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

Prevention of Corruption Act – Quashing of Proceedings – Sub-Inspector of Police – Demand of Illegal Gratification – Absence of Material Evidence – Petitioner-accused No.3, working as Sub-Inspector of Police at Kamareddy Police Station, was arrayed in Crime No.05/RCO/ACB-NZB/2020 for offences under Sections 7(a)(c) and 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Sectio...

Criminal Contempt – Scandalizing the Court – Unparliamentary Language – LinkedIn Post – Charge Framed – Respondent-advocate allegedly raised her voice, used unparliamentary language, and alleged collusion of the Judicial Officer with the opposing party during hearing on 25.01.2025 – Respondent also allegedly uploaded a LinkedIn post reproducing court order-sheet...

Prevention of Corruption Act — Discharge — CBI Case — Railway Official — Inflated Measurements — Petitioner was the then DSTE (Divisional Signal & Telecom Engineer), Kharagpur, S.E. Railway — Charged under Sections 120B/420/468/471 IPC and Sections 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act for certifying inflated measurements in the Measurement ...

Contempt of Courts – Criminal Contempt – Safety of Judicial Officers – SIR of Electoral Rolls – Suo Motu Action – Seven judicial officers, including three women, were gheraoed by anti-social elements at the BDO office, Kaliachowk, Maldah District, West Bengal, while discharging duties relating to adjudication of objections under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of...

Family Law – Maintenance under Section 125 Cr.P.C. – Father's Obligation vis-a-vis Mother's Income – Challenge against Family Court order directing father to pay Rs. 6,500/- per month to each of his two minor children – Father contended liability ought to be apportioned mathematically since the mother earns a substantial income of Rs. 93,991/- per month – Held...

Prevention of Corruption Act – Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) – Demand and Acceptance of Bribe – Trap Case – Appeal Dismissed – Accused, an ASI posted at Tis Hazari Police Post, Delhi, demanded and accepted Rs. 1,000/- as illegal gratification from complainant (PW5) for accepting his bail bond pursuant to an anticipatory bail order – Trap was laid on 12.07.1996 and acc...

Criminal Law – POCSO and BNS Offences – Quashing of FIR – Post-Settlement Marriage – Petition Allowed – FIR was lodged at the instance of the parents of the prosecutrix at Police Station Dhamnod, District Dhar, under BNS and POCSO Act – Prosecutrix had been a consenting party and was forced to depose against the petitioner by her parents – Subsequent to re...

Criminal Law – Appeal against Acquittal – Victim’s Appeal under Section 372 Cr.P.C. – Trial Court acquitted all accused in case of fatal assault arising out of prior enmity – High Court held that though acquittal of A3 to A11 justified for want of proof of common object and corroboration, acquittal of A1 and A2 perverse in light of consistent eyewitness and medical ev...

Maintenance – Ex-parte Order – Alternative Remedy – Maintainability of Revision – Husband challenged ex-parte order dated 20.08.2025 passed by Principal Judge, Family Court, Jhansi, directing him to pay Rs. 30,000/- per month as maintenance to wife under Section 144 BNSS (erstwhile Section 125 CrPC) – Order passed after due service of notice upon revisionist who faile...

Criminal Law – Attempt to Murder – Unlawful Assembly – Acquittal – Appellants convicted by 2nd Additional Sessions Judge, Ghazipur under Sections 148 and 307 read with Section 149 IPC for alleged armed attack on injured-informant Moinuddin Khan on 19.01.1986 – Three other alleged assailants remained unidentified and un-charge-sheeted – Prosecution relied upon te...