A complainant who was fined Rs 10,000 for asking the Delhi High Court to speed up a cheating trial has won in the Supreme Court, which held that a victim has the right to seek speedy trial like the accused, and can move the High Court under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, […]
The Supreme Court has held that a Section 100 CrPC violation does not by itself vitiate a seizure, but can weaken its evidentiary value when read with other doubts in the prosecution case. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday (October 8) set aside a Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) ruling that had reversed an […]
Holding that a missing ticket cannot by itself defeat a claim for railway compensation, the Supreme Court has restored a Rs 8 lakh award to the parents of a man who died after falling from a train near Ahmedabad, setting aside the Gujarat High Court’s reversal. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has held that the […]
A Bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Atul S. Chandurkar has set aside the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s refusal of regular bail to Kanha @ Kanhaiya Singh in a POCSO and SC/ST Act case, holding that courts must not impose a judge’s views on morality in bail matters, and directing his release on bail after over a year in custody, subject to his custody in a connected conviction appeal.
The Supreme Court sought the Centre’s explanation for deputing 46 IPS officers to CAPFs despite its 2025 judgment, with Justice Bhuyan saying paramilitary cadres are “completely stifled” by a “strong lobby.” New Delhi: The Supreme Court has sought a detailed explanation from the Union government over the deputation of 46 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers […]
The Supreme Court held that the Section 20 presumption under the Prevention of Corruption Act cannot be drawn unless the initial demand is proved, acquitting two public servants in a 1996 bribe case. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has acquitted a former village Talati-cum-Mantri and a peon in a 1996 bribery case, holding that the […]
The Supreme Court declined to restore a murder conviction in an Andhra Pradesh feud killing but faulted the High Court for altering it to culpable homicide on “surmises and conjectures.” New Delhi: The Supreme Court has declined to restore a murder conviction in a decades-old Andhra Pradesh feud killing, but in doing so faulted the […]