High Court of Meghalaya upholds existing principle that once a demarcation direction is complied with factually—even if unsuccessful—the writ petition stands answered, providing persuasive authority for land dispute mandamus petitions. Summary Category Data Case Name WP(C)/87/2025 of ZILUR RAHMAN Vs GARO HILLS AUTONOMOUS DISTRICT COUNCIL AND 6 ORS. CNR MLHC010002792025 Decision Date 27-08-2025 Disposal […]
Summary Category Data Case Name CRA/523/2015 of BHARAT CHANDRA METE Vs STATE OF WEST BENGAL CNR WBCHCA0416512015 Date of Registration 12-08-2015 Decision Date 27-08-2025 Disposal Nature PARTLY ALLOWED Judgment Author Hon’ble Justice Prasenjit Biswas Court Calcutta High Court Bench Single Judge bench Precedent Value Binding in jurisdiction; reaffirms settled criminal jurisprudence Overrules / Affirms […]
High Court upholds Division Bench precedent, affirming statutory right to PF dues and mandating PF Commissioner to pay principal and interest (12% p.a., rising to 15% on default) Summary Category Data Case Name WPA/17762/2025 of SAMIR SARKAR AND ORS. Vs NATIONAL JUTE MANUFACTURES CORPORATION LIMITED AND ORS. CNR WBCHCA0361802025 Date of Registration 02-08-2025 Decision […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]