Supreme Court Refuses to Quash Bigamy Case Against Husband Who Remarried After UK Divorce, Quashes Proceedings Against Parents and Second Wife

Supreme Court Upholds Double-Murder Convictions After Acquittal, Holds Stomach Contents Cannot Displace Credible Eyewitness Testimony

Handwriting Expert Reports Are Inadmissible Under Section 293 CrPC Without Examining the Expert in Court; Letters Pleading Reconciliation Mixed with Threats Do Not Amount to Abetment of Suicide Under Section 306 IPC in the Absence of Proximate Instigation, Rules Supreme Court

Apology Cannot Substitute Due Care in Preventive Detention: Supreme Court Expunges Remarks Against IPS Officer A. Arun, Leaves Quashing of Detention Undisturbed

Bonded Labour Rehabilitation Cannot Wait for Criminal Proceedings: Supreme Court Directs Immediate Aid Ordinarily Within Seven Days of Release Certificate, Nationwide SOP Implementation

Sufficient Cause, Not Length of Delay, Governs Condonation: Supreme Court Accepts Election-Duty Explanation for 130-Day Delay, Restores Appeals Subject to Costs and Stays Contempt Proceedings

Milk Union Employee Cannot Be Denied Assistance of Retired Government Employee as Defence Assistant in Departmental Inquiry Merely Because He Is Not a Government Servant: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Conviction Under Section 411 IPC Permissible Despite Charge Under Section 382 IPC, But Possession of Stolen Property Must Be Proved: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Punjab & Haryana High Court Acquits NDPS Accused in 320 Kg Poppy Husk Case; Failure to Establish Identity of Alleged Fleeing Accused Renders Conviction Unsustainable

Arbitrators Cannot Rewrite Contract to Grant Specific Performance: Supreme Court Upholds Setting Aside of Award, Orders Refund with 9% Interest

Consensual Relationship Cannot Be Retrospectively Branded Rape Because It Ends: Supreme Court Discharges Man of Rape, Cheating and Bigamy Charges

Legislature Cannot Undo Final Judgments: Supreme Court Strikes Down Karnataka’s 2011 KPSC Selection Validation Act, Ends Appointments and Orders Fresh Recruitment

‘Blatant Breach of Judicial Discipline’: Supreme Court Sets Aside APTEL Review Restricting DVC’s Tariff Recovery, Imposes Costs on Maithan Alloys and SAIL

Non-Parties Asserting Independent Rights Can Appeal Consent Decrees with Leave: Supreme Court Upholds 11-Year Delay Condonation and Interim Injunction

Consent and Participation Waive Objection to Sole Arbitrator Despite Three-Member Clause; Section 11 Appointment Does Not Confer Section 29A Extension Power: Supreme Court

Operation Rakshak: Supreme Court Upholds War Injury Pension for Kargil Soldier, Says MoD Cannot Read Exclusions into Pension Policy

Cognizance Against Public Servant Without Mandatory Superior Officer’s Report Under Section 223(2) BNSS Is Void Ab Initio; Prosecution Sanction Cannot Cure Defect: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Income Tax Reassessment: Fresh Share-Valuation Report Justifies Reopening; “Change of Opinion” Requires a Previously Formed View, Supreme Court Holds

Supreme Court Upholds Telangana’s Title to Miyapur Lands, Rejects Private Claims Based on Fraudulent Revenue Entries and Extinguished Jagir Rights

Executing Court Must Decide Third-Party Title Claims Under Order XXI Rules 97–101 CPC; Separate Suit Barred, Tax Receipts Do Not Prove Ownership: Supreme Court

Non-Supply of Written Arrest Grounds Does Not Automatically Entitle Accused to Bail Absent Prejudice: Supreme Court Cancels Bail in Espionage Case

Property Allotted in India Against Land Left in Pakistan Does Not Automatically Become Ancestral Coparcenary Property; Property Received Through Will Confers No Birthright on Son: Punjab & Haryana High Court

“Six Years Erased from a Man’s Life”: Supreme Court Orders ₹6 Lakh Compensation After Undertrial’s Acquittal, Condemns UP Police Investigation

UAPA Bail Restriction for Foreign Nationals Requires Illegal Entry, Not Mere Visa Overstay; Section 43D(7) Does Not Bar Default Bail: Supreme Court

