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Bombay High Court Reverses Acquittal in Murder Case, Orders Re-Trial

The appellate court found the trial court's findings perverse and emphasized the importance of summoning critical evidence to ensure justice.

Jharkhand High Court Denies Bail to Former Deputy Commissioner in Corruption Case

Bombay High Court Urges Resolution in Defamation Suit, Highlights Impact of Ego Conflicts

Uttarakhand High Court Strikes Down Water Tax on Electricity Generation

Allahabad High Court Denies Legitimacy to Customary Collection of "Badhai" by Transgender Community

Supreme Court Takes Suo Moto Action in Brutal Assault on Woman Advocate

Jammu and Kashmir High Court Quashes Preventive Detention of MLA Mehraj Din Malik, Citing Lack of Public Order Threat

Allahabad High Court Quashes FIR Against Adult Couple for Consensual Marriage

Himachal Pradesh High Court Grants Family Pension to Second Wife Despite Bigamous Marriage

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Gujarat: Ex-insurance surveyor, three others sentenced to 3 years RI in fake claims cases

The court passed the order on Friday on two separate cases and found the accused guilty of criminal conspiracy and fraud under the Indian Penal Code.

May 9

Ex-IPS officer moves SC against TN governor's refusal to invite Vijay to form govt

The plea was filed by IPS M Ramasubramani (retd), who served as an Additional Director General of Police and the Inspector General of Police. His plea argued that the governor's decision amounts to an unconstitutional determination of a majority outside the Assembly.

May 9

What happened in Supreme Court on Friday 8th April

11:35AM The Supreme Court expressed disappointment over the non-production of witnesses in the ongoing trial against Ashish Mishra, son of former Union minister Ajay Mishra, and others in the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence case.

May 9

Nashik TCS case accused Nida Khan arrested, remanded in police custody

After her name figured in a First Information Report registered at Deolali Camp police station, Khan (27) had moved the sessions court last month seeking anticipatory bail, pleading innocence and citing her three months pregnancy. Rejecting the plea on May 2, the court had said there seemed to be a "systematic plan" of brainwashing the victim.

May 8

Jhansi court sentences help to life for murdering employer

According to the complaint, Malik's nephew Abid Khan used to live in a rented house in the Talaiya locality along with his employee Wasim and was engaged in the business of selling plastic goods.

May 8

Mumbai court grants anticipatory bail to professor in postgraduate dental student suicide case

The postgraduate student, Stuti Sonawane, was found hanging at her home in Mumbai's Antop Hill area on March 9 this year. Her boyfriend Fazal Mohammad Khan (31), an insurance agent, was arrested from Lower Parel in central Mumbai.

May 8

Drug overdose deaths at concert: Poor management, greed for money led to tragic incident, says court

Two MBA students died and several others were hospitalized following a suspected drug overdose at a techno music concert at NESCO Exhibition Centre in Goregaon on April 11. Preliminary reports suggest the victims consumed MDMA (ecstasy) pills, causing severe symptoms like breathlessness and dizziness during the event.

May 8

Land acquisition compensation 'scam': Former Beed collector remanded in 7-day police custody

Pathak, a 2013 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, was arrested from neighbouring Latur district on Thursday for alleged irregularities in the process of acquiring land for the Beed-Dhule-Solapur national highway.

May 8

Supreme Court

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Supreme Court Takes Suo Moto Action in Brutal Assault on Woman Advocate

Directions Issued for Investigation, Interim Compensation, and Care of Victim's Minor Children...

Person accused of murder or abetting it cannot inherit victim's property: SC

Intestate succession takes place according to the rules of p...

SC to hear on May 11 PIL to regulate all institutions imparting education to children below 14 years

A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma...

Delhi High Court Grants Interim Injunction to Nippon Paint, Dismisses Rectification Petition by Glossy Paints

Trademark Dispute Over "INFINITY" Mark Sees Court Siding wit...

SC rejects plea of consolidation of cases of cheating, says victim-centric judicial approach needed

You deposit Rs 1,000 crore with the apex court registry and ...

High Courts

Bombay High Court Reverses Acquittal in Murder Case, Orders Re-Trial

The appellate court found the trial court's findings perverse and emphasized the importance of summoning critical evidence to ensure justice.

Jharkhand High Court Denies Bail to Former Deputy Commissioner in Corruption Case

Bombay High Court Urges Resolution in Defamation Suit, Highlights Impact of Ego Conflicts

Uttarakhand High Court Strikes Down Water Tax on Electricity Generation

Allahabad High Court Denies Legitimacy to Customary Collection of "Badhai" by Transgender Community

Jammu and Kashmir High Court Quashes Preventive Detention of MLA Mehraj Din Malik, Citing Lack of Public Order Threat

Allahabad High Court Quashes FIR Against Adult Couple for Consensual Marriage

Himachal Pradesh High Court Grants Family Pension to Second Wife Despite Bigamous Marriage

Calcutta High Court Modifies Election Commission's Motorcycle Ban During Elections

Articles

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Glorification of Singham Style Police Encounters is a Vicious Attempt to Deviate From the Due Process of Law Exigency of Anti Torture Shield to Curb the Sin in the Cells

The argument of the government that the notification and implementation of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhit...

Supreme Court permits passive euthanasia under stringent safeguards

The judgment in the case of Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug v. Uni...

Money Laundering : A Magistrate taking cognizance of an offence must provide an opportunity of hearing before taking cognizance

Supreme Court sets aside cognizance in Money Laundering case...

Voluntary Euthanasia and Non Voluntary Euthanasia

The Supreme Court of India’s landmark judgment in Aruna Ramc...

Money Laundering : When ED can not arrest and accused even need not apply for bail

Supreme Court of India in Tarsem Lal v. Directorate Of Enfor...

Legislature Cannot Ignore Supreme Court Verdicts - A Constitutional Imperative

The Madras Bar Association judgment is a clarion call for th...

Consumer Laws

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Consumer panel orders restaurant to compensate woman after AC malfunction ruins birthday bash

The Additional District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (Suburban) earlier this month directed the restaurant to pay Rs 22,557 for deficiency i...