Is Termination of Daily Wage or Temporary Employees on Stigmatic Grounds Without Enquiry Permissible? High Court of Chhattisgarh Affirms Supreme Court Precedent Mandating Enquiry in Punitive Terminations

The High Court of Chhattisgarh reiterates that even in the case of daily wage or temporary employees, any stigmatic or

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October 31, 2025 | High Court Of Chhattisgarh

Can a Conviction for Murder Be Sustained Without Examination of the First Investigating Officer and Proper Admission of the Initial FIR and Related Evidence? Clarification and Restatement of Law by the Gauhati High Court

Conviction for murder under Section 302 IPC cannot stand when key prosecution lapses—such as non-examination of the first investigating officer,

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October 31, 2025 | Gauhati High Court

Can Writ Jurisdiction under Article 226 Be Invoked to Decide Disputed Questions of Fact in Contractual Payment Disputes? – Precedent Affirmed and Scope Clarified by High Court

The High Court has reaffirmed that where the resolution of a dispute requires adjudication of disputed questions of fact arising

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October 31, 2025 | High Court Of Chhattisgarh

Can Insurance Liability Be Fastened When No Valid Policy or Premium Receipt Exists? Upholding the Principle That Actual Risk Cannot Be Assumed Without Valid Insurance Contract

The Chhattisgarh High Court has reaffirmed that an insurer cannot be saddled with liability for compensation arising from a motor

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October 31, 2025 | High Court Of Chhattisgarh

Can Conviction Be Based Solely on an Oral Dying Declaration By Related Witnesses? Gauhati High Court Narrows the Test for Exception 1 to Section 300 IPC and Clarifies Evidentiary Standards

The Gauhati High Court holds that conviction can rest on an oral dying declaration given to related witnesses if found

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October 31, 2025 | Gauhati High Court

Does Voluntary Departure of Minor from Lawful Guardianship Without Accused’s Active Inducement Attract the Offence of Kidnapping Under Section 363 IPC? — Precedent Affirmed and Clarified

The Chhattisgarh High Court affirms the established principle that mere accompanying or passive facilitation by the accused is insufficient for

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October 31, 2025 | High Court Of Chhattisgarh

Does Frequent Transfer of a Government Employee, Including During Pregnancy, Amount to Arbitrariness or Violate Constitutional Rights? — Principle Reaffirmed that Transfer Is an Incidence of Service

Reaffirming the established principle that government employees cannot insist on remaining at one posting on personal grounds, including pregnancy, unless

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October 31, 2025 | High Court Of Chhattisgarh

Can the Probation of Offenders Act Override Minimum Sentencing under Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act?

The Orissa High Court confirms that courts may grant probation under the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, to offenders convicted

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October 30, 2025 | Orissa High Court

Can Prolonged Pre-Trial Incarceration Override Section 37 NDPS Bail Bar? Punjab & Haryana High Court Illuminates the Balance with Section 436A & Article 21

The High Court clarifies that, despite the rigours of Section 37 NDPS Act, long incarceration—especially when the trial is delayed

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October 30, 2025 | High Court of Punjab and Haryana

When Can Accused in Commercial NDPS Offences Seek Bail on Grounds of Delay? – Punjab & Haryana High Court Reaffirms Twin Test for Bail and Warns Against Artificially Engineered Delays

The Punjab & Haryana High Court (2025) clarified that in prosecutions under the NDPS Act involving massive commercial quantities, bail

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October 30, 2025 | High Court of Punjab and Haryana

Can FIRs Alleging Section 420/406 IPC and Section 24 of Immigration Act Be Quashed on Compromise Under Section 528 BNSS?

Reaffirming its prior Full Bench ruling and Supreme Court approval, the court held that criminal proceedings for offences under Sections

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October 30, 2025 | High Court of Punjab and Haryana

Can a Haryana Police Officer Compulsorily Retired at Age 55 for ‘Doubtful Integrity’ in ACRs Challenge Such Retirement Without Contesting the Adverse Entries or Government Policy? – Rule 9.18(1)(c), Punjab Police Rules, 1934 Reaffirmed as Binding Precedent

A police officer’s compulsory retirement at age 55 based on adverse Annual Confidential Reports (ACRs) will not be set aside

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October 30, 2025 | High Court of Punjab and Haryana