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The Court held that the expression “at its option” under Section 36(1)(vii-a)(a), Income-tax Act, 1961, could not be treated as surplusage or deprived of their ordinary meaning.
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The High Court held that the custody period, that is around 1 year and 7 months, had not progressed to such a stage as would warrant interference merely on the ground of the period of incarceration already suffered by the petitioner.
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The Court held that mere presence at a demonstration does not establish offences under Sections 223(a) and 3(5) BNS, i.e. disobedience of a duly promulgated order by public servant.
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The Court found prima facie nexus between the petitioner and entities allegedly involved in diversion of government funds; observes that abuse of official position cannot be ruled out at this stage.
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The Court noted that original recordings of the telephonic conversations were sent to CFSL for expert opinion and till date had not been filed before the trial court. Any material which has not been filed on the trial court’s record cannot be supplied to an accused person.
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The Court directed the registration authorities to delete the subject property from the list of prohibited properties under Section 22-A, Registration Act, 1908 and register the property as per the Registration Act and Stamp Act, 1899, holding Waqf Board’s claim on property was contrary to Court orders and they cannot ignore final decree passed by Court.
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The Bombay High Court quashed criminal proceedings arising out of allegations that the accused persons had induced and pressured a complainant and his wife to convert to Christianity.
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The Karnataka High Court held that subsequent remarriage does not per se extinguish a wife’s right to permanent alimony but is a material change which needs to be considered while determining the quantum.
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Bombay High Court held that employees of exempted establishments are entitled to the same higher pension benefits under the EPS 1995 as employees of unexempted establishments. The provident fund trust rules cannot override statutory rights under Paras 11(3) and 11(4), and applications for higher pension cannot be denied merely because trust rules impose wage ceilings or do not provide for contributions on actual wages.
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The High Court directed the insurance company to pay the enhanced compensation with interest within 8 weeks, while granting it the liberty to recover the amount from the tractor owner in accordance with law.
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A suit was filed alleging that the video, uploaded on 9 October 2026 on the YouTube channel “Bcubed (Breaking Boundaries with Sabeer Bhatia)” in collaboration with “Shadow Citizens”, and subsequently posted on X, contained false and defamatory imputations against the company and the Adani Group.
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Madras High Court quashed the Medical Board’s refusal to permit termination of a 31-week pregnancy after detecting agenesis of the corpus callosum and bilateral ventriculomegaly.
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The Delhi High Court held that quashing the FIR would legitimise child marriage and the exploitation of a minor.
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The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court quashed an FIR registered against revenue and municipal officials pursuant to directions issued by a Judicial Magistrate, holding that the Magistrate had given a criminal colour to a purely administrative dispute relating to land in possession of a Court and had failed to follow the procedure governing exercise of powers under Section 156(3) J&K CrPC.
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Observing that a 15-year-old child requires a father’s guidance and a mother’s love and affection, the Court reiterated that these are fundamental to the child’s well-being and that a child must not be made a “football” between the parents to their own detriment.
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In considering Section 45 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, the Calcutta High Court held that referring the dispute to arbitration would require it to treat the existing consent decree as non-binding on the charterer, which could not be done at the execution stage in the absence of proceedings to set aside the decree.
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A dispute arose over the applicability of a notification changing the import policy for studded platinum jewellery from “Free” to “Restricted”, where the consignments had been dispatched and arrived in India before the notification was published, but the Bills of Entry were filed afterwards.
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The Court held CIC erred in directing disclosure of SFR-II records, as redaction could not remove the security risks.
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Delhi High Court dismissed a petition challenging an order on charge in a case involving offences under the POCSO Act, holding that the word “persons” in the gang rape provision under Section 376-D IPC/Section 70 BNS is gender neutral, so as a woman who forms part of a group or acts in furtherance of a common intention to have rape committed on the victim can be charged with the offence, though a woman alone cannot be charged.
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Kerala High Court directed UIDAI to compare fingerprints recovered from a double-murder crime scene with Aadhaar database records holding that the investigating agency was not seeking disclosure of core biometric information but only identification of persons whose fingerprints matched the crime-scene prints. Such a request was permissible under Section 33, Aadhaar Act when authorised by a High Court and did not offend the right to privacy.
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