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Supreme Court Acquits All Accused in Neelam Abduction and Murder Case. Convictions Overturned Due to Doubts on Evidence and Witness Reliability.

The Supreme Court has acquitted seven accused individuals who were earlier convicted of abducting and murdering Neelam on August 30, 1985. The Court f...

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"Bombay High Court Revises Conviction: Rape Charge Reduced to Aggravated Sexual Assault" High Court of Bombay highlights stringent evidentiary standards in POCSO cases, emphasizing accurate charges based on verified foundational facts.

The Bombay High Court examined the evidence against the accused, initially convicted of rape under Section 376-AB IPC and Sections 4 and 6 of the POCS...

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Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Accused Nos. 4 and 5 in Loan Fraud Case Due to Settlement with Bank. Commercial loan fraud case compromised between Bank and borrowers—Criminal proceedings quashed due to bleak chance of conviction.

The Supreme Court, in Criminal Appeals arising out of Special Leave Petition (Criminal) Nos. 1415 and 1416 of 2024, quashed the criminal proceedings a...

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Supreme Court Restores Conviction in High-Profile Bihar Political Murder Case. The Supreme Court restores the trial court’s conviction of Mantu Tiwari and Vijay Kumar Shukla for the murder of Brij Bihari Prasad, rejecting the Patna High Court's acquittal.

  Introduction and BackgroundThe case involves two criminal appeals related to the murder of Brij Bihari Prasad, a Bihar Legislative Assembly me...

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"Criminal Proceedings Quashed After Bank Settlement in Fraud Case Involving Loan Defaulters" "Supreme Court quashes proceedings under Section 482 CrPC where a One Time Settlement (OTS) between the Bank and Borrowers resolves the dispute"

The Supreme Court addressed an appeal challenging the dismissal of a criminal petition seeking to quash a chargesheet related to loan defaults, forger...

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Bombay High Court Appoints Joint Administrator for Disputed Estate Amidst Family Feud. Incarceration of Executor Prompts Intervention to Protect Deceased's Estate.

The Bombay High Court addressed a long-standing family dispute over the estate of Timothy D'Souza. The plaintiff, Lalit D’Souza, propounded a Will, ...

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Transfer of Divorce Petition from Vasai to Bandra Family Court Granted Due to Wife's Hardship and Infant's Health. The need for sensitivity towards a wife's hardships in matrimonial disputes, transfers divorce petition, and levies exemplary costs on the husband.

The Court must consider the socio-economic status of the parties, their hardships, and responsibilities towards minor children in deciding transfer ap...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against 18-Year-Old Student Over Instagram Post on Environmental Concerns. Expression of environmental concerns on social media without malicious intent towards religion does not attract Section 295-A of IPC.

The court's decision was based on the absence of any malicious intent to insult religion in the petitioner's Instagram post. The petitioner’s concer...

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High Court Quashes Sessions Judge's Suo Moto Revision in Arrest Case. The Bombay High Court set aside the Sessions Judge's use of suo moto powers in a matter involving a female accused's night-time arrest.

The Bombay High Court at Nagpur, in the case of Shahrukh Ziya Mohammad vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors., addressed the propriety of a Sessions Jud...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Death Sentence for Cannibalistic Parricide. In a gruesome case of matricide, the High Court affirms the death penalty for a son who brutally murdered his mother, eviscerating her body.

The Bombay High Court, in the case of The State of Maharashtra vs. Sunil Rama Kuchkoravi, upheld the death sentence awarded to the convict, Sunil Kuc...