Multiple Life Sentences in a Single Trial Cannot Run Consecutively; Remission of One Does Not Automatically Affect the Other: Supreme Court

Fraudulent Land Acquisition for Housing Society Cannot Be Protected by Delay or Res Judicata; Supreme Court Orders Restoration of Land to Owners

Electricity Theft Cases: Consumer Can Challenge Assessment and Seek Restoration on Deposit; Special Court’s Determination of Civil Liability Prevails, Holds Supreme Court

Disability Quota Cannot Be Used to Fill EBP General Category Posts: Punjab and Haryana High Court Holds PwD Candidate Must Be Adjusted Against Unreserved Vacancy Under Haryana’s 2014 Reservation Policy

Freedom Fighter Pension Cannot Be Denied to Widowed Daughter Merely Because Father Never Applied Under Central Scheme During His Lifetime: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Minor Child’s Welfare Paramount: Punjab and Haryana High Court Orders Custody of Six-Year-Old Daughter to Mother Through Habeas Corpus, Rejects Grandparents’ Claim

Proclaimed Offender Declaration Illegal Without Mandatory Publication of Proclamation; Offences Punishable Below 10 Years Do Not Attract Section 84(4) BNSS: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Life Imprisonment Without Parole: Punjab and Haryana High Court Refuses Temporary Release Where Sentencing Order Expressly Bars Parole

Pending Civil Suit in Trademark Dispute No Ground to Quash FIR When Allegations of Forgery, Fake Documents and Criminal Intimidation Disclose Cognizable Offences: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Railways Liable to Compensate Contract Labourer Killed While Saving Woman from Oncoming Train; Absence of Appointment Letter Does Not Defeat Claim Under Employees’ Compensation Act: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Suspension Period Cannot Be Converted Into Leave Without Notice and Application of Mind; Mere Criminal Conviction Does Not Justify Adverse Service Consequences: Punjab & Haryana High Court Orders Release of Withheld Salary

Institution Cannot Claim Right to Earlier Academic Session Based on Erroneous PCI Approval When Mandatory Documents Were Submitted Beyond Prescribed Deadline; Supreme Court-Prescribed Timeline for B.Pharm. Course Approval Cannot Be Relaxed: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Police Cannot Block Facebook Page Through SP: Punjab & Haryana High Court Slams ‘Sheer Highhandedness’, Orders Restoration; Holds DIG-Rank Authorisation and Disclosure of Blocking Notice Mandatory

Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Widowed Teacher’s Suspension Over BLO Duty Despite Appointment of Substitutes; Holds Suspension Invalid After 90 Days Without Disciplinary Proceedings, Imposes ₹50,000 Costs on Officials

Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Centre’s Denial of Political Clearance to Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann’s France Visit; Reasons Cannot Be Supplemented Through Affidavit

Daughter-in-Law Cannot Be Evicted Under Senior Citizens Act as She Is Neither ‘Child’ Nor ‘Relative’; Eviction Orders Set Aside: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Impleading Government Officer Cannot Substitute State When Relief Burdens Exchequer: Supreme Court Quashes Unaided Lecturer’s Absorption, Grants ₹10 Lakh Under Article 142

WhatsApp Messages Do Not Prove Murder When Authorship and Source of Knowledge Remain Unproved: Supreme Court Acquits Man, Finds Circumstantial Chain Incomplete

Land Relinquished Under Court-Approved Family Settlement Cannot Be Gifted Away: Supreme Court Decrees Title Suit, Faults Telangana High Court for Ignoring Compromise

Lower Bid Than Previous Contract Is Not Enough to Cancel Fresh Auction: Supreme Court Restores Madhya Pradesh Sand Tenders, Rejects Retrospective Disqualification of Surrendering Operators

Section 62 IBC Limitation Runs from NCLAT’s Pronouncement, Not Later Collection of Certified Copy: Supreme Court Dismisses CGST Appeal Beyond 60-Day Ceiling

Yes Bank AT-1 Bond Write-Down Was Beyond Administrator’s Authority: Supreme Court Upholds Bombay High Court Ruling, Says RBI’s Regulatory Power Could Not Be Assumed

Contractual Interest Bar Ending “Or Otherwise” Excludes Pre-Reference and Pendente Lite Interest: Supreme Court Upholds NBCC Award’s Partial Setting Aside, Preserves Post-Award Interest

