Legal Updates
Daily legal updates from the Supreme Court, High Courts and Parliament.
- Calcutta High Court Rejects Mizoram’s Cancellation of Completed Land-Sale Process After Change of Government 14 Nov 2026 · Constitutional Law
The Calcutta High Court dismissed Mizoram’s appeal against a direction to complete the sale of government land in Kolkata. The State had accepted the…
- Madras High Court Transfers Missing-Person Investigation to CB-CID After Unfulfilled Police Commitments 14 Nov 2026 · Criminal Law
The Madras High Court transferred a missing-person investigation from Alandurai police to CB-CID, Coimbatore, after recording prolonged inaction and…
- Tripura High Court Quashes Bank Manager’s Punitive Transfer Following KYC Dispute 14 Nov 2026 · Service Law
The Tripura High Court quashed a bank Chief Manager’s transfer after finding that it operated as punishment without prior notice or inquiry. The dispute…
- J&K and Ladakh High Court Quashes Detention Founded on Vague Encrypted-Communication Allegations 14 Nov 2026 · Constitutional Law
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court quashed a preventive detention order based on allegations of terrorist contacts and encrypted communications.…
- Tripura High Court Grants Equal Qualification Increments to Absorbed Assistant Professors 14 Nov 2026 · Service Law
The Tripura High Court allowed appeals by teachers absorbed as Assistant Professors who received fewer qualification increments than direct recruits. The…
- Kerala High Court Designates 18 Senior Advocates Through Two Full Court Notifications 14 Nov 2026 · Legal Profession
The Kerala High Court has designated eighteen advocates as Senior Advocates through two notifications issued on 13 November. Seventeen advocates were…
- Bombay High Court Seeks Boundary Between Borrower Support and Misleading Loan-Waiver Claims 14 Nov 2026 · Banking and Finance
The Bombay High Court has sought clarity on the boundary between legitimate borrower assistance and misleading promises that loans need never be repaid.…
- Gauhati High Court Rejects Judicial-Separation Plea Repeating Failed Divorce Grounds 14 Nov 2026 · Family Law
The Gauhati High Court dismissed a husband’s appeal seeking judicial separation after his earlier divorce claim had failed. The bench held that binding…
- Meghalaya High Court Orders Fair Consideration of Fresh Licence Application After Uncommunicated Fraud Claim 14 Nov 2026 · Administrative Law
The Meghalaya High Court directed lawful consideration of a security agency’s fresh trading-licence application and its response to an allegation of…
- Jharkhand High Court Converts Murder Conviction to Culpable Homicide, Orders Release After Twelve Years 14 Nov 2026 · Criminal Law
The Jharkhand High Court changed Tasleem Khan’s murder conviction to culpable homicide under Section 304 Part I IPC after examining a sudden fatal…
- Karnataka High Court Declines to Quash SFIO Proceedings Against Razorpay Directors 14 Nov 2026 · HC
The Karnataka High Court rejected a plea by Razorpay directors Harshil Mathur and Shashank Kumar to quash SFIO proceedings involving alleged digital…
- Gujarat High Court Grants Bail in Cattle-Transport Case, Rejects Automatic Slaughter Inference 14 Nov 2026 · Criminal Law
The Gujarat High Court granted regular bail to two accused in a cattle-transport case, holding that inhuman transport conditions alone did not justify…
- Karnataka High Court Quashes Wildlife Case Against King Cobra Rescuer 14 Nov 2026 · HC
The Karnataka High Court quashed proceedings against snake rescuer Dr. P. Gowri Shankar after finding insufficient material to connect him with the…
- Allahabad High Court Orders Vehicle Returned, Rejects Forcible Recovery by Finance Agents 14 Nov 2026 · HC
The Allahabad High Court ordered HDB Financial Services to return a borrower's goods vehicle without preconditions and awarded ten thousand rupees in…
- J&K and Ladakh High Court Directs Disclosure of Material Behind Police-Report Remarks 14 Nov 2026 · Criminal Procedure
