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05/04/2026House Trespass Is An Offence Against Possession, True Owner Can’t Unlawfully Enter Premises In Tenant’s Lawful Possession: Kerala High CourtCriminal TrespassHouse Trespass, Tenant Rights, Landlord Tenant DisputeLink
05/04/2026Disabled Employee Shifted To New Cadre Cannot Claim Seniority Based On Previous Service: Bombay High CourtService Law Disability Rights, Persons with Disabilities Act 1995, Section 47Link
05/04/2026Compassion Has No Place In Public Employment; No Second Chance For Candidate Who Skipped Physical Test : Supreme CourtService Law Recruitment Rules, Physical Test, No Second Chance,, Candidate AbsencLink
05/04/2026Compassionate Appointment Can't Be Denied On Ground Of Delay When Initial Application Was Timely: Rajasthan High CourtService LawCompassionate AppointmentLink
05/04/2026POCSO Cases Can Be Quashed By Consent U/S 528 BNSS; Discretion To Be Exercised As An Exception & With Caution: Meghalaya High CourtCriminal LawRomeo Juliet CasesLink
05/04/2026No Parole For 'Arranging' Children's Marriage Or If Other Criminal Cases Pending: Allahabad High Court Denies Relief To Ex-MLACriminal LawParoleLink
05/04/2026Mere Breach Of Promise To Marry Does Not Constitute Rape In Absence Of Initial Deception: Uttarakhand High Court Criminal LawPromise To Marry, Rape Law, False Promise, Section376IPC, Live In Relationship, Consensual RelationshipLink
05/04/2026Homemaker no unskilled worker, takes no leave’: Madhya Pradesh High Court raises payout for kin of woman killed in accidentMotor Accident ClaimCompensationLink
05/04/2026Electricity Supply Can't Be Denied To Occupant Due To Ownership Dispute: Andhra Pradesh High CourtCivil LitigationElectricity Supply, Electricity A Basic Necessity, article21Link
05/04/2026Marital Rape Not Criminalised, But Forced Sex In Love Relationship Is Criminal: Gauhati High Court Refuses To Quash FIRPOCSO ActCompromise in Criminal Cases, Victim Statement, Consent in RelationshipLink
05/04/2026Mere Abuse Or Uttering Caste Name Not Offence Under SC/ST Act: J&K&L High CourtCriminal Law SC/ST Act, Caste Based HumiliationLink
05/04/2026June 30 Retirement No Bar To July 1 Annual Increment- Delhi High CourtService Law Retirement, Annual Increment

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05/04/2026Mere Forwarding of Social Media Content Not an Offence Under BNSSocial Media ForwardingMens Rea, Criminal Intent, Fake NewsLink
05/04/2026S. 35 BNSS | Notice Of Appearance Must Be Served Physically, WhatsApp Or Email Not Valid Modes: Karnataka High Court Notice of AppearancePhysical Service Of Notice, Whatsapp Mode, Electronic CommunicationLink
05/04/2026WhatsApp Notice Invalid Under Section 41A CrPC: Rajasthan HC Convicts Cop for Contempt in Violating Arnesh Kumar GuidelinesNotice of AppearanceWhatsApp NoticeLink
05/04/2026Dismissal Of Suit For Default Not Res Judicata, But Party May Still Be Denied Relief For Abandoning Earlier Proceedings : Supreme CourtLitigation ProcedureDismissal for Default, Civil Procedure Code, Adjudication on MeritsLink
05/04/2026Complainant Has No Right To Be Heard In Penalty Proceedings Against SPIO U/S 20 RTI Act: Kerala High CourtRTI Penalty ProceedingLink
05/04/2026Hindu Husband's Obligation To Maintain Wife Attaches Even After Death; Widow Can Claim From Father-In-Law: Allahabad HCFamily LawWife MaintenanceLink
05/04/2026Andhra Pradesh High Court Rules: Husband Gets No Share in Wife’s Parental PropertyHindu Succession Act rulingchildless wife inheritance lawLink
05/04/2026Interfaith live-in relationship not an offence, protected under Constitution: Allahabad HCPolice Protection / Article 21 Liberty Matterinterfaith live-in relationshipLink
05/04/2026Daughter Entitled to Maintenance and Educational Expenses Even if She Attains Majority During Pendency of Proceedings: Madhya Pradesh High CourtFamily Law Major Daughter, Maintenance RightsLink
