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Preliminary and final decree in partition suit

Got a Decree in 2012, Still No Possession? Supreme Court Calls It a ‘Comedy of Errors’ and Restores 14-Year-Old Execution in Partition Suit

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.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Applicability of ABC Rules, Tortious Liability, Euthanasia: Key Takeaways from Supreme Court’s Stray Dogs Case Ruling

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.

Case Briefs High Courts

Can shortfall in MGCC be deducted from net contract value? Delhi High Court explains

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.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

A Smaller Bench Cannot Hollow Out a Larger Bench Decision Without Expressly Disagreeing: Supreme Court on Judicial Discipline in UAPA Bail Cases

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.

Penalty under RTI Act unsustainable without mala fide

Case Briefs High Courts

Penalty under RTI Act Unsustainable Without Finding of Mala Fide: Chhattisgarh HC Quashes State Information Commission’s ₹25,000 Order

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.

High Court order set aside incorrect facts application of mind

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court sets aside the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s order for hallucination of facts without application of mind

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

Case Briefs High Courts

“Showed genuine remorse for their actions”: Allahabad High Court grants bail to men accused of throwing non-veg food in River Ganga

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.

Case Briefs High Courts

Who is a ‘Secured Creditor’ Under IBC? Not the VAT Authority, Says Madras HC; Quashes Attachment of Property

“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.”

NSE shares transaction anticipatory bail case

Case Briefs High Courts

Sub-Broker or Seller? Delhi High Court Grants Interim Protection from Arrest in ₹5.63 Crore Unlisted NSE Shares Dispute

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.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Nationwide sterilisation, Full Implementation of ABC Rules, 2023: SC issues broad directions in Stray Dogs Suo Motu Case

Gravity of offence cannot justify continued incarceration

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Gravity of Offence Alone Cannot Justify Denial of Remission: Supreme Court Quashes MHA’s Cryptic Rejection of Premature Release

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.

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

A Small Sydney Designer vs. One of the World’s Biggest Pop Stars: How Katie Taylor Beat Katy Perry in Trade Mark Dispute at Australia High Court

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.

Case Briefs High Courts

Rajasthan High Court directs seizure of driver’s phone; issues contempt notice over unauthorised recording of court proceedings

“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.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Judges Do Not Hold Press Conferences and Have Very Limited Means to Protect Themselves: Delhi HC on Judicial Silence in the Age of Social Media

“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.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Can be Evicted but Cannot be Left Without Schools, Buses and Water: Delhi HC on Jhuggi Relocation and Article 21

The respondents submitted that “the rehabilitation and relocation of the jhuggi dwellers has become essential due to the highly sensitive and strategic location of the area. The JJ clusters lie in a protected zone, immediately next to an operational Air Force Station.”

insurance company liability motor accident invalid driving licence

Case Briefs High Courts

Fake or Invalid Licence Alone Cannot Save the Insurer: Karnataka High Court modified the award by Motor Accident Claims Tribunal

“Unless the breach is so fundamental that it has contributed to the cause of the accident, the Insurance Company cannot avoid its liability.”

Yamuna Flood Plains commercial activities ban

Case Briefs High Courts

A Parking Dispute at Yamuna Sur Ghat Brought Delhi HC to Ban All Commercial and Religious Activities on Flood Plains

“In view of the interest of environmental protection and the area being ecologically sensitive, all types of commercial/religious activities for any purpose whatsoever shall be restricted from the said area.”

Proximate Nexus Between Harassment and Suicide

Case Briefs High Courts

Abetment to suicide proceedings against school teacher Quashed; No proximate nexus between alleged harassment and suicide: Allahabad HC

“However harsh or severe the harassment, unless there is a conscious deliberate intention, mens rea, to drive another person to suicidal death, there cannot be a finding of abetment under Section 306.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

The Road to Safety: Supreme Court’s Strong Push for Installation of Vehicle Tracking Devices and Emergency Panic Buttons in Public Transits

The Court also directed the Central Government to contemplate with parties concerned as to installation of vehicle location tracking devices in the vehicles at the manufacturing stage.

Order 7 Rule 11 CPC rejection of plaint meaningful reading

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Clever Drafting Cannot Save a Benami Claim: Supreme Court on Meaningful Reading of Plaint Under Order 7 Rule 11

The Court directed the confiscation of the property where a claim, which was presented to be based on a will, but was in substance an attempt to obtain judicial recognition of a benami transaction.