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

₹7 Crore Trading Loss Allegedly Concealed Through Fabricated Statements; Punjab & Haryana HC Denies Anticipatory Bail, Says Custodial Interrogation Needed to Trace Money Trail

State Can Prescribe Screening and Subject Knowledge Tests Beyond UGC Minimum Standards; Candidates Cannot Challenge Recruitment After Failing: Punjab & Haryana HC

Punjab & Haryana HC: Higher Academic Degree Can’t Replace Mandatory Professional Qualification; Equivalence of Educational Qualifications Must Be Decided by Expert Bodies, Not Courts

Punjab & Haryana HC Upholds Withdrawal of Harbhajan Singh’s Security Cover; Says Threat Assessment, Not AAP Exit, Led to Decision

Habeas Corpus Petition Maintainable for Child Custody Between Parents: Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Custody to Mother Reaffirms Welfare Principle

Punjab & Haryana High Court Declares NDPS Arrest Illegal for Non-Communication of Grounds of Arrest and Denial of Legal Aid at First Remand

Death Sentence Commuted Despite Conviction for Rape and Murder of Six-Year-Old Child: Punjab & Haryana High Court Applies ‘Rarest of Rare’ Doctrine

Banks Must Supply Forensic Audit Report Before Declaring Borrower a Fraud: Punjab & Haryana High Court Reaffirms Natural Justice

Guest Teachers Initially Appointed in Nuh Not Entitled to ₹10,000 Hardship Incentive Under Haryana Teacher Transfer Policy: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Homemaker’s Services Cannot Be Undervalued: Punjab & Haryana High Court Enhances Motor Accident Compensation by Recognising Economic Value of Domestic Work Holds Homemaker’s Contribution Cannot Be Treated as Having No Pecuniary Value

Three Charitable Trusts Can Be Clubbed as One Establishment Under Section 2A EPF Act; Functional Integrality Not the Sole Test Under Section 2A EPF Act: Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds EPFO’s Action

Prolonged Incarceration Overrides Section 43D(5): Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail Under UAPA After 6½ Years in Custody

Can a Rectification Deed Change the Identity of Property by Altering Its Survey Number?

Can a High Court Decide a Second Appeal Without Framing a Substantial Question of Law?

Can an Agreement to Sell Be Specifically Enforced Even If It Only Provides for Refund of Earnest Money on Default?

Can the High Court Entertain an Article 227 Challenge Against an Arbitral Tribunal’s Order Rejecting a Jurisdictional Objection?

Can a PMLA Case Be Transferred to Another Special Court When the Scheduled Offence Is Already Being Tried There?

Can a Husband Be Convicted for Dowry Death Despite Strong Defence Evidence and an Exculpatory Dying Declaration?

Can a Person Be Convicted Under the Arms Act Merely Because an Illegal Weapon Is Recovered from His House?

Can the Supreme Court Modify a Motor Accident Compensation Judgment to Correct Apportionment of Compensation?

Can Royalty, DMF and NMET Payments Be Included in Sale Value for Computing Royalty? Supreme Court Upholds Rules

Can Teachers Appointed in West Bengal Madrasahs Claim Service Benefits Despite Irregular Appointments?

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Murder Conviction Solely on Judicial Dying Declaration; Reiterates That a Voluntary and Reliable Dying Declaration Needs No Corroboration Even Without Eyewitnesses

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail to Juvenile Accused in Grenade Attack Case Under UAPA; Holds Poverty, Social Media Addiction and Peer Influence Alone Are Not Grounds to Deny Bail Under Section 12 of the JJ Act; Sets Aside Concurrent Rejection Orders

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses to Reverse Acquittal in Dera Violence Case; Holds Sedition Cannot Be Invoked for Mere Anti-Government Slogans Without Incitement Against the State

Punjab & Haryana High Court Holds Mere Continuation of Doctor’s Name on PCPNDT Registration Panel Does Not Create Criminal Liability Without Active Participation in Illegal Sex Determination; Discharge Restored

Punjab & Haryana High Court Holds Trial Courts Cannot Strike Off Examination-in-Chief by Invoking Section 151 CPC Merely Because Evidence Allegedly Travels Beyond Pleadings; Admissibility Must Be Decided Under the Evidence Act

