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April 07, 2026

Accused In Child Pornography Cases Cannot Be Discharged Merely Because Age Of Unidentified Victims Cannot Be Conclusively Proved: Delhi High Court

By: sayum

"In cases of this nature, the victims depicted in such material are most often unidentified and untraceable; their parentage and addresses remain unknown, and they cannot be produced before the...

April 07, 2026

Insurance Company Cannot Claim Contributory Negligence Without Examining Driver Or Challenging Charge Sheet: AP High Court

By: sayum

"nowhere it could be traced that the Insurance Company filed any case challenging the charge sheet before the competent Court and in absence, the appellant/Insurance Company cannot raise this issue",...

April 07, 2026

Murder Conviction Cannot Rest Solely On Voice Identification In Darkness: Supreme Court Acquits Police Constable After 12 Years

By: sayum

"We wonder, what more was required of the appellant; indeed, we regret to note that the High Court missed the woods for the tree." Supreme Court of India, in a...

April 07, 2026

High Court Can Examine Questions Of Fact Under Section 482 CrPC To Prevent Abuse Of Process: Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Case Against Surgeon

By: sayum

"There can be no absolute bar on High Court’s power to consider questions of fact in exercise of jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C., particularly when such consideration is necessary to...

April 07, 2026

Mere Use Of Abusive Word 'Bastard' Does Not Amount To Obscenity Under Section 294(b) IPC: Supreme Court

By: sayum

"Mere use of the word ‘bastard’, by itself, is not sufficient to arouse prurient interest of a person. More so, when such words are commonly used in modern era during...

April 07, 2026

Supreme Court Directs CBI To Probe Arunachal Pradesh Public Contracts, Says Constitutional Violation Not Diluted By Statistics

By: sayum

"A constitutional violation in public contracting is not diluted by statistics. Even a single instance, if established, undermines equality, the rule of law and public confidence in fair administration, "...

April 07, 2026

Allottees Cannot Keep Subsidised Land Unutilised: Supreme Court Upholds Cancellation Of Piaggio's UP Industrial Plot

By: sayum

"Appellant-company, being a well-established corporate entity, cannot be allowed to take refuge behind the veil of ignorance, " Supreme Court, in a significant ruling dated April 06, 2026, held that...

April 07, 2026

Registration Of Adoption Deed Not Mandatory For Compassionate Appointment Under Hindu Adoptions Act: Madhya Pradesh High Court

By: sayum

"Nowhere in Chapter II does the Act of 1956 prescribe the registration of an adoption deed as a mandatory statutory pre-condition for the validity of an adoption," Madhya Pradesh High...

April 07, 2026

Fresh Application For Return Of Plaint Barred By Res Judicata Despite Favourable Supreme Court Ruling On Jurisdiction: Bombay High Court

By: sayum

"When the cause of action is the same, different interpretation of law, subsequent to previous decision will not be an exception to operation of earlier decision as res judicata." Bombay...

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