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Allahabad High Court awards ₹8 lakh compensation for the death of a seven-month-old foetus, holding that an unborn child at an advanced stage of pregnancy can be treated as a child in existence for railway accident compensation.
Read Full ArticleChief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities fines Air India ₹50,000 and recommends ₹5 lakh compensation after a wheelchair user with 80% locomotor disability was de-boarded without required medical examination or written reasons.
Allahabad High Court holds that a Senior Citizens’ Tribunal under the 2007 Act cannot declare a gift deed void on allegations of forgery; such disputes must be adjudicated by a competent civil court.
Uttarakhand High Court holds that a husband who knowingly accepted his wife’s son from a previous marriage as part of the matrimonial household cannot later deny maintenance solely because he is not the child’s biological father. The Court also enhanced maintenance for the wife and children.
Supreme Court sets aside the Allahabad High Court order and directs pay parity for a senior college teacher, holding that a senior employee cannot draw lower pay than a junior in the same post without a valid justification.
Madhya Pradesh High Court directs State and police authorities to strictly enforce noise pollution laws and take action against violators after a seven-year-old child’s death allegedly linked to hig...
Delhi High Court holds that marriage under Muslim personal law cannot exempt sexual intercourse with a wife below 18 from POCSO, as personal law cannot create an exception to statutory criminal provis...
Supreme Court’s key rulings this week cover CEC appointment law, Section 197 CrPC, POCSO safeguards, Article 311, life imprisonment, Companies Act, arbitration, Hindu property rights, gratuity and b...
Supreme Court dismisses the Centre’s review plea and clarifies that the Union Government can authorise a Central Government officer to institute a Companies Act fraud complaint in addition to the SF...
Supreme Court restores ₹8 lakh compensation to parents of a passenger who died after falling from a train, holding that mere absence of a recovered ticket does not negate bona fide passenger status.
Supreme Court directs authorities nationwide to seal premises found in unauthorised commercial use in residential areas, while warning against selective enforcement and issuing contempt notice to Utta...
Supreme Court notifies the December 2026 Advocates-on-Record Examination for eligible re-appearing candidates, with exams on December 19, 20, 22 and 23 and applications open till October 15.
Allahabad High Court quashes a censure entry against a police officer after an explosives blast killed two children, holding that absence of information about renewed stockpiling cannot by itself amou...
Madhya Pradesh High Court holds that Article 227 cannot be invoked to quash proceedings for restitution of conjugal rights under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act pending before a Family Court.
Supreme Court restores dismissal of partition suit, holding that the plaintiffs failed to prove that the Karta’s sale of ancestral property lacked legal necessity and relied on unsubstantiated alleg...
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