Jurisdiction and Authority of Police to Reinvestigate – Criminal Jurisdiction – Writ of Certiorari to quash FIR – Andhra Pradesh High Court rules on the legality of police reinvestigation in FIR No. 72 of 2016 under Sections 365, 342, 84, 506, 109 read with 34 of IPC, following a previous investigation into similar allegations in FIR No. 378 of 2015 – Held, police lack auth...
Criminal Procedure – Delay Condonation – Delay of 275 days in filing criminal revision justified by affidavit and consented by parties – Delay condonation application allowed – [Para 3].
Family Law – Bigamy – No evidence of valid solemnization of second marriage according to Hindu rites, particularly the ‘Saptapadi’, essential for a valid Hindu ma...
Abetment of Suicide – Revision against charges under Section 305 IPC – Analysis of the legal and factual circumstances surrounding the alleged abetment of suicide by a teacher accused of harassing a student leading to the latter’s suicide – Held – No evidence of specific acts of harassment or intentional inducement by the teacher that could have led the student to com...
Quashing of Order under Section 207 Cr.P.C. - Petitioner sought quashing of order that denied supply of documents listed as 'unrelied upon' by CBI in the seizure memo (D/5) - Supreme Court earlier ordered the provision of materials supplied to the deceased's family to the petitioner - Court findings highlighted that materials provided to the petitioner included all 'relied upon'...
Delay in Filing Revision – Criminal Revision filed 275 days late due to reasons stated in an affidavit and condoned based on mutual consent of parties – Crl. Misc. Delay Condonation Application No. 01 of 2024 allowed. [Para 3]
Bigamy Allegations – Revisionist, accused of solemnizing a second marriage without divorce from the first spouse, presents evidence of long se...
Criminal Law – Quashing of Charges – Section 482 Cr.P.C. invoked for quashing the charges framed against the petitioners under Sections 498-A and 323 IPC for alleged dowry harassment – Background involves the marriage of non-petitioner No.2 with Suresh Kumar Narania and subsequent accusations of cruelty and dowry harassment by her in-laws and sister-in-law – Charges of 406 ...
Quashing of FIR – Insufficient Evidence Claims – High Court’s Decision Reversed – The High Court had quashed an FIR implicating Respondent No.1 for lack of direct evidence of bribery and monetary demand – The Supreme Court found this approach legally unsustainable, noting the premature dismissal of credible investigatory evidence including a pendrive indicating involv...
Quashing of Notifications – Land Acquisition – Challenge to the acquisition process under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – Petitioners seek quashing of two notifications (Annexures P-1 and P-3) for the acquisition of land for residential development in Sectors 1 and 2, Palwal – High Court upholds the validity of notifications and acquisition process, emphasizing compliance ...
Criminal Law - Quashing of Complaint and Summoning Order – Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. by the marketing company and its Regional Manager, challenging the legality of the criminal complaint and subsequent proceedings concerning the sale of allegedly substandard fertilizer - The Punjab and Haryana High Court held that no prima facie case against the marketing company and its Regional Ma...
Negotiable Instruments Act - Maintainability of Complaint - Proprietorship Firm
Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking quashing of proceedings under Section 138 of the N.I. Act - Payee of the cheque was "Sri Vasavi Traders" - Complaint filed by S.M. Ravindrashetty, the sole proprietor of the payee firm - Contention that the complaint must be filed in the name of the payee...