Today, On 11th December, The Supreme Court allowed Ashish Mishra, son of former Union Minister Ajay Mishra and accused in the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, to visit his hometown from December 25 to 31 to support his daughter before her Class 12 exams.
A man in Karnataka, Suresh, spent nearly one-and-a-half years in jail after being accused of murdering his wife, Mallige. In a shocking twist, Mallige appeared alive in court, disproving the charges. The case had led to his wrongful imprisonment based on mistaken identity or false evidence. Authorities are now under scrutiny for the grave error.
The Mumbai Police is seeking murder charges against lawyer Jhanvi Gadkar in a 2015 hit-and-run case. The Public prosecutor argued that Gadkar, being a lawyer, was aware of the consequences of driving under the influence of alcohol but still did so. The incident resulted in the deaths of two individuals. The hearing has been adjourned to October 1.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court granted a murder suspect, a final-year LLM student, permission to sit for his exams, emphasizing the irreparable harm of denying this opportunity. The court ordered the state to provide security and allowed the student to take the exams at the university upon presenting his identity card.
The Uttarakhand High Court, led by Justice Ravindra Maithani and Justice Alok Verma, acquitted two individuals previously sentenced to life imprisonment for murder charges. The court found the prosecution’s circumstantial evidence insufficient to establish guilt, emphasizing the lack of a coherent narrative and conclusive link between the accused and the crime scene.