News Update… Supreme Court Holds That Magistrate Has No Jurisdiction To Invoke Section 156(3) CrPC For The Second Time After Earlier Dismissal And When High Court Liberty Was Confined To Filing Private Complaint Under Section 200 CrPC 5 May 2026 The Supreme Court has clarified that the parameters for invocation of Sections 156(3) and 200 CrPC operate in distinct fields and that a second application under Section 156(3) CrPC after…
News Update Calcutta High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Father Accused Of Assaulting Minor Son During Court Ordered Visitation Holding Allegations Inherently Improbable Lacking Mens Rea And Based Solely On Interested Witnesses 5 May 2026 The Calcutta High Court has allowed a criminal revision and quashed the entire proceedings arising out of Burdwan P.S. Case No. 237/2025 pending before the learned Judicial Magistrate, 5th Court,…
News Update… Supreme Court Quashes Rape Case Based On False Promise Of Marriage, Holding Relationship Was Consensual Over Years With Full Knowledge Of Prior Marriages 5 May 2026 The Supreme Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a man accused of rape on the false promise of marriage, observing that the physical relationship between the parties was consensual over…
Event Legal Hiring Opportunity at Aditya Birla Capital 5 May 2026 Aditya Birla Capital is currently seeking qualified legal professionals with 3 to 5 years of relevant experience to join its team. How to Apply:Interested candidates are invited to share their…
News Update… Supreme Court Holds That Relevant Date For Acquiring Minimum Educational Qualification In Recruitment Process Is The Date Of Submission Of Application Pursuant To Advertisement 5 May 2026 The Supreme Court has held that the relevant date for determining eligibility, including educational qualification, in a recruitment process is the date of submission of the online application form pursuant…
News Update… Supreme Court Grants Bail To Murder Accused After Almost Four Years In Custody, Stressing Right To Speedy Trial Under Article 21 5 May 2026 The Supreme Court has granted regular bail to an undertrial accused in a murder case, observing that prolonged incarceration without any progress in the trial infringes the fundamental right to…
Madhya Pradesh High Court… Madhya Pradesh High Court Holds That Compassionate Appointment Is Not a Heritable Property Right and Insisting on Succession Certificate Is Arbitrary 5 May 2026 The High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Indore, in a common order passed by Justice Jai Kumar Pillai in Writ Petition No. 13968 of 2023 and connected Writ Petition No.…
News Update… Rajasthan High Court Holds That Woman in Void Second Marriage Not Entitled to Maintenance Under Section 125 CrPC 4 May 2026 The High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan Bench at Jaipur, in S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous (Petition) No. 268/2019, by its order dated 27 April 2026 passed by Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand,…
News Update… Supreme Court Sets Aside High Court Order Allowing Belated Third-Party Objection in Execution Proceedings; Holds That Mother of Judgment Debtor Cannot Stall Recovery by Claiming Joint Family Share at a Late Stage 4 May 2026 The Supreme Court of India, in Civil Appeal No. 6525 of 2026 titled Challani Ginning and Pressing Factory v. Kamal, by its order dated 23 April 2026 passed by Justices…
Jammu and Kashmir High Court… High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh Directs Release of Gratuity by Parent Organization and Leave Salary by Borrowing Organization in Deputation Case 4 May 2026 The petitioner through the medium of the present writ petition has sought a direction upon respondents No.1 and 2 to make payment of the amount due to him on account…
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