The Supreme Court held that in eviction proceedings based on unlawful subletting, once the landlord discharges the initial burden by proving that the premises are in exclusive possession of a third party and that the original tenant is no longer in possession, a presumption of subletting arises, and the onus shifts to the tenant to establish that such possession is lawful an...

Justice M.A. Chowdhary, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court

While noting that the Enforcement Directorate had not pleaded any supervening circumstances of contravention of any bail condition or tampering with the evidence, the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has dismissed the ED’s application challenging the bail granted to two accused persons in the p...

Justice Sanjeev Kumar, Justice Sanjay Parihar, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, while granting bail to a person accused of narcotic smuggling and terror funding under the UAPA and NDPS Act, held that the absence of recovery, lack of direct nexus, and the reliance upon weak evidentiary material, such as confessiona...

The Delhi High Court has upheld an order allowing a policy holder to seek information regarding a policy without furnishing the policy number but by furnishing basic details. The High Court also highlighted that LIC handles 27 crore insurance policies and in the absence of certain details, it would be difficult, rather impossible, to retrieve any information sought in respec...

Justice Gita Gopi, Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has observed that both the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) and the Children’s Court required to give the reasons explaining as to how the release of the Child in Conflict with Law (CCL) would be detrimental to the ends of justice.

The Court observed that both the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) and the Ch...