Editorial Team 
The Madras High Court has directed reconsideration of a minor’s passport renewal, holding that his father’s acquisition of British citizenship did not automatically end the child’s Indian citizenship. Judge / Bench — Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy. In Aarush Shanmugam Gurudev v Regional Passport Officer, decided on 13 October 2026, the child was born in India to … Read more
The Supreme Court restored relief to former Periyar University Deputy Registrar R. Saravanan on 16 October 2026, ruling that an appellate bench cannot overturn a reasonable writ-court decision merely because it prefers another view. Judge / Bench — Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Shree Chandrashekhar; judgment by Justice Shree Chandrashekhar. The university had removed Saravanan … Read more
The Supreme Court on 15 October upheld the quashing of a Tamil Nadu order that allowed certain converts to Islam to obtain Backward Class Muslim certificates. Conversion alone does not establish membership in any of the State’s seven notified Muslim communities, and a person’s pre-conversion caste status cannot automatically be carried across. Community certificates are … Read more
The Delhi High Court on 15 October upheld gang-rape charges against a woman and her co-accused. It held that Section 376D of the Penal Code and Section 70 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita use the gender-neutral word “persons” and extend liability to anyone acting with the group’s common intention, even without personally committing rape. The … Read more
The Kerala High Court on 6 October held that amendments to Rules 83 and 86 of the Explosives Rules govern permanent fireworks shops, not applications for temporary festive-season outlets. It directed the District Collector to decide the petitioner’s application within three weeks without imposing the permanent-shop requirements, while insisting on strict scrutiny under Rule 84, … Read more
The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Gwalior on 24 September directed an electricity connection within seven days for a woman occupying part of a disputed family property. Section 43 of the Electricity Act protects an “occupier”, and the distribution company need not decide title or partition disputes. The Court held that electricity is an essential … Read more
The Supreme Court on 16 October dismissed a decades-old suit concerning a Friends Colony plot in Delhi. It held that a suit for possession alone was time-barred and untenable where a serious dispute clouded title. An agreement to sell conveys no ownership without a registered sale deed, and the claimants neither sought cancellation or specific … Read more
The Supreme Court on 16 October set aside a Punjab and Haryana High Court ruling that restored a ₹12.58 crore bid for a Chandigarh nursing-home site. The administration had cancelled that result after the adjacent plot fetched ₹18.25 crore; a later auction produced ₹18.30 crore. Holding that a public authority may revisit an auction to … Read more
The Delhi High Court on 21 September held that a social-media influencer’s use of Niva Bupa’s mark merely to identify the company while discussing consumer and regulatory matters was not use “in the course of trade” under Section 29 of the Trade Marks Act. The Court permitted withdrawal with liberty to file an ordinary civil … Read more
The Supreme Court on 15 October modified a consumer-forum order arising from delayed possession in a Hyderabad housing project. It directed payment of ₹1.27 crore with 12% interest and ₹15 lakh compensation to the buyer, while retaining the balance pending the lender’s commercial appeal. The Court held that a buyer cannot receive interest on the … Read more
