Deposit Default Ends Fuel Dealer’s Supreme Court Challenge
The Supreme Court has dismissed a fuel dealer’s challenge after it failed to deposit ₹80 lakh required by an earlier conditional stay. The Court had...
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Recent reports from Indian courts, with their original court documents.
Medical Board Ordered for Paralysed, Visually Impaired Convict
The Supreme Court has ordered a Medical Board assessment of a 48-year-old convict reportedly suffering paralysis and serious visual impairment. The application arose in pending...
Railways Must Clarify Reserved Candidates’ Migration to Open Seats
The Supreme Court has directed the Railway Board to disclose whether reserved-category candidates used relaxations before being placed in the unreserved merit list. The dispute...
Meeran Haider’s Police Reporting Reduced to Saturdays
The Supreme Court has modified one of Meeran Haider’s bail conditions, reducing mandatory police reporting from twice weekly to once every Saturday. Haider told the...
Settlement Ends Matrimonial Prosecution Despite Husband’s Absconding
The Supreme Court has quashed criminal proceedings arising from a matrimonial dispute after the couple settled and divorced by mutual consent, rejecting the lower court’s...
Bank Transfer Dispute Ends With Protected Delhi Posting
The Supreme Court has ended a transfer dispute involving State Bank of India employee Neeraj Sharma by recording the bank’s later decision to place him...
Sukhabhai Nanjibhai Makwana and Anr. V. Union of India
Supreme Court—Civil Appeal—Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987, s.16; Railways Act, 1989, ss.123(c)(2), 124-A—Bona fide passenger sustaining fatal injuries in accidental fall—absence of ticket not conclusive;...
Owners and Parties Interested in M.V. Nereus Progress V. Om Freight Forwarders Ltd.
Supreme Court of India—Civil Appeal—arrest of vessel under Sections 5(1)(b) and 5(2), Admiralty Act, 2017; valid termination of bareboat charter under Clause 31 rendered charterer...
Paramjit Singh Bedi V. State of Punjab
Criminal Appeal—S. 376 IPC—Prosecutrix’s testimony riddled with material contradictions; acquittal under S. 366 IPC having attained finality, same evidence could not be selectively accepted to...
Madras High Court Calls for a Shift in Gender Roles, Says Men Can Be Homemakers Too
The idea that running a household is primarily a woman’s responsibility came under scrutiny before the Madras High Court, which said men should also be...
Delhi High Court: Litigants Cannot Disown Counsel’s Statements After Orders Are Passed
The Delhi High Court has made it clear that a party cannot later distance itself from statements made by its own counsel in court and...
Kerala High Court Seeks Urgent Overhaul of POCSO Court Facilities Across State
A recent inspection of courts handling cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act has prompted the Kerala High Court to call...