Constitutional Law

Delhi High Court quashes Look Out Circulars in a six-year PMLA probe, holding that mere pendency of investigation cannot indefinitely restrict the Article 21 right to travel abroad.

From 15 October, UPI merchant payments above ₹2,000 carry a 0.4% fee. The Supreme Court asked whether it is a fee or a tax — and who decides.

The Supreme Court quashed Mulla Afroz's NSA detention, holding a confessional statement cannot be the sole ground for preventive detention, and imposed ₹10 lakh costs on Uttar Pradesh.

The Supreme Court has set a nine-month deadline for India's hospitals to meet mandatory ICU standards, warning of strict action against defaulters in a case that began with a single ICU death in 2013.

The Supreme Court struck down Maharashtra's methanol licensing rules as disproportionate, while ordering every state to adopt tamper-evident transport and licensing safeguards against hooch deaths.

Nearly 80 lakh Delhi voters were excluded or flagged in this year's electoral roll revision, many under an undefined 'logical discrepancy' label. The Supreme Court is now asking the Election Commission to explain why.

Supreme Court rules revenue records like pahanies and jamabandi prove only fiscal status, not ownership, and that Article 226 writ courts cannot decide genuine land title disputes.

The Centre notified Chief Justices for 8 High Courts on September 5, 2026, ending months of Acting-CJ vacancies — with one appointment shadowed by corruption allegations.

The Supreme Court held that shifting a doctor's disciplinary charge mid-inquiry without a fresh notice breached natural justice, and used Article 142 to cut his register removal to a censure.