Are Services of Provincial Cooperative Union Employees Pensionable Under State Pension Regulations?

Court Directs Fresh Representation Rather Than Adjudicating Pension Entitlement; Persuasive for Service-Law Petitions   Summary Category Data Case Name WPSS/515/2023

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August 26, 2025 | High Court of Uttarakhand

Can matrimonial offences under IPC and the Dowry Prohibition Act be quashed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 upon a joint compounding application?

High Court upholds the scope of Section 528 BNS 2023 to quash proceedings in matrimonial offences upon free settlement and

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August 26, 2025 | High Court of Uttarakhand

Can the High Court Invoke Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 to Quash Matrimonial Cruelty and Dowry Proceedings on Settlement?

Reaffirming inherent jurisdiction under Section 528 BNSS 2023 to quash proceedings under Sections 323, 498A, 504, 506 IPC and Sections

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August 26, 2025 | High Court of Uttarakhand

When can a High Court in criminal appeals quash a conviction and direct acquittal?

Bombay High Court reaffirms its appellate power to intervene and substitute acquittal in criminal appeals   Summary Category Data Case

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August 26, 2025 | Bombay High Court

Can a High Court Under Article 227 Cr.P.C. Interfere with Concurrent Findings of Fact in Rent and Ejectment Proceedings?

High Court Affirms Non-Interference with Concurrent Findings in Rent Suits and Revisions; Binding on Subordinate Courts   Summary Category Data

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August 26, 2025 | Allahabad High Court

Can a Preventive Detention Order under the PIT-NDPS Act Stand When the Detenu Has Already Been Granted Bail in Corresponding NDPS Cases?

Does basing preventive detention solely on apprehension of repeated narcotics offences, after bail has been granted under the NDPS Act,

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August 26, 2025 | Calcutta High Court

Should Bail Under Section 483 of the BNSS Act Be Granted to an Accused Who Has Violated Bail Conditions, with Multiple Antecedents and Absconding Co-accused?

Calcutta High Court reaffirms discretionary denial of bail where prior bail conditions were breached, antecedents are adverse, and co-accused remain

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August 26, 2025 | Calcutta High Court

Does a writ petition become infructuous once the relief sought is granted by a subsequent notification?

Division Bench, Bombay H.C., Goa holds that a writ petition challenging planning authority action must be disposed of when the

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August 26, 2025 | Bombay High Court

Can bail be granted under Sections 319(2) and 318(4) of the B.N.S. Act, 2023 for alleged extortion in a recruitment examination when no victim has emerged?

Yes—High Court of Jharkhand upholds settled bail principles by granting bail in non-heinous extortion allegations absent any complainant, serving as

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August 26, 2025 | High Court of Jharkhand

Does Article 21 Guarantee Bail as a Rule for Offences Under Sections 117(2), 221, and 121(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023?

Reaffirming the principle that bail is the rule and jail the exception under Article 21; High Court of Uttarakhand allows

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August 26, 2025 | High Court of Uttarakhand

Can Writ Petitions for Panchayati Raj Arrears Be Disposed Solely on Coordinate-Bench Precedents and State Clarifications?

The High Court answers in the affirmative, upholding and applying Rajkumar Agrawal (2017) and Girdhar Gopal Jagrawal (2021), alongside the

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August 26, 2025 | High Court Of Rajasthan

Can an FIR with direct allegations of rape and outraging modesty be quashed under Section 482 CrPC despite petitioners’ claims of mala fide?

Bombay High Court reaffirms Bhajan Lal guidelines, declines to quash FIR for offences under Section 376(2)(n) IPC and POCSO —

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August 26, 2025 | Bombay High Court