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August 25, 2025

No Rape If No Deception: Knowledge of Prior Marriage Negates Consent-Vitiation Under Section 376 IPC – Supreme Court

By: sayum

“Since There Was No Concealment of First Marriage, Physical Relationship Cannot Be Termed as Rape”, Supreme Court of India delivered a crucial ruling. The bench comprising Justice Pankaj Mithal and...

August 25, 2025

Selection Does Not Ripen Into Appointment—No Vested Right for Aspirants: Supreme Court on Telangana Transco Recruitment:

By: sayum

“Policy Choices After Bifurcation Lie Beyond Judicial Second-Guessing”, Supreme Court overturned a Telangana High Court ruling that had directed the appointment of candidates selected under a 2011–2012 recruitment process conducted...

August 25, 2025

SRA’s Acquisition Without Inviting Landowner for Redevelopment Is Illegal: Supreme Court Calls SRA’s Acquisition a “Land Grab”

By: sayum

“Insertion of ‘owners’ in Section 3B and 13 entrenches, rather than dilutes, landowners’ rights” – Supreme Court of India delivered a landmark judgment under the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance...

August 25, 2025

Landowner Has First Preferential Right in Redevelopment of Slum Areas: Supreme Court Quashes Maharashtra’s Acquisition of Private Land in Tarabai Nagar

By: sayum

“Mere Gazette Notification is Not Enough – SRA Must Issue a Specific Invitation to the Owner Before Acquiring Land” – Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh...

August 25, 2025

Readiness and Willingness Is Not a Ritual—Plaintiff Must Prove Financial Capacity: Madras High Court Denies Specific Performance of Sale Agreement

By: Deepak Kumar

“Non-examination of plaintiff, non-deposit of balance amount, and absence of financial proof—no specific performance can be granted where readiness is only pleaded, not proved.” - Madras High Court, in a...

August 25, 2025

Clean-Cut Wound Is Not a Human Bite: Himachal Pradesh High Court Acquits Accused in Grievous Hurt Case Over Medical-Evidence Mismatch

By: Deepak Kumar

In a dramatic reversal of two concurrent findings, the Himachal Pradesh High Court setting aside the conviction of two men who had been sentenced under Sections 341, 323, 326 and...

August 25, 2025

Suspicion Alone Cannot Demolish a Will Otherwise Proven — But Signature Must Be Proved to Be That of the Testatrix: Delhi High Court

By: Deepak Kumar

“Fulfilment of First Condition Under Section 69 Does Not Presume Fulfilment of the Second” — Delhi High Court, presided over by Justice Tejas Karia, dismissed a review application seeking reconsideration...

August 25, 2025

Presumption Under Section 118 NI Act Fails If Consideration As Pleaded Is Disproved — Presumption Cannot Replace Proof of Actual Transaction: Kerala High Court Overturns Money Decree in Cheque Case

By: Deepak Kumar

“Plaintiff Cannot Rely on Presumption After Failing to Prove Payment of Sale Consideration”, Kerala High Court delivered a critical judgment holding that where the consideration alleged by the plaintiff is...

August 24, 2025

To Injunct Also Means To Expel — Rajasthan High Court Upholds Restoration of Possession Under Order XXI Rule 32(5) CPC for Violation of Injunction

By: Deepak Kumar

“A Civil Court Cannot Be Rendered Powerless Against Wilful Defiance of Its Decrees” — In a significant judgment Rajasthan High Court at Jodhpur, through Justice Farjand Ali, dismissed a civil...

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