Supreme Court upholds husband's life sentence for murdering his wife and dowry-death convictions of family members, holding that he failed to explain her death inside the matrimonial home.
Read Full ArticleSupreme Court grants bail after eight months in custody, observing that criminal antecedents alone do not establish guilt.
Bombay High Court grants bail in a POCSO case, citing material contradictions and improvements in statements while clarifying that the trial will decide the merits.
Delhi HC dismisses AISA president Neha’s plea against a BNSS peace-bond notice, limiting judicial review at the show-cause stage.
Meerut Court sentences a couple to death for murdering a husband by strangulation and staging the death as a snakebite.
Kerala HC upholds 10-year imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 73-year-old woman, holding that the FIR delay was explained.
Supreme Court restores appeals by Pinarayi Vijayan and others against a court-ordered corruption probe and stays investigation for 10 days.
Bombay HC directs UIDAI to provide an accused's Aadhaar application documents to ATS within two weeks in a case involving alleged Bangladeshi nationals.
The Supreme Court quashed a cheating case against a tea company CEO, holding that a failed contractual transaction and transfer of ₹40 lakh to the company’s account did not establish dishonest int...
The Supreme Court held that Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act does not protect public servants accused of demanding bribes unrelated to official duties.
The Delhi High Court held that women can be charged with gang rape under Section 70 BNS and Section 376D IPC, but a woman alone cannot face such a charge.
The Supreme Court quashed a woman's arraignment under the NDPS Act, finding no recovery of contraband from her and no reliance possible on confessions. It said drug users should be treated as victims ...
The Delhi High Court set aside the summoning order against a former Raheja Developers director, holding that a Magistrate must identify the material relied upon when summoning a person placed in Colum...
The Gauhati High Court granted bail to Amritprava Mahanta in the Zubeen Garg death case, observing that the materials on record did not prima facie establish her role in the alleged conspiracy. Justic...
The Madras High Court granted bail to FIITJEE official Ankur Kumar Jain in a cheating case, rejecting the police claim that he was likely to abscond because he was a “North Indian”. The court obse...
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