The legal profession occupies a distinctive position in the administration of justice. An advocate represents the interests of a client, but the advocate’s professional role extends beyond the client-advocate relationship. Advocates are also officers of the court and participants in
A certificate issued by an Arya Samaj Mandir cannot, by itself, establish the existence of a valid Hindu marriage. Where the performance of essential matrimonial ceremonies is disputed, the existence of a certificate cannot substitute proof that the marriage was
The Supreme Court has granted provisional enrolment as advocates to law graduates whose LL.B. degrees were obtained through the regular mode but whose preceding educational qualifications were acquired through open or distance education. While protecting the candidates from being kept
An eyewitness may be sincere yet mistaken, particularly where identification takes place in darkness, from a considerable distance, or under inadequate illumination. In Kartika @ Kirtan @ Kirtan Charan Jena & Anr. Etc. v. State of Odisha, 2026 INSC
A landowner who has once obtained re-determination of compensation under Section 28A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 does not necessarily lose the right to benefit from a higher compensation subsequently awarded by an appellate court. Where similarly situated lands
Allahabad High Court has clarified that conversion to another religion does not, by itself, automatically extinguish a person’s Scheduled Tribe status. Unlike the constitutional framework relating to Scheduled Castes, the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 does not prescribe a religion-based
The exercise of a statutory power cannot be sustained where it operates to frustrate the very mandate which the law requires to be fulfilled. In Rajesh Vadhrya & Anr. v. Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation & Ors., the Bombay High Court
Delhi High Court has reiterated that a tenant cannot dictate the manner in which a landlord should utilise the accommodation available to him while resisting an eviction petition based on bona fide requirement. The Court observed that the landlord is
In M/s GVV Constructions Private Limited v. Union of India & Ors., 2026 INSC 976, the Supreme Court examined the limits of judicial intervention where a works contract excluded certain disputes from arbitration as “excepted matters”. The Court held