05/04/2026Wife’s Right To Permanent Alimony U/S 25 HMA Not Dependent On Her Children’s Majority Or Earning Capacity: Rajasthan High CourtFamily LawWife MaintenanceLink
05/04/2026Public Servants Deemed To Be In Service Until Closing Hours, Can't Walk Away To Claim Cessation Of Employment: Madras High CourtService Law Disciplinary ProceedingsLink
05/04/2026Counsel Sends Illness Slip But Appears Elsewhere: Allahabad High Court Imposes ₹20,000 CostsProfessional EthicsIllness SlipLink
04/04/2026Wife Absolute Owner Of 'Streedhan'; Husband May Use But Has Obligation To Restore It: Allahabad HC Quashes 406 IPC Case Against WifeMatrimonial Criminal CaseWife Absolute Owner of StreedhanLink
04/04/2026Non-Signatory Cannot Be Prosecuted Under Section 138 NI Act: Delhi High Court Quashes Summoning OrderSection 138 NI Actcheque bounce caseLink
04/04/2026No Right to Maintenance for Wife Who Chooses to Live Apart Without Cause: Bombay HCFamily Law Wife MaintenanceLink
04/04/2026Landlord Not Required to Prove ‘Bona Fide Need’ Under 2021 Tenancy Act: Allahabad High Court
UP Tenancy Act 2021Landlord Tenant DisputeLink
04/04/2026No Need For Bone Ossification If Documents Prove Age Of Minor At The Time Of Incident: Allahabad High CourtJJ ActDetermination Of Age, Bone Ossification. Age of MinorLink
04/04/2026Blacklisting Not Automatic Consequence of Contract Termination; Requires Specific Show-Cause Notice: Supreme CourtCivil Appeal (arising out of SLP (C))Blacklisting of ContractorsLink
04/04/2026High Ranking Employee Can't Seek Same Lesser Penalty Given To Subordinates : Supreme Court Restores Bank Manager's DismissalService LawParity in Disciplinary Punishment Link
03/04/2026Wife's Professional Competence, Earning Potential Can't Be Ignored While Deciding Maintenance: Allahabad High Court Family Law Wife MaintenanceLink
03/04/2026Departmental Inquiry Not Needed After Bribery Conviction Of Govt Employee: MP High Court Upholds DismissalService Law Government Employee Dismissal, Departmental Inquiry, Bribery Conviction, Corruption Case, Prevention of Corruption ActLink
03/04/2026Patna HC Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Forest Officer, Says Public Servants Must Be Protected From Vexatious Prosecution
Service LawPublic servant, Section 197 CrPC, Discharge Of Official DutiesLink
03/04/2026Talaq Takes Effect From the Day It Is Pronounced; Subsequent Decree Is Merely Declaratory, Says Allahabad High CourtFamily Law Muslim Personal Law, Talaq, Maintenance, Family Court, Second Marriage, Declaratory DecreeLink
02/04/2026'Can't Use Criminal Law As Weapon To Implicate In-Laws In Matrimonial Discord': Karnataka High Court Quashes Cruelty FIRFamily Law Dowry Harassment, Ensnare Entire FamiliesLink
02/04/2026Maintenance A Recurring Entitlement; Wife Can Revive Old S. 125 CrPC Plea If Husband Breaches Settlement: Allahabad High CourtFamily LawWife MaintenanceLink
02/04/2026Obligations Toward Parents, Siblings Do Not Absolve Husband Of Primary Duty To Maintain Wife: Allahabad High CourtFamily LawWife Maintenance Link
02/04/2026Departmental Charge-Sheet Not A Plaint; Evasive Reply Given To It Does Not Amount To Admission: Supreme CourtService LawDepartmental Enquiry, Oral Inquiry, Natural Justice, Dismissal OrderLink
02/04/2026Sadanand Sharma v. State of U.P. and 6 Others, Writ - A No. 14712 of 2024: Allahabad HC Questions Minister-Approved CSR 351-A ProceedingsService LawCSR 351ALink
02/04/2026No Dismissal After Retirement, Only Pensionary Action Permissible: Supreme Court Refuses to Interfere with Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench RulingService Law, Lucknow Bench Departmental Proceedings, Post Retirement Dismissal, Pension Recovery, Article 351A CSRLink
02/04/2026Tribunal Sets Aside Punishment Imposed On Excise Officer In Spurious Liquor Death MatterUP Public Service Tribunal Deaths After Consuming Spurious LiquorLink
