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May 20, 2026

Order Framing Charge Under SC/ST Act Is An 'Interlocutory Order', Appeal Under Section 14-A Not Maintainable: Allahabad High Court

By: sayum

"Order of framing of charges is an interlocutory order, in which the conclusion is inescapable and the same does not terminate the proceedings or finally decides the rights of the...

May 20, 2026

BCCI Is Not A 'Public Authority' Under RTI Act; Mere Discharge Of Public Functions Not Enough For Inclusion: CIC

By: sayum

"Definition of 'Public Authority' under Section 2(h) of the RTI Act uses the word 'means' and is therefore exhaustive and restrictive, not illustrative... Mere performance of public functions does not...

May 20, 2026

Stray Dogs Have No Absolute Right To Inhabit Schools, Hospitals Or Restricted Institutional Areas: Supreme Court

By: sayum

"Statutory scheme underlying the PCA Act, 1960, and the Rules framed thereunder, namely, the ABC Rules, 2023, does not mandate, nor can it be interpreted to require, the continued presence...

May 20, 2026

NGOs, Individuals Feeding Stray Dogs In Institutional Campuses To Face Tortious Liability For Dog Bites: Supreme Court

By: sayum

"Assertion of a right to protect or maintain stray dogs in public spaces cannot be divorced from the obligation to ensure that such actions do not result in harm to...

May 20, 2026

Waitlisted Candidates Cannot Demand Change Of Posting At Their Whim; Old Select Lists Lapse After Repeal Of Act: Supreme Court

By: sayum

"The word ‘otherwise’ has to be read as ejusdem generis, that is to say, in group similar to death, resignation, long leave vacancy, invalidation, person not joining after being duly...

May 20, 2026

High Court Cannot Reject Direct Evidence Of Conspiracy On Subjective Notion That It Must Be Hatched In Secrecy: Supreme Court Restores Conviction In Dr. Subbiah Murder Case

By: sayum

"Conspiracies are generally hatched in secrecy, however, it does not mean that direct evidence of conspiracy is an impossibility, or that such evidence would get rejected on this notion alone,"...

May 20, 2026

Electronic Evidence | Nodal Officers Must Be Examined To Prove CDRs; Gait Analysis Inadmissible If Source CCTV Is Corrupted: Supreme Court

By: sayum

"A comparison of two unreliable pieces of evidence cannot produce a reliable piece of evidence. Re-enacting the occurrence certainly leads to revelation of facts within personal knowledge and would amount...

May 20, 2026

PF Default: General Managers Of Co-op Units Not 'Employers' If Ultimate Control Vests With Federation MD, Kerala High Court Quashes Case

By: sayum

"Petitioners herein, who were junior level officers of the Co-operative Department, assigned with the duty to work as General Manager, Branch Manager etc... cannot be termed as authorities who were...

May 20, 2026

Unregistered Gift Deed Cannot Create Title; Injunction Suit Not Maintainable Without Seeking Declaration If Ownership Is Disputed: Delhi High Court

By: sayum

"An unregistered gift deed cannot create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish any right, title or interest in immovable property," Delhi High Court, in a significant ruling, held that a suit...

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