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Stamp Duty Proceedings Without Proof of Fraud? Supreme Court Refers Section 47-A Issue to Larger Bench: Supreme Court
The case involves Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited and the District Revenue Officer (Stamps) & another over additional stamp duty on a land transfer. Bharat Petroleum had purchased land from the Government of India, paid the full sale consideration through cheques in 2014, and received possession on 21st January,…
Land Acquisition Relief Reversed After Finding Acquisition Completed, Inquiry Ordered Into Altered A-Registers: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has allowed the State’s appeal in W.A.No.1638 of 2026 concerning land acquired in Pattanam village, Coimbatore district for a bypass road on NH-47. The dispute concerned 4.06 acres in Survey No.183/1, originally owned by Ramasamy Konar and his brother Kalimuthu Konar, which was acquired between…
Accused Acquitted in ₹15 Lakh Cheque Dishonour Case Under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act: Delhi Court
Quick Summary M/s S.E. Investment Ltd., later substituted by M/s PaisaLo Digital Limited, filed a cheque dishonour case against Luv Kush under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. The company alleged that Luv Kush had an outstanding liability and had issued a cheque for Rs. 15,19,657, which was dishonoured because of…
Lifting a Woman’s Clothes After Entering Her House at Night Not Sufficient to Constitute Attempt to Rape: Jharkhand High Court
Quick Summary The Jharkhand High Court considered the conviction of Kamalendu Mahto @ Khokaa in a case arising from an incident on December 27, 1999. The prosecution alleged that he entered a woman’s house around midnight, came over her body, lifted her saree and attempted to rape her. The High Court found that the…
Re-Tendering of 39 Works After Opening of Financial Bids Quashed, Authority Cannot Act Arbitrarily: Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court
Quick Summary WP(C) No. 2583/2025 was filed before the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh at Jammu by Iftekhar Hussain Shah and others against the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and officers of the PWD (R&B). The dispute concerned the cancellation of a tender process for 39 civil works after the…
Accident Functional Disability Cannot Be Reduced Merely Because Victim Was Retained in a Specified Role: Supreme Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by Anand Kumar Kedia against a demolition notice issued by the Indore Municipal Corporation in connection with a proposed road-widening project near his residential property in Indore. Justice Sandeep N Bhatt held that the petitioner had failed to…
Sobiya Aziz and Kamran Ashraf Reshi Granted Bail in UAPA Case After Nearly 5 Years: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has granted bail to Sobiya Aziz and Kamran Ashraf Reshi, who have been in custody for almost five years in connection with a case investigated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The court took into account the long duration of their detention and the slow progress of the trial,…
Biological Father Can Adopt His Own Illegitimate Son Under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that a Hindu male is not prohibited under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 from adopting his own biological but illegitimate son merely because he is the child's biological father. The Court ruled that the legality of an adoption must be examined according to the…
Amendment Allowing Appointment of District Judges as TN Lokayukta Secretary Upheld: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has upheld the validity of a Tamil Nadu Government amendment that permits the appointment of serving and retired District Judges from the Tamil Nadu State Judicial Service as Secretaries of the Tamil Nadu Lokayukta. The Division Bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan…
‘It May Not Always Be Feasible to Take Wife Along’: Man Granted Divorce After 16 Years of Separation: Madras High Court ‘
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has overturned a Family Court decision refusing divorce to a 67-year-old man and has dissolved his marriage after the couple remained separated for 16 years. A Division Bench comprising Justice G.R. Swaminathan and Justice M.D. Sumathi allowed the civil miscellaneous appeal…
