Non-Maintenance of Form F Records Is Springboard for Foeticide: P&H HC Upholds 80-Year-Old’s Conviction under PCPNDT Act
“Non-maintenance of records is springboard for commission of offence of foeticide, not just a clerical error.”
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Explainer: Delhi High Court on Limitation, Waiver, and MGCC Shortfall Deductions under Arbitral Awards in Section 34 Proceedings
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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Can Private Loan Transactions Constitute “Deposits” under Section 2(c), MPID Act? Supreme Court Explained
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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Can a Railway Employee Claim HRA After Building His Own House and Vacating the Railway Quarter? Gauhati HC Explains How the Rules Work
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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‘Marriage Does Not Eclipse Her Individuality’: SC Expunges Cruelty and Desertion Findings Against Dentist Wife
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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Delays by EPC Contractor and Gas Supplier Are Controllable Factors Under CERC Tariff Regulations; Their Cost Cannot Be Passed to Consumers: APTEL
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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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“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.
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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.”
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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.
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Nationwide sterilisation, Full Implementation of ABC Rules, 2023: SC issues broad directions in Stray Dogs Suo Motu Case
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 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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.”
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