Digi - Legal Insights

Conviction under POCSO Act cannot be sustained where victim and key witness fail to identify accused in Court.

Mandamus directing absorption of a lecturer is unsustainable when State was not impleaded and college is unaided.

A Single Judges order in civil contempt rejecting a compliance affidavit on merits is appealable via an intra-court Special Appeal.

A bona fide student cannot be denied degree verification due to universitys clerical omissions and minor marks discrepancies.

Professional course fees in self-financing institutions must be notified before admissions and cannot be revised midstream for admitted students.

Rejecting reserve H1 bids solely because bidders previously surrendered same mining contracts at higher rates is arbitrary.

A gift deed executed by a donor conveying ancestral land after surrendering his share in a compromise decree is void.

A third-party claim in execution cannot be dismissed merely for quoting a wrong CPC provision without inquiring into title.

In absence of recovery or corroborative evidence establishing robbery, conviction can be altered to a cognate minor offence under Section 325 IPC where grievous hurt is proved.

Mere fact that injury was caused on a non-vital part of body does not by itself exclude applicability of Section 307 IPC when requisite intention or knowledge is prima facie disclosed.

Rigid adherence to requirement of producing an original document, given impossibility of such compliance, should not be upheld hence, impugned order set aside and contract awarded to appellant.

Juridical seat of arbitration was at Goa, therefore, Delhi High Court lacked jurisdiction to entertain application under Section 11(6) of Act hence, impugned order passed by High Court is set aside.

Proposed amendment overlaps significantly with original suit, warranting its consideration despite objections of limitation and procedural rules hence, application for amendment is allowed, subject to payment of costs.

High Court is urged to prioritize these appeals, ideally resolving them within six months; if not, respondents may seek additional funds as deemed appropriate and Registry is instructed to share this order with Chief Justice for necessary administrative actions.

Impugned order is modified to recognize the 3rd and 4th respondents as parties to the arbitration, even though they are not signatories to partnership deed, this finding is prima facie and does not influence adjudication of related issues, including limitation and estoppel, which remain for Arbitral Tribunal to consider.

Common judgment dated 12.02.2026 in Civil Appeal Nos. 6820-6824 of 2018 cannot be interpreted to allow claims for disability pension with arrears in every instance; each case must be evaluated on its own merits.

Authorities directed to assess individual cases based on retirement dates, calculate due amounts according to modified clause and issue payments within 30 days, with 6% annual interest applicable on late payments.

Assessing Officer, CIT (Appeals), and ITAT correctly determined that subsidy in question is a revenue receipt provided after establishment of an industrial unit and commencement of production.

Extension of a stay for two months and requires company to deposit Rs.15 crore as part of compensation, maintaining that failure to do so would revoke stay and allow landowners to pursue their claims.

High Courts error in allowing writ petition and declaring Respondent No. 3 eligible for Vocational Instructor role is legally unsustainable hence, impugned judgment and order by High Court is set aside.