The Supreme Court dismissed Gujarat’s plea to cancel bail of a 23-year-old accused in the Vadodara crash case. It held that drug consumption alone and non-deliberate offence are not sufficient grounds to deny bail.
The Delhi High Court refused to cancel Rajpal Yadav’s sentence suspension, saying there is no risk of him absconding. The Court stressed that he remains an “ordinary litigant” and will decide the case finally on April 1.
The Supreme Court of India will examine police powers under Bihar prohibition law, including home entry for breath tests, while hearing the state’s appeal against a Patna High Court ruling that breath analysis alone is not conclusive proof.
The Kerala High Court dismissed a quashing plea by editors of the Vellinakshathram website, holding that republishing defamatory statements causing reputational harm can attract criminal liability under Sections 499 and 500 IPC, refusing to quash proceedings sought under Section 482 CrPC.
A Delhi court dismissed a plea seeking registration of an FIR against Delhi Law Minister Kapil Mishra over the 2020 Delhi riots. The Rouse Avenue Court held that grounds were insufficient to order an FIR under Section 156(3) CrPC.
The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) acquitted a woman earlier sentenced to life imprisonment for her husband’s murder, ruling circumstantial evidence was insufficient and rejecting the claim that marriage alone proved she was present during the incident.
The Karnataka High Court quashed rape proceedings against a man accused of a false promise of marriage under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. Justice M. Nagaprasanna said, “The law does not criminalize heart break,” citing a consensual relationship.
The Supreme Court of India set aside an Allahabad High Court ruling that downplayed serious acts of sexual assault, reaffirming standards for offences. Led by Justice Surya Kant with Joymalya Bagchi and NV Anjaria, the Bench stressed empathy and justice.
Balancing personal liberty with justice, the Supreme Court granted bail in the Pune Porsche crash case involving the deaths of two software professionals,
directing strict conditions, trial cooperation, and warning that any misuse would result in immediate cancellation of bail.
The Supreme Court ruled that a lawyer cannot be accused of criminal intimidation merely for being present while discharging professional duties like giving legal advice. Vague allegations without clear intent to cause alarm are not enough to attract Section 506 of the IPC, the Court held.
