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

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...

Anticipatory Bail – Impersonation of Advocate – Forged Documents – Custodial Interrogation Required – Applicant, an LL.B. final-semester student working as a junior intern, sought anticipatory bail in connection with FIR registered for offences under BNS, 2023 – During panchanama at applicant's husband's shop and residence, visiting cards, a fabricated Bar Cou...

Environmental Law – Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act – Vicarious Liability of Directors – Summoning Order – Quashing Refused – Applicants/Directors of M/s Simplex Infrastructures Limited were impleaded in complaint filed by U.P. Pollution Control Board for operating construction activities at Panki Thermal Power Plant without obtaining consent under the A...

Criminal Law – Anticipatory Bail – Section 482 BNSS – Sexual Harassment and Rape Allegations – Cross-FIRs – Appellant, a businessman, accused by former employee/respondent-complainant of offences under Sections 351(2), 64, 74, 75 and 79 read with Section 3(5) BNS and Section 67A IT Act – High Court declined anticipatory bail to appellant alone while granting it ...

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...

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'...

Legal Aid – Systemic Delays – SOP for Translation and Transmission of Records – Article 21 and 39A of the Constitution – Proceeding originating from a death sentence matter in which inordinate delays in legal aid matters were noticed by the Court – Amicus curiae appointed; extensive deliberations held with SCLSC, NALSA, High Courts, and other stakeholders over several...

Criminal Procedure – Section 311 Cr.P.C. – Locus Standi of Complainant – Electronic Evidence – Summoning of Additional Witnesses – Murder Trial – Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. challenging order allowing complainant's application under Section 311 Cr.P.C. for formal exhibition of electronic documents (Google Search History, WhatsApp chat, media statement...

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...