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No Hierarchy Among High Courts: Supreme Court Slams Forum Shopping and Transfers Commercial IP Suit From Delhi High Court to Madras High Court
In Sai Maghalakshmi Traders & Ors. v. M/s Sri Lakshmi Srinivasa Agro Foods & Anr., the Supreme Court deprecated forum shopping in trademark disputes, affirmed that no hierarchy exists among High Courts, and transferred a commercial suit from Delhi to the Madras High Court.
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Deep Government Control Makes Registered Society 'State' Under Article 12, Though Staff Are Not Civil Servants: Supreme Court on National Book Trust (2026 INSC 1202)
In The Chairman, National Book Trust, India v. A.R. Abdul Gaffar & Ors. (2026 INSC 1202), the Supreme Court held that registration under the Societies Registration Act does not shield an autonomous body from Article 12 writ jurisdiction where central funding, CAG audit, and Ministry control are pervasive.
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24-Hour Production Mandate Under Article 22(2) Begins From Actual Detention, Not Formal Arrest Memo: Supreme Court Grants Bail in 60.79 Kg NDPS Case (2026 INSC 1195)
In Sri Sujit Das & Ors. v. Union of India (2026 INSC 1195), the Supreme Court held that the 24-hour constitutional deadline under Article 22(2) starts the moment liberty is curtailed, overriding Section 37 NDPS bail bars where Article 21 and Section 36 BNSS safeguards are violated.
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Supreme Court Upholds Restoration of Roadside Land Allotment to Original Tenure Holders
The Supreme Court upheld interference with a roadside land allotment that displaced original tenure holders without adequate reasons.
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Son Has No Right by Birth in Father's Partitioned Share: Supreme Court Dismisses Minor's Partition Suit Under Section 8 Hindu Succession Act
In J. Rajesh (Minor) v. M. Kumaran (Dead) & Others (2026 INSC 1208, decided on 06.11.2026), the Supreme Court affirmed that when property devolves upon Class I heirs under Section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 and is partitioned, a son takes his divided share as absolute individual property and his son (grandson) acquires no right by birth during his father's lifetime.
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Supreme Court Stays Madras High Court Order on Chidambaram Nataraja Temple Management | 2026
The Supreme Court stayed the Madras High Court's five-member management board direction concerning Chidambaram Nataraja Temple. Read the interim order and constitutional issues.
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Suit to Cancel Gift Deed Barred by Limitation After Three Years: Supreme Court Rules Period Runs from Knowledge of Deed, Not Cessation of Undue Influence
In D. Kalidasreddy & Another v. Chennamma (K. Bharathi) (2026 INSC 1209, decided on 29.10.2026), the Supreme Court reversed concurrent decrees of three lower courts and dismissed a daughter's suit filed after 23 years to cancel a 1974 registered gift deed executed in favor of her father, holding that under Article 59 of the Limitation Act, 1963, limitation begins when the donor has knowledge of the true nature of the instrument, not when parental influence ends or profits cease.
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