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 – Murder – Acquittal – Sections 302 and 34 IPC – Appellants A1 (wife of the deceased) and A2 (alleged paramour) were convicted by the trial court for the murder of the deceased at Marina Beach on 30.09.2014 – A1 sentenced to life imprisonment under Section 302 r/w 34 IPC; A2 sentenced to life imprisonment under Section 302 IPC and five years RI under Sect...

Criminal Law – Murder – Circumstantial Evidence – Standard of Proof – Conviction under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC challenged – Case resting entirely on circumstantial evidence with no independent eyewitness – For conviction based on circumstantial evidence, the circumstances must be fully established, consistent only with the hypothesis of guilt, of co...

Juvenile Justice – Bail – Child in Conflict with Law – Section 12, JJ Act, 2015 – Bail is Rule, Refusal Exception – CCL aged 14 years 9 months arrested on 22.08.2025 for alleged offences under Sections 103(1) and 109(1) BNS 2023 and Section 135(1) of the GP Act for causing death of another child by a single knife blow – Section 12 of the JJ Act, 2015 overrides b...

Medical Negligence – Section 304A IPC – Pre-Anaesthetic Check-up – Framing of Charges – Revision – Petitioner, an Anaesthetist at a private hospital, administered anaesthesia to a 23-year-old patient who underwent post-partum sterilisation surgery on 13.09.2014, two days after delivery – Patient died due to peripartum cardiomyopathy caused by primary pulmonary h...

Criminal Law – Culpable Homicide vs. Murder – Altercation over a mobile phone – Appellant hit the deceased on the head with a lathi, causing a fatal injury – Trial Court convicted the appellant under Section 302 IPC – Appellant contended lack of premeditation and intent, seeking modification of conviction – High Court observed that the incident occurred suddenly...

Bail – Regular Bail – Second Application – Extended Incarceration – Slow Pace of Trial – Petitioner arrested on 27.10.2025 in FIR registered under Sections 109, 190, 191(3), 324(4), 351(2) and 115(2) BNS, 2023 – Challan presented on 19.01.2026 – 21 prosecution witnesses cited, none examined till date – Petitioner's role limited to giving lalkara ...

Criminal Law – Murder – Circumstantial Evidence – Acquittal – Appellant convicted under Section 302 IPC and sentenced to life imprisonment by the Trial Court; conviction affirmed by the High Court of Chhattisgarh – Prosecution case rested entirely on circumstantial evidence: alleged last-seen testimony of Raja Ram (PW-4), recovery of blood-stained axe and clothes purs...

Negotiable Instruments Act – Section 138 – Issuance of Process – Pre-Trial Stage – Legally Enforceable Debt – Statutory Presumption under Section 139 – Appellant's husband, through a mediator (second respondent), issued a cheque of ₹50 crores as security in an escrow arrangement under a settlement agreement – Cheque was dishonoured with remark "...

Criminal Law — Medical Negligence — Quashing of Proceedings — Section 482 CrPC — Paediatric Surgeon — Orchidectomy on Minor Child — Consent — Appellant surgeon performed left Orchidectomy on a one-and-a-half-year-old child with undescended testis during a surgical procedure at SRMC Hospital on 24.08.2005 — Complainant-father alleged that consent was ...

Criminal Law — Murder — Conviction — Acquittal — Circumstantial Evidence — Appellant, a constable in the Indian Reserve Battalion, convicted by the Trial Court under Section 302 IPC and Section 27 of the Arms Act for allegedly shooting his superior officer (Sub-Inspector Sunil Soren) with an INSAS rifle on 18.05.2014, motive being refusal of leave — Sentenced to...