Default Bail – NDPS Act – Computation of 60-Day Remand Period – Indefeasible Right – Petitioner arrested on 02.11.2025 for possession of 4632.80 grams of hydroponic cannabis, remanded on 03.11.2025 – Charge sheet filed on 05.01.2026 (64th day) at 1:00 p.m. – Default bail application filed at 12:30 p.m. on the same date – 60th day fell on 01.01.2026, which ...
Family Law – Maintenance – Quantum – Enhancement – Section 144 BNSS – Appellant-wife married on 07.05.2023, forced to leave matrimonial home within a year due to neglect and harassment, with no independent source of income – Family Court awarded ₹8,000/- per month – High Court enhanced to ₹15,000/- per month – Supreme Court on further appeal foun...
Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 – Section 3 – Offence of Giving Dowry – Section 7(3) – Statutory Immunity – FIR against Wife and Family – Maintainability – Petitioner-husband sought registration of a separate FIR against his wife and her family members on the ground that their statements acknowledging payment of dowry constituted the offence of 'giving'...
Preventive Detention – COFEPOSA Act – Gold Smuggling – Dismissal of SLPs – Detenus alleged to have facilitated disposal of foreign-marked gold bars on multiple occasions – Detention Orders passed under Section 3(1) of COFEPOSA Act on 22.04.2025 – Division Bench of Karnataka High Court upheld the Detention Orders – Supreme Court finds adequate procedural co...
Negotiable Instruments Act – Section 138 – Dishonour of Cheque – Acquittal Upheld – Complainant alleged payment of Rs. 35,00,000/- cash as advance for purchase of land to respondent, who issued two cheques towards discharge of liability — cheques dishonoured for insufficient funds — trial court convicted respondent; appellate court reversed and acquitted —...
Criminal Law – Discharge Petition – Section 228 Cr.P.C. – Murder – Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC – Revision dismissed – Petitioner challenged the order of learned Additional Sessions Judge-XVI, Dhanbad rejecting his discharge petition and framing charge against him in connection with the murder of the deceased, who was found dead in the office of the peti...
Criminal Law – Quashing of Process – Bank Officials – Public Servant – Prior Sanction – Section 197 Cr.P.C. – Application of Mind by Magistrate – Petitioners, Branch Manager and Zonal Head of J&K Bank, were proceeded against on a complaint alleging that they took Rs. 2.50 lakhs from the complainant on promise of employment and subsequently subjected hi...
Constitutional Law – Right to Privacy – Media Reporting of FIR – Article 21 – Petitioner under investigation for offences under Sections 68, 75, 64 and 351 BNS sought to restrain State Police from disclosing his name and FIR contents to media, and sought removal of publications by Sikkim Chronicle based on the Police Daily Situation Report — Held: There is no law mand...
Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 – Sections 3 and 4 – Applicability to Fine-Only Sentences – Reformative Theory of Punishment – Appellants convicted under Sections 323 and 324 read with Section 34 IPC and sentenced to fine only — Appellants did not press appeal on merits and sought benefit of Sections 3 and 4 read with Section 12 of the 1958 Act — State objected...
SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act – Anticipatory Bail – Section 14(A)(2) – Counter-Blast Complaint – Appellants, agricultural labourers, sought anticipatory bail in Crime No.18/2026 registered for offences under Sections 115(2), 352 r/w 3(5) BNS and Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s), 3(2)(va) of the SC/ST (POA) Act – Alleged incident arose at a village jatra during an orch...