Supreme Court—Criminal Appeal—Murder—Appellants challenged reversal of acquittal under Sections 143, 148, 302, 323, 341 read with Section 149 IPC; held, reliable eyewitness testimony prevails over inconclusive medical opinion, related witnesses are not inherently interested, and omission of...
The Bombay High Court on 27 October 2026 held that percentage predeposit under Section 112(8)(b) does not extend to disputed interest alone where the entire...
The Supreme Court has upheld a Madras High Court Division Bench decision condoning a delay of 423 days in filing an application to set aside...
A litigant who diligently tracked her case but was repeatedly misled by her advocate cannot be penalised for her counsel’s negligence, the Madhya Pradesh High...
The Supreme Court has made it clear that rescuing a person from bonded labour is only the beginning of the State’s responsibility. Financial assistance promised...
The right to secure one’s home does not extend to keeping a neighbour’s private life under surveillance. The Allahabad High Court has made it clear...
The prolonged pendency of criminal appeals cannot, by itself, become a reason to suspend the sentence of a convict involved in a heinous offence, the...