Homebuyer Cannot Receive Entire Builder Refund While Housing Loan Remains Unpaid: Supreme Court Awards ₹1.27 Crore with 12% Interest, ₹15 Lakh Compensation; Upholds HDFC’s Service Deficiency

Profitability Cannot Defeat Section 7 IBC Admission Once Default Is Established: Supreme Court Upholds Hotel Companies’ CIRP, Explains Evidentiary Weight of Information Utility Records

Letters Patent Bench Cannot Reverse Writ Relief Merely on a Different View: Supreme Court Restores Order Against Removal of Periyar University Deputy Registrar Based on No Evidence

Bribe Demand Is No Official Duty: Supreme Court Holds Section 17A Approval Unnecessary, Upholds Corruption Charge Against Rajasthan Constable

State Is Custodian, Not Owner of Temple Property: Supreme Court Voids Gift of Inam Land to Tamil Nadu, Retains Lease at Enhanced Rent and Imposes ₹1 Lakh Costs

Intra-Court Appeal Lies Against Contempt Orders Determining Substantive Rights: Supreme Court Questions Ram Kishan Fauji, Refers Issue to Larger Bench

Conversion to Islam Cannot Automatically Confer Backward Class Muslim Status: Supreme Court Upholds Quashing of Tamil Nadu’s Community Certificate Order

GST Demand Against Amalgamated Company in Its Former Name Invalid Without Notice to Successor Entity, but Tax Liability Survives Merger and Fresh Proceedings Permissible: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Experience Gained While Holding Additional Charge Counts Towards Eligibility for Promotion, but Mere Eligibility or Existence of Vacancies Does Not Confer Right to Promotion: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Mere Notification Declaring Land as Waqf Property Does Not Establish Ownership; Dedication or Religious Use Must Be Proved by Cogent Evidence: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Unregistered Branch of Registered Religious Society Can Initiate Eviction Proceedings if Authorised by Bye-Laws; Order II Rule 2 CPC Does Not Bar Eviction on Distinct Cause of Action: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Compassionate Appointment Cannot Be Denied on Ground of Delay Where Dependent Was Minor at Time of Employee’s Death; Six-Month Limitation Cannot Be Applied Rigidly: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Income Tax Department Liable to Pay Interest on Delayed Release of Seized Cash Even After Assessment Order; Absence of Statutory Provision No Defence Against Compensation: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Mere Repetition of Questions from Previous Exam Does Not Vitiate Recruitment; Courts Cannot Interfere with Expert-Approved Answer Keys Unless Demonstrably Wrong: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Presumption of Valid Marriage Arises from Long Cohabitation, Parties’ Admission and Prior Declaratory Decree Unless Subsisting Earlier Marriage Is Proved; Divorced Wife Cannot Inherit Former Husband’s Estate; Will Involving Strangers, Beneficiary’s Active Participation, Non-Examination of Material Witness, Doubtful Registration and Forged Signature Is Invalid: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Mere Attesting Witness to Sale Deed Cannot Be Prosecuted for Cheating, Forgery or Conspiracy Without Evidence of Active Participation, Benefit or Knowledge of Forged Title Document; Lack of Due Diligence Alone Does Not Establish Conspiracy: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Order VI Rule 17 CPC: Supreme Court Allows Post-Trial Plaint Amendment to Challenge Newly Discovered Compromise Decree; Leaves Limitation and Maintainability Open

Arbitration Seat vs Venue: Supreme Court Holds Goa Is the Seat on Reading Arbitration and Exclusive Jurisdiction Clauses Together; Sets Aside Delhi High Court’s Arbitrator Appointment

Medical Reimbursement Cannot Be Denied to Government Employees Merely Because Dependent Parents Receive Old-Age Pension or Exceed ₹3,500 Income Ceiling; Dependency Includes Physical Care, Women Employees Can Claim for Parents-in-Law: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Mere Allegation of Mental Harassment Without Specific Act of Abetment Insufficient to Prosecute for Suicide; FIR Quashed Against Minor Brother-in-Law Where Death Itself Was Uncertain Whether Accidental or Suicidal: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Property Transfer Can Be Cancelled for Failure to Maintain Elderly Parents Even Without Express Maintenance Clause in Transfer Deed; Failure to Care for Elderly Parent Justifies Cancellation of Property Transfer and Eviction: Punjab and Haryana High Court

