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Supreme Court Rules National Commission for Scheduled Castes Lacks Power to Issue Binding Service Orders

In this civil appeal, the Supreme Court examined whether the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) possesses the jurisdiction to pass binding executive or mandatory orders in service matters—specifically, directing an employer to pay salary arrears within a stipulated timeframe. The appellant, Mumbai Port Authority, challenged an NCSC order that

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Unveiling the Network: The Necessity of Custodial Interrogation in NDPS Cases

In this criminal miscellaneous petition filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), the Punjab and Haryana High Court evaluated an application for anticipatory bail involving commercial quantities of contraband under Sections 21-C and 29 of the NDPS Act. Justice Manisha Batra dismissed the petition, ruling

Protecting Possession: The Rule Against Forcible Dispossession of Tenants

In this Regular Second Appeal filed under Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, the Punjab and Haryana High Court addressed the scope of interference with concurrent findings of fact concerning settled possession and permanent injunction. Justice Deepak Gupta dismissed the appeal, ruling that a person—including a tenant—in

Balancing Personal Liberty and Speedy Trials: A Landmark Ruling on Successive Bail Petitions

In this significant criminal miscellaneous petition filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), the Punjab and Haryana High Court addressed the maintainability of a fourth successive regular bail application in a high-profile murder and attempt-to-murder case. Despite the petitioner having a history of multiple criminal

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