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Supreme Court Sets Aside Patna High Court Bail Order in Dowry Death Case; Raps High Court for Mechanical Approach and Failure to Consider Gravity of Offence

The Supreme Court on Wednesday criticized the Patna High Court for passing a mechanical order granting bail to the husband in an alleged dowry death case. A bench of Justices…

Supreme Court Holds Dismissal of Suit for Default Does Not Operate as Res Judicata but Litigant’s Abandonment of Earlier Proceedings Attracts Abuse of Process; Appeal Dismissed

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a civil appeal filed by Sharada Sanghi & Ors. challenging the concurrent findings of the first appellate court and the High Court of Andhra…

Supreme Court Holds Unsigned Charge-Framing Order is Mere Curable Procedural Irregularity; Sets Aside Allahabad High Court Direction for De Novo Trial in 2007 Murder Case

The Supreme Court has held that the absence of a signature on the order framing charges is a curable procedural defect under Sections 215 and 464 Cr.P.C. and does not…

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Allahabad High Court Clarifies Supreme Court’s Sanju Bansal Ruling: Police Can Rely on Confessional Statements During Investigation Even If Inadmissible in Charge-Sheet; Anticipatory Bail Rejected in Gorakhpur Murder Case

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The Allahabad High Court has clarified that the Supreme Court’s observations in Sanju Bansal v. State of Uttar Pradesh are limited to the exclusion of police-recorded confessional statements from the…

Supreme Court Expunges Bombay High Court Remarks on AI-Generated Fake Citation; Warns Menace of Non-Existent Judgments is Rampant Across Courts Worldwide

The Supreme Court on Friday expunged the remarks made by the Bombay High Court against the petitioner for citing a non-existent judgment allegedly generated through artificial intelligence, while cautioning that…

Supreme Court Voices Serious Concern Over Post-Facto Environmental Clearances Allowing Harmful Projects to Continue Until State Intervention

The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed deep concern that permitting post-facto environmental clearance would result in projects harmful to the environment continuing unabated until state intervention occurs. A bench comprising…

Parliament Passes Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026; Narrows Definition of Transgender Person and Mandates Medical Board for Gender Recognition

The Parliament has passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026. The Rajya Sabha today passed the Bill, which was cleared by the Lok Sabha yesterday, by a…

Supreme Court Requests Punjab & Haryana High Court to Sympathetically Consider Relaxation of 45% Minimum Marks Criterion for Scheduled Caste Candidates in Civil Judge (Junior Division) Recruitment

The Supreme Court on Friday requested the Punjab and Haryana High Court to sympathetically consider a representation seeking relaxation of the 45% minimum total marks prescribed for Scheduled Caste category…

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Allahabad High Court Grants Interim Protection to Vikram Sandhu: No Arrest Till Cognizance in Gautam Buddha Nagar FIR Case

In a detailed order passed on 9 March 2026, the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad disposed of Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 2167 of 2026, titled Vikram Sandhu And…

Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge to MHA Circular on Singing Vande Mataram in Schools as Premature; Stresses Patriotism Cannot Be Compelled While Protecting Individual Conscience

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed as premature a writ petition challenging the Ministry of Home Affairs circular dated 28 January 2026 prescribing the manner in which Vande Mataram is…