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

Negotiable Instruments Act – Section 138 – Dishonour of Cheque – Friendly Loan – Presumption under Sections 118 and 139 – Petitioner, a dentist, issued a cheque for Rs. 10,00,000/- towards repayment of a friendly loan extended by the opposite party — cheque dishonoured for insufficiency of funds — legal notice issued but not responded to — petitioner...

Bail – Undertrial – Right to Speedy Trial – Article 21 – Undue Delay – Applicant arrested on 13.12.2023 for offences under Sections 302 and 201 read with Section 34 IPC and Section 25 of the Arms Act – Bail previously dismissed by this Court on 10.01.2025 – Out of 47 prosecution witnesses, only 3 examined in over two years – Trial progressing at a sn...

Criminal Law – Sanction for Prosecution – Section 197 Cr.P.C. – Police Officers – Subordinate Ranks – Appellants, subordinate rank police officers, were accused of murdering the complainant's husband allegedly at the instance of a senior officer (Sankaran Moitra) during election duty – This Court had earlier quashed proceedings against Sankaran Moitra for wa...

POCSO Act – Section 6 – Aggravated Penetrative Sexual Assault – DNA Evidence – Reliability – Acquittal Restored – Appellant convicted by the High Court under Section 6 of POCSO Act and sentenced to ten years Rigorous Imprisonment upon reversal of the Sessions Court's acquittal – Core issue: whether the DNA report (Exh. P9) dated 09.10.2017 could be rel...

Public Interest Litigation — Right to Health — Article 21 — Burn Care Infrastructure — State-wide Systemic Failure — PIL instituted on the backdrop of a kerosene fire incident in Hazaribagh in 2021 caused by adulterated PDS kerosene with a flash point of 13.5°C, far below the prescribed safety minimum of 35°C — Incident resulted in four deaths including ...

Remission of Sentence – Life Convict – Applicable Policy – Governing Date – Petitioner, a life convict sentenced under Section 302 IPC, sought remission of sentence – State rejected the representation relying on G.O.Ms. No. 71 dated 17.04.2025, which bars life convicts convicted for kidnapping and related offences under Sections 363-A, 364, 364-A, 366–369, 372 a...

Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 – Anticipatory Bail – Twin Conditions under Section 45 – Applicability – Accused daughter of late MD of PACL/PGFL, which allegedly collected over Rs. 48,000 crore through fraudulent investment schemes – ECIR registered in 2016 – Accused a Director in two Australian companies and in M/s Maurya Healthcare (P) Ltd., which re...

Indian Penal Code, 1860 – Sections 454 and 427 – House Trespass and Mischief – Landlord Trespassing into Tenanted Premises – Ownership No Defence – Accused, the owner of a room let out to PW1, entered the tenanted room in PW1's absence and threw out his household articles causing damage of Rs. 10,000/- – Convicted by Trial Court and sentence modified by Appe...

Maintenance – Ex-Parte Order – Section 144 BNSS (erstwhile Section 125 CrPC) – Alternative Remedy Under Section 145(2) BNSS – Criminal Revision Not Maintainable – Principal Judge, Family Court, Jhansi, by order dated 20.08.2025, directed the revisionist-husband, a retired Air Force personnel, to pay Rs. 30,000/- per month to the wife-opposite party, ex-parte, after du...

Anticipatory Bail – Section 482 BNSS – Sacrilege and Misappropriation – SGPC Official – Allegations Confined to Negligence – Petitioner, a retired Secretary of SGPC, sought anticipatory bail in connection with FIR alleging unauthorized printing, distribution, disappearance and mishandling of 328 sacred saroops and misappropriation of ₹9,82,700/- – SGPC's o...