Punjab & Haryana High Court Rules That Possession Cannot Be Protected on the Basis of an Unregistered Agreement to Sell; Temporary Injunction Set Aside as Section 53A TPA Requires Mandatory Registration

Punjab & Haryana High Court Holds Ex-Servicemen Cannot Claim 1965 Rules Benefits for Military Service During Second Emergency Without Government Notification; Protects Already Released Benefits from Recovery through LRs

Punjab & Haryana High Court Clarifies That Conspiracy to Facilitate a Court Premises Murder Linked to a Designated Terrorist Attracts UAPA Rigours: Regular Bail Refused Despite Prolonged Custody

Can a Government Employee Acquiring Disability During Service Be Medically Invalidated Without Offering an Alternative Post? Supreme Court Answers

Can a Person Be Declared a Foreigner Through an Ex Parte Proceeding Without a Fair Opportunity of Hearing? Supreme Court Answers

Is Personal Hearing Under Section 5A of the Land Acquisition Act Mandatory? Supreme Court Clarifies

Can the State Retrospectively Withdraw a Tax Exemption on Imported Sugar? Supreme Court Clarifies

Can a Mutual Fund Ignore SEBI Regulations If Investors Ultimately Suffer No Loss? Supreme Court Answers

Does the 120-Day Limit for Filing a Written Statement Apply to a Plaintiff’s Reply to a Counterclaim? Supreme Court Clarifies

Can a Candidate Challenge Minimum Viva-Voce Marks After Participating in the Selection Process? Supreme Court Answers

Can a DRT Recovery Certificate Be the Basis for Insolvency Proceedings? Supreme Court Clarifies

Children’s Court Must Independently Decide Whether a Juvenile Should Be Tried as an Adult: Supreme Court

Can a State Increase Royalty During the Subsistence of a Mining Lease? Supreme Court Clarifies

Can a Landowner Claim Refund of Premium Paid for Unused Additional FSI? Supreme Court Answers

Can Motor Accident Claims Be Rejected Solely on Delayed Photographs? Supreme Court Clarifies Standard of Proof

Can Murder Conviction Rest on Weak Circumstantial Evidence? Supreme Court Reaffirms the Standard

Can a Contractor Claim Interest on a Security Deposit Despite a Contract Saying Otherwise? Supreme Court Answers

Does Section 22 of the Hindu Succession Act Apply to Agricultural Land? Supreme Court Clarifies

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses Anticipatory Bail in ₹65 Lakh Payroll Fraud, Holds Settlement Does Not Erase Criminal Breach of Trust Holds Economic Offences Affect Financial Integrity, Not Just Private Rights

Punjab & Haryana High Court Rejects Second Anticipatory Bail Plea, Holds Compromise Is Not a Material Change in Circumstances

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Regular Bail to Woman Accused in Murder Case, Cites Prolonged Custody, Delayed Trial and Section 480 BNSS

Punjab & Haryana High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail in ₹1 Crore Immigration Fraud, Says Custodial Interrogation Necessary to Trace Money Trail

Can Live-in Couples Directly Seek Police Protection? Punjab & Haryana High Court Answers

Commercial Courts Act Requires Strict Compliance with Timelines; Additional Documents Cannot Be Filed at Advanced Stage Without Reasonable Cause

Person Relying on Custom Must Strictly Prove Its Existence; Uncle-in-Law Cannot Confer Ghardamad Rights Without Proof of Custom

Borrowers Cannot Challenge Auction Sale After Repeated Defaults; Financial Corporation Entitled to Recover Public Money Under State Financial Corporations Act

Bank Merger Without Landlord’s Consent Amounts to Assignment of Tenancy; Eviction Upheld Under Delhi Rent Control Act

Banks Cannot Blacklist Advocates Through IBA Caution List for Professional Negligence; Bar Councils Alone Have Jurisdiction Over Professional Misconduct

High Court Cannot Interfere with Concurrent Findings Rejecting a Suspicious Will Unless a Substantial Question of Law Arises

