Ankita Kumari, Author at SCC Times

SAMADHAN SAMAROH: 1,712 cases resolved, Rs 240.94 Crore settled in Supreme Court’s Special Lok Adalat

The three-day Special Lok Adalat under SAMADHAN SAMAROH 2026 listed 3,285 cases and settled/disposed of 1,664 cases, with 48 additional cases resolved through mediation, taking the total disposals to 1,712.

Events/Webinars News

“What is not collected cannot be recovered”: Senior Advocate Pinky Anand leads Goa Workshop on Forensic Evidence

Senior Advocate Pinky Anand conducted a training workshop in Goa on strengthening the implementation of SOPs for collection and presentation of forensic evidence in cases of sexual assault, gender-based violence and child abuse.

Hot Off The Press News

SAMADHAN SAMAROH: 600 Listed, 400+ Settled on Day One of the Supreme Court’s Special Lok Adalat

More than 600 cases were listed for settlement before 16 Special Lok Adalat Benches of the Supreme Court on the first day of the Special Lok Adalat, with over 400 cases being amicably settled through dialogue between the parties.

Retrospective promotion granted after 46 years

Case Briefs High Courts

After 46 years, promotion denied on Adverse Entries found unfair: Allahabad HC grants retired Police Officer retrospective promotion

“The Tribunal appears to have lost sight that a fact can be proved, while the negative cannot. It was up to the department to demonstrate communication.”

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Women Candidates Securing 6th & 7th Positions Seek Recall of Supreme Court Order on Bar Council Co-option

Two women candidates securing the 6th and 7th positions in Bar Council elections have urged reconsideration of the co-option mechanism, stressing natural justice, electoral representation and meaningful participation of women advocates.

Case Briefs High Courts

Clear AIBE Within 2 Years or lose right to practice: Allahabad HC clarifies rules for 2009-2010 onwards law graduates

For practicing in High Court such advocates having a provisional enrolment certificate issued by Bar Council of U.P. must also have provisional advocate roll of High Court, Allahabad or Lucknow

husband conviction set aside after 47 years

Case Briefs High Courts

After 47 years, doubt prevails over conviction: Allahabad HC acquits husband in 1979 dowry death case

The Court noted that the presence of the appellant at the time of occurrence at the scene of crime has not been proved beyond reasonable doubt and no active role has been assigned to him and the chain of the evidence is not consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused.

Case Briefs High Courts

When Justice Demands Closure, Criminal Proceedings Need Not Continue; Allahabad HC Quashes POCSO FIR

The Allahabad High Court quashed FIR under the POCSO Act, holding that continuation of the criminal proceedings would serve no fruitful purpose in the peculiar facts of the case.

Case Briefs District Court

Eviction appeal filed after over two years? Delhi Court refuses to condone delay; says ignorance of law no ground for extension of limitation

The Court observed that ignorance of law and bona fide mistake cannot be valid grounds for granting condonation of delay particularly when there is inordinate delay in filing the appeal.”

Special Exclusive Courts at Rouse Avenue Court

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A New “Architecture of Justice”: CJI Surya Kant Inaugurates Special Exclusive Courts for NIA, UAPA, NDPS, and MCOCA Cases Open at Rouse Avenue

Calling Delhi the “nation’s laboratory for judicial innovation”, CJI Surya Kant marked the importance of specialised courts for timely and effective adjudication of complex criminal cases.

Case Briefs High Courts

No Woman Should Choose Between Childbirth and Career; Allahabad HC Allows PET Deferment for Pregnant Candidate

A woman cleared the written exam for Forest Guard and Wildlife Guard recruitment, nine months pregnant at the time, was told there was no rule allowing her physical test to be postponed. The Allahabad High Court disagreed, holding that no woman should have to choose between motherhood and a job.

Legal RoundUp Topic-wise Roundup

Premature Release Policy for Elderly Prisoners, Anti-Paper Leak Bill and POCSO: Criminal Law July 2026 Roundup

The July Criminal Law Roundup highlights important decisions of the Supreme Court and High Courts on prisoners’ rights, bail, juvenile justice, POCSO, custodial deaths, investigation, sentencing, quashment proceedings, and notable legislative developments in criminal law.

Case Briefs High Courts

IBC Moratorium Not a Safe Harbour Against Section 138 NI Act Prosecution; Directors Can’t Escape Cheque Dishonour Liability: Punjab and Haryana HC

The High Court object of the moratorium is merely to postpone civil debt enforcement and not to shield an accused from criminal accountability arising out of dishonour of cheques.

Parking slots in a co-operative housing society

Case Briefs District Court

Buying the Flat Does Not Buy the Parking Space: Maharashtra Co-operative Appellate Court

The Court observes that in absence of a specific procedure followed by the disputants for getting a parking for their flat, they cannot claim any right, interest over the parking slot of their predecessor in title.

Case Briefs High Courts

Technical Approval for Concrete Sleeper Plants Cannot Be Judicially Presumed; Deemed Approval Unknown to Railway Policy: Allahabad HC

The Court observed that the relief sought by the petitioner seems to be in disguise as it tries to achieve approval indirectly, which it has failed to achieve directly.

Casteist Facebook post against MP Chandrashekhar Azad

Case Briefs High Courts

Facebook Post Containing Alleged Casteist Remarks Against MP Chandrashekhar Azad Discloses Prima Facie Case; Allahabad HC Upholds Rejection of Discharge

The Allahabad High Court held that the absence of specific casteist words in the FIR did not justify discharge where the Facebook post recovered during investigation and witness statements disclosed a prima facie case against the accused.

Interim maintenance for financially independent wife

Case Briefs High Courts

Filing a DV Act Petition Does Not Automatically Entitle a Wife to Maintenance, Especially When She Earns More Than Her Husband: Karnataka HC

In the case at hand, the wife disclosed a monthly income of ₹1,00,000, her TDS records showed ₹1,64,285. Her husband earned ₹60,000. However, the trial court awarded her ₹20,000 in interim maintenance.

Computation of loss of dependency under Motor Vehicles Act

Case Briefs High Courts

Dependency, Not Legal Status, Governs Computation of Loss of Dependency; Second Wife and Minor Daughter Held Entitled to Compensation under MV Act: Karnataka HC

The Court Enhanced the Motor Accident Compensation from ₹15 Lakhs to ₹30 Lakhs.

Harbhajan Singh Punjab Police security cover

Case Briefs High Courts

“Traitor” Posters Outside Harbhajan Singh’s Residence Did Not Establish a Threat to Life: Punjab and Haryana HC Declines to Security Cover

The Security Review Committee had assessed Harbhajan Singh’s threat perception on 3 March 2026, nearly two months before he left the Aam Aadmi Party. Punjab & Haryana HC held the timing was coincidental, not retaliatory and that his Y+ CRPF cover and State’s undertaking of local deployment adequately addressed his security concerns.

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Builder Received Home Loan Amount, Defaulted on Repayment, Yet SBI Proceeded Against Homebuyers: Rajasthan RERA Steps In and Restrains Coercive Recovery

The authority restrained the respondents from carrying on or continuing any action detrimental to the complainants’ interests in respect of the 2 flats and directed SBI not to take any coercive action against the complainants for recovery of the amount.