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March 29, 2025

False Allegations Against Father-in-Law and Threats of Suicide Amount to Cruelty: Bombay High Court Refuses to Interfere with Divorce Decree

By: Deepak Kumar

Attempt to Suppress Suicide Evidence by Applying Mehandi on Hands—Such Conduct Crosses the Threshold of Matrimonial Cruelty - Bombay High Court dismissed a wife’s challenge to a decree of divorce...

March 29, 2025

Consensual Relationship with Promise to Marry Does Not Amount to Rape—When Victim Is

By: Deepak Kumar

Major and Aware, False Hope Is Not Deception: Calcutta High Court Acquits Accused After 37 Years Consent Given by a Woman Aware of Consequences Is Still Consent—Promise to Marry Does...

March 29, 2025

Section 50 is Not a Mere Ritual—Real Compliance is the Mandate": Delhi High Court Denies Bail in NDPS Case Involving Nigerian National

By: Deepak Kumar

Requirements of Section 50 NDPS Act have been met—mere technical objections cannot override the statutory embargo on bail under Section 37 - Delhi High Court refused regular bail to a...

March 29, 2025

Transaction Between Head Office and Overseas Branch Is an International Transaction Under Transfer Pricing Law: Gujarat High Court Upholds Reference to TPO Against Axis Bank

By: Deepak Kumar

Permanent Establishment Treated as Separate Enterprise by Legal Fiction—Transfer Pricing Provisions Apply Even Within Same Entity: Gujarat High Court in Axis Bank Limited v. The Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax...

March 29, 2025

Citing Non-Existent Supreme Court Judgments to Justify Jurisdiction Is a Grave Judicial Error: Karnataka

By: Deepak Kumar

High Court Flags City Civil Judge's Conduct" Forum Shopping by Withdrawing Commercial Suit and Refiling Before Civil Court Without Leave Cannot Be Permitted—Suit Must Be Returned - Karnataka High Court...

March 29, 2025

Article 21 of the Constitution Overrides Section 37 NDPS Act in Cases of Prolonged Incarceration Caused by Prosecution Lapses: Kerala High Court

By: Deepak Kumar

Where Delay is Solely Attributable to the Prosecution, Bail Must Be Considered Despite Commercial Quantity Involved - High Court of Kerala addressing the delicate balance between the statutory embargo under...

March 29, 2025

Failure to Conduct Preliminary Enquiry Does Not Vitiate Prosecution When Incriminating Material Emerges from Lawful Search”: Madras High Court Convicts Customs Official in DA Case

By: Deepak Kumar

If documents seized during lawful search disclose a cognizable offence, preliminary enquiry is not mandatory — In a major judgment delivered Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) reversing the acquittal of...

March 29, 2025

Ph.D. Must Be in the Relevant Subject—Botany and Horticulture Not Interchangeable: Orissa High Court Quashes Appointment of Senior Scientist

By: Deepak Kumar

Selection Committee Cannot Rewrite Qualification Criteria—Advertisement Mandated Ph.D. in Horticulture, Not in Botany - Orissa High Court quashed the appointment of a Senior Scientist (Horticulture) at OUAT, holding that the...

March 28, 2025

Even Taking the Allegations at Face Value, They Would Not Amount to Instigating the Deceased to Commit Suicide: Supreme Court Affirms No Case Made Out Under Section 306 IPC

By: sayum

In a judgment delivered on March 27, 2025, the Supreme Court of India partially allowed the appeal of a widow challenging the quashing of a criminal case registered against her...

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