Supreme Court: AI-Generated Fake Case Law Cannot Be Used in Judicial Decisions; Judgments Based on Hallucinated AI Material Liable to Be Set Aside

Compromise After Rejection of Anticipatory Bail by Supreme Court Is Not a Ground to Maintain a Second Anticipatory Bail Petition: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Mandatory Tender Conditions Cannot Be Relaxed After Bid Submission; Deviation from Essential Tender Conditions Vitiates Procurement Process: Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes PSPCL’s Award of Contract

Section 138 NI Act Cannot Be Compounded Without Complainant’s Consent: Punjab & Haryana High Court Reaffirms Mandatory Requirement Under Section 147

Candidate’s Own Lapse In Completing Online Application Cannot Be Ground To Claim Admit Card: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Y+ Security Communication To Intended Beneficiary Not Prima Facie An Official Secret: Punjab and Haryana High Court Grants Bail

Prior Registered Sale Deed Prevails Under Section 48 TPA; Vendor Cannot Sell What He No Longer Owns: Punjab and Haryana High Court

SFIO Corporate Fraud Complaints Are Not Ordinary Complaint Cases; Section 223 BNSS Hearing Not Required: Punjab and Haryana High Court

HTET Certificate Delay Beyond Candidate’s Control Cannot Defeat Appointment Claim: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Medical Reimbursement Cannot Be Denied Mechanically in Emergency Treatment Cases; Medical Reimbursement Policy Must Be Applied Humanely: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Registered Will Cannot Be Invalidated on Mere Suspicion; Long Cohabitation Raises Presumption of Marriage; Sonless Proprietor May Bequeath Property Despite Customary Law Restrictions: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Right of Surety to Seek Discharge Under Section 489 BNSS Cannot Be Denied on Ground That Bail Was Granted by High Court; Trial Court Must Permit Discharge of Surety and Call for Fresh Sureties, Holds Punjab & Haryana High Court

Right to Cross-Examine FSL Expert Under Section 348 BNSS Cannot Be Denied Merely Because Prosecution Did Not Examine the Witness

Punjab & Haryana HC Quashes FIR Against Woman Who Dressed Pet Dog as Lord Krishna, Holds No Offence Under Section 298 BNS Without Malicious Intent

Can Delay in FIR Defeat a Motor Accident Compensation Claim? Punjab & Haryana High Court Explains the Law

Section 244 CrPC evidence before committal is not required when the complaint case is exclusively triable by the Sessions Court

Chandigarh Street Vendors Notification of 2020 expanding essential service providers quashed by Supreme Court after COVID purpose ended.

Compromise Decree Without Party’s Signature or Counsel’s Express Authority Is Invalid Under Order XXIII Rule 3 CPC

Haryana 2002 Remission Policy Under Article 161 Cannot Be Superseded by 2008 CrPC Policy

Filing of Charge-Sheet Without Additional Copies Under Section 193(8) BNSS Does Not Entitle Accused to Default Bail

Trial Court Cannot Refuse Handwriting Expert Merely Because Disputed Signatures Appear on Certified Copies; Admissibility and Evidentiary Value Are Matters for Trial; Trial Court Cannot Shut Out Expert Evidence at Threshold: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Employer Cannot Perpetually Withhold Retiral Benefits by Keeping Departmental Proceedings Inconclusive or Citing Missing Records; Coercive Undertakings from Pensioners Cannot Validate Illegal Recoveries: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Candidate Who Applied for EWS Certificate Before Cut-Off Cannot Be Penalised for Administrative Delay; Differential Treatment Vis-à-Vis Other Reserved Categories Violates Article 14: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Allegations of Mental Harassment and Matrimonial Discord Alone Do Not Prima Facie Establish ‘Instigation’ Under Section 108 BNS; Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail

