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Madras High Court: Amendment of plaint should be allowed before trial if it helps decide dispute fully — “Trial court order rejecting amendment set aside”

1. Court’s decision The Madras High Court allowed a civil revision petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution challenging the dismissal of an application seeking amendment of pleadings under…

Rawlaw March 8, 2026

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Bombay High Court: Trial Court Erred in Restraining Only One Side — “When Rival Title Suits Over the Same Immovable Property Are Pending, Equity Demands Parity of Interim Protection; Restraining One Party While Allowing the Other to Alienate Creates Imbalance and Risks Multiplicity”

Court’s decision The Bombay High Court set aside the trial court’s order refusing interim injunction in favour of landowners and held that when rival title suits over the same immovable…

Rawlaw February 19, 2026

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Bombay High Court refuses to quash cheque bounce cases over merged bank cheques—“Validity can be curtailed by merger, but ‘funds insufficient’ memo triggers statutory presumption”; accused must prove defence at trial

1. Court’s decision The Bombay High Court dismissed three criminal applications seeking quashing of process issued for offences under Section 138 read with Section 141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act,…

Rawlaw February 13, 2026

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Delhi High Court sets aside summary decree in commercial rent dispute — “Admission of documents is not admission of liability; triable issues mandate trial”

Court’s decision The Delhi High Court allowed a commercial appeal and set aside a summary judgment passed by the Commercial Court under Order XIII-A of the Code of Civil Procedure,…

Rawlaw February 4, 2026

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Bombay High Court curbs mechanical remand in partition appeals — “Failure to frame limitation issue is curable; de novo trial is an exception, not the rule,” remand order quashed

Court’s decision The Bombay High Court has allowed an appeal from order and set aside a sweeping remand directed by the first appellate court in a long-pending partition suit. The…

Rawlaw February 1, 2026

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Delhi High Court grants bail in murder conspiracy case after 6.5 years in custody — star eyewitness vacillates, co-eyewitness turns hostile; prolonged trial and weak electronic evidence tilt balance

Court’s decision The Delhi High Court granted regular bail to an accused facing trial for murder and criminal conspiracy, holding that prolonged incarceration of over six years, wavering eyewitness identification,…

Rawlaw January 28, 2026

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Bombay High Court “quashing is not a mini trial” — FIR alleging assault on advocate after court proceedings allowed to stand, accused directed to seek discharge before trial court

Court's decision The Bombay High Court dismissed the writ petition seeking quashing of an FIR registered for offences under the Indian Penal Code arising out of an alleged assault on…

Rawlaw December 11, 2025

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Bombay High Court grants bail to UAPA undertrial after 5.7 years — ‘Rigours of Section 43-D(5) melt down when speedy trial becomes impossible’

1. Court’s decision The Bombay High Court has set aside the Special NIA Court’s 2022 order and granted bail to the appellant, an undertrial in the Elgar Parishad–Bhima Koregaon case,…

Rawlaw December 5, 2025

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Delhi High Court quashes FIR for assault and criminal intimidation — “continuation of trial after genuine settlement would be abuse of process”

1. Court’s decision The Delhi High Court has quashed FIR No. 492/2021, registered under Sections 323, 341, 506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, after confirming that the complainant…

Rawlaw November 21, 2025

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Bombay High Court: “Prolonged Incarceration Without Trial Violates Article 21”—Court Grants Bail to Accused in 2011 Mumbai Triple Bomb Blast Case After 13 Years in Custody

Court’s Decision The Bombay High Court allowed the appeal under Section 21(4) of the National Investigation Agency Act filed by an accused in the 2011 Mumbai triple bomb blast case,…

Rawlaw November 6, 2025