30/03/2026Legal Heirs Can Claim Medical Reimbursement If Government Employee Dies During TreatmentAllahabad High CourtMedical ReimbursementLink
29/03/2026“After Granting Liquor Sale Licence, State Cannot Claim It Is Not a Fundamental Right”: Allahabad High CourtUP Excise Shop cancellationLink
29/03/2026Daughter-In-Law Not Legally Obligated To Maintain Parents-In-Law : Allahabad High CourtAllahabad High CourtSection 144 BNSS, maintenance to parents-in-law
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29/03/2026No Offence If Married Man Stays In Live-In Relationship With Adult Woman: Allahabad High CourtAllahabad High Court, single judgeLive in Relationship, division bench observation
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29/03/2026Married Persons Cannot Enter Into Live-In Relationship Without Obtaining Divorce: Allahabad HC Refuses ProtectionAllahabad High Court, single judge viewLive in Relationship
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28/03/2026Consent Has No Legal Relevance for Sexual Intercourse Within a Valid Marriage”: Madhya Pradesh High Court Quashes Section 377 IPC Charge Against HusbandCriminal casematrimonial rape Link
28/03/2026Liquor Trade Is Not a Fundamental Right: Madhya Pradesh High Court Upholds Suspension of Distillery LicencesMP ExciseSuspension of Distillery LicencesLink
26/03/2026Punjab SIC Imposes ₹25,000 Penalty on PIO for 30-Month RTI Delay, Issues Bailable WarrantsRTIBailable Warrant PIOLink
22/03/2026Supreme Court Big Decision Group Insurance Amount Cannot Be Deducted From Compensation Under Motor Vehicles ActMotor accident claimMACTLink
22/03/2026No proof of stridhan used in buying flat, no stay: HC upholds husband’s flat sale, slaps Rs 60,000 monthly damages on wifeHusband Wife CaseStridhan, Shared HouseholdLink
22/03/2026Delay in Filing FIR Without Valid Reason Raises Doubt: Allahabad High CourtCriminal AppealFIR DelayLink
22/03/2026Military Service to Be Counted in Pension and Pay Fixation: Allahabad High CourtServiceEx-Servicemen, Pension RulesLink
21/03/2026Tribunal Upholds Penalty Where Charged Employee Was Allowed to Cross-Examine WitnessesServiceUP Public Service Tribunal, Departmental ProceedingsLink
21/03/2026UP Public Service Tribunal Dismisses Police Officer’s Petition Over Failure to Submit ReplyServiceUP Public Service Tribunal, Departmental ProceedingsLink
20/03/2026S. 20(1) RTI Act Which Prescribes Penalty For Default In Supplying Info Within Specified Time Not Mandatory: Chhattisgarh High CourtRTIRTI Act Section 20(1) penalty not mandatory, Delay in Supplying InformationLink
20/03/2026Unjust To Sustain Departmental Findings After Acquittal On Identical Evidence: Bombay High Court Quashes CISF Officer’s DismissalServiceEffect of Criminal Acquittal on Departmental InquiryLink
19/03/2026Uncommunicated Adverse Entries In ACRs Can Be Considered For Passing Order Of Compulsory Retirement: Chhattisgarh HCServiceCompulsory Retirement: Link
19/03/2026Bigamous marriage before appointment is not misconduct but affects eligibility: Allahabad High CourtService bigamous marriageLink
15/03/2026Missing records no ground to deny RTI info: Punjab State Information CommissionRTIRTILink
14/03/2026In absence of rules, no show-cause notice can be given to retired employees: Allahabad HCserviceDepartmental ProceedingsLink
14/03/2026Departmental Proceedings Are Initiated Only After Issuance Of Chargesheet And Not Merely On Issuance Of A Show Cause Notice: SC ReiteratesserviceDepartmental ProceedingsLink
14/03/2026Supreme Court Upholds Conviction Of Excise Inspector In 35-Year-Old Bribery Case, Reduces Sentence Since Convict Now 75 Yr OldPrevention of Corruption Acttrap caseLink
14/03/2026Penalty Can Be Imposed Only for Deliberate Delay in Providing RTI Information: Allahabad High CourtRTISection 20(1) and Section 20(2) of the RTI ActLink
14/03/2026Parental income not sole test for OBC creamy layerServiceOBC creamy layer, ReservationLink