No De Novo Investigation Merely Because Investigating Officer Was Subordinate to Complainant; Accused Must Establish Actual Bias and Miscarriage of Justice: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Reference Dismissed for Non-Prosecution Is Not Res Judicata; Delay in Raising Second Industrial Dispute Requires Evidence Before Tribunal: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Qualifying Marks in CSAT Do Not Override Mandatory OMR Instructions; HPSC Can Disqualify Candidate for Leaving More Than 10% Questions Undarkened: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Rejection of Compassionate Appointment to Married Daughter Unsustainable After Deletion of ‘Unmarried’ from Punjab Policy: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Blacklisting Clause Under Custom Milling Policy Does Not Permit Perpetual Debarment; Punjab & Haryana High Court Holds Blacklisting Must Be Limited to a Reasonable Period

Selection Committee Can Leave Reserved Teaching Post Vacant if No Candidate is Found Suitable Despite Qualifying Written Examination: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Elected Sarpanch Must Prove Matriculation Certificate Is from a Recognized Board; Failure to Do So Justifies Removal; Burden to Prove Valid Educational Qualification Lies on Elected Candidate, Not the State: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Regular Departmental Inquiry Can Be Dispensed With Where Employee’s Own Admission Establishes Misconduct; ‘Useless Formality Theory’ applied to Uphold Dismissal Without Departmental Inquiry: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Father’s Failed Suit Does Not Extinguish Son’s Independent Coparcenary Right to Challenge Alienation: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses Police Protection to Live-in Couple Where Boy Has Not Attained Marriageable Age; Holds That Live-in Relationship Without Legal Eligibility Cannot Be Protected Under Article 21

Punjab & Haryana High Court Declines Protection to Live-in Couple Where One Partner is a Minor; Directs Child Welfare Committee Intervention

Death Caused by Fall During Sudden Scuffle Is Section 304 Part II When Intention to Kill Is Not Proved: Supreme Court

Carpenter’s Leg Amputation Can Be Treated as 100% Functional Disability for Motor Accident Compensation: Supreme Court

Amputation of Leg Can Amount to 100% Functional Disability When Injured Cannot Continue Manual Work: Supreme Court

Truck Parked on Road at Night Without Warning Signs Makes Driver Liable; Rear-End Collision Alone Does Not Prove Car Driver’s Negligence: Supreme Court

Sentence for Forged Document Used in Court Can Be Reduced When Convict Faced Decade-Long Trial and Has No Criminal Antecedents: Supreme Court

Registered Sale Deed Cannot Be Ignored as Void Merely for Section 154 of the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950Ceiling Violation or Minor Witness Discrepancy: Supreme Court

Specific Performance Cannot Be Granted Unless Buyer Proves Funds and Prompt Conduct Throughout: Supreme Court

Right to Walk on Demarcated Footpaths Is a Fundamental Right and Must Prevail Over Motor Vehicles: Supreme Court

High Court Cannot Replace Mandatory Injunction Decree With Compensation When Plaintiff Never Claimed Money: Supreme Court

Special Police Establishment Cannot Claim RTI Exemption as Intelligence or Security Organisation: Supreme Court

Rejected Nomination Cannot Be Challenged Mid-Election Under Article 32 or 226; Remedy Is Election Petition: Supreme Court

State Cannot Grab Citizens’ Land Through Adverse Possession; Illegal Occupation of Private Land by State Cannot Be Cured Through Adverse Possession: Punjab & Haryana High Court Orders Compensation for Illegal Occupation

Punjab & Haryana High Court Denies Bail in NIA Terror Case, Holds Long Incarceration Alone Cannot Override UAPA Restrictions, Section 43D(5) UAPA Prevails

Punjab & Haryana High Court Reaffirms Limited Judicial Review of HPSC Answer Keys, Dismisses Challenge to Preliminary Exam Result Holds Courts Cannot Substitute Expert Opinion on Answer Keys

Fraudulent Vendor Cannot Confer Valid Title; Bona Fide Purchaser Doctrine Inapplicable: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Forging High Court Bail Orders Strikes at the Administration of Justice; Advocate Denied Anticipatory Bail: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Stray Animal Accident Victims Can Pursue Civil Compensation Through Civil Suit; 2025 Policy Not Sole Remedy: Punjab & Haryana High Court

District Registrar Cannot Declare Collegium Election Invalid Without Statutory Authority; Filing of Election List Is Mere Intimation: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Procedural Lapses Cannot Defeat Reservation Rights in Public Recruitment; Candidate Allowed to Submit Complete Eligibility Certificate: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Later Title Suit Maintainable When Earlier Suit Challenged Only Sale of a Specific Portion of Property: Supreme Court

