protection to 20-year-old live-in couple
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“If you get into this struggle of life at an early age by choice, not only are your chances of enjoying the other opportunities of life are drastically affected, but your acceptance in society is also reduced.”

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Family Law Cases 2025
Legal RoundUpTopic-wise Roundup

This legal roundup travels across various Courts to discuss top Family Law cases from 2025, such as admissibility of Recorded Spousal Conversations Admissible as Evidence, False Cases, Ratan Tata’s Will, Yuzvendra Chahal’s Divorce, Saif Ali Khan’s Ancestral Property, and much more.

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High Court Weekly Roundup
High Court Round UpLegal RoundUp

A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.

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closest legal heir test
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“According to the ‘closest legal heir test’, the closest or the proximate legal heir of the victim must outshine the next closer legal heir because the administration of justice does not warrant any dispute even on determining as to who would be the ‘legal heir’ to pursue the grievance of a victim, in pursuing a criminal case, which is fundamentally construed to be an offence against the society.”

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Indore Water Contamination Crisis
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Indore Municipal Corporation informed the Court that 20 water tankers were supplied in the affected area regularly, and they will ensure that there is no shortage of clean water in Bhagirathpura.

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rats eat 200 kgs ganja
Case BriefsDistrict Court

Regarding the police’s statement that rats ate the seized 200 kgs of ganja kept at the police station, the Court remarked that such an incident cast suspicion on the very seizure of the contraband and its handling by the police.

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cruelty by wife who concealed infertility
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court noted that the wife admitted in her written statement and oral testimony that after taking medication she had become capable of bearing children.

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50 students forced to walk 14 kms through forest
Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

The NHRC directed State Authorities to investigate the claims and file an Action Taken Report within two weeks.

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YouTuber wife maintenance claim
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court stated that unless the total income of both parties, such as ITR, pay slips, or any other document supporting the claims regarding their income, was placed on record, only then could a correct assessment be made and an appropriate order could be passed for maintenance.

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90-year-old shopkeeper evicted
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court stated that the appellant was 90 years old, and it was difficult to accept that he would be effectively running his business. It was fairly conceded by him that he had children, and he did not file any document to show that he was purchasing any goods from anybody to sell them at his shop.

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2025 SCC Vol. 10 Part 3
Cases ReportedSCC Weekly

2025 SCC Vol. 10 Part 3: Explore the latest Supreme Court Cases on Arbitration, Constitution, Intellectual Property, Guardians and Wards, Criminal Procedure, and more.

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Live-in relationships not illegal
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Once an individual, who is a major, has chosen his/her partner, it is not for any other person, be it a family member, to object and cause a hindrance to their peaceful existence. It is the bounden duty of the State, as per the Constitutional obligations casted upon it, to protect the life and liberty of every citizen.”

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4th ILA Annual Conference
Events/WebinarsNews

The theme of the 2026 Conference is “Insolvency Law and Policy: Geopolitics and India’s Journey To 2047”.

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stray dog removal drive
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court also directed the IMC to file an action report in this regard, mentioning the data on the sterilization of stray dogs along with an affidavit of a senior officer.

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International Shooter Vartika Singh
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Vartika was approached by a man claiming to be politically well-connected, especially to former Minister Smriti Irani, and he offered her membership of the National Commission for Women for Rs 25 Lakhs.

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Codeine cough syrup case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The prosecution alleged that the co-accused established bogus firms under different names and that transactions of these firms were carried out by accused Vibhor Rana using the bank IDs and passwords of his associates and employees, thereby facilitating the illegal sale of the cough syrup.

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illegal tiger poaching
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Such a method is not only fatal to animals but poses a grave and imminent danger to human life as well, as any unsuspecting person may come into contact with the live electric traps laid for illegal poaching.”

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Illegal Tree Felling Case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court noted that the State’s report did not mention the complete afforestation area and the number of trees that could be accommodated there. Further, a part of that area was adjacent to a city forest, i.e., trees already existed there.

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High Court December 2025
High Court Round UpLegal RoundUp

A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.

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fresh remedy under Art 226 after availing statutory remedy
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“When on the same facts, a person has the right to claim one of two reliefs and with full knowledge he elects to claim one and obtains it, it is not open to him thereafter to flunk out on his election and claim the alternative relief.”

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