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.
Read Full ArticleSC sets aside Punjab & Haryana HC order, holds Magistrate's role in Sessions-triable complaint cases is limited to Sections 207–209 CrPC compliance.
Supreme Court grants bail under UAPA, reaffirms K.A. Najeeb, and raises concerns over the Gulfisha Fatima judgment.
Sikkim High Court upholds rape conviction, ruling that a differently-abled victim’s silence cannot override credible medical and eyewitness evidence.
Gujarat High Court grants bail to 13-year-old, rules JJ Act prevails over CrPC in juvenile bail matters under Section 12.
Delhi HC upholds conviction of lawyer, SI in false rape case; orders ₹3 lakh compensation to innocent man’s family for wrongful implication.
P&H High Court dismisses recall plea seeking revival of rape FIR, holding refusal to marry after compromise cannot reopen quashed criminal proceedings.
Delhi High Court rules child victims in POCSO cases cannot be repeatedly summoned for bail hearings or evidence, consolidates safeguards for vulnerable witnesses.
Supreme Court holds homoeopathy practitioners cannot prescribe allopathy drugs; Telangana HC quashes FIR on procedural lapse under NMCA.
Telangana High Court rules that forest officials can investigate Wildlife Act offences but lack authority to probe IPC offences, even if committed together.
Supreme Court rules accused on bail after suspension of sentence need not appear on every hearing date in appellate or revisional courts.
Supreme Court rules that bail for accused added under Section 319 CrPC requires strong and cogent evidence, not mere probability of complicity.
Srinagar court grants NIA transit remand of alleged Red Fort blast co-conspirator Jasir Bilal Wani for production before Delhi Special Court.
SC sets aside MP High Court order releasing an accused via habeas corpus, calling the approach impermissible and a misuse of bail jurisdiction.
The Supreme Court criticises Maharashtra Police for a four-year delay in framing charges and seeks explanations from the SP and Trial Court over prolonged incarceration.
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