Errors and Blanks in Form F Under PCPNDT Act Are Not Mere Technical Defects: Supreme Court

Rule 23 Suspension Bar Applies Only to Compassionate Financial Assistance, Not Compassionate Appointment: Supreme Court

Tree Branch Falling on Stationary Autorickshaw Is Not a Motor Vehicle Accident Under Section 166 MVA: Supreme Court

Child Victim in Custody Dispute Cannot Be Subjected to Repeated Psychological Evaluation Without Necessity: Supreme Court

Supreme Court holds fresh penalty notice after misconduct finding is required before dismissal where service rules mandate it

Failure to Comply with Anticipatory Bail Conditions Disentitles Accused from Equitable Relief: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Bomb Blast in Train Constitutes ‘Accident’; Railways Liable to Pay Compensation: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Vague Dowry Harassment Allegations Insufficient to Summon Additional Accused Under Section 319 CrPC; Mere Repetition of FIR Allegations Insufficient for Summoning Additional Accused During Trial: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Blank Security Cheque Defence Rejected; Mere Claim of Security Cheque Cannot Defeat Section 138 Presumption; Revisional Court Cannot Re-Appreciate Evidence Absent Perversity: Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Conviction in Cheque Bounce Case

State Cannot Retain Family Pension Meant for Legal Heirs: Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants 100% Family Pension to Sole Surviving Widow holds Second Wife After Death of First Wife Entitled to Full Family Pension

Fake Influence Over Judges for Money? Fraudulent Claims of Access to Judges Strike at Public Faith: Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses Bail in ₹28.5 Lakh Judicial Influence Fraud Case

No Money Trail, No Recovery, No Further Custodial Interrogation: Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail to HPGCL Finance Director Amit Dewan in Multi-Crore Banking Fraud Case

Delhi High Court Has Writ Jurisdiction Against CAPF Service Termination When Union and Force Headquarters Are in Delhi: Supreme Court

SARFAESI Auction Sale Is Invalid If Balance Sale Price Is Paid Beyond Rule 9 Timeline Without Written Extension: Supreme Court

Accused Cannot Travel Abroad During Pending Criminal Trial Without Court Permission: Supreme Court

Prolonged Criminal Investigation Cannot Continue Endlessly; High Courts Must Intervene in Cases of Inordinate Delay: Supreme Court

Supreme Court holds enhanced royalty on minerals applies when minerals are removed after statutory royalty rate increase.

Supreme Court holds minor property sale permission under Section 8 HMGA must be based on necessity or evident advantage to minor.

Bail in Commercial Quantity NDPS Cases Cannot Be Granted Without Satisfying Section 37 Twin Conditions: Supreme Court

Married Daughter Cannot Be Excluded From Fair Price Shop Compassionate Allotment Solely on Marital Status: Supreme Court

Persistent Refusal of Conjugal Relations and Long Separation Amount to Mental Cruelty: Supreme Court

Limitation for Section 34 Challenge Starts From Disposal of Section 33 Application: Supreme Court

Temporary Status Casual Labourers Entitled to Pension Even Without Formal Regularisation: Supreme Court

Property Inherited Under Section 8 of Hindu Succession Act Is Held as Tenants-in-Common, Not Joint Family Property: Supreme Court

IBC Section 62 Appeals Must Be Defect-Free Within Limitation; Re-Filing Delay Beyond 28 Days Cannot Be Condoned: Supreme Court

Vague POCSO and Rape Allegations Cannot Sustain Criminal Trial When Matrimonial Dispute Shows Mala Fide Abuse of Process: Supreme Court

Bank Cannot Settle Loan Before DRT and Later Start Criminal Case on Same Transaction: Supreme Court Protects Finality of Banking Settlements

DNA Test Can Be Ordered in a Paternity Suit When Paternity Is the Main Issue and No Other Evidence Can Decide It

Approver’s Evidence Can Sustain Conviction If It Is Credible and Corroborated; Every Detail Need Not Be Independently Proved