No Criminal Liability Under Section 138 NI Act for Dishonour of Cheque Issued Towards Refund of Money Paid for Illegal Act; Void Agreement Creates No Legally Enforceable Debt: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Financier Cannot Escape Criminal Trial Merely by Citing Hire-Purchase Agreement When Forcible Vehicle Repossession Involves Allegations of Robbery, Assault and Wrongful Confinement: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Partner Cannot Be Prosecuted for Cheque Bounce Under Sections 138 and 141 NI Act Merely Because Cheque Was Issued for Firm’s Liability; Signatory Alone Liable When Cheque Drawn From Personal Bank Account: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Sessions Court Can Direct Summoning of Accused in Criminal Revision Even After Magistrate Accepts Cancellation Report; Revisional Powers Not Confined to Ordering Further Inquiry: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Dismissal From Police Service Forfeits Right to Pension Despite Years of Service; Police Constable Who Remained Absent Without Permission and Went Abroad Cannot Claim Pensionary Benefits: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Death Sentence Cannot Rest on Suspicion, However Gruesome the Crime; Punjab & Haryana High Court Acquits Man in Two-Year-Old Child’s Murder, Cites Unreliable Evidence, Failed DNA Identification and Serious Investigative Lapses

Article 21 Cannot Be Used as a Shield to Abuse Legal Process; Punjab & Haryana High Court Slams Advocate for Using Derogatory Language Against Chandigarh SSP and Bar Association Secretary, Dismisses Petition Over Baseless Allegations

Acquittal in Criminal Case Entitles Dismissed Government Employee to Continuity of Service, Not Back Wages for Period Before Acquittal; ‘No Work, No Pay’ Cannot Justify Treating Entire Period as Dies Non: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Mere Act of Hitting Police Officer With Vehicle Insufficient to Establish Attempt to Commit Culpable Homicide Under Section 308 IPC Without Proof of Intention or Knowledge; Conviction Under Section 353 IPC Sustained: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Magistrate Can Alter Notice of Accusation in Summons Cases Even at Final Arguments Stage; Power Under Section 251 CrPC Includes Authority to Correct Charges Before Judgment: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Haryana Government Employee Cannot Be Denied Couple Case Transfer Merit Points Merely Because Spouse Serving on Haryana Cadre Post in BBMB Is Posted Outside State: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Submission of Experience Certificate After Recruitment Application Deadline Valid Where Selection Committee Permits All Candidates to Rectify Deficiencies; Appointment Cannot Be Challenged Merely on Initial Provisional Eligibility: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Income Tax Appeals Against Section 263 Revision Orders Not Exempt From ₹2 Crore Monetary Limit Where Tax Effect Is Quantifiable; CBDT Circulars Binding on Revenue: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Homebuyers Can Claim Delayed Possession Interest Even After Executing Conveyance Deed, But RERA Complaints Must Be Filed Within Reasonable Time; Three Years From Possession Held Reasonable: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Maintenance Tribunal Has Inherent Power to Recall Ex Parte Orders Passed Without Valid Service; Death of Senior Citizen Bars Fresh Adjudication, Not Challenge to Illegal Order: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Hindu Widow’s Limited Bhumidhari Estate Becomes Absolute Under Section 14; Succession Follows Section 53 of Delhi Land Reforms Act, Not Reversion to Last Male Holder’s Heirs: Supreme Court

Earlier Licence Agreement Providing for Arbitration in Korea Does Not Bar Mumbai Arbitration Under Later Agreements; Arbitrator to Decide Non-Signatory Subsidiary’s Objection: Supreme Court

Accused Cannot Be Made to Prove Innocence: Supreme Court Restores Section 409 IPC Acquittal, Faults Missing Records, Doubtful Seizure and Absence of Sentencing Hearing

Criminal Prosecution Cannot Be Used to Compel Marriage: Supreme Court Quashes Case Arising from Three-Year Consensual Relationship, Finds No Deception at Inception

Criminal Proceedings Cannot Be Used to Recover Disputed Business Dues: Supreme Court Quashes Cheating Case Over ₹1.19 Crore Steel Supplies and Dishonoured Cheques

Refusal to Marry Does Not Establish Abetment of Suicide Without Instigation: Supreme Court Quashes Section 306 IPC Proceedings Against Six Accused

