The Supreme Court has held that the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, as presently framed, does not create a distinct criminal offence capable of sustaining prosecution by itself.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court has quashed SC/ST Act proceedings where alleged caste abuse occurred inside an enclosed room and the material did not show that the words were uttered within public view.
Read MoreA nine-judge Supreme Court Bench has revisited the definition of ‘industry’ under Section 2(j) of the Industrial Disputes Act, while protecting pending and concluded matters from disruption.
Read MoreThe Telangana High Court has held that a genuine public purpose is distinct from the urgency required to dispense with a landowner’s statutory Section 5-A hearing.
Read MoreThe Andhra Pradesh High Court has quashed proceedings against two attesting witnesses, holding that attestation alone does not establish knowledge of or participation in an alleged fraud.
Read MoreThe Bombay High Court has held that Section 18 of the POSH Act read with Rule 11 does not authorise an employer to invent or constitute its own appellate forum.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court has held that where governing service rules make the Public Service Commission’s eligibility determination final, the State cannot conduct a fresh independent inquiry into eligibility.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court has restored interim maintenance of ₹30,000 per month for each of two minor daughters, holding that a mother’s earnings do not justify mechanically halving the father’s liability.
Read MoreA detailed case comment by Adv. Govind Bali on Bhumika Trust v. Union of India, 2026 INSC 904, analysing the Supreme Court’s new framework for Civil Judge (Junior Division) recruitment, transitional eligibility, one-year actual practice, judicial academy training, law clerkship, certification, equality concerns, and Justice K. Vinod Chandran’s dissent.
Read MoreAdv. Govind Bali analyses the Supreme Court’s 21 August 2026 decision modifying the three-year practice rule for Civil Judge (Junior Division) recruitment, the new one-year practice requirement, mandatory judicial academy training, structured clerkship, the dissent, and the implementation challenges ahead.
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