Judgments Online https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Enhancement of pecuniary jurisdiction for District Courts: No stay on committee report Contempt: Unconditional Apology – Delay in complying with settlement terms Service Law: Termination Valid – Failure to meet mandatory eligibility criteria. Long Pending Petition dismissed for Non-Prosecution: failure to take any active steps to pursue the matter Arbitration Award Challenge withdrawal permitted on settlement Bail granted in financial misappropriation: Prima facie criminal culpability not established Bail granted in Attempt to Murder case on ground of Parity Condonation of Delay: Incorrect legal advice” is lacking in bona fides Bail Denied in NDPS: Mandatory “twin conditions” for bail not satisfied government’s recognition of Yogasana Bharat Quashed: Fundamentally ineligible under the mandatory criteria Territorial Jurisdiction: Lack of – Writ petition Dismissed Anticipatory bail in financial fraud denied: Evidence against and criminal antecedents Eviction Valid: No reasons beyond their control to file leave to defend Bail Granted: Investigating agency appeared to be concealing the “genesis of the occurrence”. Bail denied to murder accused: CCTV footage established applicant’s active and continuous involvement at the crime scene Arbitration Execution petition pending for nearly two decades dismissed due to lack of prosecution Bail Granted in Murder: Custody for nine years – “snail pace” of the trial Bail Granted in NDPS : No legally admissible evidence against petitioner Home Service Law: Tribunals cannot issue a mandamus substituting their own assessments to direct promotions. POCSO: FIR Against School Headmistress Valid – Strict interpretations of mandatory reporting obligations Commercial Courts: Expedite business litigation – Procedural timelines to be strictly construed. Auction Sale by Bank: Minor procedural omissions not invalidate auction Customary Law of Inheritance: Burden of Proof on party claiming custom Eviction: Merger of Bank – Change of tenant without landlord consent Advocate added in caution list of Bank: Provisions not applicable on not for bona fide professional errors or negligence. Will: lliterate testator completely disinherits dependent spouse with whom he had cordial relations in favor of strangers Amendment to a plaint to correct land boundaries: Rightly allowed Arbitration: Interim Measure: Unsussessful Party still entitled to seek interim measures at the post-award stage Amendment of Plaint: Prohibition on “Mini-Trials” During Amendment: Murder: Weak circumstantial evidence and flawed discovery procedures – Acquittal FIR Quashed: Bona fide buyer cannot be prosecuted for forgery or conspiracy without tangible evidence Environment Law: Translocation of deers Murder: “inept investigation” and a “scripted enquiry” – Acquittal Right to Education: mandatory obligation of “neighbourhood schools” to admit students from weaker sections Insolvency and Bankruptcy: Corporate Guarantees Constitute “financial debt” Capital Punishment: Mandatory guidelines to ensure that mitigating circumstances are systematically evaluated Arbitration: Rejection of plea of lack of jurisdiction – Challenge to Execution: Objection by Third Party – Deliberate attempt to stall the recovery Service Law: Premature curtailment of tenure was a valid administrative action Insolvency proceedings barred by limitation Service Law: Direction to government to regularize the services of “Gang Labourers” Hate Speech and Rumor-mongering: Existing laws are adequate but require consistent enforcement. Cruelty: Family members cannot be implicated based on contradictory and unsubstantiated claims. Execution: Valuation of Land – Must be valued according to specific statutory guidelines Demolition Order Set Aside: Violation of Principles of Natural Justice Summary judgments: No full-fledged trials when a defense is clearly “baseless and illusory”. Anticipatory Bail: Political Overtones and Personal Liberty Jurisdiction of Civil Courts to adjudicate disputes over the spiritual office Service Law: Protection of rights of Merit Llist Candidates