Long Non-Payment of Salaries and Retiral Dues Violates Dignity; Supreme Court Accepts Time-Bound Settlement Framework for Bihar Corporation Employees

Breach of Futures Position Limits Is Not Market Fraud Unless SEBI Proves Manipulation or Inducement: Supreme Court Sets Aside Reliance Disgorgement

Order XII Rule 6 CPC: Court Cannot Decree a Suit by Reading One Line in Isolation: Supreme Court Says Admission Must Be Clear, Complete and Unconditional

Arbitration During a Pending Suit Needs Court Reference; Award Cannot Defeat the Suit Without Parties’ Post-Award Consent: Supreme Court

Reserved Judgments Must Be Delivered Within a Reasonable Time: Supreme Court Frames Binding Guidelines for All High Courts

State Must Pay Compensation for Keeping a Prisoner in Jail After Court-Ordered Release: Supreme Court Says “Obey First, Appeal Later”

Trafficking Survivors Have a Fundamental Right to Rehabilitation: Supreme Court Frames Binding Victim Protection Plan

Courts Cannot Re-Hear Arbitration Awards Like Regular Appeals: Supreme Court Says Finality of Awards Must Be Respected

Forest Encroachments Cannot Be Regularised by Welfare Facilities: Supreme Court Orders Time-Bound Eviction and Restoration of Agasthyamalai Tiger Landscape

Probate Revocation Must Be Filed Within Three Years of Knowledge; Ignoring Court Notice Can Amount to Constructive Notice: Supreme Court

Commercial Dispute or Criminal Fraud? Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail in ₹55.55 Crore Business Transaction Case

Courts Cannot Turn Travel Permission Into Debt Recovery Mechanism: Punjab & Haryana High Court Eases ₹4.95 Crore Condition Imposed by CBI Court

No SIT Needed When Missing Woman Is Traced Alive Abroad: Punjab & Haryana High Court Rejects Murder Theory Built on Assumptions

Property Dispute Given Criminal Colour? Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail in ₹86 Crore Gurugram Land Deal Fraud Case

Juvenile Can Be Tried as Adult Even After Delay in Preliminary Assessment; Three-Month Timeline Under JJ Act Is Directory: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Police Officials Cannot Be Prosecuted After NDPS Acquittal Without Preliminary Inquiry and Government Sanction: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Doctor Cannot Be Summoned for Medical Negligence Without Awaiting Expert Opinion Ordered by Court; Medical Negligence Cases Require Expert Scrutiny Before Summoning Doctors: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Custodial Interrogation Cannot Be Used to Extract Information After Recovery Is Complete: Punjab & Haryana High Court Restores Anticipatory Bail

CBFC-Certified Film Cannot Invite Criminal Prosecution for Hurting Religious Sentiments Absent Deliberate Malicious Intent: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Vehicle Confiscated in NDPS Case Can Be Released Pending Appeal: Punjab & Haryana High Court Protects Owner from Economic Loss

PSPCL Can Reject Candidates Who Acquire Qualification After Application Deadline: Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Recruitment Cut-Off Date

Forgery Allegations in Dera Trust Cannot Be Quashed at Investigation Stage: Punjab & Haryana High Court Orders Expeditious Probe

Preventive Detention Cannot Become a Backdoor to Custody After Grant of Bail: Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes PIT-NDPS Detention of Alleged Drug Offender

Ashok Khemka Entitled to Additional Secretary Status: Punjab & Haryana High Court Holds Denial of Empanelment Despite Relaxations Granted to Others Violates Articles 14 and 16

Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs Fresh Review of Medical Reimbursement Claims, Says Article 21 Prevails Over Technicalities & Health Benefits Cannot Be Defeated

Stamp Duty Objection Cannot Be Used to Derail Pending Arbitration: Supreme Court Says Tribunal Must Decide First, Challenge Lies Under Section 34

A Dead Marriage Cannot Be Forced to Continue by Court Orders: Supreme Court Grants Divorce Under Article 142

oral evidence can prove Section 364A IPC; lack of CDR or TIP is not fatal when recovery and witnesses are reliable.

