haryana High Court Upholds Addition of Murder Charges After Fresh Trial Evidence Emerges

A Franchise Cannot Be Built on an Unregistered Trademark: Punjab and Haryana High Court Refuses Anticipatory Bail in ₹44.5 Lakh Franchise Fraud Case

Article 21 Cannot Be Held Hostage to Section 37 NDPS Act: Punjab and Haryana High Court Grants Bail After Holding that Prolonged Pre-Trial Incarceration Cannot Become Punishment

Once the Armed Forces Declare a Death as a ‘Battle Casualty’, the State Cannot Deny Compassionate Appointment by Reclassifying It; Bureaucratic Semantics Cannot Defeat the Sacrifice of a Soldier: Punjab and Haryana High Court

High Courts Cannot Re-Appreciate Evidence in Departmental Enquiries Like an Appellate Authority: Punjab and Haryana High Court Upholds Withdrawal of Promotion Obtained Through Fraudulent Service Record Entry

Compromise Cannot Dilute the Gravity of Attempt to Murder Allegations at the Bail Stage: Punjab and Haryana High Court Declines Regular Bail Despite Victim’s Affidavit

Technical Resignation Cannot Be Denied on Hyper-Technical Procedural Lapses When Employer Was Aware of Subsequent Government Recruitment: Punjab and Haryana High Court Protects Continuity of Service

Conviction Cannot Rest on a Prosecutrix’s Testimony Marred by Material Inconsistencies: Punjab and Haryana High Court Extends Benefit of Doubt and Acquits Accused in Sexual Assault Appeal

Criminal Law Cannot Be Weaponised to Stall Bona Fide Village Development Projects: Punjab and Haryana High Court Quashes Complaint Against Entire Gram Panchayat and Imposes ₹1 Lakh Costs for Abuse of Process

Once Investigation Concludes, Continued Incarceration Must Be Justified by More Than the Seriousness of Allegations: Punjab and Haryana High Court Grants Bail After Completion of Investigation in RTA Extortion Racket Case

FIRs Under Section 188 IPC Registered Without a Written Complaint Under Section 195 CrPC Are Void Ab Initio: Punjab and Haryana High Court Quashes COVID-Era Criminal Proceedings

One Appeal Cannot Challenge Two Independent Judgments Passed in Separate Suits; Separate Decrees Require Separate Appeals: Punjab and Haryana High Court Reiterates Settled Appellate Law

Stamp Duty Cannot Be Determined on the Basis of Future Commercial Use of Land: Punjab and Haryana High Court Strikes Down Reassessment Based on Subsequent Change of Land Use

Committal Orders Under Section 209 CrPC Are Purely Interlocutory and Cannot Be Challenged Through Revision: Punjab and Haryana High Court Restores Statutory Scheme

Transfer Cannot Be Challenged on Personal Hardship Alone: Punjab and Haryana High Court Reiterates That Judicial Review Lies Only in Cases of Mala Fides or Statutory Violation

Pre-Trial Jail Cannot Become a Replica of Post-Conviction Sentence: Punjab and Haryana High Court Grants Bail in Alleged Drunk-Driving Case Involving Three Deaths

Mere Land Dispute or Withholding Possession Does Not Constitute Abetment of Suicide; Long Time Gap Snaps Proximate Link Required Under Section 306 IPC: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Summoning an Accused Is a Serious Judicial Act; Magistrate Must Consider Mandatory Section 202 CrPC Inquiry Before Issuing Process: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Section 16 Jurisdictional Objections Must Be Decided Before Arbitral Award; High Court Clarifies Procedural Course for Non-Signatory Disputes After Cox & Kings: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Three-Month Waiting Period Under Section 82 CPC Must Be Excluded While Computing Limitation for Executing Decree Against Government: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Section 94 BNSS Cannot Be Invoked for Fishing Inquiry; Accused Must First Lay Factual Foundation Before Seeking Complainant’s Financial Records: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Sexual Assault Leaves Lasting Physical, Emotional and Mental Trauma on a Child”: Punjab & Haryana High Court Denies Bail Despite Absence of Medical Evidence of Penetrative Assault

High Court Cannot Conduct Mini Trial While Deciding Petition for Quashing FIR under Section 482 CrPC | Commercial Dispute Defence Requires Trial

Magistrate Cannot Order FIR under Section 156(3) CrPC After Taking Cognizance on Same Complaint | Parallel Criminal Proceedings Quashed by Punjab & Haryana High Court

Unproved Revenue Excerpts Cannot Form Basis of Declaration of Title in Ancestral Property Dispute | Punjab & Haryana High Court Sets Aside Concurrent Findings

Default Bail under Section 187(3) BNSS Cannot Be Defeated by Subsequent Extension of Time under Section 36-A(4) NDPS Act | Punjab & Haryana High Court

Contractual Employees Have No Right to Regularisation or Permanency; Absence of Sanctioned Post Defeats Claim Under Umadevi: Punjab & Haryana HC

Order 18 Rule 17 CPC Cannot Be Invoked to Fill Evidentiary Lacunae; Litigant Cannot Blame Counsel for Own Negligence: Punjab & Haryana HC

Wrong Pay Fixation Is Not a Continuing Wrong After Retirement; Delayed ACP Claims Barred by Laches: Punjab & Haryana HC

No Indefeasible Right to Appointment After Interview; Recruitment Process Need Not Be Concluded Merely Because Selection Had Progressed: Punjab & Haryana HC

Bank Cannot Dismiss Employee on Mere Suspicion of Connivance Without Proving Misconduct Through Fair Enquiry; Employee’s Dismissal Set Aside for Violation of Natural Justice: Punjab & Haryana HC

1995 Haryana Amendment Cannot Defeat Co-Sharer’s Pre-emption Decree Already Crystallised; Limitation for Undivided Share Runs From Registration: Punjab & Haryana HC

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