Long Possession Alone Does Not Prove Adverse Possession,Hostile Intent Essential : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Thursday (10.09.2026) has held that mere long and uninterrupted possession of a property was not sufficient to establish the claim of adverse possession without proving the point at which such possession turned hostile to the true owner. Ruling so, it also held that a revenue entry recording possession as gair marusi bila lagan bawaja Dharam Arth (which signifies...

Dismissal Of Revenue Suit While Quashing Remand Order Deprives Plaintiff Of Remedy Of Appeal: Rajasthan High Court

While setting aside the order of Revenue Board, Rajasthan High Court held that if an appeal was filed against an order of remand, and the higher court was satisfied that the order was not just/proper, the matter could be remanded to the first appellate court for deciding afresh, but the plaintiff's revenue suit could not be rejected. The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand held that if such...

Land Acquisition | Landowners Can't Suffer Because Govt Failed To Forward Plea For Enhanced Compensation To Civil Court: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that landowners who filed applications seeking reference to civil court for enhancement of compensation under Section 18 Land Acquisition Act cannot be made to suffer for State's inaction in not registering the landowners application or tracing out the same. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 213]In doing so, it dismissed appeals filed by the State of Andhra Pradesh...

Karnataka High Court Sets Aside 'Unreasoned' Ex-Parte Takedown Order In Defamation Case

The Karnataka High Court has set aside an ex-parte order directing fintech journalist Arti Singh and tech news platform Head and Tale Media Pvt. Ltd founded by Singh, to take down allegedly defamatory articles against digital payments platform Cashfree Payments. In doing so the court held that the trial court's order–passed in a defamation suit filed by Cashfree–was unreasoned and failed...

Gujarat High Court Rejects Muslim Trust's Plea Against Waqf Status, Says Registration Under Bombay Public Trust Act Covered By S.43 Waqf Act

The Gujarat High Court has held a Muslim trust registered under Bombay Public Trust Act as deemed to be a waqf under Section 43 Waqf Act, rejecting the trust's contention that the State Waqf Board's CEO had in 2011 held that the entity was not a waqf but a trust. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 242]In doing so the court observed that the record did not indicate that the board had conducted an inquiry...

AP High Court Refuses To Condone 110-Day Delay In Appeal, Says Misplaced Certified Order Copy 'Not Sufficient Cause'

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has refused to condone a 110-day delay in an appeal against the dismissal of a suit seeking specific performance of a contract. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 212]In doing so, the Court rejected the appellant's claim that the certified copy of the trial court's judgment and decree had been misplaced, holding that the explanation did not constitute sufficient cause for...

Discriminatory Sugarcane Allocation Below Mill's Requirement Can't Be Justified By Delayed Payments: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that discriminatory allocation of sugarcane below a mill's estimated requirement cannot be justified on the basis of its low drawl or alleged delay in payment of cane price, particularly where the short allocation itself contributed to the low drawl and affected the mill's ability to make payments.It further held that sugarcane allocation should account for...

UP Police Rules | Delay In Filing Revision Against Punishment Is Condonable Under S. 5 Limitation Act: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that delay in filing a revision under Rule 23 of the U.P. Police Officers of the Subordinate Ranks (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1991 is condonable under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963, as the Rules neither expressly exclude the Limitation Act nor create any bar against condonation of delay.Rule 23(1) of the Rules entitles a police officer whose...

Allotment Cancelled After 26 Years 'Total Abuse Of Process': Allahabad High Court Restores Land To Family

The Allahabad High Court has held that an agricultural allotment made in 1987 could not be cancelled under Section 198(4) of the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 in proceedings started on a private complaint 26 years later, more so where the allottee had by then been recorded as bhumidhar with transferable rights.Section 198(6) of the Act fixes the outer limit for issuing...

"Highways Disintegrating Before First Monsoon Season": Tripura High Court Calls For Systemic Audit Of NHAI, NHIDCL

The Tripura High Court has called for a systemic audit of the functioning of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL), expressing concern over the deterioration of National Highways constructed at substantial public cost. The Court observed that reports of highways disintegrating soon after...

Senior Citizens Act | Tribunal Can Evict Children To Protect Elderly's Life & Limb: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a Tribunal under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 can order the eviction of children or relatives from a senior citizen's property where that is expedient to protect his life and limb. It held that the power is not expressly conferred by the Act, but arises as an incident of the right to maintenance and...

Requirement Of Furnishing Tender Document Includes Its Due Execution And Authentication By Bidder: Patna High Court

The Patna High Court has held that the requirement of furnishing a tender document necessarily includes the requirement that the document be duly executed and authenticated by the bidder. The Court observed, “the requirement of furnishing a document necessarily carries with it the requirement that the document should be duly executed and authenticated by the bidder.”A Division Bench of...