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Policy Gap Between Solid Waste Management Rules And Carbon Credits
The MoEFCC notified the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026 (“SWM Rules”) on January 27, 2026, effective April 1, 2026. These rules supersede the 2016 framework and create a comprehensive framework for waste management across urban and rural areas. The rules create specific waste management obligations:Four-Stream Segregation (Rule 5): Mandatory segregation into wet waste, dry waste, sanitary waste, and special care waste enables proper channelization to processing facilities. This segregation...
Karnataka High Court Grants Relief To Woman Accused Of Hurting Neighbour Over Quarrel On 'Drying Clothes', Grants ₹50,000 To Victim
The Karnataka High Court modified a woman's conviction from voluntarily causing grievous hurt to voluntarily causing hurt with dangerous, after noting that a quarrel had suddenly arisen between her and her female neighbour over drying of clothes which was a "trivial issue". The court modified the conviction to Section 324 IPC (voluntarily causing hurt using dangerous weapons or means) which...
“Return To India Or We Won't Hear Your Challenge Against FEO Act”: Bombay High Court To Vijay Mallya
The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted a last chance to former liquor baron Vijay Mallya to spell out when he plans to return to India so that his plea challenging the constitutional validity of the Fugitive Economic Offenders (FEO) Act.A division bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad noted that it had in a previous hearing it was made clear to Mallya to file...
Pain & Suffering Not Measurable: Rajasthan High Court Enhances MACT Award For Mental Agony Citing Prolonged Treatment, Permanent Disability
The Rajasthan High Court has enhanced the compensation awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal to a claimant under the head of mental agony from Rs. 13,000 to Rs. 50,000 taking into account the duration for which the petitioner had to be hospitalized followed by his 6 months leave from work. The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand opined that pain and suffering qualified as...
Sabarimala Gold Theft: Kerala Court Grants Statutory Bail To Ex-Thiruvabharam Commissioner In Doorframes Case
The Court of the Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge, Kollam on Thursday (February 12) granted bail to 4th accused and former Thiruvabharanam Commissioner, K.S. Baiju, in the case relating to the misappropriation of gold from the doorframes of the Sreekovil of Sabarimala temple.Mohit C.S., Special Judge, passed the order granting him statutory bail since the Special Investigation Team...
Father Not Protecting Married Daughter Who Comes Back Home Alleging Abuse By Husband Can Lead Her To Commit Suicide: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has observed that when a married woman returns to her parental home alleging abuse by her husband, the failure of her parents, particularly her father, to protect her at that stage may also contribute to her decision to commit suicide. The Court made this observation while setting aside the conviction of a husband under Sections 498A (cruelty by husband) and 306...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : February 12, 2026
Links to today's reports :'Most Shocking & Disappointing', Supreme Court Raps Allahabad High Court For Unreasoned Bail In Dowry Death CaseCan Civil Judge (Senior Division) Acting As Commercial Court Entertain Trade Mark Passing Off Suit? Supreme Court To DecideSupreme Court Refuses To Entertain Jairam Ramesh's Writ Petition Against Post Facto Environmental ClearancesSupreme Court...
Review Can't Be Invoked After Inordinate Delay: Punjab & Haryana High Court Sets Aside Police Officer's Punishment, Quashes ACR Downgrading
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside the punishment of stoppage of three annual increments with permanent effect imposed on a Haryana Police officer, holding that review powers under Rule 16.28 of the Punjab Police Rules (PPR) must be exercised within a reasonable period and cannot be invoked mechanically after inordinate delay.Justice Jagmohan Bansal said, "The impugned order...
Between Progress And Pressure: A Woman Lawyer's Negotiation With Ambition
The legal profession trains us to measure our words carefully. Precision is discipline. Preparation is identity. For years, I believed that if I worked hard enough, understood the law thoroughly, and argued with clarity, that would be sufficient.Over time, I realised I was measuring something else too — my tone, my pauses, my reactions.There are days I replay not the submissions I made, but the ones I softened. The moment when a remark went uncorrected because responding might have appeared...
Framing Of Issues Not Mandatory In Execution Of Foreign Decrees U/S 44A CPC: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that while executing a decree passed by a foreign court in a reciprocating territory under Section 44A of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, it is not mandatory for the District Court to frame issues and direct the parties to lead evidence while examining whether the decree falls within any of the exceptions under clauses (a) to (f) of Section 13 CPC. The...