The Supreme Court has set aside an order directing demolition of alleged unauthorised constructions at Indira Arcade, holding that the authorities were bound by an earlier High Court order restraining coercive action while the question of regularisation remained pending before the Supreme Court. In G. Sathyanarayana Bothra & Ors. v. M.D. Lokeswari & Anr., 2026 INSC 912, the dispute concerned alleged excess construction and deviations in a building in Chennai. The appellants h

In this case, the Court held that civil disputes exclusively between non-tribal parties concerning property situated in Scheduled Areas are maintainable before ordinary Civil Courts. In doing so, the Court restored an important distinction between protecting tribal rights and unnecessarily denying judicial remedies to those for whom the protective framework was never intended. What's the Matter? The dispute arose from a partition suit involving members of the same non-triba

The Supreme Court has delivered an important ruling on the interpretation of the Indian Succession Act, 1925, while resolving a decades-old family property dispute involving Christian heirs. Court clarified that property purchased directly in the names of two wives cannot later be treated as the husband's estate merely for the purpose of succession. What's The Matter? The dispute arose from land purchased in 1959 by Mattus Anthony in the names of his two wives, Filomina and S

Customary law occupies a unique place in India's legal system. Unlike statutory law, customs derive their authority from long-standing practice and community acceptance. Courts have consistently recognised that valid customs governing inheritance, marriage, and property rights deserve judicial protection. At the same time, because customs often depart from general legal principles, they cannot be presumed merely because one party asserts their existence. The Supreme Court has

The Supreme Court's decision in Dhiraj Dutta v. Anirban Sen & Ors. (2026) is a significant ruling on the law governing revocation of probate, limitation periods, and the doctrine of constructive notice. The judgment reinforces an important legal principle: parties cannot indefinitely postpone legal challenges by claiming ignorance when circumstances existed that reasonably required them to inquire into their rights. What's The Matter? The dispute arose from a probate granted

The Supreme Court's judgment in this case. marks a significant reaffirmation of the principles governing decrees on admission under Order XII Rule 6 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. In an era where courts increasingly seek procedural efficiency and expedited resolution of disputes, the decision serves as a reminder that judicial economy cannot come at the expense of a party's right to a fair trial. What's The Matter? The dispute arose from a family conflict concerning t

The recent judgment of the Supreme Court in B.S. Lalitha and Others v. Bhuvanesh and Others marks a significant reaffirmation of women’s inheritance rights under Hindu law and places important limitations on the misuse of procedural provisions such as Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. The Court’s decision is not merely a technical ruling on maintainability of a partition suit; it is a constitutional reaffirmation that procedural devices cannot be weaponi

The Supreme Court’s decision in Anurag Krishna Sinha v. State of Bihar represents an important reaffirmation of the constitutional doctrine that arbitrariness in legislation is incompatible with the guarantee of equality under Article 14. The Court struck down the Srimati Radhika Sinha Institute and Sachchidanand Sinha Library (Requisition & Management) Act, 2015 , holding that the statute, which sought to acquire and take over the management of a historic educational inst

In this case the Supreme Court has once again cautioned courts against allowing procedural rigidity to defeat substantive justice in suits for specific performance. Setting aside the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s refusal to permit execution of a decree on the ground of delay, the Court reaffirmed that minor lapses in complying with timelines fixed in a decree do not, by themselves, extinguish a litigant’s substantive rights particularly where readiness and willingness

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In a ruling that underscores the judiciary’s growing intolerance for belated claims rooted in decades-old transactions , the Supreme...

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The Supreme Court of India has instructed the Central Government to draft a comprehensive policy for the management and protection of...

The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 , was enacted to maintain the religious character of places of worship as they...

A nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court ruled on November 5 that the government cannot classify all privately owned property...