Robbery Not Proved, but Tooth Loss Establishes Grievous Hurt: Supreme Court Alters Section 394 IPC Conviction to Section 325, Orders Release on Sentence Undergone

Industrial Growth Objective Does Not Make Power Subsidy a Capital Receipt: Supreme Court Upholds Tax on Mepco’s ₹16.20 Lakh Electricity Subsidy Applying Purpose Test

Higher Exam Marks Cannot Cure Ineligibility: Supreme Court Rejects NIOS Certificate Under Goa Plumber Instructor Recruitment Rules, Restores Original Selectee’s Appointment

Vague Dowry and Cruelty Allegations Cannot Justify Trial of In-Laws Without Supporting Material: Supreme Court Quashes Proceedings Under Sections 498A, 406 and 506 IPC

Subsequent Property Sale Does Not Establish Cheating Without Initial Deception: Supreme Court Quashes FIR Against GPA Holder, Faults High Court for Denying Parity with Landowners

Health Drink Powders Cannot Be Taxed as Beverages Merely Because They Are Mixed with Milk or Water: Supreme Court Upholds Residuary Classification of Cadila’s GRD Products.

Mere Recovery of Bribe Money Cannot Sustain Conviction Without Proof of Demand and Acceptance: Supreme Court Clears Public Servant After Sentence Served

Mere Prolongation of Custody, in the Absence of Any Other Supervening Circumstance, Cannot by Itself Be a Sufficient Ground to Revisit Earlier Bail Rejection; Punjab and Haryana High Court Dismisses Second Bail Plea in Commercial Quantity NDPS Case

Mere Status as Joint Bank Account Holder or Absence of Name in FIR Not Sufficient for Bail Where Money Trail Links Accused to Alleged Misappropriation of Public Funds; Punjab and Haryana High Court Denies Bail in ₹104 Crore Municipal Corporation Fraud Case

Landlord Can Seek Eviction for Son’s Bona Fide Professional Requirement Even If Son Already Runs Clinic Elsewhere; Punjab and Haryana High Court Holds Existing Accommodation, Absence of Eviction Threat or Sanctioned Site Plan No Bar to Eviction Under Section 13(3)(a)(ii) of East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act

Section 138 NI Act: Defence Evidence Cannot Be Reopened Merely to Fill Lacunae After Adequate Opportunity; Punjab and Haryana High Court Refuses Recall of Witness and Additional Documents Under Section 348 BNSS, Upholds Closure of Defence Evidence

PMLA Bail: Settlement or Quashing of Some Predicate FIRs Does Not Entitle Accused to Bail Where Other Scheduled Offences Remain Pending; Punjab and Haryana High Court Denies Bail to Real Estate Developer in ₹662.49 Crore Money Laundering Case, Reiterates Mandatory Section 45 Twin Conditions

Fatal Factory Accident Does Not Constitute Culpable Homicide Without Prima Facie Knowledge of Likely Death; Punjab and Haryana High Court Quashes Sections 304 Part II and 308 IPC Charges, Holds Expert Reports and CCTV Must Be Considered at Charge-Framing Stage

NDPS Act: Co-Accused’s Disclosure Statement Without Independent Incriminating Evidence Insufficient to Prosecute Accused Where No Contraband Recovered; Punjab and Haryana High Court Quashes FIR Under Section 528 BNSS

Mere Registration on Another State’s NEET Counselling Portal Without Completing Application or Claiming Quota Benefits Cannot Disqualify Candidate from Punjab MBBS State Quota; Punjab and Haryana High Court Quashes Debarment

Foreign Study Visa Dispute: Mere Allegations of False Assurances by Travel Agent Insufficient to Summon Accused for Cheating Without Supporting Material; Punjab and Haryana High Court Upholds Dismissal of Criminal Complaint, Cites Unexplained Five-Year Delay and Non-Examination of Material Witness

Arms Licence Revocation Upheld Where Licensee Admitted Nephew Took Licensed Firearms and Uploaded Photographs on Facebook; Punjab and Haryana High Court Holds No Interference Warranted Under Articles 226 and 227

Experience as Clerk-cum-Data Entry Operator Cannot Be Counted as Teaching or Research Experience for Assistant Professor Recruitment; Punjab and Haryana High Court Sets Aside Appointment for Awarding Marks Contrary to Selection Criteria

