The decision of the Singapore Magistrate’s Court in Century Housing Services Pte Ltd v Koh Chiep Chong (Xu Jiecong)   offers a clear and timely reaffirmation of orthodox landlord tenant principles in an era where co-living business models increasingly test the limits of traditional tenancy agreements. At its core, the case turns on a deceptively simple question : whether a tenant can rely on past informal arrangements and commercial practice to override clear contractual pro

The Supreme Court’s decision in offers a careful reminder of the limits of criminal law at the stage of bail, particularly in emotionally charged cases involving allegations of suicide, marital discord and dowry-related offences. While the facts of the case evoke deep sympathy for the deceased, the judgment reiterates that bail jurisprudence cannot be driven by moral outrage or post-event suspicion alone , but must remain anchored in evidentiary thresholds and procedural fair

The Supreme Court’s latest intervention on student suicides marks one of its most expansive engagements with the crisis of mental health in India’s higher education system. In Amit Kumar v. Union of India a Bench of the Supreme Court of India led by Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan moved decisively beyond criminal law formalism to confront the structural and institutional failures that continue to place students at risk. The case arose from an earlier clarification

The Supreme Court’s decision in Dinesh Biwaji Ashtikar v. State of Maharashtra  (2026 INSC 56) is a quiet but profound reminder that the right to education under Article 21A is not meant to exist only on paper. It is a judgment that speaks less about an individual grievance that has already become infructuous, and more about a systemic constitutional failure that continues to deny children from weaker and disadvantaged sections meaningful access to schooling promised by law.

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

The Supreme Court’s decision in Kousik Pal's Case  (2025 INSC 1487) settles an important and recurring question in health-law regulation: where does “patient care deficiency” end and “medical negligence” begin, and who decides each? In answering this, the Court restored the authority of statutory clinical establishment regulators and warned against judicial interpretations that hollow out welfare legislation meant to protect patients. What's The Matter? The case arose fr

The Supreme Court has reaffirmed the primacy of service discipline and the narrow limits of judicial review in disciplinary matters by setting aside the interference of the High Court in the dismissal of a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) constable for contracting a second marriage during the subsistence of his first. What's The Matter? In this Case the Court held that once misconduct is clearly established under statutory service rules, courts exercising writ juris

The recent judgment in Bharat Mittal case marks an important moment in the evolving jurisprudence under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 , particularly on the uneasy interface between vicarious criminal liability and appellate conditions of deposit. At its core, the case raises a deceptively simple but legally fraught question: can an appellate court insist on a mandatory 20% deposit under Section 148 of the NI Act from a convicted director when the company the jurist

The Supreme Court’s ruling in Ashok Kumar Dabas (Dead) v. Delhi Transport Corporation  presents a careful delineation of the legal consequences of resignation in public service, while simultaneously reaffirming statutory entitlements that survive severance of employment. The judgment draws a firm line between pensionary rights governed by service rules and terminal benefits protected by welfare legislation, resisting both over-expansive equity and rigid administrative denial

The first person has been sentenced in the federal case connected to the 2023 ketamine overdose death of actor Matthew Perry. On December 3, 2025, Dr. Salvador Plasencia was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for distributing the controlled substance. The licensed physician, who operated an urgent care clinic, admitted to providing ketamine to Perry and teaching the actor's personal assistant, who had no medical training, how to administer it. In a text exchange with a

The Supreme Court’s decision in Mission Accessibility v. Union of India  (2025 INSC 1376) marks another incremental but significant step in the Court’s ongoing project of transforming formal guarantees of equality into substantive mechanisms of inclusion. Delivered in the context of public examinations spaces that often operate as gateways to socio-economic mobility the judgment reinforces that constitutional protections for persons with disabilities are not ornamental pro

The Supreme Court’s decision in Samadhan S/o Sitaram Manmothe v. State of Maharashtra   marks yet another significant reaffirmation of the doctrinal boundaries governing prosecutions for rape on the allegation of “false promise to marry.” The judgment, delivered by Nagarathna J., scrutinises a long-term intimate relationship between a married woman and an advocate, ultimately concluding that the invocation of Section 376 including its aggravated form under Section 376(2)(n) I

In Flux Solutions Pte Ltd v Wong Beng Chee [2025] SGMC 58 , the Singapore Magistrate’s Court, presided over by District Judge Samuel Wee, delivered a meticulous ruling that underscores the courts’ approach to contractual performance, implied duties of workmanship, and the evidentiary burden in negligence claims within the construction sector. What's The Matter? The case revolved around a dispute over waterproofing works performed at two adjacent Pasir Ris residences, where a

In Sanjay Kumar Mishra & Ors. v. District Judge, Ambedkar Nagar (U.P.) , the Supreme Court corrected a long-standing administrative wrong by reinstating four Class IV employees whose services had been terminated nearly seventeen years ago for having been appointed “in excess of the advertised vacancies.” The Court held that the appointments were valid under the recruitment rules applicable to subordinate courts in Uttar Pradesh and that the High Court erred in mechanically u

In Rahul Agarwal v. State of West Bengal & Anr. , the Supreme Court revisited the enduring intersection of criminal procedure, technology, and constitutional protection against self-incrimination under Article 20(3). The case arose from a dowry-related death where investigators sought the voice sample of a key intermediary allegedly involved in extortion threats. What's The Matter? The Magistrate permitted the sample’s collection, but the Calcutta High Court quashed the order

In S. Santhana Lakshmi & Ors. v. D. Rajammal , the Supreme Court revisited a familiar yet legally intricate question: when can a...

In Dhannalal @ Dhanraj (Dead) Thr. LRs. v. Nasir Khan & Ors.  (Civil Appeal No. 2159 of 2024) , the Supreme Court addressed a recurring...

The Supreme Court of India, in Divyagnakumari Harisinh Parmar & Ors. v. State of Gujarat & Ors. , revisited a recurring issue in land...

In a significant ruling that serves as a critical reminder of the boundaries of judicial power, the Supreme Court of India recently set...

In a landmark antitrust ruling with profound implications for both competition and data privacy, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta has...