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Punjab and Haryana High Court Holds That Second Anticipatory Bail Petition Is Not Maintainable When Accused Is Already On Regular Bail And No Substantial Change In Circumstances Is Shown After Dismissal Of Earlier Petition

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed the second petition filed by Gurtej Singh @ Gurtej Singh Brar under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking anticipatory…

Supreme Court Holds That Corporate Veil Can Be Lifted In CIRP Of Holding Company To Include Assets Of Subsidiary Companies For Completion Of Stalled Real Estate Projects And Protection Of Homebuyers

The Supreme Court has allowed the batch of civil appeals and set aside the judgment dated 30.01.2023 passed by the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi in…

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

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…

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

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,…

Supreme Court Quashes Rape Case Based On False Promise Of Marriage, Holding Relationship Was Consensual Over Years With Full Knowledge Of Prior Marriages

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…

Supreme Court Holds That Relevant Date For Acquiring Minimum Educational Qualification In Recruitment Process Is The Date Of Submission Of Application Pursuant To Advertisement

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…

Supreme Court Grants Bail To Murder Accused After Almost Four Years In Custody, Stressing Right To Speedy Trial Under Article 21

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…

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Madhya Pradesh High Court Holds That Compassionate Appointment Is Not a Heritable Property Right and Insisting on Succession Certificate Is Arbitrary

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.…

Rajasthan High Court Holds That Woman in Void Second Marriage Not Entitled to Maintenance Under Section 125 CrPC

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,…

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

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…