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 – Culpable Homicide – Conviction under Section 304 Part II IPC – Reversal – Prosecution case based on alleged assault by accused with sticks and hoe – Majority of eye-witnesses turned hostile and did not support prosecution – Medical evidence inconsistent and case papers indicated “accidental injuries” – FIR and subsequent statemen...

NDPS Act – Section 50 – Personal Search – Third Option – Non-Compliance – Accused apprehended carrying bag containing 11 kg 50 grams of charas – Trial Court convicted and sentenced accused to 10 years rigorous imprisonment with fine of Rs. 1,00,000 – High Court acquitted accused holding that Investigating Officer offered accused a third option of being sea...

POCSO Act – Child Victims – Vulnerable Witnesses – Bailable Warrants – Petition by minor victims – Three minor girls aged approximately 15 years, allegedly subjected to repeated sexual assault by five accused persons – Bailable warrants issued against petitioner no. 1 (PW-2) for non-appearance, set aside by this Court on 28.05.2025 – Petition thereafter ta...

Criminal Law – Proclaimed Offender – Section 82(4) Cr.P.C – Applicability – Petitioner declared proclaimed offender for offences under Sections 463, 466, 467 IPC – Held: Said offences not covered under Section 82(4) Cr.P.C – Declaration as “proclaimed offender” illegal – At best could be declared proclaimed person under Section 82(1) Cr.P.C [Pa...

Money Laundering – Freezing of Bank Accounts – Section 17(1A), PMLA – Proceeds of Crime – Respondent Zo Pvt Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Winzo Games Pvt Ltd, had its bank accounts frozen under Section 17(1A) of the PMLA on 30.12.2025 – Enforcement Case Information Report registered on the basis of multiple FIRs alleging cheating, forgery, conspiracy and fraud in ...

Criminal Law – Discharge – Re-allotment of Institutional Plot – Former Chief Minister ordered re-allotment of resumed plot to AJL at original rates plus interest – Decision ratified unanimously by Authority – No court declared re-allotment illegal – No material showing wrongful loss or pecuniary gain – Held: Essential ingredients of Sections 120-B, 420 IPC...

PMLA – Discharge – Predicate offences – Proceeds of crime – Scope of S.3 PMLA – Accused not named in scheduled offence – Maintainability of prosecution – Prima facie case – Revisional interference – Held: Where investigation disclosed subsisting scheduled offences and prima facie generation and layering of proceeds of crime through illegal acti...

Criminal Law – Sections 147, 148, 186/34, 353/34, 307/34 IPC – Unlawful Assembly – Obstruction of Public Servants – Acquittal – Appellants convicted by Additional Sessions Judge, 5th Fast Track Court, Malda for allegedly forming an unlawful assembly on 09.03.1993 at Piyasbari, armed with arrows, hasua, lathis and other weapons, and obstructing and assaulting police pe...

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 - Illegal Gratification - Conviction under Section 7 and Section 13(2) - Appellant serving as Constable in Excise Department demanded Rs. 500/- as illegal gratification from complainant involved in contraband liquor business - Threatened complainant with false implication if amount not paid - Trap organised by Vigilance Department on 19.06.1990 - Five currency no...

Criminal Law – Gang Rape – Conviction and Acquittal – Appellants convicted by Trial Court under Section 376(2)(G) and Section 506 IPC and sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment – Conviction upheld by High Court – Supreme Court finds that prosecution case rests solely on testimony of prosecutrix without corroborative evidence – Testimony suffers from materia...