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The Supreme Court held that anticipatory bail is unnecessary in private complaint cases after a magistrate issues summons, as police cannot arrest the accused unless a non-bailable warrant is issued.
Read Full ArticleThe Supreme Court held that a compromise decree signed by a lawyer without the client's express authorisation is invalid, upholding the setting aside of a 32-year-old partition suit decree despite a 25-year delay.
Calcutta HC dismisses a transport corporation's appeal, holding it could not raise financial stringency to reject a compassionate appointment claim when that ground was never in the original order.
Kerala HC dismisses a Christian woman's plea to read wife's-residence jurisdiction into the Divorce Act's Section 3(3), but urges Parliament to amend it in line with the HMA and SMA.
Madras HC holds a woman government employee is entitled to only twelve weeks' maternity leave for a third child under amended FR 101(A), following the Supreme Court's Umadevi ruling.
Madras HC quashes sedition case over a book recording a 1967 call for a separate Tamil Nadu, holding such statements today would be seen as a mental health issue, not incitement to hatred.
Supreme Court sets aside NCLT, NCLAT orders over AI-hallucinated fake citations, declares zero tolerance, and directs Bar Council to frame disciplinary guidelines.
MP HC seeks DGP affidavit within 3 days after Narmadapuram judge Tabassum Khan faces threats for passing an order; police protection already extended.
Delhi HC directs Centre's GAC to decide in 15 days on removing Dhruv Rathee's YouTube video on Hindu deities, alleged to be derogatory and communally sensitive.
Delhi HC refers Anjana Om Kashyap vs Khan Sir defamation case to mediation after counsel agrees to remove disclosure of journalist's children's school.
Sikkim High Court holds a Civil Judge cannot refer a returned candidate's disqualification to the Prescribed Authority; election petitions must follow Chapter X of the 1997 Rules.
Tripura High Court ruled that senior citizens cannot be penalised for not monitoring court websites and restored a delayed first appeal for hearing on merits.
Karnataka HC quashes cruelty case against a Luxembourg-based sister-in-law, holding that phone calls to her in-laws don't attract Section 498A IPC.
Jharkhand High Court sets aside a mother-in-law's Section 498A conviction, holding a single scolding incident over a jaggery pot dispute doesn't prove cruelty.
Madras High Court holds a husband's doubt over his child's paternity and demand for a DNA test amounts to mental cruelty, while affirming the wife's divorce decree.
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![Election Petitions Cannot Be Referred to Prescribed Authority, Holds Sikkim HC [Read Judgment]](/secure/uploads/2026/07/lj_9942_ChatGPT_Image_Jul_3,_2026,_03_03_26_PM.webp)
![Senior Citizens Cannot Be Penalised for Not Monitoring Court Website: Tripura HC [Read Order]](/secure/uploads/2026/07/lj_1186_ChatGPT_Image_Jul_3,_2026,_01_50_46_PM.webp)
![Sister-in-Law Abroad Can't Be Booked for Phone Calls to In-Laws: Karnataka HC Quashes 498A FIR [Read Order]](/secure/uploads/2026/07/lj_3495_ChatGPT_Image_Jul_3,_2026,_01_30_13_AM.webp)
![Solitary Scolding Not Cruelty Under 498A: Jharkhand HC Acquits Mother-in-Law [Read Judgment]](/secure/uploads/2026/07/lj_8904_ChatGPT_Image_Jul_3,_2026,_12_57_34_AM.webp)
