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verdictum.in > bombay-high-court > shrinivas-ganesh-kulkarni-v-savitribai-phule-pune-university-2026bhc-as37589-db-retired-pune-universitys-data-entry-operator-1621857

Recovery From Class-III Employees Impermissible: Bombay High Court Quashes ₹40 Lakh Recovery Notice Against Retired Pune University's Data Entry Operator

15+ hour, 27+ min ago   (296+ words) Justice G. S. Kulkarni, Justice Aarti Sathe, Bombay High Court The Court held that the case was squarely covered by the Supreme Court’s landmark precedents in State of Punjab & Ors. v. Rafiq Masih & Ors. 2015(4) SCC 334 and Syed Abdul Qadir v. State of…...

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verdictum.in > amp > delhi-high-court > ram-pravesh-thakur-v-state-of-nct-of-delhi-2026dhc7631-pocso-conviction-of-paternal-uncle-1621855

His Act Of Undressing Himself Was Certainly With Sexual Intent: Delhi High Court Upholds POCSO Conviction Of Paternal Uncle

18+ hour, 27+ min ago   (146+ words) Advocate Samarth Krishan Luthra, DHCLSC for the appellant and Utkarsh, APP appeared for the respondent. Before the High Court, the appellant argued that since the incident occurred on a Sunday, it was improbable his family would have left the complainant…...

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verdictum.in > supreme-court > supreme-court-collegium-recomendation-judicial-officers-high-courts-1621723

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Elevation Of Fifteen Judicial Officers As Judges Of Four High Courts

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (82+ words) The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the elevation of fifteen Judicial Officers as Judges of four High Courts. The recommendations were made pursuant to a meeting of the Collegium held today, i.e. September 10, 2026. The recommendations are as follows:- Jammu & Kashmir and…...

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verdictum.in > bombay-high-court > dr-tarkeshwar-chandrakant-patil-v-indian-institute-of-technology-bombay-2026bhc-os19905-1621618

"Tragicomic": Bombay High Court Slams Patent Office's 13-Year Mishandling, Restores Scientist As Rightful Applicant Over IIT Bombay

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (213+ words) Hiren Kamod, Legal Aid Counsel appeared for the petitioner and Advocate Kajal Gupta appeared for respondent. Patil, while pursuing his Ph.D. at IITB under the guidance of Prof. Siddhartha Prakash Duttagupta, developed an invention titled "An Apparatus and a Method…...

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verdictum.in > court-updates > high-courts > appointment-of-advocates-judicial-officers-as-judges-of-high-courts-1621598

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Advocates, Judicial Officers As Judges Of High Courts

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (146+ words) The Ministry of Law and Justice has notified the appointment of three judicial officers as Judges of the Chhattisgarh High Court and one Advocate and one judicial officer as Additional Judges of the Gauhati High Court. The Supreme Court Collegium…...

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verdictum.in > karnataka-high-court > anil-rohan-menezes-v-state-of-karnataka-and-another-2026khc47384-1621576

Accidental Exposure Of Private Parts To A Woman Cannot Amount To Sexual Harassment U/S 75(2) BNS: Karnataka High Court

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (563+ words) Justice M. Nagaprasanna, Karnataka High Court The Karnataka High Court has held that accidental or unintended exposure of private parts to a woman, without sexual intent or conduct directed towards a woman, cannot constitute sexual harassment under Section 75(2) of the Bharatiya…...

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verdictum.in > supreme-court > cause-title-bharat-petroleum-corporation-limited-v-district-revenue-officer-stamps-and-another-2026-insc-963-1621549

Does Invocation Of Section 47-A Indian Stamp Act Require Wilful Undervaluation With Fraudulent Intent? Supreme Court Refers Issue To Larger Bench

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (916+ words) Justice Dipankar Datta, Justice Sheel Nagu, Supreme Court The Supreme Court has referred to a larger Bench the question of whether the power under Section 47-A of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 depends upon wilful undervaluation accompanied by fraudulent intent to…...

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verdictum.in > supreme-court > odisha-to-decide-dara-singhs-remission-plea-1621561

Can't Keep Lingering Like This: Supreme Court Asks Odisha To Decide Dara Singh's Remission Plea

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (766+ words) "You can't keep it lingering like this," the Supreme Court today told the Odisha government, asking it to take a decision on the remission plea of Ravindra Pal alias Dara Singh, who is serving a life sentence for the murder…...

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verdictum.in > jharkhand-high-court > kamalendu-mahto-khokaa-v-the-state-of-jharkhand-2026jhhc26171-ipc-1621479

Conviction For Attempted Rape Requires Proof Of An Act Sufficiently Proximate To Commission Of Rape: Jharkhand High Court

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (524+ words) The Jharkhand High Court altered an appellant’s conviction for attempted rape under Sections 376/511 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, to one under Section 354 of the IPC after finding no specific evidence of an act sufficiently proximate to the commission of rape....

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verdictum.in > himachal-high-court > pallavi-ramchaik-v-state-of-hp-crmmo-no-497-of-2026-complaint-must-go-to-superior-court-sdm-sho-1621460

Complaint Must Go To Superior Court: Himachal Pradesh High Court Quashes Complaint By SDM Against Against Woman Accused Of Disrupting Court Proceedings

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (188+ words) Justice Sandeep Sharma, Himachal Pradesh High Court The Court held that bypassing this statutorily mandated procedure under Section 215 of the BNSS renders the resulting police complaint, and any prosecution founded on it, unsustainable in law. Advocate Vinod Sharma appeared for…...