14/03/2026Warning Is Not a Punishment, an Exonerated Employee Is Entitled to Full Salary and AllowancesServiceNo Work No Pay, Suspension SalaryLink
09/03/2026If Information Is Given And Perusal Of Records Is Permitted, Giving Copies Of Documents Not Necessary Under RTI Act: Allahabad High CourtRTIThird-Party ConsentLink
08/03/2026Can UPSC coaching centres publish mock interviews without consent? RTI query raises issueRTIConsumer Affairs, Coaching Institute, Personal Data, Mock Interview PublicationLink
05/03/2026Acquittal In Criminal Case No Bar On Employer To Conduct Departmental Proceedings: MP High Court Denies Relief To CopServiceCriminal Acquittal, departmental enquiryLink
02/03/2026Referring To Someone By Their Profession Doesn't Attract SC/ST Act Offence If No Intent To Humiliate: Allahabad High Court CriminalSC/ST Act Latest Judgment, Profession Based Remark SC/ST Act, Intent to Humiliate SC/ST CaseLink
02/03/2026Lodging FIR With an Advocate’s Assistance Does Not By Itself Dilute Its Credibility: Allahabad High Court

CriminalFIR Drafted by Advocate, Legal Assistance in FIRLink
02/03/2026Lucknow Bench: No Recovery on Audit Objection Without Hearing—Class III/IV Deductions to Be Refunded in 8 WeeksService Overpayment Recovery, Audit Objection, Supreme Court Rafiq MasihLink
01/03/2026Magistrate Cannot Return Complaint For Want Of Accused’s Postal Address: Kerala HC

CriminalComplaint caseLink
01/03/2026Trial Not Started Until Evidence; Amendment Allowed Before Testimony CivilTrialLink
01/03/2026Unjustified Delay in FIR Hits Credibility; No Arrest Till Next OrderCriminaldelay in FIRLink
Proceedings Cannot Be Initiated Against a Retired Employee Without Prior Sanction of the GovernorService351-A Civil Services Regulations (CSR)Link
Non-achieving of the target by itself cannot be constituted as major punishmentServicedepartmental enquiryLink
Disciplinary Proceedings Stayed for a Time-Barred Charge-Sheet; Employee Directed to be Reinstated Servicedepartmental enquiryLink
Lodging of FIR cannot be construed as misconductServicedepartmental enquiryLink
SC: BNSS 175(4) Complaint Against Public Servant Must Comply With 175(3) PreconditionsCriminalLink
Oral Hearing/Oral Inquiry is Mandatory in Disciplinary ProceedingsServicedepartmental enquiryLink
an acquittal in a criminal case merely on the “benefit of doubt” (संदेह का लाभ) cannot, by itself, become a ground to restore employment / reinstate in serviceServiceCriminal proceedings and departmental proceedingsLink
Dismissal Can’t Be Based Solely on “Conviction”—A Reasoned Finding on “Conduct” Is MandatoryServiceCriminal proceedings and departmental proceedingsLink
Transfer policy 2025-2026 is directory only and not mandatoryServiceTransfer PolicyLink
बीएनएसएस की धारा-175 (3) के तहत मजिस्ट्रेट हर मामले में एफआईआर का आदेश देने के लिए बाध्य नहींCriminalLink
इलाहाबाद हाईकोर्ट ने कहा-एक मामले में भी लागू हो सकता है गैंगस्टर एक्टCriminalLink
झूठी FIR दर्ज कराने वालों पर पुलिस के लिए मुकदमा चलाना अनिवार्य, पालन न करने पर IOs को अवमानना का सामना करना पड़ेगाCriminalFalse FIR Link
दहेज हत्या में हमेशा उम्रकैद ही जरूरी नहींCriminalDowryLink
WhatsApp Chats to Be Treated as Evidence in Maintenance Case; Order Set Aside, Matter RemandedFamily LawMaintenanceLink
पति की हैसियत के हिसाब से पत्नी को सम्मानजनक जीवन का अधिकारFamily LawMaintenanceLink
बिकने के बाद वाहन हादसे की स्थिति में वही जवाबदेह जिसका सरकारी रिकॉर्ड में होगा नामMotor Accident ClaimView
26/02/2026IT Returns Are Personal, Not Public: Karnataka HC Quashes CIC Order Directing Disclosure To Wife Under RTI; Issues GuidelinesRTIRTIView
Advocates cannot seek information under RTI Act for clients' cases: CICRTILink
15/12/2010State of U.P. & Ors. v. Sangam Nath Pandey & Ors., Civil Appeal No. 4360 of 2010Service Law special recruitmentLink
23/11/2012Civil Appeal No. 8263 of 2012 Chairman, LIC of India & Ors. v. A. MasilamaniService Lawde novo enquiryLink