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

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...

Criminal Trespass – Section 447 IPC – Encroachment on Forest Land – Ingredients Not Proved – Accused alleged to have encroached upon approximately 30 bighas 13 biswas of Reserved Forest land by raising an apple orchard and a house – Complaint merely stated that encroachment had occurred without averring that the accused entered with intent to commit an offence or to i...

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...

Perjury — Section 340 CrPC / Section 379 BNSS — Maintenance Proceedings — False Affidavit — Prosecution for Perjury — Expediency Test — Appeal dismissed — Appellant-husband sought prosecution of his wife under Sections 211, 213, 222, 232 BNS alleging she made false statements about his income (Rs. 80,000/- and Rs. 1,25,000/- per month) in affidavit filed i...

Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 — Section 18(a)(i) and (vi) read with Section 16(1)(a) punishable under Section 27(d) — Section 34 — Vicarious Liability of Managing Director — Quashing — Complaint Allowed — Drug "Oflox OZ Suspension 30 ML" (Ofloxacin & Metronidazole Suspension, Batch No. CLOF14014) manufactured by M/s Crest Lifesciences Pvt. Ltd. and...

Criminal Law – Probation – Grant of Probation to First-Time Offenders – Prolonged Trial – Compromise as One Factor – Accused convicted by Trial Court under Sections 323, 452, 506 and 365 IPC for forcible entry into house and assault on elderly couple — Appellate Court, upon compromise by parties and on consideration of prolonged trial since 1998, no criminal ant...

Money Laundering — PMLA, 2002 — Sections 3 and 4 — Bail — Twin Conditions under Section 45 — Bail Rejected — Applicant, a director of M/s Aviral Building Construction Pvt. Ltd., sought regular bail — Predicate offence registered against main accused Saurabh Sharma (constable) under Prevention of Corruption Act for acquiring disproportionate assets — ...

Criminal Law – Murder – Section 302 IPC – Circumstantial Evidence – Incomplete Chain – Acquittal – Prosecution examined 24 witnesses but failed to establish a complete chain of circumstances — Trial court itself discarded the last seen theory, evidence of PW-4, PW-7 and PW-9, identity of mobile phone by IMEI number, and CDR evidence — only surviving ...

Negotiable Instruments Act – Section 138 – Cheque Dishonour – Power of Attorney Holder as Witness – Competency – Cheque dated 05.03.2011 for Rs. 2,50,000/- issued by accused dishonoured – PW1, Power of Attorney Holder of complainant, examined as witness having direct knowledge of and having witnessed the transaction leading to execution of cheque – Trial c...

Constitutional Law – Writ Jurisdiction – Article 226 vs. Article 227 – Maintainability – Judicial Orders of Criminal Courts – Petition under Article 226 seeking quashing of orders dated 12.12.2025 and 21.02.2026 passed by Special Chief Judicial Magistrate (Custom), Lucknow in Criminal Case No. 3894 of 1999 – State raised preliminary objection that judicial order...