Law Aajkal

04/05/2026

The Court held that Section 306 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 is the governing substantive law for deciding whether a cause of action survives on the death of a party, while Order XXII of the Code of Civil Procedure is only procedural.

04/05/2026

The Court held that the relevant date for possessing the minimum educational qualification is the date of submission of the application, not any later stage of the selection process such as the examination or interview.

28/04/2026

28th April

The Court held that the General Diary entry based on a telephonic message could not be treated as the First Information Report because neither the informant nor the officer who recorded it was examined, and the later written complaint lodged after two days therefore remained suspect.

28/04/2026

28th April

The Court held that liability arising from a corporate guarantee falls within Section 5(8) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, and therefore the consortium lenders were entitled to be treated as financial creditors of the corporate debtor.

27/04/2026

The Supreme Court held that in a prosecution resting entirely on circumstantial evidence, the surviving circumstance of last seen together, without reliable corroboration, was insufficient to sustain the appellants' conviction for murder as alleged accomplices.

09/04/2026

The High Court held that its inherent power under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure can be exercised even after filing of the charge sheet if the materials collected by the investigating agency show that continuation of the prosecution would amount to abuse of process.

09/04/2026

Section 107 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is a preventive provision and can be invoked only where there is material showing likelihood of breach of public peace or disturbance of public tranquility, not merely to respond to past misconduct.

08/04/2026

8th April 2026

Sections 25 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act create distinct offences and can attract separate punishment even when they arise alongside the principal offence under Section 20(b)(ii)(C).

08/04/2026

8th April 2026

Under Rules 20 and 7 of the State Bank of India Employees’ Pension Fund Rules, pensionable service is reckoned from the date of confirmation and admission to the fund, not from the initial appointment during probation.

08/04/2026

Section 106 of the Indian Evidence Act applies only after the prosecution first proves the foundational incriminating circumstances and cannot be used to fill gaps in an incomplete circumstantial case.