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 – Quashing under Section 482 Cr.P.C. – Scope – Appreciation of Evidence Not Permissible – Petitioner (builder/developer) entered into construction agreements for two flats with the complainant in 2006 and received total payments of Rs. 12,90,000/- but failed to hand over the flats — FIR registered under Sections 406 and 420 IPC — charge sheet filed ...

Criminal Law — Framing of Charge — Fake Allotment Orders — Kerosene Oil — CAPD Department Officials — Petitioners, serving as departmental employees, challenged the order framing charges against them under Sections 419, 420, 468, 120-B RPC and Sections 3/7 of the Essential Commodities Act, arising from a racket involving fabrication and circulation of fake kerosene oi...

Criminal Law – Murder – Culpable Homicide Not Amounting to Murder – Modification of Conviction – Appellants convicted by trial court under Section 302/34 IPC for killing deceased Jitaram Satnami with a plough yoke during a land dispute – High Court on reappraisal finding that the assault was not premeditated but arose suddenly upon seeing the deceased on disputed land...

Discharge – Framing of Charge – Sections 227 and 228 CrPC / Sections 250 and 251 BNSS – Standard of Prima Facie Case – Defective Investigation No Ground for Discharge – Applicant, allegedly arrested on the spot during interception of a truck carrying 19 bulls, sought discharge contending false implication, fabricated arrest, and tainted investigation including removal...

Personal Liberty – Live-In Relationship – Police Protection – Right to Life – Articles 19 and 21 of the Constitution – Petitioners, both married to different individuals and having children with their respective spouses, entered into a live-in relationship at Hyderabad on 25.02.2026 out of their own free will – Petitioner no. 1 alleged harassment and torture by ...

NDPS Act – Sections 20, 25 and 29 – Separate Punishment – Legislation by Reference and Incorporation – Appellant convicted along with co-accused for possession and transportation of 4 kg 100 gms of commercial quantity of charas found in a vehicle — Special Judge sentenced both convicts to 12 years rigorous imprisonment under Sections 20(b)(ii)(C) and 25 read with 29 o...

Bail – Regular Bail – Excise Policy Irregularities – APSBCL – Large-scale irregularities in implementation of Andhra Pradesh excise policy and functioning of the Andhra Pradesh State Beverages Corporation Limited (APSBCL) during 2019–2024 alleged — Petitioner/Accused No. 1 in judicial custody for nearly one year — Charge sheet filed but cognizance not yet ...

Criminal Law – Remand – Grounds of Arrest – Section 47 BNSS – Remand Order Quashed – Petitioner had earlier been set at liberty by a co-ordinate bench of this Court in Crl.P. No. 16200/2025 on the ground that grounds of arrest were not furnished to him – Co-ordinate bench had expressly directed that the prosecution may seek fresh remand only after furnishing gro...

Criminal Law – Anti-Corruption – Charge Framing – Revenue Record Tampering – Further Investigation – Petitioner was posted as Naib Tehsildar, General Record Room, Jammu from 2009 to 2012 – FIR alleged that the petitioner connived with co-accused Patwari Riaz Ahmed to insert a fictitious khasra number in original revenue records to confer undue benefit upon co-ac...

Criminal Law – Acquittal – Appeal Against Acquittal – Sections 307/324/34 IPC – Appeal Dismissed – Respondents accused of assaulting PW-1 Prabhu Shyam and PW-5 Ghanshyam with knife and danda during intervening night of 17/18 October 2009 at C-10, Raghubir Nagar, Delhi, arising from refusal to provide a cigarette – FIR No. 210/2009 registered at P.S. Khyala &ndas...