Auction Purchaser Has No Vested Right Without Sale Confirmation: Calcutta HC Upholds Borrower’s Redemption Right Under Pre-Amendment SARFAESI Law Mere Breach of Promise to Marry Doesn’t Amount to Rape: Delhi High Court Acquits Man in False Rape Case Father Is the Natural Guardian After Mother’s Death, Mere Technicalities Cannot Override Welfare of Child: Orissa High Court Restores Custody to Biological Father Assets of Wife and Father-in-Law Can Be Considered in Disproportionate Assets Case Against Public Servant: Kerala High Court Refuses Discharge Identification Without TIP, Electronic Records Without 65B Certificate – Conviction Set Aside: Patna High Court Nothing Inflicts A Deeper Wound On Our Constitutional Culture Than A State Official Running Berserk Regardless Of Human Rights: Jharkhand High Court Orders ₹1.5 Lakh Interim Compensation Dishonour Due to ‘Account Blocked’ Not Attributable to Drawer—No Offence Under Section 138 NI Act: Delhi High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Presumption Under Section 139 NI Act Cannot Be Rebutted By Mere Assertions: Delhi High Court Affirms Conviction In 32-Year-Old Cheque Bounce Case Signature Alone Doesn’t Prove Debt: Kerala High Court Upholds Acquittal in Cheque Bounce Case, Rejects Blanket Presumption Under Section 139 NI Act Justice Cannot Be Left to Guesswork: Supreme Court Mandates Structured Judgments in Criminal Trials Across India Truth Must Be Proven Beyond Doubt—Not Built On Flawed FIRs, Tainted Witnesses And Investigative Gaps: Supreme Court Acquits Man in POCSO Rape-Murder Case Once parties agree and reconciliation is impossible, a fault-based decree is unnecessary: Supreme Court Sets Aside Divorce on Desertion No Escape from Statutory Ceiling: Exclusive Expenditure by Foreign Head Offices Also Attracts Section 44C Income Tax: Supreme Court Loss Of A Child Cannot Be Calculated In Rupees, But Law Must At Least Offer Dignity In Compensation: Supreme Court Enhances Compensation Sessions Court Cannot Direct Life Imprisonment Till Natural Life Without Remission: Supreme Court Reasserts Limits on Sentencing Powers of Subordinate Courts ‘Continuously Means Without a Single Break’: Supreme Court Bars Expired-and-Renewed Licences From Police Driver Recruitment Chief Justice’s Power Under Section 51(3) Is Independent and Continuing: Supreme Court Upholds Kolhapur Bench Notification Last Seen Evidence Alone Cannot Sustain Conviction: Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case No Cultivation on Forest Land Without Central Clearance: Supreme Court Cancels Lease Over 134 Acres, Orders Reforestation Appointment from Rank List Must Respect Communal Rotation: SC Declines Claim of SC Waitlisted Candidate After Resignation of Appointee Supreme Court Dissolves 20-Year Estranged Marriage Under Article 142 Despite Wife’s Objection Murder Inside Temple Cannot Be Treated Lightly: Supreme Court Cancels Bail of Father-Son Convicts in Group Killing Case

"CRIMINAL LAW" Digest

Matrimonial Law – Enhancement of Permanent Alimony – Quantum of Maintenance – Alimony Enhanced - Appellant-wife challenged High Court’s fixation of permanent alimony at ₹20,000/month – Respondent-husband claimed net income of ₹1,64,039/month and remarriage obligations – Supreme Court found original amount inadequate considering past lifestyle and inflation &...

Criminal Law – Appeal Against Quashing - Criminal Conspiracy and Cheating – Prima Facie Offence Established – Quashing of Criminal Proceedings Set Aside – Appellant, a daughter deprived of share in ancestral property, alleged fraudulent exclusion from compensation awarded on land acquisition – High Court quashed criminal proceedings based on Sub-Registrar’s stat...

Criminal Law -  Sections 63 and 65 of the Copyright Act, 1957 - Sections 120B and 420 of the - Appeal by Victim Against Acquittal  – Corporate Entity as Victim – Section 2(wa) CrPC – Right of Appeal Upheld – In a case involving sale of counterfeit products infringing trademarks and copyrights, the Court held that the appellant company Asian Paints Limited qualifie...

Matrimonial Law - Domestic Violence – Requirement of Domestic Relationship – DV Act – Petition Dismissed - Petitioner challenged concurrent orders of Trial and Appellate Courts which held that no domestic relationship existed between her and Respondent Nos. 3 to 6 since 2013 – Held: The petitioner was residing in a separate household since 2013 and no present or continuing ...

Criminal Law - Quashing of Criminal Proceedings – Sections 498A, 406, 323, 34 IPC – Divorce Proceedings Pending – Allegations Found Baseless – Criminal proceeding initiated by wife alleged to be retaliatory to the matrimonial suit filed by husband – FIR contains vague and evasive allegations without specific details regarding acts of cruelty or physical harm – N...

Regular Bail – Police Officer Accused Under Prevention of Corruption Act – Bail Granted – The petitioner, a police official, was arrested in connection with an FIR registered under Section 7 of the PC Act and Section 75 of the BNS – Investigation was completed and challan filed – Petitioner remained in custody for approximately 3 months – No prosecution witness ...

Criminal Law - Regular Bail – Prolonged Incarceration – Hostile Witnesses – Bail Granted – The appellant sought regular bail in FIR under Sections 302, 201, 120-B IPC and Section 3 of the SC/ST Act – All key prosecution witnesses including the complainant, eyewitness, and last seen witnesses had turned hostile – The appellant had undergone 2 years, 8 months and ...

Criminal Law – Quashing of FIR - Public Servant – Engagement in Private Consultancy – No Legal Prohibition – Prosecution Quashed – The petitioner, employed with a government enterprise, was charged under Section 168 IPC for allegedly working as a private consultant for PF & ESI matters – The Court held that Standing Orders applicable to the petitioner do not...

Criminal Law - Murder – Section 302, 304 Part II, 394, 452, 120B, 397 of the IPC - Conviction Altered – Presumption under Section 114(a) Evidence Act – Recovery of Stolen Gold Ornaments – Held: Circumstantial evidence proved that accused 1 robbed the deceased’s gold ornaments and caused her death while committing robbery – However, absence of intent to kill or c...

Criminal Law – Quashing - Abetment of Suicide – Prima Facie Offence – Section 306 IPC – Quashing Rejected – The petitioner and deceased were in a three-year live-in relationship involving financial transactions – Allegations include blackmail using intimate photographs and coercion for money amounting to ₹51 lakhs – Deceased died by suicide after a fight...