Can School Certificates Alone Prove Adoption in Inheritance Disputes? High Court Reaffirms Evidentiary Standards for Adoption Claims

The court held that, in the absence of cogent evidence of an adoption ceremony or adoption deed, a mere entry

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October 31, 2025 | High Court of Punjab and Haryana

Can Preventive Detention Orders Be Sustained When Based Solely on Stale FIRs Without Proximate or Live Link to Current Threats? — Position Clarified and Existing Precedent Affirmed by High Court

The High Court reaffirms that preventive detention under the PSA cannot be justified if based solely on stale allegations or

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October 31, 2025 | High Court of Jammu and Kashmir

Does the High Court’s Dismissal of a Criminal Revision as Infructuous Create Any Precedential Value on Substantive Legal Questions?

Where a criminal revision is dismissed as infructuous following withdrawal of the underlying proceedings, the judgment does not decide any

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October 31, 2025 | Calcutta High Court

Can Offences under Sections 147, 148, 149, 323, 504, and 506 IPC Be Quashed Upon Settlement by the Victims?

The Uttarakhand High Court affirms that criminal proceedings under Sections 147, 148, 149, 323, 504, and 506 IPC can be

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October 31, 2025 | High Court of Uttarakhand

Can Serious Offences under Section 307 IPC Be Quashed on Compromise Between Parties? — Precedent from the Uttarakhand High Court’s Application of Section 528 BNSS, 2023

Uttarakhand High Court allows quashing of proceedings under Section 307 IPC on the basis of compromise among parties despite prosecution

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October 31, 2025 | High Court of Uttarakhand

Can the Assistant Settlement Officer Override Valid Lease Orders by Acting Suo Motu at the Draft ROR Stage under the OSS Act? — Orissa High Court Reaffirms Jurisdictional Boundaries

The Orissa High Court has clarified that Assistant Settlement Officers (ASOs) under the Orissa Survey and Settlement Act, 1958 (OSS

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October 31, 2025 | Orissa High Court

When Does Efflux of Time Render Writ Petitions Infructuous in Academic Admission Matters?

The court affirmed that when the academic session in question has concluded, challenges to admission processes for that session become

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October 31, 2025 | Madras High Court

Can Long-Term Contractual Service Lead to Regularization in Non-Sanctioned Posts? Reaffirming the Scope of Umadevi in Public Employment Regularization Jurisprudence

The Madras High Court has ruled that continuous service on a contractual basis, even if exceeding ten years, does not

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October 31, 2025 | Madras High Court

Can Bail Be Granted in Allegations of Rape Under Sections 64/64(2)(i)/64(2)(k) of the BNS, 2023? Judgment Upholds Existing Judicial Practice and Reinforces Stringent Approach to Bail in Serious Sexual Offences — Binding Precedent in Jharkhand

The court refused bail to an accused charged under Sections 64/64(2)(i)/64(2)(k) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, involving allegations of

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October 31, 2025 | High Court of Jharkhand

When Does a High Court Make Interim Anticipatory Bail “Absolute” After the Accused Joins Investigation? (Upholding Existing Practice, Binding Authority)

The High Court reiterated that once the petitioner joins investigation pursuant to the court’s order and the State confirms no

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October 31, 2025 | High Court of Punjab and Haryana

Can an Interim Arrangement for Supply of Electricity Be Ordered by the High Court Pending Adjudication Before the State Electricity Regulatory Commission in the Absence of a Member (Legal) on the Commission? (Existing Law Affirmed; Binding Authority)

The Punjab & Haryana High Court affirmed that, where proceedings before the State Electricity Regulatory Commission are stalled due to

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October 31, 2025 | High Court of Punjab and Haryana

Is the Trial Court Required to Frame Separate Issues for Each Distinct Objection Raised by the Parties, Rather Than Subsume Them Under a General Issue of ‘Maintainability’? – Binding Clarification of Civil Procedure in Framing of Issues

Punjab & Haryana High Court reaffirms and clarifies that specific objections—such as partial partition, ouster, valuation, court fee, and Order

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October 31, 2025 | High Court of Punjab and Haryana