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Can a Court Take Back a Vehicle it has Already Released? Orissa High Court Draws a Clear Line

A Magistrate may act when release conditions are broken or fraud is properly shown. What the court cannot do is reverse an earlier custody order on a one-sided police request. thead..

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Supreme Court reaffirms consumers' right to avail consumer forum despite arbitration clause, says no bar on it.

Introduction The Supreme Court in a noteworthy judgment has made it clear that the existence of an arbitration clause in a contract does not divest a consumer forum of its jurisdiction to entertain and decide a consumer complaint and reiterated the fact that consumer protection law is of paramount importance in India. The twin-judge bench headed by Justice Vikram Nath and Justice V. M..

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Analysis of Territoral Jurisdiction and Forum Non-Convenies in Capf Service Mtters: A Critical Evaluation of Baksish Ahmad v. Union of India

ABSTRACT This research paper presents a comprehensive legal analysis of the landmark judgment delivered by the Supreme Court of India in Baksish Ahmad v. Union of India (2026 SCC OnLine SC 1098) on June 9, 2026. The Division Bench consisting of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma settled a long-standing jurisdictional conflict regarding the rights of Central Armed..

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Corporate Governance in India: Assessing the Efficacy of the Regulatory Framework under the Companies Act, 2013

1. INTRODUCTION AND RESEARCH FRAMEWORK 1.1 Background of the StudyCorporate governance constitutes the systematic framework of rules, relationships, systems, and processes by which corporations are directed and controlled. It balances the interests of a company's many stakeholders, including shareholders, senior management executives, customers, suppliers, financi..

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AMU and Article 30: A Jurisprudence of Authenticity Amid a Conflict of Recognition

The controversy concerning the Aligarh Muslim University is rarely so historically laden with constitutional disputes. The institution is at the crossroads of educational reform, minority aspirations, colonial legislation and the constitutional promise of plural India. There is no way to make a slogan legal. Nor can it be measured by taking one moment from a long institutional journey. ..

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Why Legal Literacy Is No Longer Optional for Professionals

Legal knowledge has long been regarded as a specialist task. Experts developed careers based on their skills in operations, finance, sales, design, healthcare, consulting, or management. The legal affairs were usually left to an internal legal team or external counsel. That separation no longer represents the reality of work.  The legal consequences are embedded into ordinary decis..

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The Role of Life Insurance in Retirement Planning

Retirement planning in India is typically centred around savings instruments such as EPF, PPF, SIPs, and fixed deposits. Life insurance rarely gets serious attention in that conversation. And when it does, it is mostly framed around one scenario: what happens to your family if you die.  That framing is not wrong. But it misses a large part of what life insurance can actually do.&nb..

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Right To Walk On Safe, Demarcated Footpaths Is A Fundamental Right: SC

It warms the innermost cockles of every nerve of my brain and heart to see that the Supreme Court in a most learned, laudable, landmark, logical and latest judgment titled Maniyar Iliyaz @ Shaik Riyaz & Anr vs P. Ayyappan & Ors in Civil Appeal No(s). 4665-4666/2025 and cited in Neutral Citation No.: 2026 INSC and so also in 2026 LiveLaw (SC) 632 that was pronounced just recently on June..

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Expanding the Horizons of Legal Finality: Analyzing the Supreme Court’s Jurisprudence on Constructive Res Judicata and the Peril of Omission Due to Negligence

1. Introduction and Historical Evolution of Res Judicata The doctrine of res judicata, encapsulated primarily within Section 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC), serves as a cornerstone of procedural jurisprudence in civil law systems. Derived from the Roman law maxim res judicata pro veritate accipitur (a matter adjudged is taken for truth), its foundational objective is to..

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DK Basu v State of West Bengal 1997 1 Scc 416 1

INTRODUCTION The bench comprising Kuldip Singh and A.S. Anand gave the verdict, and Justice A.S. Anand presided over the proceedings. Dr. D. Anand authored the ruling. In this matter, Ashok K. Johri and Shri DK Basu are the petitioners. West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh, two states, are the respondents. Kuldip Singh and Dr. A.S. Anand, J.J. are among the esteemed judges. AdvocatesN.M...

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Lokayukta's Special Police Establishment Cannot Claim RTI Exemption as "Intelligence and Security" Body: Supreme Court in Special Police Establishment vs Kamta Prasad Mishra (2026 INSC 644)

The ruling reaffirms that anti-corruption investigative agencies cannot escape transparency obligations by stretching the definition of national security organisations The  judgment reinforces the principle that anti-corruption investigation bodies are not excused by the nature of their work from transparency requirements, which are considered to apply to national security bodies..

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Can Footage From a Dashcam Win a Lawsuit?

You were driving, and you've just had a crash. It was minor, you're fine, the other driver’s fine, and you both got out of your cars to, well… to point fingers at each other. You say they ran the red light; they say you did, there’s shouting; it's a whole thing. What makes this situation more difficult is that there are no (eye) witnesses around and no security cameras, so it..

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Powering Fairness: A Legal Analysis of Tariff Regulation Under the Electricity Act, 2003

TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Legislative History and Background The Statutory Framework for Tariff Determination The Role of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) State Electricity Regulatory Commissions (SERCs) and Retail Tariffs Principles Governing Tariff Determination Under Section 61 Competitive B..

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Rinki v.Dssb & Ors.Balancing Administrative with Reasonable Accommodation Under The RPWD Act, 2016

1. INTRODUCTION AND CONSTITUTIONAL OVERVIEW The intersection of digital bureaucracy and socioeconomic vulnerability poses a recurring challenge to contemporary administrative law. In a definitive judgment championing the statutory guarantees of Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD), the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Principal Bench, New Delhi, allowed the Ori..

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Gangsters Act Cannot Be Invoked By Police In Ordinary Property Disputes Without Material Showing Organized Criminal Activity: Allahabad HC

It has to be definitely taken most seriously that none other than the Allahabad High Court which is the biggest High Court in not only just India  among all the States, in not only just Asia, in not only just few continents but also in all the continents all over the world in a most learned, laudable, landmark, logical and latest judgment titled Rajendra Tyagi And 2 Others v. State of U.P...

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