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September 23, 2025

Bail Orders Can’t Be Revoked Merely for Procedural Irregularities After Two Years of Liberty: Supreme Court Reinstates Bail of Political Activists in Kerala Murder Case

By: sayum

“Liberty Must Prevail Where There Is No Violation of Bail Conditions”: Supreme Court of India set aside a Kerala High Court order which had revoked bail granted to five accused...

September 22, 2025

A Judicial Officer Can't Suddenly Turn From ‘Very Good’ To ‘Integrity Doubtful’ Overnight: Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Compulsory Retirement Order of Addl. Session Judge

By: sayum

“No man of ordinary prudence can take such a decision... the impugned decision is abhorrent to the Wednesbury principle.” – In a significant verdict reinforcing the principles of administrative fairness,...

September 22, 2025

Sub-Registrar Is Not a Title-Adjudicating Authority: J&K High Court Slams Registration Refusal Based on Advocate General’s Opinion

By: sayum

“The registering officer is not concerned with the title held by the executant. He has no adjudicatory power to decide whether the executant has any title.” — In a significant...

September 22, 2025

DRT Cannot Dismiss Pleas on Hyper-Technical Grounds After Entertaining Them for Years: Rajasthan High Court Quashes Rejection of Securitisation Application

By: sayum

“Procedure Is the Handmaid, Not the Mistress, of Justice – Rules Must Advance, Not Defeat, Justice” - In a judgment reinforcing the foundational principles of judicial fairness and substantive justice,...

September 22, 2025

Criminal Law Cannot Punish a Sleeping Man with a Valid Gun License: High Court Acquits Bus Passenger Caught in Chandigarh With Licensed Weapon

By: sayum

“Conscious possession is the core of criminality under the Arms Act—mere technical transgression without mens rea cannot attract penal consequences” — In a compelling decision that reinforces the foundational principle...

September 22, 2025

Acceptance of Document After Closure of Evidence Must Be Matched by Equal Right of Rebuttal: Orissa High Court Invokes Natural Justice

By: sayum

“It is very fundamental in civil law that, whenever any document is accepted by the Court at the instance of one party, it is natural and obvious for providing opportunity...

September 22, 2025

Confession Made Inside Police Station is Inadmissible Under Section 25: Supreme Court Overturns Murder Conviction in Alleged Loan-Repayment Killing

By: sayum

“Mere Presence of Dead Body in Accused’s House Cannot Lead to Conviction Without Unbroken Chain of Circumstances” - Today, On September 22, 2025, the Supreme Court of India delivered a...

September 22, 2025

Dead Body Found in Accused’s House? That Alone Won’t Convict: Supreme Court Reiterates Limits of Section 106 in Acquittal Order

By: sayum

“The Mere Presence of a Dead Body in the House of an Accused, Without a Complete Chain of Circumstances, Is Not Sufficient to Establish Guilt” — In a significant reaffirmation...

September 22, 2025

When Approver Is Dead and Co-Accused Are Acquitted, Trial Against One Cannot Continue —Madras High Court

By: sayum

“Department Has Dropped Charges, Approver Has Died, Others Are Cleared—Then Why Drag One Man to Trial?” — Madras High Court quashed criminal proceedings pending for over three decades against a...

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