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 on all subordinate courts.   Summary Category Data Case Name HCP/141/2024 of ASIF MEHMOOD Vs UT OF J AND K THROUGH PRINCIPAL SECRETARY HOME AND OTHERS CNR JKHC020060782024 Decision Date 26-08-2025 Disposal Nature Disposed Off […]

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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 Date 26-08-2025 Disposal Nature DISPOSED Judgment Author Hon’ble Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya Concurring or Dissenting Judges Concurring: Hon’ble Justice Uday Kumar Court Calcutta High Court Bench Division Bench (Hon’ble Justices Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya & Uday Kumar) Type […]

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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 authority for subordinate civil courts   Summary Category Data Case Name WPMS/3489/2024 of MS SHAKTI INDUSTRIES Vs PASHUPATINATH DISTRIBUTORS PVT LTD CNR UKHC010198952024 Date of Registration 16-12-2024 Decision Date 26-08-2025 Disposal Nature ALLOWED Judgment Author […]

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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 be added as a necessary party in probate-converted suits, upholding Supreme Court precedents on probate jurisdiction and procedural notice. This decision binds subordinate civil courts in Odisha and is persuasive for other jurisdictions addressing party-impleadment […]

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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 land—once vested—cannot be divested even if unutilized, thereby justifying notices under Section 26 for unauthorized occupation?   Summary Category Data Case Name WPA/6329/2019 of GANGABEN PATEL Vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS CNR WBCHCA0149382019 Date […]

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Can a Subsequent Purchaser Who Pays Part Consideration After Notice Claim Exemption Under Section 19(b) of the Specific Relief Act?

Clarifying that deferred payments after notice of a prior agreement defeat good faith under Section 19(b) and that uncontroverted readiness and willingness suffices under Section 16(c); upholds the trial decree and reverses the first appellate decision, binding on Jharkhand’s subordinate courts and persuasive elsewhere.   Summary Category Data Case Name SA/78/1999 of SOBHAGMALL JAIN Vs […]

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Does a Section 18 termination order attain finality without a specific appeal and mandate immediate correction of land-records?

Clarifying that an appeal against a prior produce-share direction does not suspend record correction for a bargadar’s termination, the Calcutta High Court upholds finality of termination orders under the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955—binding authority for land-records authorities and tribunals.   Summary Category Data Case Name WPLRT/108/2025 of SUKUMAR PATHAK Vs STATE OF WEST […]

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Can a Second Appeal Be Dismissed in Default for Failure to File Power of Attorney and to Appear?

The High Court affirmed that non-appearance coupled with failure to file a required power of attorney warrants dismissal in default, upholding established practice in civil appeals before the Punjab & Haryana High Court.   Summary Category Data Case Name RSA/139/1992 of KANWALKANT & ANRS. Vs BHAGWAN KAUR & ORS. CNR PHHC010265781992 Decision Date 09-02-2023 Disposal […]

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Can Pendency of Criminal Proceedings Prevent Payment of Retiral Benefits to Government Servants?

The High Court of Jharkhand reaffirms that pension, gratuity, leave encashment and other retiral dues are vested rights and cannot be withheld merely because criminal cases are pending; this judgment upholds Supreme Court and Full Bench precedents and is binding on all subordinate courts in Jharkhand while serving as persuasive authority elsewhere.   Summary Category […]

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Can a Civil Writ Petition Be Dismissed as Infructuous Once the Petitioner Receives the Ordered Costs and Withdraws Prosecution?

High Court Reaffirms That Satisfaction of Relief and Express Withdrawal Renders a Writ Petition Infructuous, Binding on Subordinate Courts of Rajasthan   Summary Category Data Case Name CW/16229/2017 of SMT ANJU BALA SHARMA Vs STATE OF RAJ AND ORS CNR RJHC020581412017 Date of Registration 16-09-2017 Decision Date 25-08-2025 Disposal Nature DISMISSED Judgment Author Mahendar Kumar […]

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Can a Subsequent Purchaser Invoke Section 19(b) of the Specific Relief Act After Making Part-Payments Post-Notice and Despite Constructive Notice of a Prior Agreement?

The Jharkhand High Court holds that relief under Section 19(b) is unavailable if part consideration is paid after notice of a prior sale agreement or when constructive notice of that agreement exists. This decision overrules the first appellate bench, reaffirms trial-court findings, and establishes a binding Jharkhand precedent on bona fide transferee status in specific-performance […]

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Can a writ petition under Article 226 be dismissed for non-prosecution due to petitioner’s absence at hearing?

Madras High Court upholds procedural requirement for appearance before disposal; serves as binding authority on dismissal for non-prosecution in writ proceedings   Summary Category Data Case Name WP/26900/2009 of TMT.M.ELIZBETH, Vs THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, CNR HCMA010177192009 Date of Registration 21-12-2009 Decision Date 25-08-2025 Disposal Nature DISMISSED FOR NON-PROSECUTION Judgment Author HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MUMMINENI […]

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