Orissa High Court held that a rape victim's past sexual history cannot be used to discredit her testimony, upholding the gang rape conviction under IPC and POCSO Act.
Read Full ArticleKerala High Court upholds investigation into rape allegations against police officers, holding Section 175(4) BNSS does not apply to acts unrelated to official duty.
A special NIA court in Jammu issued an open-dated non-bailable warrant against LeT chief Hafiz Saeed on July 8, 2026, setting in motion India's first-ever trial in absentia against a Pakistan-based terror mastermind under the new Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita with proclaimed offender status and property attachment as next steps.
Supreme Court witnessed high drama as a petitioner-in-person hurled abuse at the CJI and threw case documents at the bench. Justice KV Viswanathan declined contempt action, choosing to show compassion for the litigant's frustration instead.
Delhi High Court referred Papa CJ's share dispute to arbitration, leaving Beanly's non-signatory objection to the tribunal; Patiala House Court sought Papa CJ's reply on directors' BNSS plea.
Orissa HC holds sentences for offences in a single transaction can't run consecutively, invokes reformative sentencing ethos to grant probation to a man convicted under Ss.451, 323 IPC.
Jharkhand HC quashes FIR against a Block Development Officer, holding words like 'Tum Tam' don't amount to instigation to suicide or other alleged offences.
Madras HC closes SC/ST atrocity bail appeals, faults Sessions Court's parallel bail grant, and calls for merit-based selection of public prosecutors over political ties.
Kerala High Court grants bail in an MDMA case, holding Section 50 NDPS Act compliance is mandatory during body search, even if accused surrenders contraband himself.
Karnataka HC refuses to quash UAPA case against Micah Mark & others accused of routing crores in US funds to Naxal-hit regions via foreign debit cards.
Gujarat High Court refuses bail to an advocate held to be the kingpin in a conspiracy to forge a sale deed and grab an NRI's agricultural land in Jamnagar.
Madras High Court directs police to probe morphed obscene images, online extortion, preserve digital evidence, and register an FIR if a cognizable offence is made out.
Madurai Bench upholds death penalty for man convicted of repeatedly sexually assaulting three minor girls aged 6 to 8 over nearly a year, citing rarest of rare doctrine.
Meghalaya High Court upholds bail to Sonam Raguvanshi in the honeymoon murder case, holding that vague and formulaic grounds of arrest violated Article 22(1) of the Constitution.
Pune POCSO Court sentenced a 65-year-old to death for the rape and murder of a 3-year-old, holding he had “passed the stage of reformation.”
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