Attempted Suicide Under Severe Stress Cannot Be Prosecuted Under Section 309 IPC Without Rebutting Statutory Presumption; Punjab and Haryana High Court Quashes FIR Under IPC and Arms Act for Absence of Essential Ingredients

Section 528 BNSS Cannot Be Invoked as a ‘Disguised Second Revision’ to Reopen Disputed Questions of Possession, Title and Lease Rights After Revisional Scrutiny: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Section 91 CrPC: Supreme Court Sets Aside Orders for Production of Unrelied Documents at Charge Stage, Permits Inspection and Targeted Production During Trial

Section 138 NI Act: Notice Received by Drawer’s Mother Does Not Defeat Presumption of Service; Supreme Court Declares M.D. Thomas Per Incuriam, Restores Conviction

Elected Office Is No Licence to Intimidate Doctors: Supreme Court Cancels Corporator’s Bail in Hospital Assault Case, Orders Witness Protection and Expedited Trial

Withdrawal Liberty Cannot Cure Order II Rule 2 Bar to Later Specific Performance Suit; Oral Land Sale Agreement Requires Strict Proof: Supreme Court

Section 313 CrPC Answers Cannot Fill Gaps in Prosecution Evidence: Supreme Court Acquits Man in Child Rape-Murder Case as Last-Seen Evidence and DNA Findings Fail to Establish Guilt

Fraudulent Initiation Does Not Automatically End CIRP: Supreme Court Upholds NCLT’s Recall Power, Requires Assessment of Creditors’ Interests Before Terminating Insolvency Proceedings

SARFAESI Auction Cannot Survive Breach of Tribunal Stay and Mandatory Notice Period; Sale Certificate to Non-Bidder Invalid: Supreme Court

Punjab & Haryana High Court: ITC Cannot Be Mechanically Denied to Bona Fide Purchaser Merely Because Supplier Failed to Deposit Tax or Its GST Registration Was Retrospectively Cancelled; Detailed Guidelines Issued Under Section 16(2)(c) of GST Act

Fraud Classification by Bank Valid Where Forensic Audit Report Is Supplied, Detailed Reply Considered and Reasoned Order Passed: Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds SBI Action Against Borrower’s Account

Delay in Filing Revised Income Tax Return Cannot Be Rejected Mechanically: Punjab & Haryana High Court Holds Section 119(2)(b) Requires Examination of ‘Genuine Hardship’ and Correctness of Refund Claim

Transitional Rule Protecting Eligibility Also Saves Pre-B.Ed. Teaching Experience: Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs Recalculation of PGT Mathematics Merit and Creation of Supernumerary Post if No Vacancy Exists

Selection Committee Cannot Convert Interview into a Veto Stage When Advertisement Prescribes No Minimum Qualifying Marks: Punjab & Haryana High Court Holds ‘Not Found Suitable’ Declaration Arbitrary and Violative of Article 14

Surplus Land Does Not Vest in State Merely on Declaration; Possession Under Section 8 Is Essential—Financial Commissioner Can Order Re-Determination After Landowner’s Death: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Can a Sessions Court Deny Remission for Life? Supreme Court Sets Aside “Prison for Rest of Life” Direction in Murder Case

Missing Original Document Does Not Automatically Bar a Forgery Trial: Supreme Court Restores Charges Over Allegedly Altered Building Plan

Can a Creditor Arrest a Vessel After Its Demise Charter Has Been Terminated? Supreme Court Clarifies When Physical Repossession Is Required

Punjab & Haryana High Court: Order IX Rule 7 CPC Cannot Be Used to Reopen Trial at the Fag End Without ‘Good Cause’; Munadi Valid After Repeated Failed Service Attempts, Delayed Challenges to Ex Parte Proceedings Dismissed

Punjab & Haryana High Court: Non-Corresponding Injuries No Ground to Set Aside Summoning Under Section 319 CrPC Where FIR and Trial Testimony Show Active Participation in Assault

Punjab & Haryana High Court: AICTE-Validated Distance Engineering Degrees Cannot Be ‘Frozen in Time’; Candidates Clearing 2018 Special Test Entitled to Future Promotion, Plea to Bar Promotion as Executive Engineers Dismissed

Parties’ Consent Cannot Convert a Section 37 Arbitration Appeal into a Section 17 Application Before the Tribunal: Supreme Court

