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July 13, 2026

Courts Cannot Interfere With Expert Committee’s Discretion By Mandating Averaging Of Performance Marks: Supreme Court

By: sayum

"The view taken by CAT and the High Court that the Assessment Committee would have to award average / mean of the marks of APRs/PMS and the ‘Work Report’... in...

July 12, 2026

Unconditional Leave To Defend Summary Suit Must Be Granted If Defendant Raises Substantial Defence: Telangana High Court

By: sayum

"The grounds raised by the defendants do fall under substantial defence or positively good defence and therefore they are entitled to grant of leave to defend unconditionally." High Court for...

July 12, 2026

Revision Against Trial Court's Order Of Return Not Maintainable If Petitioner Hasn't Re-Presented Papers To Explain Maintainability: Madras High Court

By: sayum

"An avenue was open to the petitioner to have re-presented the Applications and satisfy the Court about the maintainability of Application. Without doing so, these revisions challenging the order of...

July 12, 2026

Section 50 NDPS Compliance Mandatory Even If Accused Takes Out Contraband From Pocket During Body Search: Kerala High Court Grants Bail

By: sayum

"When a body search is conducted, it is mandatory that Section 50 of the NDPS Act be complied with. The prosecution has no case at all that there was compliance...

July 12, 2026

Material Contradictions In Eye-Witness Testimony & Exclusion Of Independent Witnesses Warrant Dismissal Of State Appeal Against Acquittal: Gujarat High Court

By: sayum

"The prosecution's version that PW-4 intervened during the incident is contradicted by the testimony of PW-4 himself. This material contradiction stands proved from the deposition of PW-4 and goes to...

July 12, 2026

12-Minute Ad Cap Per Hour On TV Channels Is Constitutionally Valid; Right To Profit Can't Override Public Interest: Delhi High Court

By: sayum

"The frequency, duration as well as density of advertisement breaks are integral to the quality of the viewing experience... excessive or uneven commercial intrusion is not merely an economic concern,...

July 12, 2026

Writ Court Cannot Award Compensation Based On ICC Findings While Statutory Appeal Is Pending: Madhya Pradesh High Court Sets Aside Order Against Former LNIPE VC

By: sayum

"The right of appeal is a substantive right which is required to be given to the authority concerned, so that on facts clarity may come to the fore," Gwalior Bench...

July 12, 2026

Private Schools Are Not 'Public Authorities' Under RTI Act; Information Commission Cannot Direct Them To Display Fee Structure: Madras High Court

By: sayum

"The mere 'supervision' or 'Regulation' as such by a statute or otherwise of a body would not make that body a 'public authority' within the meaning of Section 2(h) of...

July 12, 2026

Forum Of Appeal Is Procedural Law, Retrospective Change Valid But Cannot Nullify Concluded Cases: Karnataka High Court

By: sayum

"We find no difficulty in reading down Section 4 of the Civil Courts Amendment Act so as to exclude from its retrospective operation all appeals that stand concluded by final...

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