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April 03, 2025

Dog is merely a tracking instrument, not a witness; its reactions are hearsay without proper safeguards: Orissa High Court Declines to Rely on Police Dog Trail in Minor Girl’s Murder Case

By: Deepak Kumar

Police Dog Evidence Cannot Be Sole Basis of Conviction Without Corroboration - Orissa High Court dismissed the State’s appeal against the acquittal of two accused persons charged with the abduction,...

April 03, 2025

Without an Application, No Alimony — Permanent Alimony Cannot Be Granted Without Express Demand: Madhya Pradesh High Court

By: Deepak Kumar

“At least an application demanding permanent alimony is required, that may be either in a written statement or by a separate application.” — In a notable judgment categorically held that...

April 03, 2025

Prolonged Incarceration Militates Against Article 21; Conditional Liberty Must Override NDPS Bar — Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail to NDPS Accused Despite Commercial Quantity Recovery

By: Deepak Kumar

Punjab and Haryana High Court granted bail to an accused booked under Section 20(b)(ii)(C) of the NDPS Act involving recovery of 106.9 kg of ganja. The Court held that when...

April 02, 2025

Non-Examination of Eye-Witness Not Fatal to Motor Accident Claim: Punjab & Haryana High Court Reverses Tribunal’s Award Rejecting Compensation

By: sayum

On 6th March 2025, the Punjab and Haryana High Court in Gurdial Kaur vs. Kuldip Singh & Ors., FAO-2340-2006 (O&M), delivered a significant ruling holding that non-examination of eyewitnesses is...

April 02, 2025

Non-Compliance With Section 52-A NDPS Act and Standing Order No.1/89 Is Fatal to Prosecution: Supreme Court Acquits All Accused in Ganja Seizure Case

By: sayum

Possibility of tampering during the fifteen-day period cannot be totally ruled out and there has been no substantial compliance of the standing order - Supreme Court of India, in the...

April 02, 2025

Wrong Quasi-Judicial Orders Without Extraneous Influence Cannot Invite Departmental Action: Supreme Court:

By: sayum

Passing a wrong order in exercise of quasi-judicial power is not misconduct unless tainted by extraneous considerations – Supreme Court delivered a significant judgment in the case of Amresh Shrivastava...

April 02, 2025

Teachers Without Ph.D. Cannot Claim Higher Pay Scale and Re-designation as Associate Professors Under AICTE Norms: Supreme Court

By: sayum

Requirement of Ph.D. For Higher Pay and Promotion Is Not Arbitrary, But Essential For Maintaining Academic Standards — In a landmark decision Supreme Court partly allowed the appeal filed by...

April 02, 2025

Prima Facie Satisfaction Under Section 319 CrPC Is Not Conclusive Proof of Guilt, But Mere Probability Is Also Insufficient: Supreme Court

By: sayum

Supreme Court emphatically clarified the test for invoking powers under Section 319 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. The bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Manmohan, while setting...

April 02, 2025

Res Judicata | Competent Authority Has No Power to Review or Entertain Successive Deemed Conveyance Applications Without Resolving Prior Legal Disputes: Supreme Court

By: sayum

Successive Applications Without Resolving Ownership Complications Are Barred by Res Judicata — Supreme Court of India delivered a crucial judgment reinforcing the limitation on the Competent Authority under the Maharashtra...

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