Does an administrative authority have a duty to implement a final Division Bench judgment not stayed by the Supreme Court when deciding identical claims?

Calcutta HC directs respondent to apply its July 4, 2024 Division Bench ruling—uninterfered by the Supreme Court’s November 18, 2024 order—within fixed timelines to determine monetary benefits for retired contractual Gram Panchayat employees; binds such authorities in future writ petitions.   Summary Category Data Case Name WPA/17767/2025 of DEBABRATA CHAKRABORTY AND ORS. Vs THE STATE […]

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Is a Review Petition Under Order 47 Rule 1 CPC Limited to Errors Apparent on the Record and Not a Forum to Re-argue Merits Already Adjudicated?

Reaffirming Supreme Court Precedents on the Narrow Scope of Review Jurisdiction and Binding Subordinate Courts   Summary Category Data Case Name RVW/53/2024 of Kalpajit Chakraborty Vs Union of India and Ors. CNR WBCHCA0086452024 Decision Date 27-08-2025 Disposal Nature Dismissed Judgment Author Hon’ble Justice Suvra Ghosh Court Calcutta High Court Bench Hon’ble Justice Suvra Ghosh and […]

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Does an accused husband’s failure to explain incriminating circumstances under Section 106 of the Indian Evidence Act justify conviction on circumstantial evidence?

Affirming the burden under Section 106 in domestic homicide; death sentence commuted under rarest-of-rare principles   Summary Category Data Case Name CRA/377/2017 of MD JAHANGIR SAHAJI Vs STATE OF WEST BENGAL CNR WBCHCA0309562017 Decision Date 27-08-2025 Disposal Nature PARTLY ALLOWED Judgment Author Prasenjit Biswas, J. Concurring or Dissenting Judges Debangsu Basak, J. (concurring) Court Calcutta […]

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Can a long-serving contractual employee claim regularisation and post-retiral benefits without a formal absorption order?

High Court of Tripura upholds that administrative errors in records cannot confer regular status; directs payment of undisputed salary arrears while affirming that gratuity and leave encashment under DRDA Regulations, 2014 are not payable to purely contractual staff.   Summary Category Data Case Name WA/47/2024 of Dibyendu Chakraborty Vs The State of Tripura and ors […]

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Can a Minister Direct a Statutory Authority to Withhold a Contractor’s Security Deposit?

Does the High Court reaffirm the limits on ministerial interference by holding such directives improper and establish binding authority for municipal contract disputes?   Summary Category Data Case Name WPMS/184/2025 of M/S U K CONSTRUCTION CO Vs NAGAR PALIKA PARISHAD MANGLORE CNR UKHC010007352025 Decision Date 27-08-2025 Disposal Nature Disposed Judgment Author Hon’ble Mr. Justice Manoj […]

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Can a Conviction Based Solely on Incomplete Circumstantial Evidence and Uncorroborated Extrajudicial or Co-accused Confession Stand?

The Calcutta High Court, upholding established precedents, held that when a case rests entirely on circumstantial evidence, the prosecution must establish an unbroken chain of facts consistent only with the accused’s guilt. Extrajudicial confessions before villagers and confessions of co-accused, without independent corroboration, cannot alone sustain a conviction. This judgment, binding on all subordinate courts […]

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Can a Civil Court Commissioner’s Report, Once Formally Accepted Without Objection, Be Treated as Conclusive Evidence Precluding a Party’s Challenge at Trial?

The Orissa High Court affirms that a Commissioner’s report under Order 26 Rule 9 CPC remains mere evidence and may be challenged at any stage, overruling the 1st Appellate Court’s contrary view; this clarification is binding on all subordinate courts in civil disputes involving local inspection reports.   Summary Category Data Case Name SA/345/1996 of […]

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Does Section 43D(5) of the UA(P) Act bar bail when a prima facie case of conspiracy and extortion by a banned organisation member is established?

Division Bench of Jharkhand High Court affirms existing precedent on mandatory bail embargo under Section 43D(5) UA(P) Act in PLFI extortion‐terrorism context; binding on subordinate courts and persuasive for other High Courts.   Summary Category Data Case Name Cr.A(DB)/145/2025 of SHIV KUMAR SAHU Vs THE STATE OF JHARKHAND CNR JHHC010024722025 Date of Registration 05-02-2025 Decision […]

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Can Revenue Records Alone Establish Title in a Civil Suit for Declaration of Property Rights?

Madras HC Reaffirms That Patta, Chitta and Tax Receipts Only Prove Possession, Not Title; Overrules First Appellate Reliance on Them and Restores Trial Court Decree—Binding Authority for Subordinate Courts   Summary Category Data Case Name SA/181/2015 of THE DIST COLLECTOR Vs GANESAN CNR HCMA010450072015 Date of Registration 20-03-2015 Decision Date 26-08-2025 Disposal Nature ALLOWED Judgment […]

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Does a preventive detention order under the J&K PSA fail for non-communication of representation rights, non-supply of materials and mechanical reproduction of police dossier?

The High Court held that a detention order is unsustainable if the detaining authority does not specify the time-limit for representation under Article 22(5), fails to supply essential material (e.g., proceedings under Sections 107/151 CrPC), and mechanically copies the police dossier—strictly affirming Supreme Court precedents and binding on subordinate courts.   Summary Category Data Case […]

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Can Amendments to Sections 14T and 14M of the West Bengal Land Reforms Act Override Res Judicata and Reclassify Private Trust Lands as the Author’s Land for Vesting?

The Calcutta High Court affirms that sub-sections (5)–(9) of Section 14T (as amended in 1981 and 1986) validly negate lateral res judicata, treat lands held by a private religious trust in favour of a deity as lands of the author, and create an independent adjudicatory and appeal scheme—binding on all Revenue Officers and tribunals under […]

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Are Army Public Schools “State Authorities” under Article 12 for Writ Jurisdiction?

Does the Division Bench’s affirmation that Army Public Schools are directly and substantially part of the Indian Army, and thus amenable to Articles 32/226 jurisdiction, overturn the Single Judge’s non-maintainability rulings and provide binding authority for future challenges to APS terminations?   Summary Category Data Case Name LPA/1476/2023 of REENA PANTA Vs UNION OF INDIA […]

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