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Public dissemination of allegations by a PSU employee through social media may attract disciplinary consequences. However, where misconduct does not demonstrate corruption or moral turpitude, severance from service violates the doctrine of proportionality.
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“Present case appears to be a case of mental depravity arising out of sibling jealousy, which needs to be addressed before it takes unruly dimensions in the society.”
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“It is clear that the landlord has established the requirement as pleaded and subsequent developments are not such as to completely eclipse or extinguish the bona fide requirement.”
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The Court on 20 February 2026, had requested the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court to spare some serving judicial officers, along with some former judicial officers in the rank of District Judges/Additional District Judges, to revisit and dispose of the pending claims under the category of “logical discrepancy/unmapped category”.
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“During this long period of silence, the petitioner/assessee was entitled to proceed on the reasonable belief that the matter had attained finality and reopening it after nearly a decade frustrates legitimate expectations.”
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“Section 70(3) BNSS states that all summons served through electronic communication under Sections 64 to 71 BNSS shall be considered as duly served and a copy of such electronic summons shall be attested and kept as a proof of service of summons.”
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“Once the infringing goods were available for sale, the tort of infringement, which predicates use of the infringed mark, or a mark which is deceptively similar thereto, for trade, stood committed.”
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“The contention that the marriage could not take place due to non-matching of kundalis appears inconsistent with his own conduct and representations made over the years. If the issue of kundali matching was indeed of such determinative importance for the applicant and his family, the same should have been resolved at the threshold before entering into physical relations.”
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“The Act was legislated in order to give an element of protection to transgender persons, who on account of circumstances beyond their control were born into bodies not aligned with their identities. The social ostracism of such people had led the Parliament to enact the special statute.”
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Culling out the basic factors for imposition of sentence, the Court stated that, “The supreme objective of law is the protection of society and creating a deterrence against crime by imposing adequate punishment.”
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“The concept of personality right has gained momentum by reason of unauthorised exploitation on digital platforms and social media for commercial gain, which often results in tarnishing or damaging the personality rights of an individual and more often of a renowned and well-known personality.”
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“Permitting existing adjudicatory mechanisms and statutory authorities to continue till new mechanisms are put in place cannot be said to be sidestepping the provisions of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 or removing obstacles to get over statutory restrictions.”
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“In the absence of any rival or competing claims, and where the identity and entitlement of the legal heirs are clearly verified, the competent authority may release retiral benefits, pensionary dues, compensation.”
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The Court noted that “reasons to believe” are mandatory to be recorded; however, they need not be supplied along with the arrest memo to the accused, unlike the “grounds of arrest”, which must be supplied.
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“The Mother and child love and affection is more relevant than anything else. The laws are made for the citizens but citizens are not born for the laws. No law can deprive the child or mother from their bondage, love and affection and the relation cannot be denied.”
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The Court held that only the period of actual custody undergone by an accused can be considered while computing the permissible period for police custody or statutory bail, and the duration during which an accused remains on interim bail cannot be counted as detention.
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“It is quite vivid that though not explicit but implied condition of taking such care would continue throughout the lifetime of respondents exists, thereby it needs not be expressed as written condition to declare the gift deed to be null and void.”
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“The federal structure of our Constitution of India cannot be allowed to be destroyed and it is a duty of the High Court that once such type of matter is brought to the knowledge of the Court, the High Court is required to rise to the occasion.”
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“Criminal law is meant to protect genuine victims of crime, not to rewrite the history of a relationship that was voluntarily entered into, publicly acknowledged, and sustained over several years.”
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The Court held that decisions relating to eligibility criteria, age limits, and closure of registrations fall within the executive policy domain of the State and are not amenable to judicial review in the absence of arbitrariness, statutory violation, or unconstitutionality.
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