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The Punjab & Haryana High Court has ruled that the State cannot invoke adverse possession against its own citizens — and has directed Haryana to pay compensation for land taken without acquisition.

A couple who lost their only child to cardiac arrest won a landmark surrogacy ruling — Madras HC holds a woman aged 50 years 9 months is fully eligible, and no Magistrate can override that.

Madras HC refused to be convinced by DMK MLA Sekar Babu's plea to quash an attempted murder FIR — forcing a withdrawal as criminal proceedings over the polling-day assault on a TVK candidate now march forward.

Karnataka High Court tells BJP MLA Yatnal "even an apology would not erase" his alleged vulgar remarks on actress Ranya Rao — as his FIR quash petition hangs in the balance.

Up to 60 lakh ration cards hang in the balance as the Supreme Court sends West Bengal's SIR-linked PDS exclusion challenge to the Calcutta High Court.

The Supreme Court warns private medical colleges "will close down" if forced to match government fee rates — and tells an EWS NEET-UG 2025 candidate to seek a scholarship instead.

The Bombay High Court has ruled that the power to remove a municipal councillor under Section 44 of the Goa Municipalities Act, 1968, is quasi-judicial and vests exclusively in the State Government — not the Director of Municipal Administration.

Madras High Court rules that Section 348 BNSS is not a second innings for a negligent prosecution — setting aside a trial court order that let the state recall its Investigating Officer mid-trial.

Eight years after a corruption FIR was filed, HP High Court refuses to quash it — ruling that delay alone, without proof of prejudice, cannot terminate a corruption prosecution.

Kerala HC's Division Bench vacates KAT's interim stay on Dr. Reena K.J.'s transfer — ruling that once an administrative act is complete, no tribunal can undo it as if it never happened.

A decade of criminal proceedings, no repeat offending, and a forgery detected before it could cause harm — the Supreme Court reduced a five-year sentence to time already served.

Fixed Deposit Receipts created years after filing suit cannot prove financial readiness — the Supreme Court has dismissed a three-decade-old specific performance claim in a landmark June 2026 ruling.