CLAT UG 2026
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Dismissing a law aspirant’s challenge to three questions in CLAT UG 2026, the Allahabad High Court finds the examiner’s answers on logical reasoning and deduction correct in all three instances.

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2026 SCC Vol 3
Cases ReportedSCC Weekly

Explore the latest Supreme Court Cases in 2026 SCC Vol. 3 Part 5 on voter’s right to know antecedents, rental compensation, jurisdiction of referral court, sale of immovable property, and more.

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withdrawal of prosecution
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court noted that the record also revealed that an opinion for withdrawal of the prosecution was given based on the material provided to the Advocate General of the State of Uttar Pradesh.

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'Hon'ble' honorific
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court stated that the “Hon’ble” is an honorific which no functionary, howsoever high, who is a civil servant and not the holder of a sovereign constitutional office, is entitled to use.

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UP Cow Slaughter Act
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court noted that it was equally disturbing that during pendency of proceedings before the Commissioner, the State proceeded to auction the vehicle, which was the principal source of livelihood of the accused, for a grossly inadequate consideration without awaiting adjudication of the accused’s challenge.

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I love Mohammed
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The accused was arrested for allegedly writing objectionable comments on his Instagram account “I Love Mohammed ke liye gardan katwa bhi sakte hai aur kaat bhi sakte hain”.

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pangolin poacher
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court noted that the case indeed involved an international gang of poachers and traffickers of wildlife animals like Pangolin, and the accused prima facie seemed to be involved.

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Legal Developments This Week
Legal RoundUpTopic-wise Roundup

A quick roundup to cover all the important legal developments and cases this week.

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Rahul Gandhi fight against Indian State
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The High Court further noted that the complete extracts of the alleged speech had neither been brought before it nor before the trial and appellate court.

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Narmada Dam
Case BriefsHigh Courts

A PIL was filed by Medha Patkar in 2024 seeking registration of land plots allotted to persons displaced by the Narmada Dam project, since the allotment letters had not been registered as formal title deeds since 20+ years.

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BJP MLA Pratima Bagri
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Congress Leader Pradeep Ahirwar had filed a complaint against BJP MLA Pratima Bagri questioning the validity of her Scheduled Caste Certificate.

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badhai collection
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court rejected the contention that such collection was being made by the petitioner for many years and had translated into a customary right, which should be protected.

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Deliberate monopoly for unlawful excessive profits: MP HC denies relief to private schools, booksellers & publishers in unauthorized fee hike and book selling case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court noted that the cumulative financial impact, as reflected in the investigation, indicated that students were compelled to incur an additional expenditure of approximately Rs 53 lakhs which could not be brushed aside as incidental or insignificant.

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Right to default bail
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court remarked the trial Judge did not spare any time to peruse/follow the settled and binding legal position and, on extraneous reasons, dismissed the application for grant of default bail, despite accrual of an indefeasible right to the accused due to non-filing of charge-sheet within the stipulated period.

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overloaded trucks MP HC
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The present contempt petition was filed against the State Government for not following the undertakings given by them before the Court in several PILs filed regarding overloaded trucks.

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man detained for cow slaughter
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Allahabad High Court explains when an offence transcends law and order to affect public order, upholding preventive detention under NSA.

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Rahul Gandhi Citizenship Case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Instead of admitting the mistake in placing the correct position before the Court, the petitioner blamed the Court for not uploading the order that was dictated in open court and has created an unpleasant situation leading this Court to recuse from hearing of the case.”

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detained under NDPS Act without grounds
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Despite being public servants, their conduct reflects scant respect for law of land the dereliction of duty on their part, which can be considered to be misconduct in service on their part, since they have failed to perform their duties in accordance with law.”

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fake Embassy
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The FIR alleged that he was operating a fake Embassy illegally in Kavi Nagar, Ghaziabad, by hoisting flags of various countries and putting diplomatic number plates on vehicles to defraud people. The Embassy did not have the permission of the Ministry of External Affairs.

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third person filing FIRs under UP Conversion Act
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Prima facie, it emerges that the IO is acting under pressure or is ‘persuaded’ by some other factors. We need not say anything more at this stage.”

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