News Uttarakhand High Court Rejects Quashing of Rape and Forced Conversion Case Despite Compromise, Citing “Conduct That Shocks the Conscience of the Court and Society” and the Gravity of Allegations Including Sedation, Blackmail and Religious Misrepresentation RawlawJune 29, 20256 min read
News Calcutta High Court Directs Expeditious Disposal of Income Tax Appeal Within 3 Months, Holding “Taxpayer Cannot Be Left Uncertain Amid High-Pitched Assessments Where Stay on Demand is Sought Pending Appeal” While Allowing Liberty to Seek Interim Stay if Delay Occurs RawlawJune 29, 20255 min read
News Jammu & Kashmir High Court Quashes Railway’s Contract Termination for Alleged Delay in Performance Guarantee, Holding “Excluding Issuance Date, Submission Was Within Time, and Non-Issuance of Mandatory Notice Renders Termination Arbitrary” While Refusing Reinstatement Due to Efflux of Time RawlawJune 29, 20255 min read
News Manipur High Court Quashes Discharge of Home Guards for Alleged Illegal Collection of Money Holding “Denial of Hearing and Non-Framing of Charges Vitiates Action” and Directs Reinstatement with Full Benefits but Permits Fresh Proceedings if Initiated in Accordance with Law RawlawJune 29, 20255 min read
News Uttarakhand High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Substitution of Legal Representatives in Specific Performance Suit, Holding “Courts Should Advance Justice and Not Deny Claims Solely for Technical Errors Where Good Faith and Bona Fide Mistake Shown” RawlawJune 29, 20256 min read
News Calcutta High Court Allows Defendant to File Written Statement Despite 9-Year Delay Post Part-Decree in Commercial Suit, Holding “Transfer to Commercial Division with Amended Pleadings and Non-Supply of Documents Justifies Opportunity in Interests of Justice” Subject to Cost RawlawJune 29, 20256 min read
News Uttarakhand High Court Sets Aside Conviction Under Dowry Prohibition Act Holding “Conviction Based on Hearsay, Photostat Documents Without Originals Cannot Sustain” Despite Dowry Allegations, Acquittal Under Section 498A and 304B IPC Earlier RawlawJune 29, 20255 min read
News Uttarakhand High Court Grants Bail in Child Sexual Assault Conviction Holding “Absence of Penetrative Assault, Hostile Witnesses, and Forensic Infirmities Make Continued Incarceration Unjust” After 5 Years Imprisonment Served Under POCSO Act RawlawJune 29, 20255 min read
News Manipur High Court Directs State to Convert Post of Primary Investigator to Statistical Officer for Contractual Employee Regularization, Holding “Equal Treatment Must Be Given Where Policy Exists” Despite State’s Error Replacing Proposed Post, Protecting Legitimate Expectation of Regularization RawlawJune 29, 20255 min read
News Jammu & Kashmir High Court Quashes Preventive Detention Under Public Safety Act Holding “Liberty Cannot Be Sacrificed on Stale Grounds Without Live, Proximate Facts” as Detention Was Based on Acquitted Cases, Delayed Dossier Action, and Misapplication of Public Order Standards RawlawJune 29, 20255 min read
