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

Murder — Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC — Plea of Alibi — Accused No. 1 Acquitted — Accused No. 2 Conviction Confirmed — Accused No. 1 (Asim @ Munmun) convicted for assaulting the deceased with a farsi in a hair salon — Raised plea of alibi from inception asserting presence at Anand (200 km away) at the time of offence at Botad — Both Investigating O...

NDPS Act – Recovery of Poppy Straw – Acquittal – Prosecution story based on secret information received by Investigating Officer PW-17 at Bhugrani Chowk, followed by search of the house of appellant Angrejo Devi, yielding 16 bags of alleged contraband in the presence of both appellants – Trial Court convicted both appellants under Section 15 of the NDPS Act and sentenced th...

Bail – Unlawful Assembly – Attack on Police Station – Long Abscondence – Petitioner, arrayed as the 41st accused, allegedly part of an unlawful assembly of approximately three hundred persons that pelted granite stones at police officers and caused damage of Rs. 75,000/- to the Police Station building on 01.08.2012 – Petitioner absconded after the incident and remaine...

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...

NDPS Act – Default Bail – Charge-Sheet Without FSL/Chemical Analysis Report – Sections 8(c), 22(c) and 29 NDPS Act – Section 187(3) BNSS / Section 167(2) CrPC – Applicant arrested in connection with recovery of 160 grams of Mephedrone (MD) of commercial quantity – Charge-sheet filed on 21.01.2026 without the Chemical Analysis report, though the said report was p...

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...

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 – Attempt to Murder – Section 307 IPC – Acquittal – Appellant Keshav Singh @ Kallu convicted by the III Additional Sessions Judge, Mainpuri for firing a gunshot at informant Rajendra Singh on 04.12.1980, which caused gun shot injuries to Shiv Kumar Singh who was standing nearby – Role of exhortation attributed to deceased co-accused Brijbasi Lal – S...

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 – Section 138 – Dishonour of Cheque – Presumption under Sections 118(a) and 139 – Rebuttal – Petitioner convicted for dishonour of cheque of Rs.15,00,000/- issued in discharge of a loan – Petitioner's defence that the cheque was given as security in a chit fund transaction rejected as unsupported by cogent evidence – No...

Anticipatory Bail – Cyber Fraud – Economic Offence – Large-Scale Conspiracy – Dismissed – Petitioner sought anticipatory bail in connection with a cyber crime case involving fake investment schemes, digital arrest scams and other cyber frauds allegedly defrauding over 1,000 victims across India involving proceeds of approximately Rs.315 crores – Petitioner alleg...