28 Mar 2026 – Lawcutor

AIMPLB Tells Supreme Court: Courts Should Refrain From Determining Essential Religious Practices; Judicial Scrutiny May Encroach Upon Religious Freedom Under Articles 25 and 26

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has told the Supreme Court that courts should refrain from determining what constitutes an “essential religious practice”, cautioning that such judicial scrutiny may…

Supreme Court Entertained SLP Challenging Anticipatory Bail Granted to Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati in Prayagraj POCSO Case; Petitioner Alleges High Court Ignored Severity of Allegations Against Minors

A Special Leave Petition has been moved in the Supreme Court challenging the Allahabad High Court's March 25 order granting anticipatory bail to Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati in the Prayagraj POCSO…

Supreme Court Sets Aside Patna High Court Bail Order in Dowry Death Case; Raps High Court for Mechanical Approach and Failure to Consider Gravity of Offence

The Supreme Court on Wednesday criticized the Patna High Court for passing a mechanical order granting bail to the husband in an alleged dowry death case. A bench of Justices…

Supreme Court Holds Dismissal of Suit for Default Does Not Operate as Res Judicata but Litigant’s Abandonment of Earlier Proceedings Attracts Abuse of Process; Appeal Dismissed

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a civil appeal filed by Sharada Sanghi & Ors. challenging the concurrent findings of the first appellate court and the High Court of Andhra…

Supreme Court Holds Unsigned Charge-Framing Order is Mere Curable Procedural Irregularity; Sets Aside Allahabad High Court Direction for De Novo Trial in 2007 Murder Case

The Supreme Court has held that the absence of a signature on the order framing charges is a curable procedural defect under Sections 215 and 464 Cr.P.C. and does not…

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Allahabad High Court Clarifies Supreme Court’s Sanju Bansal Ruling: Police Can Rely on Confessional Statements During Investigation Even If Inadmissible in Charge-Sheet; Anticipatory Bail Rejected in Gorakhpur Murder Case

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The Allahabad High Court has clarified that the Supreme Court’s observations in Sanju Bansal v. State of Uttar Pradesh are limited to the exclusion of police-recorded confessional statements from the…