CUET-PG answer key challenge
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The main dispute arose from two allegedly flawed questions in the CUET (PG)-2025 Psychology paper. The petitioners claimed that the official answer key provided incorrect or academically debatable answers, adversely affecting their scores seeking judicial intervention to ensure fair evaluation and correction of the final key.

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Dargah toilets on Govt. land
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Unauthorised use of public premises, even if purported to serve a public purpose, cannot be legitimised unless regularised in accordance with law.”

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Will can be registered Posthumously
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The combined reading of Sections 23 and 27 of the Registration Act, 1908, clearly do establishes that, Wills are not subject to the four months limitation period applicable to other documents, and may be registered either before or after the death of the testator.”

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increased motor accident compensation for 100% disability
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Claimant’s chances of a brilliant career, marriage and all other enjoyment of life have been snatched. Though, no amount of money can compensate such a loss, it does not mean that the just and adequate compensation should not be awarded for the above noted losses.”

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complaint can be amended after cognizance
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Procedure, it is said, is only a handmaiden and not a mistress of justice. However, the said adage has been followed only in the breach in this case. A simple issue of an amendment to a complaint has held up a trial under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 for the last nearly two years.”

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Alleged Assurance Of Acquittal By Trial Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The complainant is not a person aggrieved when he or she informs the High Court to act against the erring Judge for his judicial decision, and the role of the complainant comes to an end with the complaint being referred to the High Court.”

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Tata Tea name change decree rights
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“When a change in the name of a company takes place and the same gets registered in the register of the companies, there is no substantial change in the constitution of the entity and it shall not affect any rights and obligations of the company or render defective any legal proceedings by or against it.”

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father abused for land acquisition compensation
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Parents spend the most vital years of their lives toiling for the nourishment, education, and future of their children, often with no expectation in return. But to be repaid in the winter of their lives with cruelty, neglect, or abandonment is not only a moral disgrace but also a legal violation.”

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derogatory complaints to spouse's employer
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Marriage entails mutual respect and adjustment. Some parties take less time to adjust while the other takes longer time, but it is expected of both the parties to show due respect to each other. The foundation of a sound and healthy marriage is tolerance, adjustment and mutual respect.

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No caste-based ban on public temple access
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The Constitution of India does not allow discrimination among devotees. God does not belong to any one caste. He does not discriminate. Only human beings do.”

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clear intention to refer dispute to arbitration
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Similarly, a clause which states that “if the parties so decide, the disputes shall be referred to arbitration” or “any disputes between parties, if they so agree, shall be referred to arbitration” would not constitute an arbitration agreement”.

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CERC implements market coupling
Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

“The Commission directs its staff to initiate the consultative process with Grid-India and power exchanges on various operational and procedural aspects for implementing the coupling of day-ahead market.”

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Receiving package not conscious possession NDPS
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The accused has continuously maintained that he had no knowledge of the parcel and was only collecting it for his neighbour. In this regard, he even showed the NCB officials the WhatsApp message sent to him by his neighbour instructing him to go to collect the parcel. The role ascribed to the accused appears confined to the act of collecting the parcel. There are no incriminating call records, financial transactions or digital communications that show that the accused had purchased any of the contraband seized from him.

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Disabled employee salary and other benefits
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The case reflects the insensitivity and apathy of the respondents towards the plight of a disabled person who has been denied for last about five and a half year without any justification which frustrates the laud object of the enactment of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.”

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Mad HC closes contempt case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“What began as a matter of judicial concern has now evolved into a framework that promises tangible relief to affected depositors. This development, though long overdue, marks the beginning of the larger remedial process.”

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S. 498A IPC conviction unproven cruelty
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“In cases of domestic violence, it is not prudent to look for independent corroboration for the evidence of a victim, particularly when the incidents of domestic violence including ill-treatments and harassments often occur within the confines of a house.”

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POCSO death sentence commuted
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The victim, a minor girl, was abducted, gang-raped, and brutally murdered by the appellants. Her body was later recovered, bearing signs of extreme violence and attempts to destroy evidence.

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disclosure of criminal antecedents
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court stated that while considering the bail applications, accounting for the criminal antecedents of the accused has been a subject matter of concern for the courts across the country.

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School collapse
Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

The NHRC has issued notices to the Rajasthan Chief Secretary and Jhalawar Superintendent of Police, seeking a detailed report within two weeks.

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Private hospitals treat patients as ATM
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“This is a case of pure misadventure where the doctor has admitted the patient and after taking go ahead for operation from the patient’s family members, did not perform the operation in time as he was not having the requisite doctor (i.e. anaesthetist) to perform the surgery.”

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