1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1084+ words) Against this background, the Court examined not merely whether the applicant had raised a plausible defence, but whether the circumstances as a whole justified the exercise of discretionary jurisdiction in his favour. The Court also examined the significance of his…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (904+ words) The order was passed by a bench of Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal in Seema Devi v. State of U.P. and Another, 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 652. The proceedings arose from a bail cancellation application challenging the order by which Satendra alias Sonu, the husband…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1384+ words) The dispute raised questions concerning the nature of a government advocate’s engagement, the applicability of Article 14 to State action in contractual matters, the requirement of hearing before termination, allegations of discrimination and mala fides, and the extent to which a…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1596+ words) The Court subsequently reconsidered the matter after the advocate approached it through Senior Advocate P.P. Hegde and tendered an unconditional apology. The advocate sought the Court’s leniency and requested that the earlier observations and directions concerning him be recalled. The Court’s…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1064+ words) Despite this finding, the High Court declined to recall its earlier judgment. It proceeded on the basis that the conviction had already attained finality and that Section 362 CrPC prohibited the Court from reviewing or altering its earlier judgment through proceedings…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1690+ words) The plaintiff alleged that certain amounts remained unpaid towards the services provided. Seeking to secure recovery of the alleged dues, it approached the admiralty jurisdiction of the Kerala High Court and sought the arrest of MT Ocean Faye. The difficulty,…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1624+ words) The petitioners approached the High Court invoking Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), which confers inherent jurisdiction upon the High Court to prevent abuse of the process of law and to secure the ends of justice. Their principal…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1584+ words) The case concerned a woman whose marriage had been solemnised under Muslim personal law. The marriage was subsequently dissolved by pronouncement of talaq in accordance with the understanding between the spouses. Following the dissolution of the marriage, the petitioner sought…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (468+ words) Appearing in person, petitioner N.K. Goswami sought to distinguish his petition from a challenge to the Government’s ethanol-blending policy. His submission was essentially that the policy itself was not the immediate target of his proceedings. Rather, he sought information and safeguards…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1565+ words) The Supreme Court’s intervention came in a petition challenging the High Court’s refusal to quash the FIR. While the Court has not, at this stage, finally determined whether the FIR is liable to be quashed, it has directed that proceedings…...