News Update… Supreme Court Rules Creamy Layer Status for OBC Reservation Cannot Be Decided Solely on Parental Income: Salary Excluded from Wealth Test Under 1993 OM 12 Mar 2026 The Supreme Court has held that determination of creamy layer status for OBC candidates in Civil Services Examinations cannot be made solely on the basis of parental salary income. The…
Karnataka High Court… Karnataka HC Quashes S.138 NI Act Proceedings: Cheque Dishonour Due to Police Debit Freeze Not an Offence as Drawer Lacked Control Over Account 12 Mar 202612 Mar 2026 The Karnataka High Court has quashed proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, holding that when a cheque is dishonoured solely because the account was debit frozen…
News Update Delhi CBI Court Orders Transfer of Landmark Antrix-Devas Corruption Case to Bengaluru: Jurisdiction Challenge by A-6 Veena S. Rao Succeeds 12 Mar 2026 In a major procedural victory for one of the accused in India’s biggest space-sector corruption probe, the Special CBI Court (PC Act), RADC, New Delhi, has allowed the application filed…
Articles… Sikkim HC Sets Aside SSB Constable’s Termination: Minor Criminal Cases & Socio-Economic Background Cannot Automatically Bar Public Employment 12 Mar 2026 The High Court of Sikkim has quashed the termination of a Constable (Washerman) in the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), holding that suppression of trivial criminal cases which ultimately resulted in…
News Update… Supreme Court Dismisses Dr. Suneetha Narreddy’s Pleas Seeking Further CBI Investigation and Bail Challenges in YS Vivekananda Reddy Murder Case 12 Mar 202612 Mar 2026 The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a batch of petitions filed by Dr. Suneetha Narreddy, daughter of former MP YS Vivekananda Reddy, seeking a direction for further investigation by the…
News Update… Supreme Court Issues First-Ever Passive Euthanasia Order Under Common Cause Judgment: Allows Withdrawal of Life Support for Man in Irreversible Vegetative State for 13 Years 12 Mar 2026 The Supreme Court on Wednesday passed its first-ever order permitting passive euthanasia in terms of the 2018 Common Cause judgment (as modified in 2023), recognising the fundamental right to die…
News Update… Supreme Court Acquits Murder Accused: Call Detail Records Inadmissible Without Mandatory Section 65-B Certificate – Prosecution’s Circumstantial Chain Collapses 11 Mar 2026 The Supreme Court has acquitted Pooranmal in a 2010 murder case, ruling that Call Detail Records (CDRs) cannot be relied upon as evidence unless accompanied by the mandatory certificate under…
bombay high court… Bombay HC: Girl Won’t Falsely Accuse Father of Rape Over Studies or Marriage Fears – Upholds Life Term in POCSO Case 11 Mar 2026 The Bombay High Court has rejected the defence theory of "false implication" raised by a father convicted for repeatedly raping his minor daughter, holding that no child would level such…
News Update… Supreme Court Dismisses Specific Performance Suit: Plaintiff Withheld Crucial MoU Revealing Loan Security Transaction – “Unclean Hands” Bar Equitable Relief 11 Mar 2026 The Supreme Court on March 10, 2026, upheld the dismissal of a suit for specific performance of a 2002 sale agreement, holding that the plaintiff approached the court with "unclean…
News Update… Supreme Court Makes Interim Arrest Protection Absolute for Folk Singer Neha Singh Rathore in Sedition FIR Over “Anti-India” Tweets Targeting PM Modi Amid Pahalgam Terror Fallout 10 Mar 2026 The Supreme Court has confirmed absolute protection from arrest for folk singer Neha Singh Rathore in an FIR accusing her of posting "objectionable" content on social media criticizing Prime Minister…
