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

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August 27, 2025 | High Court of Jammu and Kashmir

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

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August 27, 2025 | Calcutta High Court

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

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August 27, 2025 | High Court of Uttarakhand

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

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August 27, 2025 | Orissa High Court

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

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August 27, 2025 | Calcutta High Court

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

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August 26, 2025 | High Court of Jharkhand

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

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August 26, 2025 | Calcutta High Court

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,

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August 26, 2025 | High Court of Punjab and Haryana

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

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August 26, 2025 | High Court of Jharkhand

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

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August 26, 2025 | High Court Of Rajasthan

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

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August 26, 2025 | High Court of Jharkhand

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

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August 26, 2025 | Madras High Court