TOP LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS THIS WEEK [8-13 June, 2026] | Homemakers are Nation Builders; NEET-UG paper leak; Anjana Om Kashyap v. Khan Sir Defamation Suit; and more
A quick roundup to cover all the important legal developments and cases this week.
doctrine of proportionality
Doctrine of Proportionality Bars Demolition 17-Year-Old Commercial Complex Affecting 8,000 Livelihoods; SC Directs Regularisation of Illegal CIDCO Allotment on Payment of ₹318.31 Crores
By judgment day, the mall had been running for seventeen years, supporting 8,000 livelihoods and generating ₹100 crores in annual tax revenue. The Supreme Court held that demolition would not vindicate the public interest, it would destroy it.
‘Deposit of passport’ cannot be imposed routinely as bail condition: P&H High Court quashes bail condition in idol demolition case
“The passport functions as an indispensable document of nationality and identity, the condition for its deposit must be predicated upon a considered assessment of objective parameters indicating a clear and imminent threat of flight risk or obstruction of justice, thereby ensuring that such condition adheres strictly to the doctrine of proportionality.”
Bombay High Court quashes condition imposed by MHADA citing Wednesbury Principles and Doctrine of Proportionality
In the words of Diplock LJ in Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service, [1984] 3 WLR 1174, the Wednesbury principle, formulated by Lord Greene, is whether the decision is so outrageous in its defiance of law or logic that it cannot possibly be sustained.
Supreme Court upholds Centre’s decision of demonetising Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 currency notes
Supreme Court: In a petition against the demonitisation of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 currency notes in 2016, the Constitution Bench of
Bombay High Court | When assessing the doctrine of proportionality, one looks not only at the immediate cause inviting punishment but also at the entire context; Appeal dismissed
Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of G.S. Patel and Gauri Godse, JJ. dismissed an appeal which was filed assailing an order
HP HC | What is a ‘Speaking Order’ and ‘Doctrine of Proportionality’? HC observes; Court not to act as appellate authority against decision of disciplinary proceedings
Himachal Pradesh High Court: Ajay Mohan Goel J., dismissed the petition being devoid of merits. The facts of the case are such
Punishment for criminal offences to be meted out while maintaining proportionality of the sentence with the offence
Delhi High Court: A Division Bench comprising of G.S. Sistani and Chander Shekhar, JJ. reduced the sentence of an accused convicted under Sections