When Can a High Court Withhold Pensionary Benefits Pending Disputed Matrimonial Claims?

The High Court reiterated that, absent a legal mandate and with the beneficiary alive, pensionary benefits cannot be withheld in

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September 5, 2025 | High Court of Meghalaya

Does the High Court Have the Authority to Withhold Pensionary Benefits Due to Disputed Marital Status When the Pensioner Is Still Alive? (No New Law, Withdrawal—the Judgment Does Not Create Binding Precedent)

Court declined to interfere in pension disbursement where the pensioner was alive and entitlement was not shown to be illegal;

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September 5, 2025 | High Court of Meghalaya

When Can a High Court Interfere with Government Contract Awards in Tender Disputes? Scope of Judicial Review and Relief for Deprivation of Legitimate Expectation in Public Procurement – Precedent Set by Division Bench

A Division Bench of the High Court of Meghalaya clarified that while judicial review in tender matters is circumscribed, limited

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September 4, 2025 | High Court of Meghalaya

Can a Murder Conviction Rely Solely on Extra-Judicial Confessions and Incomplete Circumstantial Evidence?

Reaffirming the Complete-Chain Rule in Circumstantial Cases and the Rigorous Test for Extra-Judicial Confessions; Quashing of Life-Sentence Upholds Supreme Court

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August 31, 2025 | High Court of Meghalaya

Can State Governments Authorize Liquor Shops Adjacent to National or State Highways in Meghalaya Post-Balu Judgments?

Reaffirmation of Supreme Court Directions with Exemption for Meghalaya and Time-Bound Administrative Review   Summary Category Data Case Name PIL

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August 31, 2025 | High Court of Meghalaya

Can a High Court Dispose of a Writ Petition by Adopting a Mediation Agreement into the Judgment?

Upholding the Use of Court-Mediated Settlements in Writ Proceedings and Incorporating the Agreement as Part of the Dispositive Order  

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August 31, 2025 | High Court of Meghalaya

Can High Courts Dispose First Appeals by Incorporating Mediated Settlement Agreements into Their Judgments?

  Summary Category Data Case Name FA/4/2025 of LITA KHARLYNGDOH Vs BINA THABAH CNR MLHC010005082025 Decision Date 30-08-2025 Disposal Nature

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August 31, 2025 | High Court of Meghalaya

Can a Government Contract Be Cancelled Without Notice or Compliance with Contractual and Rule-Based Requirements?

High Court of Meghalaya Reaffirms Natural Justice in Administrative Cancellations: Cancellation Without Hearing Violates Contract Terms and Rule 31 of

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August 31, 2025 | High Court of Meghalaya

Can Meghalaya Issue Excise Licences for Highway Liquor Shops After the Supreme Court’s Ban?

Affirmation of Supreme Court’s prohibition on highway liquor shops with Meghalaya’s 500 m exemption and a mandatory Secretary-level review within

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August 31, 2025 | High Court of Meghalaya

Can Tenderers Disqualified at the Threshold Challenge the Subsequent Award Process?

Clarifying Sequence of Eligibility Determination in Government Tenders and Reopening of Technical Disqualification   Summary Category Data Case Name WA/44/2025

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August 29, 2025 | High Court of Meghalaya

Can an Attempted Land Demarcation Satisfy a Mandamus in Writ Jurisdiction?

High Court of Meghalaya upholds existing principle that once a demarcation direction is complied with factually—even if unsuccessful—the writ petition

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August 28, 2025 | High Court of Meghalaya

Can High Courts Direct Continuous Enforcement Of Single-Use Plastic Bans Under PIL Jurisdiction?

Reaffirming Environmental PIL Powers: High Court upholds its authority to mandate ongoing awareness campaigns and ban enforcement on plastics under

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August 27, 2025 | High Court of Meghalaya