Acquittal Leaves Minor’s Rape and Murder Unsolved: Supreme Court Orders De Novo Investigation by New SIT

Once Trial on All Issues Has Begun, Limitation Cannot Be Carved Out for Preliminary Decision Under Order XIV Rule 2: Supreme Court

Bribe Trap Fails Where Shadow Witness Saw Neither Demand Nor Payment: Supreme Court Sets Aside Patwari’s Conviction

A Hindu Widow’s Property Right Cannot Be Denied Merely Because She Never Sought Partition, Holds Supreme Court

UAPA Default Bail: “Enough Evidence to File Chargesheet” Does Not Mean Investigation Is Complete, Holds Supreme Court

Fire Insurance Claim Built on False Stock Declarations Can Be Repudiated: Supreme Court Sets Aside NCDRC’s ₹2.4 Crore Award

Anti-Suit Injunction Against UK Divorce Proceedings Cannot Rest on Speculation That a Future Decree Will Be Unenforceable in India: Supreme Court

Section 28A Land Acquisition Limitation: Later Appeal Following an Earlier Compensation Enhancement Gives No Fresh Three-Month Period, Holds Supreme Court

Article 311(1): Railway Recruitment Call Letter Is Not the Appointment Order; Removal by Officer of Equal Rank Upheld by Supreme Court

Acquittal for Abduction, Conviction for Rape on the Same Evidence: Supreme Court Sets Aside Conviction Under Section 376 IPC

POCSO Allegations Amid Custody Dispute Cannot Trigger Mechanical Arrest or Defeat a Parent’s Custody Claim: Supreme Court Prescribes Safeguards

Toddler’s Murder Conviction Upheld, Death Sentence Commuted to 30 Years Without Remission After Court Finds Possibility of Reform: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Section 8 Arbitration Deadline Cannot Defeat a Statutory Challenge to Civil Court Jurisdiction in a Cooperative Society Dispute; Filing a Written Statement Does Not Cure a Civil Court’s Lack of Jurisdiction: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Electricity Commission’s Decision on Tapping a Consumer’s Dedicated 66 kV Line Set Aside: Legal Member Required to Adjudicate Dispute, Rules Punjab and Haryana High Court

Migrant OBC Candidates Cannot Be Denied Chandigarh MBBS Reserved Seats on a Condition Absent from the Admission Prospectus After Admissions Begin: Punjab and Haryana High Court

‘Band Baja Dunga’ Message Backfires: High Court Cancels Accused’s Bail for Threatening Complainant

A higher bid cannot cure failure to meet a tender’s experience requirement: Supreme Court upholds cancellation of Mandi user charges contract

A separate bar on interest for delayed payments prevents an arbitral tribunal from awarding pre-reference interest under Section 31(7)(a): Supreme Court distinguishes Harish Chandra

Landlord’s Ownership of Other Properties and Death of Family Members During Litigation Do Not Defeat Proven Personal Necessity; Eviction of Tenant Upheld: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Ammonia Storage Tank Integrated with Fertiliser Manufacturing Is Plant and Machinery, Not a Taxable Building; House Tax Assessment Cannot Rest on Its Entire Capital Cost: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Prior Resort to Cooperative Service Rules Does Not Bar a Workman’s Industrial Dispute Remedy: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Entry on Assembly Electoral Roll Does Not Qualify Candidate for Sarpanch Election; Where Only Two Contested, Disqualified Winner’s Votes May Be Disregarded: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Plaints Cannot Be Rejected Merely for Relying on an Unregistered Document: Supreme Court Limits the Scope of Order VII Rule 11 CPC

Supreme Court Curtails Police Power to Re-Arrest After an Unconstitutional Arrest: Judicial Approval Mandatory for Breach of Article 22 Safeguards

Accused Has No Absolute Right to Copies of Unrelied Documents Before Framing of Charge; Section 91 CrPC Can Be Invoked Only for Withheld Material of ‘Sterling Quality’ Having Crucial Bearing on Charge, Though Production May Be Sought at the Appropriate Stage of Trial: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Bank Dues Settled, Criminal Liability Survives: One-Time Settlement Cannot Secure Discharge in ₹348-Crore Alleged Forged Work Orders and Loan Diversion Case—Punjab and Haryana High Court

“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

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