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Legal Current Affairs · 30 October 2026
3 judgments from the Supreme Court and Delhi High Court and Karnataka High Court, explained for judiciary aspirants: the law behind each ruling, past exam questions on the same point, and practice MCQs.
Supreme Court Two life sentences, one life: the Supreme Court strikes a 'consecutive' order thirteen years late A trial court in 2013 ordered a man to serve one life sentence after another. The conviction stands and so do both life terms. What changes is how they run, and that turns on what 'imprisonment for life' means. 
Delhi High Court Leave to defend is a one-shot application: Delhi HC shuts the Section 151 back door in a Chandni Chowk eviction A year after filing for leave to contest, the tenants of a Katra Sat Narayan shop arrived on the day of arguments with new material: withdrawn eviction cases and 'shop available for rent' banners. The High Court explains why the summary procedure gives them one chance, not two. 
Karnataka High Court Evict first, auction later: Karnataka HC stops Athani's shop auction a day before bidding Licences from the Town Municipal Council ran out in 2010, but the shopkeepers stayed and kept paying. In October 2026 the Council advertised 39 shops for auction. The High Court did not decide who was right about the shops. It decided the order of steps. 