Cheque Bounce Cases Do Not Automatically Stop During Personal Insolvency; Supreme Court Refers NI Act–IBC Moratorium Conflict to Larger Bench

Election Commission Can Conduct Special Intensive Revision of Voter Rolls, But Citizenship Doubts Must Go to Competent Authority: Supreme Court

Promotion Must Follow the Rules in Force When Selection Is Considered, Not When Vacancies Arose: Supreme Court Clarifies Service Law

Online Gaming With Money Stakes Is Taxable as Betting and Gambling Under GST: Supreme Court Upholds Full-Stake Valuation Rules

States Can Ban Online Betting on Skill Games: Supreme Court Says Money Gaming Falls Within Betting, Gambling and Public Order Powers

MIDC property tax exemption applies while MIDC provides civic amenities; NMMC can levy property tax after services are handed over.

Cutting and Grooving Aluminium Panels for Building Use Is Not “Manufacture” Unless a New Marketable Product Emerges: Supreme Court

CCI Cannot Put an Approved Merger in Abeyance Without Statutory Power: Supreme Court Sets Aside Amazon Penalties

Circumstantial Evidence Must Form a Complete Chain Before a Death Sentence Can Stand: Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Rape-Murder Case

Bribe Conviction Cannot Stand Without Proof of Demand, Acceptance and Conspiracy: Supreme Court Upholds Acquittal in PC Act Case

After Merger, a Princely Ruler’s Private Properties Do Not Pass Only to the Eldest Son by Primogeniture but Devolve Under Personal Succession Law

Medical Evidence Prevails Over Assumptions: P&H High Court Drops Grievous Hurt Charges Against Doctors in Gurugram Assault Case

Four Years Behind Bars, No Recovery and Weak Digital Evidence, Section 43D(5) UAPA Not an Absolute Bar Where Trial Is Delayed: P&H High Court Grants Bail in Khalistan Referendum Case

Disclosure Statement Alone Not Enough: P&H High Court Discharges Licensed Medical Dealer in NDPS Case

Golf Club on Public Land Cannot Avoid RTI: Punjab & Haryana High Court Declares Chandigarh Golf Club a Public Authority

Once Alternate Land and Compensation Are Given, Repeated Litigation on the Same Land Claim Cannot Be Entertained: Supreme Court

Civil Remedy Does Not Bar Criminal Action When Property Seller Takes Money and Then Transfers the Same Property to Someone Else

Section 498-A IPC Conviction Cannot Stand on Vague Family Allegations Without Specific Proof of Cruelty or Unlawful Demand

Defendant Cannot Change the Entire Defence After Trial Begins by Filing an Additional Written Statement

Bribe Case FIR Cannot Be Quashed Merely Because the Public Servant Did Not Personally Receive Money; Even Indirect Demand Through Others Can Attract Section 7 PC Act

Every Member of an Armed Mob Can Be Punished for Murder If the Mob Shared the Common Object to Kill or Cause Deadly Violence

Office Bearers Are Not Automatically Liable for Cheque Bounce; Liability Depends on Their Real Role in the Transaction

Witness Recall Under Section 311 CrPC Cannot Be Used to Delay Trial or Repeatedly Cross-Examine a Victim Without Strong Reasons

Central Government Has the Final Say on IPS Officer’s Voluntary Retirement, But It Must Apply Its Mind and Cannot Reject VRS Mechanically

Criminal Case Cannot Continue When a Business Dispute Is Given a Criminal Colour and Further Investigation Is Done Without Court Permission

Life Imprisonment Means Jail for the Rest of Life, But Supreme Court and High Courts Can Reduce It to a Fixed Term Above 14 Years

When High Court Reverses Acquittal and Convicts an Accused, It Must Also Decide the Sentence Itself

Arbitration Award With Patent Error Can Be Modified to Do Complete Justice Instead of Sending Parties Back to Fresh Litigation

Railway Employees Are Central Government Servants; Their Railway Service Cannot Be Ignored Just Because Separate Railway Rules Apply

Criminal Prosecution Under Insecticides Act Cannot Continue After Authorities Defeat Accused’s Statutory Right to Re-Test Sample: P&H High Court

