Writ petition challenging an order passed in mutation proceedings is not maintainable where no exceptional circumstance exists and an efficacious alternative remedy before the competent Civi..

A spouse who engineers the breakdown of marriage through wrongful conduct, including contracting a second marriage during subsistence of the first, cannot invoke that breakdown as a cause of..

The gender of an accused is not, by itself, sufficient ground for grant of bail under the proviso to Section 480 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, when the offence alleged is ..

A person seeking transfer of a case from one Special Court to another Special Court may directly approach the High Court under Section 447 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, wi..

Sale of the matrimonial house by the husband or in-laws does not, by itself, constitute an act of dowry harassment punishable under Section 498-A IPC. To attract Section 498-A IPC, the condu..

No rule, regulation, or bye-law of any Bar Council or Bar Association authorises a boycott of courts or empowers disciplinary action against an advocate for discharging professional duties. ..

Under Exception 2 of Section 375 IPC, sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife, provided she is above 15 years of age, does not constitute rape. Consent of the wife is rendered legally ..

Continued cohabitation does not amount to condonation of cruelty under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. A spouse who stays in the matrimonial home due to economic dependence, fear, social stigm..

When multiple dying declarations exist, the earliest declaration recorded by a doctor at the time of admission carries greater evidentiary weight, particularly when it is corroborated by ind..

While considering an application for condonation of delay, it is the sufficiency of the cause shown that is of paramount importance -- Neither the length of the delay nor the number of days ..

In a partition suit, a plaintiff may not be aware of all the common ancestral properties at the time of filing the suit -- Where during the pendency of the case the plaintiff acquires knowle..

There is no bar on filing a complaint under S.138 of the NI Act against a sick company -- Even where a restraint order exists under S.22-A of SICA, the nature of such restraint order and the..