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Supreme Court directs the Central Implementation Committee to prepare guidelines for imposition of environmental compensation under Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026; reaffirms polluter pays principle and strict liability in environmental matters.

The Supreme Court, in the course of a civil appeal, addressed the institutionalisation of solid waste management in India. The matter arose from the n...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Preventive Detention Orders in Habitual Offender Case — Police Action Under Section 151 CrPC Found Without Proper Material. Arrest for Having Tea at Roadside Stall Not Justified as Imminent Offence Under Section 151 CrPC, and Bond Under Section 116 CrPC Ordered Without Inquiry.

The petitioner, Vijay Lahu Patil, was arrested on 22 February 2013 at around 11 am while having tea near Shivaji University in Kolhapur. The police, l...

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High Court of Karnataka Declares Demolition of Shop without Notice Illegal under Section 23 of Karnataka State Highways Act, 1964. Tenant's Possession Protected When Authorities Demolish Building Without Following Procedural Mandate.

The petitioner was a tenant running a textile shop in a building at Magadi Town, measuring 19 feet by 76 feet, referred to as Schedule-B property. He ...

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High Court of Karnataka Upholds Decree for Specific Performance of Agreement of Sale — Plaintiff's Readiness and Willingness Established. Agreement dated 12.08.2004 for sale of property for Rs.75 lakhs with advance of Rs.10 lakhs; defendant failed to execute sale deed; trial court decree upheld.

The case involves a suit for specific performance of an agreement of sale dated 12.08.2004 for a property in Seegehalli Village, Bengaluru. The plaint...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses NSE's Defamation Suit Against Journalists, Upholds Freedom of Speech in Public Interest Reporting. Court holds that a public body like NSE must establish 'special damage' for defamation injunction and that fair comment on matters of public interest is protected.

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) filed a defamation suit against Moneylife Media Private Limited, Sucheta Dalal, and Debashish Basu, seeking an injun...

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Bombay High Court Grants Permanent Injunction in Trademark Infringement Suit: Sun Pharma's 'SUN' Mark Protected Against 'ABSUN'. Deceptive similarity established as dominant feature 'SUN' is common; addition of prefix 'AB' insufficient to distinguish under Section 29(2)(b) of Trade Marks Act, 1999.

The plaintiff, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., filed a suit seeking a permanent injunction to restrain the defendant, Satej M. Katekar, proprietor...

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Supreme Court Considers Appeal Against High Court's Rs. 50 Lakh Cost and CBI Probe in Habeas Corpus Case Involving Allegations of Illegal Detention and Political Mudslinging. High Court Had Found the Petition an Abuse of Process, Imposed Costs, and Directed CBI Investigation Against the Petitioner.

The appeal arose from an order of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad (Lucknow Bench) dated 7 March 2011, dismissing a habeas corpus writ petiti...