News Supreme Court Directs Compliance With Timelines for Investigation (2 Months) and Trial (6 Months) Under POCSO Act Amidst Rising Child Rape Cases: “Trials Must Be Completed Within the Time Frame Contemplated in the Act” RawlawMay 27, 20254 min read
News Bombay High Court (Goa Bench) Holds Canonical Annulment Has No Civil Effect — “Until Legislature or Supreme Court Reverses Elmas Fernandes, Ecclesiastical Decrees Cannot Alter Civil Marriage Registers” RawlawMay 26, 20255 min read
News Delhi High Court Sets Aside Dismissal of Bank’s Recovery Suit for Alleged Non-Existent Defendant: “Commercial Court Ignored Material Documents Supporting Substituted Service” — Remands Case for Fresh Consideration Under Order V Rule 20 CPC RawlawMay 26, 20254 min read
News Supreme Court: Arbitral Tribunal Can Award Interest for Subdivided Periods and on Total Sum Including Pre-Award Interest — “Statute Recognizes Tribunal’s Power to Grant Varying Interest Rates for Different Phases” RawlawMay 26, 20255 min read
News Bombay High Court Refuses to Reject MLC Election Petition Alleging 587 Ineligible Voters — “No Absolute Legal Bar Against Raising Electoral Roll Issues in an Election Petition, Especially When Irregularities Could Vitiate the Result” RawlawMay 26, 20254 min read
News Delhi High Court Quashes FIR from Road Accident After ₹1 Lakh Compensation: Holds FIR Can Be Quashed Under Article 226 if Dispute Is Private and Amicably Settled RawlawMay 26, 20253 min read
News Supreme Court Allows Power Grid’s Appeal Against MP High Court — “High Court Ought Not to Have Entertained Writ Petitions When Appeal Under Electricity Act Was Available” RawlawMay 26, 20255 min read
News Bombay High Court Upholds BMC’s Demolition Notice on Mercedes-Benz Workshop Premises But Restricts Action to Illegal Additions — “Extensions So Extensive, It’s Difficult to Distinguish Old from New; Demolition Must Spare Original Structure and Permissible Repairs” RawlawMay 26, 20254 min read
News Delhi High Court Quashes 498A FIR After Couple Reconciles: “No Useful Purpose Will Be Served by Continuing the Proceedings” — FIR Quashed in View of Matrimonial Settlement and Resumed Cohabitation RawlawMay 26, 20253 min read
News Supreme Court Sets Aside Delhi HC Ruling on Arbitral Interest Award — Affirms Tribunal’s Power to Award Varying Interest Rates for Subdivided Periods and on Total Sum Including Pre-Award Interest RawlawMay 26, 20254 min read
