The Supreme Court’s decision in Shephali Chakraborty v. State of West Bengal Decided On: 03.06.2026,Citation: MANU/SC/0611/2026 deserves attention not only for its conclusion under Section 8 of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956, but also for its clear conceptual explanation of the distinction between ex ante and ex post reasoning. For future reference, this distinction
A mobile number is often shared casually in daily life — to book a
cab, receive a delivery, complete a digital payment, or obtain a service
update. Yet the fact that a number is visible in a transaction does not make it
freely available for personal use. Under India’s Digital Personal Data
Protection Act, 2023,
What a seller should know before filing ITRRamesh owned agricultural land in a village, outside the Nagarparishad limits. After holding it for more than 25 years, he agreed to sell it and received earnest money from the buyer. He then asked the most practical question: should this amount be shown in the Income
Suspension is one of the most distressing phases in a public servant’s career. It is technically a temporary administrative measure, not a final penalty, yet the sudden loss of active duty, reduced income and social stigma are very real.For Government employees in Maharashtra, suspension is governed mainly by Rule 4 of the Maharashtra Civil
Manual of Vigilance: 6 Critical Shifts in India’s Judicial Response to Human TraffickingThe scale of human trafficking in India is a staggering humanitarian crisis. As far back as 2004, the Union of India acknowledged the existence of at least 30 lakh victims. For decades, our legal approach was stunted by the Suppression of Immoral
In trials of homicide based on circumstantial evidence, the real battleground often lies not in direct testimony but in medical jurisprudence:
The Supreme Court’s decision in Neelu Nilesh Koshti v. State of
Identification of Decomposed Body — Medical Jurisprudence — Absence of DNA testing does not vitiate identification when credible and consistent testimonies of witnesses who knew the deceased personally are available – Relying on Modi’s Textbook of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology, Supreme Court noted that putrefaction in water is slower than in air, especially when the
Seemingly there is a divergence in opinion, but we do not see any conflict in the two decisions. In both the decisions, this Court unequivocally found that if an instrument is not duly stamped, it is inadmissible Under Section 34 and if it is brought before any person or authority empowered to receive evidence, then,