The Kerala High Court has directed police not to arrest a judicial officer booked after his minor son allegedly drove a Mercedes-Benz in a fatal Kochi crash, until further orders, and asked him to cooperate with the investigation.
Bail has been refused to all four accused in the Mini Cooper Crash Case, in which three persons on a scooter died near Kochi airport. The allegations are untested and the accused are presumed innocent. Kochi: Four accused in the Nedumbassery Mini Cooper crash case, among them 19-year-old Suhail Sajeev, who is alleged to have […]
Where an armed unlawful assembly causes a death, the Delhi High Court has held, it is no shield that nobody can say who struck the fatal blow. Five men’s appeals against a seven-year sentence were dismissed. New Delhi: In a 2020 Delhi riots culpable homicide case, the Delhi High Court on October 27, 2026 dismissed […]
“Just see the pathetic condition of the High Court,” the Bench remarked as the Supreme Court issues notice on a Chhattisgarh High Court judgment that converted a murder conviction into culpable homicide not amounting to murder. New Delhi: A murder conviction that the Chhattisgarh High Court reduced in November 2024 is back under scrutiny, with […]
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of an 80-year-old man in a 1992 criminal case but reduced his sentence to the period already served, considering his advanced age and long incarceration. The Court said it would be harsh and insensitive to send the elderly convict back to jail at this stage of his life.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court denied bail to a quack doctor accused of causing a death due to improper treatment. The court emphasized that unregistered medical practitioners are a serious threat to public health in India. The accused doctor allegedly administered incorrect treatment which led to the death of a patient, and the court stressed the serious risk and impact of unregistered medical practitioners on public health. The accused doctor’s counsel argued lack of intent and knowledge of causing death, along with absence of necessary professional qualifications. The court highlighted the need for scientific and medical evidence in determining the cause of death before the trial.