Habitual Filing of False Complaints to Pressure Rivals in Property Dispute Can Invite Action Under Punjab Police Act: P&H High Court Refuses to Quash Proceedings

Executing Courts Cannot Refuse to Enforce Pre-2015 Arbitral Awards by Applying Section 12(5) Retrospectively: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Related Witnesses Cannot Be Discarded Merely Due to Relationship; P&H High Court Upholds Murder Conviction and Life Sentence

EPFO’s Pro-Rata Formula for Higher Pension Illegal; P&H High Court Orders Recalculation on Actual Wages, Grants Interest on Delayed Arrears

Mere Revenue Entries Can’t Create Tenancy Rights: Punjab & Haryana High Court Restores Trial Court Decree in 20-Year Possession Claim

P&H High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail in Pearl Group Land Scam; Notes ₹1 Crore Land Was Flipped for ₹5.8 Crore After Alleged Removal of Red-Entry Restriction

Failure to Save Matrimonial Home from SARFAESI Auction Is Not Automatically Contempt of Court: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Retrenched Employees Rehired After Corporation Closure Can’t Count Earlier Service for Pension; Deputation Cases Stand on a Different Footing: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Can One Dubious ACR Erase 19 Years of Good Service? Punjab & Haryana High Court Says No, Quashes Judicial Officer’s Premature Retirement

Cyber Fraud Complaints Can’t Be Reduced to Private Complaints: P&H High Court Orders FIR in ₹19 Lakh Fake Job Scam Linked to Vistara

Disciplinary Authority Cannot Punish an Employee Without Explaining Why It Disagrees with Exoneration Report: Punjab & Haryana High Court

A Purchaser Cannot Be an Adverse Possessor on Day One: Punjab & Haryana High Court Rejects Contradictory Title Claim

Oral Dying Declaration During Trial Justifies Alteration of Charge from Abetment of Suicide to Murder: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Insurance Company Cannot Use Government Assistance Paid to Widow and Child to Deny Compensation to Dependent Mother

States Must Act Immediately Against Illegal Sand Mining; Environmental Protection Cannot Wait for Slow Administrative Timelines

ACR Entries That Affect Promotion Must Be Shared With the Employee; Secret Grading Cannot Be Used to Deny Career Benefits

Section 33 Arbitration Act Allows Only Clerical Corrections, Not Substantive Changes Like Replacing Simple Interest With Compound Interest

Illegal Land Allotment Need Not Always Be Demolished if Public Interest Is Better Served by Heavy Financial Regularisation

Relatives of Husband Cannot Be Dragged Into Dowry or Domestic Violence Cases Without Specific Allegations of Their Active Role

Medical Error or Civil Negligence Is Not Enough for Criminal Trial Unless Doctor’s Gross Negligence Directly Causes Death

Industrial Expansion Does Not Make an Existing Unit a New Industry for Claiming Electricity Concession

A Chemical “n-Hexane” Cannot Be Taxed as Motor Spirit Unless Revenue Proves It Is Actually Suitable for Use as Engine Fuel

Conviction Can Stand Despite Faulty Investigation When Reliable Recovery and Medical Evidence Complete the Chain of Guilt

When Medical Evidence Rules Out Suicide, Husband Must Explain Wife’s Death Inside the Matrimonial Home

Circumstantial evidence last seen recovery must form a complete chain of guilt; suspicion and weak recoveries cannot sustain conviction.

High Court Can Order Police Investigation if Someone Is Suspected of Siphoning a Disputed Estate

Minor Record Mistakes Cannot Defeat a Genuine Injury Claim Under a Welfare Statute

Complaint Returned for Lack of Territorial Jurisdiction Does Not Erase Earlier Evidence or Require Fresh Trial: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Sale of Property Does Not Extinguish Earlier Leasehold Rights; Punjab & Haryana High Court Restores Trial Court Decree and Rejects Challenge After 15-Year Delay

Registered Will Excluding Sons Cannot Be Rejected Merely Because Testator Was Old or One Attesting Witness Signed Multiple Documents: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Proportionate Pension to Employee Who Resigned After 13 Years of Unblemished Service Due to Family Circumstances

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