The Court reaffirmed the central importance of the accused's right to cross-examination, recognizing it as an indispensable component of a fair criminal trial.
Allahabad High Court · 14 Jul 2026
The Court distinguished between liquidated damages clauses and option clauses, holding that only an express contractual right permitting discharge by payment can exclude specific performance.
Supreme Court of India · 14 Jul 2026
The availability of relief under Section 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act does not bar a claim under Section 24 during the pendency of the appeal.
Delhi High Court · 14 Jul 2026
Marriage to the victim in an earlier POCSO case does not affect the merits of the pending NDPS case.
Punjab and Haryana High Court · 14 Jul 2026
Orders rejecting applications under Section 16 are ordinarily not amenable to challenge under Article 227.
Supreme Court of India · 14 Jul 2026
A long-running jamabandi can be cancelled only by a competent civil court.
Jharkhand High Court · 14 Jul 2026
The Bench observed that appellate courts are under a duty to carefully reappreciate the evidence before reversing findings of fact.
Supreme Court of India · 14 Jul 2026
A suit under Section 6 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963 is maintainable before the Civil Court even where the parties are in a licensor-licensee relationship.
Bombay High Court · 14 Jul 2026
A mother who is already receiving maintenance from her biological son pursuant to an order under Section 125 CrPC cannot seek another maintenance order against her stepson for the same purpose.
Allahabad High Court · 14 Jul 2026
The Court adopted a strict interpretation of Section 23(1), holding that all statutory conditions must be satisfied before the extraordinary power to invalidate a property transaction can be exercised.
Andhra Pradesh High Court · 14 Jul 2026
A rectification deed cannot substitute or change the identity of the property conveyed unless the original transferor is a party to the rectification.
Supreme Court of India · 14 Jul 2026
The judgment reinforces the fundamental criminal law principle that criminal liability is personal and cannot be imposed solely on the basis of administrative irregularities or technical omissions.
Punjab and Haryana High Court · 14 Jul 2026
The decision underscores that proclamation proceedings under Section 82 CrPC are a significant indicator of deliberate evasion and weigh heavily against the grant of anticipatory bail.
Allahabad High Court · 14 Jul 2026
A Children's Court cannot try a child as an adult without first passing a reasoned order under Section 19(1) of the Juvenile Justice Act.
Supreme Court of India · 13 Jul 2026
The judgment reiterates that a conviction can safely rest on circumstantial evidence if every circumstance is fully established and forms a complete chain.
Allahabad High Court · 13 Jul 2026
There is no prescribed statutory or judicial format for communicating written grounds of arrest.
Delhi High Court · 13 Jul 2026