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court directed the Chadoora SHO to supply legally permissible material underlying disputed remarks in a police…
- Bombay High Court Quashes Road-Protest Case, Requires Evidence of Unlawful Conduct 14 Nov 2026 · HC
The Bombay High Court's Nagpur Bench quashed proceedings against Nishkarsh Nimgade arising from a protest over poor road conditions in Chandrapur. Justice…
- Delhi High Court Excludes Award Interest from Stamp-Duty Calculation, Dismisses NHAI Review 14 Nov 2026 · Arbitration
The Delhi High Court dismissed NHAI’s review petition challenging enforcement of an arbitral award on stamp-duty grounds. Justice Jasmeet Singh held that…
- Telangana High Court Rejects Automatic Military Pay Protection for Re-employed EPFO Staff 14 Nov 2026 · Service Law
The Telangana High Court dismissed ten ex-servicemen’s demand that their initial EPFO salaries match their last military pay. The bench held that ignoring…
- Gauhati High Court Quashes Revival of Expired Petroleum-Coke Consent, Imposes Costs on Pollution Board 14 Nov 2026 · Environmental Law
The Gauhati High Court quashed Assam Pollution Control Board’s order extending an expired provisional consent for a petroleum-coke unit at Amingaon. The…
- Bengaluru Court Dismisses TAFE and Lakshmi Venu Media-Restraint Suits as Not Pressed 14 Nov 2026 · Civil Litigation
A Bengaluru civil court dismissed two media-restraint suits associated with TAFE and Lakshmi Venu as not pressed after counsel filed withdrawal memos. The…
- Karnataka High Court Quashes Comedy-Show FIR After Finding No Intentional Caste Humiliation 14 Nov 2026 · HC
The Karnataka High Court quashed an FIR concerning an allegedly casteist expression in a television comedy skit. Justice H.P. Sandesh allowed connected…
- Housing Loan Approval Is Not a Title Guarantee: Karnataka High Court Quashes Case Against HDFC Bank 14 Nov 2026 · HC
The Karnataka High Court quashed cheating proceedings against HDFC Bank arising from a Bengaluru flat purchase. Justice Suraj Govindaraj held that…
- Kerala High Court Directs State to Implement Organ-Donation Panel Recommendations 14 Nov 2026 · HC
The Kerala High Court directed the State to accept and implement advisory committee recommendations on organ donation and transplantation. Chief Justice…
- Karnataka High Court Lets Yatnal Defamation Case Proceed, Clarifies Cognisance Threshold 14 Nov 2026 · Criminal Law
The Karnataka High Court refused to quash the defamation proceedings brought by Shivananda Patil against Basanagouda Patil Yatnal. Justice Anant Ramanath…
- Andhra Pradesh High Court Rejects Provisional-Selection Vacancy Lapse Clause in Police Recruitment 14 Nov 2026 · Service Law
The Andhra Pradesh High Court declared an unfair vacancy-lapse clause in the 2022 police constable recruitment notification arbitrary. Justice Nyapathy…
- Delhi High Court Seeks Judicial Reports on Delay in Pronouncing Order 14 Nov 2026 · Court Administration
The Delhi High Court sought reports explaining a delay in pronouncing an order on an application to vacate an interim stay. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh…
- Madhya Pradesh High Court Sets Aside Bravery-Based Promotion Direction, Upholds Statutory Limits 14 Nov 2026 · Service Law
The Madhya Pradesh High Court reversed a direction granting a constable retrospective out-of-turn promotion for rescuing two neighbours from fire. The…
- Delhi High Court Grants Interim Protection to Taxmann's Original Headnotes 14 Nov 2026 · HC
The Delhi High Court granted Taxmann an ex parte interim injunction against Commercial Law Publishers and others over alleged copying of original case…
- Gujarat High Court permits ten-year passport renewal while retaining trial court control over travel 13 Nov 2026 · High Court
The Gujarat High Court has allowed a man facing CBI proceedings to renew his passport for ten years, modifying a trial court order limited to three years.…
- Andhra Pradesh High Court rejects disputed sale agreement claim and discusses criminal consequences of forgery 13 Nov 2026 · High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has dismissed a specific performance appeal after finding defects in proof of an alleged land sale agreement and receipt.…
