Can Uncontested Statutory Records Alone Establish Marriage and Succession Rights in a Property Dispute?

Calcutta High Court affirms that unchallenged public documents issued during the deceased’s lifetime create prima facie proof of matrimonial status

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August 27, 2025 | Calcutta High Court

Does mere possession of crude bombs and local terrorizing attract UAPA Section 18 without intent to threaten national security?

Clarification of “terrorist act” under UAPA Section 15; upholds narrow interpretation, offers persuasive authority for bail in UAPA cases  

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August 27, 2025 | Calcutta High Court

Can a High Court’s Power Under Section 11 Be Confined to Prima Facie Existence of an Arbitration Agreement?

The Orissa High Court reaffirms that, under Section 11(6)/(6-A) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, its role is confined

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August 27, 2025 | Orissa High Court

Can a preventive detention order simultaneously invoke public order and state security without clear application of mind and communication of representation rights?

Quashing a mechanically framed detention order for breach of Article 22 safeguards, reaffirming strict construction of preventive detention law; binding

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August 27, 2025 | High Court of Jammu and Kashmir

Can a High Court, under Article 226, Direct Mutation of Land Records to Reflect Competing Title Deeds and Shares?

  Summary Category Data Case Name WPLRT/128/2025 of GITA MONDAL Vs STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ORS. CNR WBCHCA0372692025 Decision

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August 27, 2025 | Calcutta High Court

Does Section 15(2) of the Commercial Courts Act Mandate Transfer of Pending Commercial Suits to a Constituted Commercial Court?

High Court upholds mandatory transfer of pending commercial disputes under Section 15(2) of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015, as binding

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August 27, 2025 | High Court of Uttarakhand

Can a third-party purchaser be impleaded in probate proceedings under Order 1 Rule 10 CPC?

Yes – the Orissa High Court affirmed that a purchaser named in a registered sale deed holds sufficient interest to

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August 27, 2025 | Orissa High Court

Can a Subsequent Purchaser Be Served a Removal Notice under Section 26 of the Control of National Highways Act, 2002 for Land Acquired under Section 4(1a) of the West Bengal Land (Requisition & Acquisition) Act, 1948?

Does the Calcutta High Court reaffirm that a purchaser after a Section 4 notification acquires no title, and that acquired

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August 27, 2025 | Calcutta High Court