Criminal Law – Proclaimed Offender – Quashing of Proclamation – Non-Compliance with Section 82 Cr.P.C. – Petitioner released on bail in 1981 and migrated to Canada in May 1981, as evidenced by Immigration Certificate showing original entry date of 09.05.1981 – Only summons and non-bailable warrants issued; mandatory 30-day period not afforded – Report dated 06.1...
Criminal Law – Bail - Cyber Fraud – Digital Arrest – Organized Crime – Bail Refused – Senior citizen in his late seventies subjected to continuous psychological coercion, threats and intimidation by fraudsters impersonating CBI officials, compelling transfer of Rs.22.92 crores between 04.08.2025 and 04.09.2025 – Rs.1.90 crores credited into IndusInd Bank account...
Service Law – Salary – Right to Receive Pay for Work Done – Stoppage Without Notice – Article 300-A of the Constitution of India – Petitioners, employed as Assistant Teachers, Junior Clerks and Peons in aided private primary schools in Nagpur Division, had their salaries stopped since March 2025 and Shalarth IDs/approval orders cancelled without any show cause notice ...
Criminal Law – Section 324 IPC – Acquittal – Appeal by Injured Witness – Medical Evidence – Discrepancy between PW2's version of a stab wound and MLC recording a lacerated wound, which is ordinarily caused by a blunt object rather than a sharp weapon — independent corroborative witnesses present at the scene, including cousin brothers and aunt, not examined ...
Forest Law – Confiscation of Vehicle – Nature of Confiscation under Section 49 vis-à-vis Section 51, Assam Forest Regulation, 1891 – Petitioner's truck bearing No. AS-17B-9317 was intercepted on 12.08.2018 while transporting teak logs from Mizoram with discrepancies in transit pass and logs found unmarked – Vehicle seized and administratively confiscated vide ord...
Criminal Law — Murder — Mass Conviction — Acquittal — Sixteen persons charge-sheeted for brutal assault on deceased on 08.07.2008, causing death with cutting weapons and severing his left hand — Twelve accused convicted by trial court under Sections 147, 341, 326, 307, 323, and 302 read with Section 149 IPC — High Court upheld convictions — On appeal, Supr...
Section 144 BNSS, 2023 — Maintenance — Husband's Claim — Disentitlement — A husband is not entitled to claim maintenance from his wife under Section 144 BNSS (corresponding to Section 125 Cr.P.C.) — The provision primarily contemplates grant of maintenance to wives, children and parents — Legislature intentionally did not include 'husband' or 'sp...
POCSO Act – Special Educator – Competency Assessment – Procedural Safeguards – Suo Motu Order Set Aside – Petitioner/accused facing trial under Section 6 of POCSO Act for alleged penetrative sexual assault on a minor victim – Trial Court, without any application from prosecution or defence, passed a suo motu order directing examination of the victim with the ass...
Criminal Law – Gang Rape – Bail – Section 376-D IPC – Applications Dismissed – Both petitioners charged with commission of gang rape of prosecutrix – DNA profiling confirmed Muzamil Aziz as biological father of child born to the victim – Prosecutrix in statement before Magistrate under Section 183 BNSS categorically deposed against both accused – Sha...
Matrimonial Law – Interim Maintenance – Section 125 CrPC – Writ under Article 227 – Petition Dismissed – Husband challenged the Family Court's order awarding Rs. 20,000/- per month as interim maintenance to the wife, contending that the wife was independently employed earning over Rs. 40,000/- per month and that he himself was unemployed following retrenchment &nd...