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September 26, 2025

Use of Prosecution Witness Interpreter for Deaf & Dumb Victim Is Illegal: Kerala High Court Acquits Rape Convict, Highlights Breach of Section 164 & 119 of Evidence Act

By: sayum

“Law Requires the Voice of the Victim, Not the Words of the Prosecutor” – In a significant pronouncement reaffirming procedural fairness in criminal trials involving vulnerable witnesses, the High Court...

September 26, 2025

Privacy Cannot Conceal Illegality”: Bombay High Court Clears Path for Disclosure of Aadhaar Details of Foreign National Without Valid Visa

By: sayum

Right to Privacy Under Article 21 Does Not Protect Fraudulent Claims of Residency - In a significant ruling addressing the intersection of privacy rights and national security, the Bombay High...

September 26, 2025

Permitting Reply Without Leave to Defend in Summary Suit Undermines Entire Scheme of Order XXXVII: Supreme Court Sets Aside High Court’s Procedural Order

By: sayum

"If a reply or defence is allowed to come on record in a summary suit without the Leave of the Court, then the distinction... stands effaced" – In a decisive...

September 26, 2025

2003 Rules Could Not Apply to Aided Posts Before Provincialisation – Supreme Court Restores Lecturer's Appointment After 18 Years of Illegal Termination

By: sayum

"Application of Rule 19(iv) of the 2003 Rules to an aided post, prior to provincialisation, is patently illegal" – In a significant ruling delivered on 25 September 2025, the Supreme...

September 26, 2025

No One Is Above The Law – How A 1990 Supreme Court Judgment ( Bhajan Lal’s Case) Still Shapes Indian Criminal Law On Quashing of FIR Today

By: sayum

“The King is under no man but under God and the Law.” - These were the words quoted by Justice S. Ratnavel Pandian at the very beginning of a judgment...

September 26, 2025

Breach of Income Tax Law Does Not Extinguish Debt: Section 269SS Violation Won’t Nullify Cheque Dishonour Case: Supreme Court Overrules Kerala High Court’s View on Cash Loans Above ₹20,000

By: sayum

“Violation of Section 269SS May Invite Penalty, But It Does Not Make the Transaction Void or Unenforceable Under NI Act”: In a decisive interpretation that settles a contentious point of...

September 26, 2025

Cheque Bounce Cases Are Not Civil Recovery Suits in Disguise — Presumptions Under Sections 118 and 139 NI Act Must Be Given Full Effect: Supreme Court Restores Conviction in ₹6 Lakh Loan Dispute, Slams High Court's Interference

By: sayum

“Once Execution of the Cheque is Admitted, the Burden Shifts—Statutory Presumptions Are Not Mere Formalities But a Legislative Command”: Supreme Court of India delivered a landmark ruling restoring the conviction...

September 26, 2025

Cheque Bounce Pendency Crippling Courts—Supreme Court Issues Sweeping Guidelines for Fast-Track Disposal Under NI Act

By: sayum

“Cheque Bounce Is a Quasi-Criminal Offence, Not Retribution—Procedure Must Serve Justice, Not Delay It”: In a game-changing judgment that aims to address one of the biggest bottlenecks in the Indian...

September 25, 2025

Once a Complaint Is Dismissed for Default, It Amounts to Acquittal—No Restoration Permissible: Calcutta High Court

By: sayum

“Magistrate has no power to review his own order of dismissal... remedy lies only in appeal”— Calcutta High Court held that a complaint dismissed for default under Section 256 of...

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