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The Supreme Court held that Railways cannot be held liable for shortage of goods booked at “owner’s risk” unless negligence or misconduct is proved under Section 97, Railways Act, 1989. The Court clarified the burden of proof under Section 65(2) and dismissed the compensation claim.
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The High Court holds that confiscation is a matter to be considered at the conclusion of trial and that, pending such determination, the court is empowered to grant interim custody of the seized vehicle under Section 497 BNSS.
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In the case at hand, the wife disclosed a monthly income of ₹1,00,000, her TDS records showed ₹1,64,285. Her husband earned ₹60,000. However, the trial court awarded her ₹20,000 in interim maintenance.
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The Delhi High Court directed preservation of CCTV footage, an independent medical examination, and detailed reports from jail authorities after a Tihar inmate alleged custodial assault by the Head Warden, denial of medical treatment, and demand for illegal protection money.
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Delhi High Court held that a trade mark need not be formally declared as “well-known” to claim protection under Section 11(2), Trade Marks Act, 1999, and that ZARA, being entitled to protection as a well-known mark, could oppose registration of the deceptively similar mark ZORA.
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The High Court stated that the record revealed a rather disquieting state of affairs. For years, the proceedings remained dormant without any meaningful progress, reducing the criminal trial to a mere formality.
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The Court further remarked that another important effect of the Social Audit is that the management of these institutions sometime misbehave with the residents, especially women and children; this way, they would always be cautious that they were being observed.
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Supreme Court advised the Indian Railways to adopt effective measures to address overcrowding in trains, observing that overcrowding frequently results in passengers falling from moving trains and suffering fatal injuries.
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The Court Enhanced the Motor Accident Compensation from ₹15 Lakhs to ₹30 Lakhs.
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The Court stated that the 2016 Amendment to the Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act, 1993 had created a legal fiction operating prospectively and did not affect proceedings instituted before its enactment.
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The Court held that no violation of bodily autonomy was found where medical care was limited to consented oral treatment despite the patient’s critical health condition marked by dangerously low sugar, sodium and potassium levels.
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the High Court observed that there can never be more shocking heinous crime when a father is charged for committing sexual assault on his own daughter.
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Supreme Court granted bail the appellant, who was alleged to be an attesting witness to a forged Power of Attorney and subsequent sale deeds, after over 11 months of incarceration.
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“…the petitioner, instead of availing the statutory remedy available to him, has chosen to file a petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India.”
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The Security Review Committee had assessed Harbhajan Singh’s threat perception on 3 March 2026, nearly two months before he left the Aam Aadmi Party. Punjab & Haryana HC held the timing was coincidental, not retaliatory and that his Y+ CRPF cover and State’s undertaking of local deployment adequately addressed his security concerns.
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The Kerala High Court held that foreign lawyers cannot examine witnesses before an Advocate Commissioner appointed for execution of a letter of request issued by a foreign court under the Hague Convention. The recording evidence before a Commissioner is a litigious function forming part of the practice of law in India and falls within an area reserved exclusively for advocates enrolled under the Advocates Act, 1961.
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The Court held that although allegations of fraudulent availment of Input Tax Credit under the CGST Act constitute serious economic offences, arrest cannot be made as a matter of course. Where the investigation is primarily based on documentary evidence already in the custody of the authorities and custodial interrogation is not shown to be indispensable, anticipatory bail deserves to be granted subject to appropriate safeguards.
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While issuing comprehensive directions, the Court noted that these proceedings called for a systemic recalibration of criminal justice system, wherein vulnerability is not treated as an afterthought, but as a constitutionally significant determinant for humane treatment of prisoners.
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The Court found that the existing mechanism, whereby information is sought through multiple agencies and forwarded from one authority to another before any effective field action is undertaken, results in avoidable delay. Such procedural movement of files and requests enables the perpetrators to remain several steps ahead of the investigating agencies.
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The parties have been directed to appear before the Delhi High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre on 17 July 2026, while the appeal has been listed before the Division Bench on 21 August 2026 to report the outcome of the mediation proceedings.
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