Mandatory record-maintenance requirements under the PCPNDT Act
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Non-maintenance of records is springboard for commission of offence of foeticide, not just a clerical error.”

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MGCC shortfall deduction arbitration clause
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Delhi High Court upheld an arbitral award holding that deduction towards Minimum Guaranteed CENVAT Credit (MGCC) shortfall was impermissible in the absence of an express contractual clause. The Court also ruled that limitation commenced from the date of actual deduction from final invoices and not from a prior notice contemplating such deduction.

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Section 2(c), MPID Act
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Supreme Court held that a transaction involving receipt of money with an obligation to return it with promised interest constitutes a ‘deposit’ under the MPID Act regardless of nomenclature.

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Railway Employee's HRA claim
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court held that a railway employee is not entitled to HRA when vacant government quarters, in the entitled category, are available.

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Wife's career and child welfare not cruelty or desertion
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Supreme Court held that a wife pursuing her professional career and living separately for her child’s welfare cannot amount to cruelty or desertion.

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Controllable factors under CERC Tariff Regulations
Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Delay attributable to suppliers falling in the category of controllable factors is equally applicable in accordance with Regulations 11 and 12, CERC Tariff Regulations, 2014.

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Preliminary and final decree in partition suit
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Supreme Court held that a partition decree determining shares, possession, mesne profits and mode of sale can be executable without a separate final decree, setting aside M.P. High Court orders that stalled execution proceedings.

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Stray Dogs Case
Case BriefsSupreme Court

In July 2025, the Supreme Court took suo motu cognizance of a newspaper article presenting alarming statistics on menace of stray dogs. Since then, the Court has periodically issued directions in this regard.

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Delhi High Court MGCC arbitration award
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court held that deduction for shortfall in Minimum Guaranteed CENVAT Credit (MGCC) could not be made from the net contract value, as such an interpretation would effectively result in a double deduction unsupported by the contract terms.

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bail is rule UAPA
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Emphasising judicial discipline, the Court expressed serious reservations about Division Bench decisions in Gulfisha Fatima, 2026 SCC OnLine SC 10 and Gurwinder Singh, (2024) 5 SCC 403 for making a clear departure from ratio laid down by the three-Judge Bench in K.A. Najeeb, (2021) 3 SCC 713.

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Penalty under RTI Act unsustainable without mala fide
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The High Court noted that since the State Information Commission failed to record any findings on mala fide denial, unreasonable delay, or contumacious conduct, the penalty order lacked legal foundation and was therefore liable to be quashed.

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High Court order set aside incorrect facts application of mind
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court took note of the hallucination of facts in the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s order while setting it aside.

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non-veg food in ganga
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court stated that the act of throwing food into the River Ganga, including non-vegetarian food, could rightly be said to hurt the religious sentiments of the Hindu community.

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VAT dues not secured interest under IBC
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Once an order of liquidation is passed and a statutory liquidator is appointed, the assets of the corporate debtor are required to be dealt with in accordance with Section 53 IBC i.e. the “waterfall mechanism” and the dues are to be paid in the order of priority set out in the section. Section 238 IBC contains a non-obstante clause giving primacy to the mechanism for distribution of the assets of the corporate debtor in the manner prescribed under the IBC.”

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NSE shares transaction anticipatory bail case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Delhi High Court granted interim protection from arrest in an anticipatory bail plea arising out of a transaction involving unlisted NSE shares, observing that the MoU prima facie supported the applicant’s defence and that the e-mail describing the company as “seller” was insufficient to justify custodial action.

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stray dogs
Case BriefsSupreme Court

In July 2025, the Supreme Court took suo motu cognizance of a newspaper article presenting alarming statistics on menace of stray dogs. Since then, the Court has periodically issued directions in this regard.

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Gravity of offence cannot justify continued incarceration
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Supreme Court held that remission cannot be denied solely on the heinousness of the offence and quashed the Ministry of Home Affairs’ non-speaking order rejecting a life convict’s premature release after 22 years of incarceration.

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Katy Perry trade mark
Case BriefsForeign Courts

In a 3:2 majority, the High Court of Australia allows the appeal of Sydney fashion designer Katie Taylor, holding that Katy Perry’s pre-2008 reputation as a pop star in Australia did not extend to clothing.

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recording court proceedings
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“This act constitutes a serious interference with Administration of Justice and also makes out a prima facie case of criminal contempt under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.”

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Arvind Kejriwal Contempt Case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The entire exercise appeared aimed at achieving indirectly, through public pressure and social media campaigns, what could not be achieved directly through judicial proceedings and legal arguments before the Court — that this particular matter pertaining to discharge of respondents in the 2022 Delhi Excise Policy — be not heard by this Court.”

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