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December 08, 2025

Judicial Service Exam Cannot Sustain on Legal Inaccuracy: Karnataka High Court Intervenes to Correct Legal Misinterpretation in Judicial Exam Answer Key

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“Section 34 IPC Is Not About Vicarious Liability”, In a compelling ruling that bridges competitive exams and legal correctness, the Karnataka High Court held that a wrong interpretation of criminal...

December 08, 2025

POCSO Charges Fail Without Proof of Minority: Karnataka High Court Acquits Accused in Rape Case

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“Only as an afterthought, in order to file complaint under POCSO, Exhibit P8-birth certificate was produced”— In a powerful reaffirmation of procedural safeguards in criminal law, the Karnataka High Court...

December 08, 2025

Section 482 BNSS | Anticipatory Bail Cannot Be Granted Mechanically by Ignoring Status Report & Accused’s Conduct: Supreme Court

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“The Court vide the impugned order appears to have taken a mechanical route in releasing the accused under the extraordinary relief of anticipatory bail”— In a seminal ruling, the Supreme...

December 08, 2025

No Valid ‘Nikah’ Without Halala Compliance: Kerala High Court Sets Aside Maintenance Order Amid Dispute Over Muslim Woman’s Remarriage With Former Husband

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“In Absence of Legal Dissolution of Intervening Marriage, Remarriage With First Husband Is Void” — Kerala High Court (Justice Dr. Kauser Edappagath) held that a Muslim woman who fails to...

December 08, 2025

Explanation to Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act Makes It Abundantly Clear That Pre-2005 Partitions Cannot Be Reopened: : Orissa High Court Dismisses Daughters’ Claim

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Partition Can’t Be Reopened After Five Decades Based on 2005 Hindu Succession Amendment , In a significant ruling reaffirming the finality of long-settled family partitions, the Orissa High Court dismissed...

December 08, 2025

Mere Caste Identity Not Enough to Prove Atrocity: Supreme Court Acquits Two in SC/ST Act Case, Slams “Perverse” High Court Inference

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"A finding that the offence was committed simply because the complainant belonged to a Scheduled Caste is perverse in the absence of any such evidence", Supreme Court of India delivered...

December 08, 2025

Custodial Beating Not Part of Official Duty: Madhya Pradesh High Court Rejects Police Officer’s Plea for Protection Under Section 197 CrPC

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"Police Officer Exceeding Authority Has No Shield of Sanction—Custodial Torture Is Not A Lawful Function" — In a significant ruling that reiterates constitutional protections against custodial violence, the Madhya Pradesh...

December 08, 2025

Courts Cannot Evade Responsibility by Calling Their Own Orders Ambiguous: Supreme Court Revives Contempt Plea in Land Acquisition Case

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“Once Judicial Directions Are Recorded in a Judgment, They Are Binding and Must Be Enforced” — Supreme Court, in a strongly worded judgment, set aside the Bombay High Court’s dismissal...

December 08, 2025

Merely Three Generic Questions Asked Under Section 313 CrPC – This is Not Compliance, But a Mockery of Due Process: Supreme Court

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“Trial Vitiated by Serious Procedural Defect in Section 313 CrPC Examination”, Supreme Court of India delivered a landmark ruling in Suresh Sahu & Anr. vs. The State of Bihar (Now...

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