LiveLaw Supreme Court Monthly Digest: May 2026

Administration of Justice – Guidelines on Procedural Timelines for High Courts – i. General Timeline - High Courts must endeavour to pronounce reasoned judgements promptly, within a maximum of 3 months from the date of reserving; ii. Personal Liberty & Bail - Extra promptitude must be shown in matters of personal liberty - Bail orders should preferably be pronounced and uploaded...

LiveLaw Supreme Court Weekly Digest May 24 - 31, 2026

Administration of Justice – Guidelines on Procedural Timelines for High Courts – i. General Timeline - High Courts must endeavour to pronounce reasoned judgements promptly, within a maximum of 3 months from the date of reserving; ii. Personal Liberty & Bail - Extra promptitude must be shown in matters of personal liberty - Bail orders should preferably be pronounced and uploaded...

Supreme Court Weekly Roundup: June 15, 2026 To June 21, 2026

JudgmentsCurable Irregularity In Final Appointment Process Cannot Invalidate Entire Recruitment : Supreme CourtCase: Gaurav Mehla & Ors. v. State of Haryana & Ors.Citation : 2026 LiveLaw (SC) 628The Supreme Court has held that a procedural defect in the final stage of a recruitment process cannot automatically invalidate appointments where the recruitment itself was otherwise...

Telangana High Court Weekly Round-Up : June 15 – June 21, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 83 - 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 89Nominal IndexJogaram Lohar v. State of Telangana & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 83Kanakati Naresh v. Union of India & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 84Peddi Sudershan Reddy v. Union of India & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 85Vijay Gopal v. Bar Council of India & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 86 Seeloju Shiva Kumar v. State of Telangana and...

Supreme Court Criminal Law Digest: May 2026

Anticipatory Bail - Successive Applications — Filing multiple anticipatory bail petitions in quick succession (e.g., three petitions within three months) after earlier dismissals, without any material change in circumstances, constitutes a clear abuse of process and reduces the extraordinary remedy of anticipatory bail to a mere gamble. Vasantha v. State of Tamil Nadu, 2026 LiveLaw...

Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Weekly Roundup June 15 - June 21, 2026

Nominal Index:Shahid Mehraj v. Union Territory of J&K and others 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 271Mohammed Ashraf Mir v. Wazir Reshi 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 272M/S Alpine Agro Services v. Union of India & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 273Vikar Mustafa Shonthu v. Union Territory of J&K and Others 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 274Manga Ram v. Union Territory of J&K 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 275Mst. Jana (Dead) Through...

Supreme Court Weekly Roundup: June 08, 2026 To June 14, 2026

JudgmentsConsensual Premarital Physical Relationship Cannot By Itself Reflect Poor Character : Supreme Court Allows Police AppointmentCase Title: Gajula Thirupathi v. Telangana State Level Police Recruitment Board & OrsCitation : 2026 LiveLaw (SC) 606The Supreme Court has directed the Telangana State Level Police Recruitment Board to appoint a candidate whose selection as a police...

LiveLaw Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 15 to June 21, 2026

Nominal Index [Citations 193 - 203]ROHIT LALIT v. SOURABH CHABBRA [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 193]Narender Kumar v. State of Haryana & Anr. [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 194]Manjit Kaur v. State of Punjab and others [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 195]X AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ORS [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 196]JITENDER SINGH ALIAS JEETU v. STATE OF HARYANA THROUGH STATION HOUSE OFFICER, POLICE STATION BAHIN,...

LiveLaw Madras High Court Weekly Roundup: June 15 to June 21, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 254 To 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 273 NOMINAL INDEX K Punniyamoorthy v Escape Artists Motion Pictures and others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 254 Udayakumar v The State, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 255 B Ramkumar Adityan v The Secretary and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 256 Sachin Bansal v The Directorate of Enforcement, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 257 A Rajeshkannan v The...

LiveLaw Rajasthan High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 15 to June 21, 2026

NOMINAL INDEX [Citations 244 - 253]Victory Flour Mills v Smt. Sneh Lal Goyal & Ors.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 244Iqbal Khan v State of Rajasthan & Ors.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 245Smt. Indra Devi v State of Rajasthan & Anr.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 246Arun Singh & Anr. v State of Rajasthan & Anr.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 247B v N; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 248Rohit Joshi v State of Rajasthan &...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 15 To June 21, 2026

Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 562 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 582NOMINAL INDEXDelhi Transport Corporation vs Ram Avtar Sharma 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 562 S v. M & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 563 Md. Rashid Khan v. Union of India & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 564 Rekha Sabharwal v. Management of Saai Memorial Girls School & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 565 Prem Singh v. C.S. Rathore 2026 LiveLaw...

LiveLaw Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 15 - June 21, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 208 to 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 221Nominal Index PS v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 208Ridham Verma v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 209Indramani Patel v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 210PC Verma v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 211Suryakant Tiwari v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 212M/s The High Tribe v State...