- Andhra Pradesh High Court acquits couple after finding alleged confession unreliable 13 Nov 2026 · High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has acquitted a couple in a 2009 murder case after finding the extra judicial confession unreliable and the remaining…
- Orissa High Court retains child's custody with grandparents and secures mother's daily video contact 13 Nov 2026 · High Court
The Orissa High Court has refused a Filipino mother's request for custody of her daughter while securing daily video calls and in person access. The bench…
- Orissa High Court awards ₹15 lakh and directs Group D appointment after undertrial dies in jail 13 Nov 2026 · High Court
The Orissa High Court has directed ₹15 lakh compensation and a Group D appointment for the widow of an undertrial prisoner who died in custody. Justice…
- Karnataka High Court sets aside DNA testing order, requires reasoned inquiry into necessity 13 Nov 2026 · High Court
The Karnataka High Court has set aside a Family Court order directing DNA testing in a disputed paternity maintenance case. Justice Lalitha Kanneganti…
- Gauhati High Court upholds POCSO sentence, rejects reliance on minor's purported willingness 13 Nov 2026 · High Court
The Gauhati High Court has upheld a twenty year POCSO sentence, rejecting reliance on a child's purported willingness to accompany the accused. The Court…
- Gauhati High Court sets aside village excommunication orders, rejects blanket Article 371A shield 13 Nov 2026 · High Court
The Gauhati High Court has quashed excommunication orders affecting 38 petitioners and their families in Nagaland. Justice Yarenjungla Longkumer held that…
- Delhi High Court dismisses repeated society challenge with ₹2 lakh costs 13 Nov 2026 · High Court
The Delhi High Court has dismissed Satya Prakash Ravidas's latest petition concerning Raj Vidya Kender with ₹2 lakh costs. Justice Amit Mahajan found that…
- Gauhati High Court grants Deepesh Bajoria bail after finding gaps in alleged PMLA foundation 13 Nov 2026 · High Court
The Gauhati High Court has granted Deepesh Bajoria bail in an IPL betting money laundering case. It found that the charge sheet and cognizance order in…
- Delhi High Court orders survivor identity masked despite refusal to summon accused for rape 13 Nov 2026 · High Court
The Delhi High Court has directed anonymisation of judicial records identifying a woman who alleged sexual offences. Justice Amit Mahajan held that…
- Section 105 BNSS does not create an unconditional right to record every interrogation: J&K High Court 13 Nov 2026 · High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has rejected an accused's demand for audiovisual recording of custodial interrogation under Section 105 BNSS.…
- J&K High Court clarifies that personal protection orders do not bar criminal investigation 13 Nov 2026 · High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has clarified that an order protecting people from interference does not prevent investigation of a complaint…
- Jharkhand High Court rejects divorce plea based on inadequately proved mental disorder 13 Nov 2026 · High Court
The Jharkhand High Court has upheld rejection of a husband's divorce petition alleging cruelty and mental disorder. The bench held that isolated episodes…
- Calcutta High Court refuses bail in alleged ISIS recruitment case after examining digital material 13 Nov 2026 · High Court
The Calcutta High Court has refused bail to Md. Saddam in a case alleging ISIS recruitment and radicalisation activities. The bench found prima facie…
- Allahabad High Court asks STF to examine trafficking angle in two complaints against one man 13 Nov 2026 · High Court
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force to further investigate FIRs involving allegations that the same man lured two…
- Constitutional scholar Gautam Bhatia receives Infosys Prize 2026 13 Nov 2026 · Legal Academia
Constitutional lawyer and scholar Gautam Bhatia has received the Infosys Prize 2026 in Humanities and Social Sciences. Announced on November 12, the award…
