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November 16, 2025

No Work – No Pay Is the Rule, Not the Exception: J&K High Court Denies Back Wages for Deceased CRPF Officer’s Period of Unauthorized Absence

By: sayum

In a judgment underscoring the foundational principle of service jurisprudence, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Jammu has ruled that dependents of a dismissed Central Reserve...

November 16, 2025

Change in Company Name Does Not Invalidate Pending Complaint Under Section 138 NI Act – Calcutta High Court

By: sayum

“No Requirement to Amend Cause Title After Change in Company Name; Complaint Remains Valid” – In a significant clarification on corporate procedural law vis-à-vis criminal prosecution, the Calcutta High Court...

November 16, 2025

No Interference Warranted Where Courts Reliably Assess Demarcation Evidence in Land Disputes: Himachal Pradesh High Court

By: sayum

“Findings are duly borne from the records… No illegality or perversity found”: Himachal Pradesh High Court delivered a significant ruling under Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure, reaffirming...

November 16, 2025

A Colourable Exercise of Power Can’t Mask Contempt: Tripura High Court Quashes DM’s Order Passed in Defiance of Stay on Petrol Pump Closure

By: Admin

High Court of Tripura guilty of wilful disobedience of a judicial order, for issuing a closure order of a petrol pump despite the Court’s interim stay on cancellation of its...

November 16, 2025

Statement Under Section 164 CrPC Not a Precondition for Validity of Investigation if Victim Fails to Appear: Uttarakhand High Court

By: Admin

“Despite service of notice under Section 160 CrPC, the prosecutrix failed to appear for her statement under Section 164; investigation cannot be vitiated for her non-cooperation” — Uttarakhand High Court...

November 16, 2025

Police Have No Jurisdiction to Register FIR for Unsafe Food—Only Food Safety Authorities Can Act Under FSSA: Rajasthan High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings

By: Admin

“The FIR registered by police under IPC for food adulteration is void ab initio and amounts to an abuse of process, as it bypasses the statutory mechanism under the Food...

November 16, 2025

Court Cannot Rewrite Contract for the Plaintiff: No Specific Performance When Agreement Lacks Boundaries and Plaintiff Silent on Partial Alienation: Telangana High Court

By: Admin

In a latest judgement Telangana High Court set aside a decree of specific performance previously granted by a Trial Court, holding that the agreement of sale lacked essential particulars and...

November 16, 2025

Executing Court Must Look Beyond the Decree To Uphold Justice – Allahabad High Court Clarifies Scope of Section 47 CPC in Long-Standing Property Dispute

By: sayum

“Absence of Property Markings in Map Does Not Defeat Possession Decree If Decree and Judgment Are Clear” – In a significant ruling on the execution of decrees under the Code...

November 16, 2025

Mere Mutation Of Revenue Records Doesn’t Confer Exclusive Title: Madras High Court

By: sayum

"Co-heirs are deemed to be in joint possession and mere mutation of revenue records does not bestow absolute ownership – Proof of Will must satisfy the conscience of the Court,...

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