Ritu, Author at SCC Times

No “Larger Public Interest”; Wife Cannot Use RTI to Access Husband’s Income Tax Details in Matrimonial Disputes: Delhi High Court

“The parties shall be at liberty to take all remedies available in law for requiring the other spouse to place on record the affidavit as mandated under Rajnesh v. Neha, (2020) 2 SCC 324.”

failure of core charge in disciplinary proceedings

Case Briefs High Courts

Corruption Charge Not Proved, Yet Employee Removed: Delhi HC Sets Aside Penalty, Directs Reinstatement

The Court held that path from the proved fact of transfer of Rs 75,000 to the conclusion of bribery remains unexplained.

Parole for effective legal representation

Case Briefs High Courts

Jail Visitor’s Room Not Conducive Environment for Effective Lawyer—Client Communication; Delhi HC grants Parole to POCSO Convict to File SLP

The Court noted that mechanical police objections without substantive reasoning cannot be a valid ground to deny parole.

Case Briefs High Courts

Dishonest Adoption and Suppression of Prior Rights Vitiate Trademark Registration; Delhi HC Orders Rectification of ‘S.S. WHITE’ Mark Registration

“An applicant cannot be permitted to reap the benefit of an illegality, as any such registration would be nothing but the fruits of a poisonous tree.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Explained | Why Delhi HC Upheld Acquittal Despite Holding Stranger Grabbing Minor’s Hand at Night Constitute Criminal Force Under Section 354 IPC

The Court observed that the conduct of the accused, being a stranger, approaching the victim at night while she was returning from a common washroom, and catching hold of her hand without her consent, would certainly amount to use of criminal force.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Can Bona Fide Purchaser for Value be Held Criminally Liable for Forged Will-Linked Property? Supreme Court Answers

“Neither the FIR nor the impugned order discloses availability of any tangible material to substantiate the allegation that the appellant had conspired in the preparation of the alleged forged Will, or that the registered sale deed dated 18 December 1998 was executed by him with knowledge that the signatures on the Will were forged.”

False Declaration of Educational Qualification

Case Briefs High Courts

False Declaration of Own Educational Qualification Not a “Corrupt Practice” under Section 123(4) RP Act: Delhi HC

Since the term of the Assembly had already expired and fresh elections w held in 2025, the election petition had become infructuous.

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court Grants Interim Relief Allowing Debarred Candidate to Register for JEE Advanced Exam 2026

The Court clarified that at the present stage it was not conducting a final hearing, because if the petitioner was not provisionally permitted to appear in JEE Advanced 2026 to be conducted on 17 May 2026, the petition would become infructuous.

denial of anticipatory bail multiple FIRs

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Grant of Anticipatory Bail to Accused with 22 FIRs “Very Unfortunate”; Criminal Antecedents Alone Sufficient to Deny Relief: Supreme Court

“Supreme Court set aside the impugned order granting anticipatory bail to the accused.”

Quashing POCSO FIR in Consensual Relationship

Case Briefs High Courts

Inside Delhi High Court Guidelines for Quashing of POCSO FIR in Consensual Adolescent Relationship

“The jurisprudential basis for the State being the prosecuting agency in criminal offences is to prevent a criminal prosecution from descending into an exercise in vengeance, where the victim goes baying-for-the-blood of the offender; and to maintain objectivity, neutrality, fairness and a sense of proportion in prosecution of an offender.”

personality rights Single academic success

Case Briefs High Courts

Does a Single Top Rank Give Rise to Personality Rights? Delhi High Court Weighs In

The Court opined that it was not appropriate for the defendants to carry out any campaign, whether defamatory or otherwise, in Plaintiff 3’s name.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Can Civil Court Adjudicate Disputes Challenging Determination or Alteration of Municipal Limits? Supreme Court Answers

The Court noted that the Panchayat had allowed administrative arrangements to continue for years without challenge, which militated against granting declaratory relief.

Section 9 Arbitration and Conciliation Act

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Can Unsuccessful Party Invoke Section 9 A&C Act at Post-Award Stage? Supreme Court Answers

“A literal interpretation of Section 9 of the Act would indicate that the right to seek interim relief is available to any party to the arbitration before or during arbitral proceedings or at any time after the award is delivered but before it is enforced in accordance with Section 36 of the Act.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Supreme Court Recognises Claimant’s Right to Choice and Periodic Replacement of Prosthetic Limb; Enhances Compensation

The Supreme Court based the standardisation of prosthetic limb compensation on 5-year replacement cycle and 70-year lifespan.

Unauthorized Re-Categorisation of Public Utility Land

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Unauthorised Re-Categorisation of Public Utility Land Renders Pattas Void Ab Initio and Incapable of Conferring Bhumidhari Rights: Supreme Court

“Section 132, Zamindari Abolition Act, expressly prohibits the conferment of bhumidhari rights in respect of public utility lands, including pasture lands and khalihan.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court Protects “Toprankers Edtech” from Defamatory Campaign by Edtech Rival Platform; Restrains Misuse of CLAT 2026 Topper’s Identity

Recognising the plaintiffs’ right to protect their goodwill and trademark against a coordinated online campaign, the Court issued interim injunction in favour of them

Challenge to Arbitral Award by Legal Representatives

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Legal Representatives Must Challenge Arbitral Awards Under Section 34, Not Article 227 or Section 115 CPC: Supreme Court

“Scheme of the Arbitration Act does not envision arbitration proceedings to cease with the death of a party. Section 35, Arbitration Act, extends the finality of an arbitral award not only to parties to the award, but also to ‘parties claiming under them’.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Acceptance of Benefits and Long Silence Creates Acquiescence Against Challenge to Agreement to Sell: Delhi High Court

“A party cannot be permitted to ‘blow hot-blow cold’, ‘fast and loose’ or ‘approbate and reprobate’. Where one knowingly accepts the benefits of a contract, or conveyance, or of an order, he is estopped from denying the validity of, or the binding effect of such contract, or conveyance, or order upon himself.”