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Development Law Docket

Indian judgments that changed what development organisations, state programmes and rights-holders can actually do. Each entry says what the court decided, what it changed on the ground, and whether it is still good law.

This is orientation, not legal advice. Holdings here are summarised editorially — the linked judgment is what is authoritative, and you should read it before relying on it. Case law moves: a holding can be narrowed by a later bench, replaced by a statute, or sent to a larger bench. Every entry carries a status saying which, but statuses go stale. Check the date, then check the source.

What is deliberately not here

How these entries were checked

Coverage is the Supreme Court of India. High Court and tribunal decisions, and the district courts entirely, are outside this first release.