A woman of about 60 was convicted of murder by the High Court as the only one of four accused, though the other three stayed acquitted. The Supreme Court has set that aside, holding that no lone conviction can stand without an independent Section 302 charge, and has restored her acquittal by the Sessions Court. […]
Can a plaint be rejected before registration, and who will ever know if it is? The Supreme Court has answered both: yes, it can, and every plaint rejected before registration must be recorded in the register maintained under Order IV Rule 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, as it restored a Cuddalore suit thrown […]
Holding that the 24-hour deadline runs from detention, not from the moment police formally record an arrest, the Supreme Court has called any attempt to split “detention” from “arrest” to stretch the Article 22(2) clock constitutionally unsustainable. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the immediate release of four men who were picked up […]
“Stark” was the Bench’s oral word for non-compliance with the 2025 cadre review judgment for the Central Armed Police Forces, and the Union Home Ministry must now bring the CAPF cadre review files to the Supreme Court on October 28. New Delhi: Hearing a contempt petition filed by CAPF Group-A officers against Union Home Secretary […]
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 […]
Former Supreme Court judge Justice Abhay Oka has said there is no impropriety in Justice Bhuyan’s remarks on mass disenfranchisement, since a judge may speak on national issues as a citizen so long as he does not comment on a pending case or order. New Delhi: Former Supreme Court judge Justice Abhay S. Oka has […]