No witness described a wall coming down on the deceased, and the Patna High Court has accordingly upheld a dowry death conviction, holding that the husband's plea that…
Negligence in a legal opinion may invite disciplinary action, but not a criminal case: the Patna High Court has quashed a bank-fraud prosecution against a UCO Bank panel…
Supreme Court Collegium recommends Chief Justices for the Gujarat, Delhi, Telangana and Uttarakhand High Courts, and has cleared nine names for the Bombay and Madhya Pradesh High Courts,…
"Merely recording the submissions of the parties" is not enough: the Supreme Court has set aside three Patna High Court bail orders in a murder case in which…
Timing alone does not prove mala fides, the Central Administrative Tribunal has held in refusing to quash disciplinary proceedings against an IPS officer accused of involvement in a…
The money had already reached the authority's account, so what was left to produce? A tender bid cannot be rejected for want of a physical original of an…
The Patna High Court has held that entering a woman's home at night, lying on her and pressing her mouth does not amount to attempt to rape, and convicted the…
The Patna High Court set aside the refusal of bail to an accused in an NIA-prosecuted fake currency case, holding that a template arrest memo is no compliance with Article…
The Patna High Court quashed an encroachment removal notice issued to a Darbhanga resident and barred his eviction until his pending title suit is decided, holding that the Bihar Public…
The Patna High Court quashed the discharge refusal and charge-framing orders against a former Anchal Adhikari of Keoti, holding that cognizance was taken without the previous sanction Section 197 CrPC…
