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Supreme Court Says Technical Lapses Cannot Defeat Justice, Stresses Duty to Ensure Quality Legal Assistance

Introduction: The Supreme Court has reaffirmed that constitutional courts must not allow procedural or technical shortcomings to defeat a litigant’s substantive right to have a ...
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Bombay High Court Draws Clear Line Between Outraging Modesty and Sexual Harassment

The Bombay High Court has drawn an important legal distinction between the offences of outraging the modesty of a woman and sexual harassment, holding that an act may prima facie attract Section 354 ...
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Supreme Court Clarifies When an Agreement to Sell Can End a Subsisting Tenancy

The Supreme Court of India, in Nazim Shaikh Hasan v. Nasir Mushtaq Shaikh & Others, 2026 LiveLaw (SC) 803, has clarified an important question concerning the relationship between a subsisting tenancy ...
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Madras High Court Holds Senior Citizens Act Cannot Be Invoked by Persons Below 60 Who Are Not Parents

The Madras High Court has clarified the statutory limits of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, holding that a complaint under the Act can be maintained only by a ...
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Allahabad High Court Holds That Personal Law Cannot Override the Prohibition of Child Marriage and POCSO Protections

In a significant judgment reaffirming the supremacy of statutory protections enacted to safeguard children, the Allahabad High Court has held that the provisions of Muslim Personal Law permitting a ...
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Delhi High Court Holds AI Training and ChatGPT Outputs Prima Facie Do Not Infringe Copyright, Refuses Interim Injunction

In ANI Media Pvt. Ltd. v. OpenAI Inc. & Another, the Delhi High Court delivered a significant interim ruling in India’s first copyright dispute involving ChatGPT and generative artificial intelligence ...
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Supreme Court Clarifies That Motor Accident Compensation Requires a Direct Nexus Between Vehicle Use and Death

The Supreme Court of India, in Dilip Agarwal v. Rajshri Agarwal & Ors., reported as 2026 LiveLaw (SC) 709, delivered a significant judgment clarifying the scope of compensation under the Motor ...
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Universities Cannot Deny Statutory Pay Scales to Teachers on the Ground of an Alleged Typographical Error

TThe Supreme Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to proceed with a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) into issues surrounding the construction of the DLF Primus project in Gurugram, ...
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Preventive Detention Cannot Rest on Family Background or Mere Possession of Books, Rules High Court

The proceedings arose from a habeas corpus petition filed by the paternal uncle of Shafat Maqbool Wani, challenging the order passed by the District Magistrate, Kupwara, whereby Wani had been placed ...
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Supreme Court Directs CBI Probe Into Alleged Deviation from Housing Project Plan, Warns Authorities of Serious Action

Introduction: The Supreme Court has taken a serious view of an alleged deviation between the project represented to homebuyers and the manner in which the DLF Primus housing proje ...
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Section 311 CrPC: Trial Court Can Recall Witnesses Even After Reserving Judgment When Evidence Is Essential for Justice

The Delhi High Court has clarified an important aspect of the power of criminal courts under Section 311 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, holding that reservation of a criminal case for ...
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Maintenance Proceedings Are Social Welfare Measures, Not Adversarial Trials: Madhya Pradesh High Court Shifts Burden of Income Disclosure to Husband

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, in G v. S (CRR-512-2026), delivered a significant judgment reaffirming the beneficial nature of maintenance proceedings under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal ...