Preventive detention of a person already in custody requires the Detaining Authority to have accurate knowledge of the person's custodial status.
Allahabad High Court · 11 Aug 2026
Courts must not conduct a mini-trial while deciding applications for temporary injunctions.
Supreme Court of India · 11 Aug 2026
Mere willingness of one spouse to resume cohabitation does not automatically defeat a claim for dissolution of marriage.
Kerala High Court · 11 Aug 2026
Merely informing an accused of general reasons for arrest does not amount to communicating the specific grounds of arrest.
Allahabad High Court · 10 Aug 2026
Section 50 NDPS Act is mandatory when a personal/body search of an accused is conducted.
Kerala High Court · 10 Aug 2026
Illegal detention is the essential foundation of a habeas corpus petition.
Andhra Pradesh High Court · 10 Aug 2026
Constitutional courts must adopt a liberal and proactive approach when considering delay in appeals filed by convicts.
Supreme Court of India · 10 Aug 2026
A minor's signature does not constitute the guardian's statutory consent required under the MTP Act.
Delhi High Court · 10 Aug 2026
Identical and stereotyped eyewitness testimony may raise serious doubts about its reliability, particularly where the circumstances would naturally produce individual differences in perception.
Supreme Court of India · 10 Aug 2026
The detaining authority must inform a detenu of his right to make a representation to the specially empowered officer who passed the detention order, where that officer is competent to revoke the order.
Supreme Court of India · 10 Aug 2026
Section 50 NDPS Protection Applies to Personal Search, Not Bags or Containers.
Supreme Court of India · 8 Aug 2026
A Senior Citizens Tribunal can order eviction of children from a parent's property when eviction is necessary to ensure the parent's maintenance, protection and dignity.
Supreme Court of India · 8 Aug 2026
Section 66 of the Information Technology Act, 2000, which prescribes punishment up to three years, is a bailable offence when read with Section 77B of the Act.
Supreme Court of India · 11 Aug 2026
The expert-assistance requirement under the proviso to Section 15(1) JJ Act is mandatory for the Juvenile Justice Board in the circumstances specified by that provision.
Supreme Court of India · 10 Aug 2026
The Magistrate's jurisdiction under Section 176(1A) CrPC is not confined merely to ascertaining the medical or physiological cause of a custodial death.
High Court of Madhya Pradesh · 10 Aug 2026
Saptapadi, being an essential ceremony of Hindu marriage in the circumstances discussed, can be examined by the Trial Court during the trial.
Uttarakhand High Court · 8 Aug 2026