- Delhi High Court orders ₹1 lakh costs over prolonged failure to comply with industrial plot directions 13 Nov 2026 · High Court
The Delhi High Court has imposed ₹1 lakh costs on the Delhi government over noncompliance in an industrial plot relocation dispute. Justice Amit Mahajan…
- Justice Bibhu Prasad Routray to discharge Orissa Chief Justice duties from November 16 13 Nov 2026 · Judicial Appointments
Justice Bibhu Prasad Routray will discharge the duties of Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court from November 16, following the retirement of Chief…
- Former High Court judge C.S. Karnan dies in Chennai at 71 13 Nov 2026 · Legal News
Former Madras and Calcutta High Court judge C.S. Karnan has died in Chennai at the age of 71. He was receiving treatment at a private hospital, and his…
- Meghalaya High Court upholds POCSO conviction and replaces life term with 25 years 13 Nov 2026 · High Court
The Meghalaya High Court has upheld a father's conviction for aggravated penetrative sexual assault on his minor daughter while reducing life imprisonment…
- Madras High Court to Examine Backward Class Reservation for Christian Converts 13 Nov 2026 · High Courts
The Madras High Court issued notice on a challenge to entries in Schedule I of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016…
- Allahabad High Court Seeks State Plan to Address Delayed Police Investigations 13 Nov 2026 · High Courts
The Allahabad High Court has sought an affidavit from the Additional Chief Secretary (Home) on measures to prevent prolonged criminal investigations. The…
- Supreme Court Seeks Cybercrime Prevention Plans from WhatsApp and Other Intermediaries 13 Nov 2026 · Supreme Court
The Supreme Court directed WhatsApp and other intermediaries to submit proposed measures against digital arrest scams and cybercrime to the Court and the…
- Supreme Court Clarifies Section 163 BNSS Orders Near Court Premises Remain in Force 13 Nov 2026 · Supreme Court
The Supreme Court clarified on November 3 that its October 11 direction to remove a notice board near court premises did not suspend the prohibitory…
- Police Investigate Forged Allahabad High Court Order Used to Block 95 Websites 13 Nov 2026 · Legal News
Uttar Pradesh Police registered an FIR on November 6 after verification by the Allahabad High Court administration revealed that a order was fabricated.…
- Written Grounds of Arrest and Substantial Compliance: Understanding the Supreme Court Decisions 13 Nov 2026 · Legal Analysis
Supreme Court decisions raise questions about the form in which grounds of arrest must be communicated. In State of Rajasthan v. Jabhra Ram, the Court…
- Madras High Court Rejects PIL Alleging Surrogate Advertising of Pan Masala 13 Nov 2026 · High Courts
The Madras High Court dismissed a petition alleging that Vimal Elaichi advertisements indirectly promoted pan masala. The bench found the material…
- Calcutta High Court Questions Remarks on Judicial Impartiality During Security Cover Hearing 13 Nov 2026 · High Courts
The Calcutta High Court questioned remarks by MP Abhishek Banerjee concerning political affiliations of judges during the hearing of his challenge to…
- Punjab and Haryana High Court Orders Recruitment Test Video Disclosure Without Prior Proof of Irregularity 13 Nov 2026 · High Court Judgments
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered disclosure of a police recruitment skill-test recording to an unsuccessful candidate. Justice Kirti Singh…
- CCPA Penalises Ola Over Misleading Advance Tipping Prompts and Orders Practice Stopped 12 Nov 2026 · Consumer Protection
The Central Consumer Protection Authority imposed a ten lakh rupee penalty on Ola operator ANI Technologies and ordered it to discontinue advance tipping…
- Jharkhand High Court Orders Appointment After Disabled Chowkidar Candidate Denied Reasonable Accommodation 12 Nov 2026 · HC
The Jharkhand High Court ordered appointment of a woman with locomotor disability who missed a Chowkidar recruitment running test by three seconds.…