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While noting that the reported amounts defrauded had decreased substantially, the Court regarded this trend as certainly encouraging but expressly cautioned that “continued monitoring remains indispensable”.
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The case arose from events that unfolded at Dataran Merdeka, when participants attending a candlelight vigil were required by police officers to accompany them to Dang Wangi District Police Headquarters. Although the police maintained that the participants were not under arrest, they were transported in police vehicles, detained for several hours, and later issued compounds before being released.
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The Court held that employees serving in disciplined and uniformed forces such as the CISF are expected to maintain consistently high standards of efficiency and discipline.
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The Court observed that the allegations do not merely portray an assault; they prima facie depict an attempt to commit rape, interrupted not by any voluntary desistance on the part of the accused but by the relentless resistance offered by the victim herself.
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The Court noted that the Mandir Secretary admitted that no documentary proof of the boy’s age was produced before marriage.
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Supreme Court reiterated that a declaration of law by the Supreme Court has retrospective effect unless expressly stated otherwise. The prospective protection contemplated in T.M.A. Pai Foundation case was held to apply only to statutory provisions inconsistent with the judgment and did not preserve executive schemes such as the subvention scheme.
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The Bombay High Court held that a litigant cannot remain absent from proceedings for years and later seek indulgence on the ground of a supposed bona fide misunderstanding.
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“The Tribunal held that a vested stock option does not itself constitute a ‘specified security’ under Section 17(2)(vi). The charging provision is triggered only upon exercise of the option and allotment of shares. Until then, the employee holds only a capital asset in the nature of a right to subscribe to shares, and its transfer is chargeable under the head ‘Capital Gains’.
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The complaint alleged that despite investing nearly ₹42 lakh and waiting over a decade, the homebuyers were handed an incomplete unit without an occupation certificate, while the builder also failed to honour its pre-EMI commitment, adversely affecting their financial credibility.
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Supreme Court set aside the conviction of a man who spent 22 years in prison, holding that the prosecution case rested on an unreliable solitary eyewitness account. The Court also emphasised that Constitutional Courts must adopt a proactive approach in condoning delays in criminal appeals filed by convicts.
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The Court clarified that appointments made unilaterally without contractual authority or consent would be void, subject to the Court’s clarification regarding unsuccessful prior challenges.
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The Allahabad High Court quashed FIR under the POCSO Act, holding that continuation of the criminal proceedings would serve no fruitful purpose in the peculiar facts of the case.
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Delhi High Court expressed surprise that, despite the repeated dismissal of the accused’s anticipatory bail applications, including by the Supreme Court, the local police appeared to have taken no steps to arrest him. The Court observed that such inaction conveyed an impression that the accused was being helped and that “there is something more that meets the eye”.
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The NCDRC admitted two consumer complaints citing allegations of misrepresentation, an improperly procured Occupation Certificate, and arbitrary demands by the developer. The developer undertook not to cancel any complainant’s allotment without the Commission’s leave, granting homebuyers interim protection, with the matters listed for 26 October 2026.
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Supreme Court has ruled that appeals under Section 54, Land Acquisition Act challenging statutory benefits such as solatium, additional amount and statutory interest attract ad valorem court fee, holding that these benefits form an inseparable part of compensation.
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Delhi High Court granted interim relief to Salman Khan by restraining the dissemination of the teaser and promotional material of “Kala Hiran — The Battle For Legacy”. The Court held that the teaser and related social media posts prima facie commercially exploited the actor’s personality rights and caused irreparable harm to his reputation.
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The Court held that a registered sale deed supported by receipt of consideration and transfer of title cannot be contradicted by an unregistered agreement, and in the absence of dishonest intention from inception, no offence of cheating under Section 420 IPC is made out.
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The Court granted 1 final opportunity to the defaulting States, that had failed to deposit the earlier costs of ₹50,000 were granted to deposit enhanced costs of ₹1,00,000 by 5 August 2026, failing which contempt proceedings would follow.
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Kerala High Court ruled that the question of prior sanction under Section 197 CrPC must be deferred when the alleged misconduct of public servants and its nexus with official duty involve disputed facts. The Court held that police officers cannot invoke statutory protection as a blanket shield against allegations of unjustified violence and allowed the complaint to proceed.
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An Administrative-cum-Finance Officer of MAKAIAS challenged his compulsory retirement, alleging that the disciplinary proceedings were vitiated by bias on the part of the Director who acted as the disciplinary authority.
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