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Adv. Rohit Belakud

Rohit Belakud is the Founder of Mahamana News and a practicing Advocate engaged in legal analysis and jurisprudential discourse. He also helms The Legal QnA, a platform devoted to legal cognition and public legal literacy. With advanced proficiency in web development, he integrates law, technology, and digital media to curate authoritative and intellectually rigorous legal platforms.
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Arbitrator Cannot Award Interest Contrary To Contract: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that an arbitral tribunal cannot award pre-award or pendente lite interest in the teeth of an express contractual prohibition,...
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Booking Sacred Rituals Cannot Become A Commercial Exercise: Kerala High Court

Sanitation lapses, accumulation of rice sacks, inadequate police deployment, and alleged manipulation in Padi Pooja bookings at the Sabarimala Sree Dharma Sastha Temple came...

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OTT Content Challenge Requires Recourse To Three-Tier Mechanism: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on February 17, 2026, declined to entertain a writ petition seeking a ban on the continued streaming of the film...
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Minimum 20-Year POCSO Sentence Is Mandatory, Not Enhancement: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that imposing the statutory minimum sentence under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act,...
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Federal Structure Cannot Be Allowed to Be Destroyed: Jharkhand HC Stays Dual FIR Investigation

The Jharkhand High Court on February 19, 2026, stayed further investigation in two criminal cases arising out of a road accident in Ranchi and...
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Students Cannot Be Penalised for Legislature’s Error: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that degrees obtained from universities established under the Chhattisgarh Niji Kshetra Vishwavidyalaya Act, 2002 before it was struck down...
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Supreme Court Allows Karnataka HC To Issue Appointment Notification For Civil Judges

The Supreme Court has granted permission to the Karnataka High Court to notify appointments of Judicial Officers in the Civil Judge cadre after being...
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Woman Cannot Be Prosecuted For Stalking U/S 354D IPC As Provision Applies To ‘Any Man’: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a woman accused of harassing her boyfriend’s wife for a mutual consent divorce, holding that...
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High Court Cannot Assume The Role Of Super-Examiner: Supreme Court Sets Aside Jharkhand HC’s Interference With Civil Judge Answer Key

The Supreme Court on February 9, 2026, set aside key directions of the Jharkhand High Court that had interfered with the answer key of...
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Cane Is Not a Dangerous Weapon Under Section 118(1) of BNS: Kerala High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Teacher

The Kerala High Court quashed criminal proceedings against a school teacher accused of beating a student with a cane, holding that the alleged act...
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Two Phone Calls Alone Cannot Establish Organised Crime Links: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on February 9, 2026, granted bail to Akashdeep Karaj Singh, an accused in the murder case of former Maharashtra minister...
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An employee’s Right To Receive Salary Cannot Be Withheld Or Reduced Except On The Basis Of A Proper Enquiry: Supreme Court

“An employee’s right to receive salary cannot be withheld or reduced except on the basis of a proper enquiry,” the Supreme Court held while...

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Arbitrator Cannot Award Interest Contrary To Contract: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that an arbitral tribunal cannot award pre-award or pendente lite interest in the teeth of an express contractual prohibition,...
High Courts

Booking Sacred Rituals Cannot Become A Commercial Exercise: Kerala High Court

Sanitation lapses, accumulation of rice sacks, inadequate police deployment, and alleged manipulation in Padi Pooja bookings at the Sabarimala Sree Dharma Sastha Temple came...
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Doctrine of Merger Does Not Extinguish High Court Contempt Powers: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that the Doctrine of Merger does not oust the High Court’s contempt jurisdiction merely because its order has been...
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Section 202 CrPC Not Mechanically Mandatory: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has ruled that when a criminal complaint under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act is filed by a public servant in discharge...