Selling Non-E20 Compliant Car Without Disclosure Amounts To Unfair Trade Practice: Consumer Court Directs Maruti Suzuki To Replace Vehicle Or Refund Cost Punjab & Haryana High Court Appoints Independent Observer, Orders Videography To Ensure Fair Mayoral Polls In MC Abohar Railways Cannot Be Held Liable For Shortage Of Goods Booked At 'Owner's Risk' Unless Negligence Is Proved: Supreme Court High Court Cannot Re-Appreciate Evidence In Writ Jurisdiction To Interfere With Fact-Finding By Civil Courts: Supreme Court Supreme Court Directs All States To Formulate Premature Release Policy For Terminally Ill & Elderly Prisoners Within 3 Months Employer Cannot Deny Compassionate Appointment Citing Age Limit Crossed Due To Its Own Delay In Processing Medical Retirement: Supreme Court Remission Applications Of Life Convicts Must Be Decided Within 3 Months; Long Incarceration Merits Interim Bail: Supreme Court Arbitration Clause Or Civil Remedy No Bar To Criminal Prosecution If Offence Prima Facie Disclosed: Allahabad High Court No Ground For Repeated Enquiries On Overlapping Allegations Without Fresh Material: Andhra Pradesh High Court Dismisses PIL Against MedTech Park Officials District Council Court Is A 'Civil Court', Barred From Deciding Nokma Succession Disputes Under Garo Hills Social Customs Act: Meghalaya High Court Fundamental Rights Can't Be Bartered Away On US Embassy's Complaint": Karnataka HC Awards Rs 5 Lakhs For Illegal Arrest Of Homestay Owner Non-Compliance With Section 42 NDPS Act During Night Search Of Private Vehicle Vitiates Proceedings, Rigour Of Section 37 Won't Apply: Kerala High Court Employer Has Sole Right To Prescribe Qualifications; Courts Cannot Substitute Views Of Academic Experts: Madhya Pradesh High Court Suppression Of Criminal Antecedents Disentitles Accused To Discretionary Relief Of Bail: Orissa High Court Non-Communication Of Grounds Of Arrest In Writing & Denying Legal Aid During First Remand Vitiates Detention: Punjab & Haryana High Court Dispute Over Authenticity Of Will Falls Within Domain Of Civil Court: Telangana High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail In Forgery Case State Cannot Arbitrarily Retain Premium Paid For Unutilized FSI; Denial Of Refund To Residential Projects Violates Article 14: Supreme Court Courts Cannot Rewrite Commercial Contracts; No Interest On Security Deposit Unless Refund Delayed Beyond Agreed Period: Supreme Court State's Failure To Challenge Bail Of Co-Convict Entitles Identically Situated Accused To Parity: Supreme Court Kerala High Court Discharges Kumbakudi Sudhakaran In Criminal Contempt After Unconditional Apology For Remarks Against Judges 12-Day Delay In Filing Appeal Against Section 138 Conviction Minimal, Courts Shouldn't Adopt Hyper-Technical Approach: Madhya Pradesh High Court Complaint Barred By Limitation If Drug Is Only 'Not Of Standard Quality' And Not Spurious: Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Prosecution Proclaimed Offender Not Entitled To Anticipatory Bail, Especially When Evading Investigation: Allahabad High Court Trial Court Cannot Disregard Evidence Of Witness Proving Will If Attesting Witnesses Are Deceased: Andhra Pradesh High Court Oral Waiver Of Right To Be Searched Under Section 50 NDPS Act Must Be Reduced To Writing: Bombay High Court Grants Bail Specific Allegation Of Fund Mismatch In Show Cause Notice Sufficient Due Process For Fraud Classification: Calcutta High Court Failure To Provide Written Grounds Of Arrest A 'Curable Defect' If No Prejudice Caused To Accused: Delhi High Court

"CRIMINAL LAW" Digest

Criminal Law - Bail - Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967 - Section 43D(5) - Prolonged Incarceration - Appellant-human rights activist was arrested for allegedly recruiting OGWs for LeT-facilitating contacts with Pakistan-based handlers-collecting data on Indian Army movements and bribing an NIA officer to compromise a separate investigation - Trial Court denied bail holding allegations prim...

Criminal Law - Murder - Indian Penal Code 1860 - Sections 34 and 302 - Arms Act 1959 - Sections 25(1-B)(a) and 27 - Appellants challenged judgment of conviction for the murder of victim Prasanta by shooting and slitting his throat - Prosecution relied on testimony of four eyewitnesses who were also co-accused in another murder case - Trial Court convicted six persons for murder and firearms offenc...

Criminal Law - Terrorist Conspiracy and Murder - Indian Penal Code 1860 - Sections 120-B 153-A 302 and 307 - Explosive Substances Act 1908 - Sections 3 and 5 - Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967 - Sections 16 18 19 20 and 23 - Appeal against acquittal of A4 A5 A15 A16 A17 A18 and A19 - Suicide bomb blast occurred at City Task Force Office Begumpet on 12.10.2005 resulting in death of a home ...

Criminal Law - Record Maintenance - Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act 1994 - Sections 4(3) and 23 - Appellant sonologist challenged Magistrate taking cognizance of offences relating to incomplete Form F entries - Claimed errors were technical and inadvertent blanks - Search and seizure conducted at sonography center led to suspension of registrat...

Criminal Law - Confiscation of Vehicle - Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 - Sections 25, 60 and 63 - Interim Release on Financial Bonds - Applicant sought release of a truck confiscated by the Special Judge after his conviction for allowing the vehicle to be used for transporting poppy husk - Applicant argued the vehicle was deteriorating in the police station and sought release...

Criminal Law - Money Laundering - Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 - Sections 3 and 4 - Discharge - Petitioner a retired Forest Range Officer accused of amassing assets worth 608 percent of known income - FIR registered by ACB under PC Act for disproportionate assets - ED recorded ECIR and filed prosecution complaint - Petitioner sought discharge under Section 227 CrPC and Section 250 BNSS ...

Criminal Law - Reference to Third Judge - Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - Section 392 - Scope of jurisdiction - Three siblings were convicted by the Trial Court under Sections 302/149 and 148 IPC and sentenced to life imprisonment - On appeal to the High Court a Division Bench delivered split opinions - Both Judges upheld the conviction of two siblings but differed on the third sibling - The mat...

Criminal Law - Issuance of Non-Bailable Warrant - Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 - Section 528 - Petitioner No 2 Trinath Guru challenged the order dated 06-05-2026 passed by JMFC Lakhanpur issuing NBWA due to non-appearance on a scheduled date - Petitioner No 1 Tosharam Naik @ Anish was not pressed and stands disposed - Petitioner was previously granted bail on 23-12-2025 and had furnishe...

Criminal Law - Murder and Kidnapping - Indian Penal Code 1860 - Sections 302 and 363 - Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012 - Sections 4 - 5(1) and 6 - Appellant challenged the judgment of the Special Court Pune convicting him for kidnapping and murder of a nine-year-old child - Prosecution case rested on circumstantial evidence alleging that Appellant kidnapped the victim from his...

Criminal Law - Murder and Attempt to Murder - Indian Penal Code 1860 - Sections 147 148 149 302 307 323 and 324 - Appellants Satish Shiv Kumar Ashok Bhupat Rakesh Vijay and Vikram were convicted by the Trial Court for an incident occurring on 10.08.1982 near Dak Kothi - Deceased Satish Kumar was dragged from a bicycle and assaulted with guptis and knives while witness Shri Ram was attacked with a ...