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Allahabad High Court Acquits Accused in 1986 Murder Case After 37 Years – Holds Chain of Circumstantial Evidence Not Complete

The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court allowed the criminal appeal and acquitted the surviving appellant in a decades-old murder case, citing serious gaps in the prosecution’s circumstantial evidence.…

Supreme Court Holds Consumer Complaints Cannot Be Referred to Arbitration After Admission – Restores 2005 Housing Delay Complaint for Merits Adjudication

The Supreme Court has set aside orders of consumer fora that referred a long-pending housing society flat possession delay complaint to arbitration. The Court directed restoration of the complaint for…

Supreme Court Declares Right to Walk on Demarcated Footpaths as Fundamental Right – Prioritizes Pedestrians Over Motorized Vehicles

The Supreme Court of India has expansively interpreted the fundamental right to walk under the Constitution. The Court held that the right to move freely under Article 19(1)(d) includes the…

bombay high court…

Bombay High Court Sets Aside ICC Order in POSH Case – Holds Shared Public Autorickshaw Not a “Workplace” Under Sexual Harassment Act

The Bombay High Court has set aside an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) order holding an SBI employee guilty of sexual harassment. The Court ruled that an incident in a shared…

Jammu and Kashmir High Court…

J&K High Court Upholds Notional Appointment, Seniority & Old Pension Scheme Benefits for Wrongfully Excluded Candidate

A Division Bench of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Jammu dismissed a writ petition filed by the Power Development Department and upheld the order of…

Gujarat high court…

Gujarat High Court Upholds Compensation Award in Electrocution Death Case – Reiterates Principle of Absolute Liability on Electricity Companies

The Gujarat High Court at Ahmedabad dismissed the First Appeal filed by Gujarat Energy Transmission Company Ltd. (GETCO) and upheld the trial court’s award of Rs. 9,40,000/- with 9% interest…

Jharkhand High Court Dismisses Second Appeal – Upholds Ex-Parte Decree in Title Suit Concerning Ancestral Land and PM Awas Yojana Allotment

the Jharkhand High Court, Ranchi dismissed Second Appeal No. 136 of 2026 filed by Ram Kishun Mahto and Panchmi Devi, thereby upholding the concurrent findings of the trial court and…

Rajasthan High Court Quashes JDA’s Arbitrary Withdrawal of OTS Flyover Work Order and Re-tendering of DPR – Major Relief to JCL Infra

The Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur Bench, allowed the writ petitions filed by JCL Infra Private Limited and set aside the arbitrary actions of the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) in withdrawing…

Supreme Court Holds Madhya Pradesh Special Police Establishment (Lokayukt) Not Exempt from RTI Act – Notification Dated 25.08.2011 Declared Invalid

The Supreme Court of India allowed the appeal filed by the Special Police Establishment (SPE), Madhya Pradesh, while clarifying important principles regarding the applicability of the Right to Information Act,…

Supreme Court Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Rejection of Rajya Sabha Nomination Over Non-Disclosure of Pending Criminal Case

The Supreme Court of India dismissed a writ petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, upholding the rejection of a nomination paper for Rajya Sabha elections on…