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Practising law and pursuing 3-year LLM course simultaneously? Delhi HC lets attendance shortfall slide

The Court observed that “the very purpose of the LLM 3-year course is to enable students to continue practice before the Courts while simultaneously pursuing their Masters program”.

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi HC calls for immediate measures to address Yamuna pollution, waterlogging, sewage treatment and redevelopment of industrial areas

Delhi High Court emphasised that redevelopment of these non-conforming industrial areas was essential not only for providing proper infrastructure but also for eliminating waterlogging and preventing untreated sewage from entering the Yamuna.

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi HC Order in Saurav Das Case: What the Court said on Summons, Amendment of Plaint and Injunction Plea

Delhi High Court issued summons in Saurav Das’s suit, allowed amendment substituting Defendant 4 with Good Morning India (P) Ltd., and directed the defendants to file their reply to the interim injunction plea within 10 days.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC orders Pan-India SIT probe into fraudulent motor accident claims, warns insurers against “pick and choose approach” for reporting claims

The present proceeding initially concerned with a narrow question as to whether the vehicle stated to have caused a motor accident was in fact the vehicle involved in the accident, however, subsequently revealed a much wider concern regarding fraudulent motor accident claims in a recurring and organised pattern.

Case Briefs High Courts

From Paper Leaks to Screen Time: Rajasthan High Court takes suo motu cognizance of welfare of Gen Z, Alpha & Beta

“On the one hand, the nation prepares ‘Gen Z’, ‘Gen Alpha’ and ‘Gen Beta’ to lead India in 2047 and beyond, on the other hand, the foundational institutions meant to nurture them, particularly the Government Schools in Rural and Village areas continue to suffer from systemic deficiencies.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Free to move, not free to break the law: Delhi HC on Karni Sena President’s habeas corpus case

The petitioner had been leading a nationwide awareness campaign concerning the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026 (2026 UGC Regulations).

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court cancels bail of accused in pre-planned Satara murder case; holds repeated threats and carrying petrol prima facie indicate common intention

Supreme Court cancels bail of Accused 3 and 4 in the Satara murder case, holding that repeated threats, prior preparation and carrying petrol indicated a pre-planned attack.

right of consenting adults to live together

Case Briefs High Courts

No one can interfere with consenting adults’ choice to live together, much less threaten their life or liberty: Delhi High Court

“Both Article 19 and Article 21 of the Constitution of India guarantee fundamental rights to each of such parties in the form of their respective right to freedom and also their respective right to life and liberty.”

Maintenance waiver under matrimonial settlement

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Wife’s waived maintenance claims cannot be revived through subsequent DV proceedings; daughter’s rights remain unaffected: Supreme Court

The Court held that once the wife had voluntarily relinquished all monetary claims, including maintenance, revival of such claims through subsequent proceedings cannot be permitted.

Case Briefs High Courts

Not “Centres of Physical Health,” so why “Mental Health Centres”?: Kerala High Court asks State to consider name change

The Amicus Curiae suggested that the Centres be renamed “Institutes of Behavioural Management” or given such other appropriate designation as may help reduce the stigma associated with mental healthcare institutions.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Victim has a Right to Speedy Trial too: SC rejects a reading of Section 12, Gangsters Act that would freeze a Murder Case

Supreme Court held that Section 12, Gangsters Act does not require other criminal trials to be kept in abeyance, but only gives priority to Gangsters Act proceedings where there is a clash of dates.

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay HC allows appointment of arbitrator in insurance dispute despite insurer’s repudiation of liability; Leaves arbitrability issues to Tribunal

The Bombay High Court reiterated that at the Section 11 stage, the Court is concerned only with the existence of an arbitration agreement, leaving disputes relating to repudiation, limitation, and arbitrability for the Arbitral Tribunal.

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Mere expiry of statutory period under S. 13(1A) HMA does not confer an absolute right to divorce where party seeks to take advantage of his own wrong: Delhi HC

Delhi High Court noted that the conduct of the husband in pursuing a petition under Sections 13(1A) and 13(1)(ib) of the HMA, without making any sincere effort to resume cohabitation and by frustrating the wife’s attempts to execute the decree for restitution of conjugal rights, clearly demonstrated that his sole objective was to secure a decree of dissolution of marriage under the said provisions, without any genuine intention of restoring the matrimonial relationship.

Case Briefs High Courts

Dabur’s challenge to Prohibitory Order: Delhi High Court stays Order for want of Show Cause Notice

Delhi High Court prima facie held that a Prohibitory Order under Section 36, Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, ought not to have been passed without affording an opportunity of hearing, and accordingly stayed the Impugned Order against DABUR.

Case Briefs High Courts

2-year incarceration, No presence at crime scene, CCTV FSL awaited, only 1 of 46 witnesses examined; Delhi HC grants bail in Jungpura Doctor Murder case

The Court asserted that continued incarceration of the applicants had to be balanced against their fundamental right to life and personal liberty guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

A mother’s daily care for her children counts too: Supreme Court on why her income, by itself, cannot halve father’s liability to maintain

The Court held that considering the parties’ status, the father’s admitted income and the needs of the 2 school-going daughters, maintenance of ₹60,000 per month was just and reasonable.

company petition under S. 9 IBC against SpiceJet

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLT Allows Withdrawal of unadmitted company petition against SpiceJet but declines to record settlement; Imposes ₹15 Lakh costs

NCLT New Delhi treats an unadmitted Section 9 petition as a matter between the parties alone, permitting its withdrawal while declining to endorse the settlement itself, given the airline’s other pending insolvency cases.

locus poenitentiae Rule 48-A CCS Pension Rules

Case Briefs High Courts

“Locus Poenitentiae” under Rule 48-A of CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 ends on effective date of retirement: Calcutta High Court

The petition raises a sensitive and classic judicial conundrum: Where does a genuine, conscious personal choice end, and where does administrative coercion begins?

Case Briefs High Courts

Janhvi Kapoor’s Personality Rights: Delhi High Court declines blanket injunction against 6884 URLs; directs takedown of 552 URLs

Delhi HC in Janhvi Kapoor’s personality rights case declines blanket injunction against 6884 URLs, but directs takedown of 552 URLs containing ex facie pornographic content.

Advocate's duty of confidentiality towards former client

Case Briefs Supreme Court

“That time belonged to other litigants”: SC imposes ₹5 lakh cost on Advocate and Client for prolonging litigation for 11-year

The Court observed that both parties had “occupied the time of the Bar Council of India, a High Court and this Court for eleven years”, time, it noted, “that belonged to other litigants, waiting for reliefs they genuinely need.”