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Supreme Court Acquits Man After 12 Years, Citing Flawed Eyewitness Testimony

The Court overturned a murder conviction, highlighting the importance of consistent and credible witness accounts. The Supreme Court of India recently acquitted Vinobhai in a murder case (Criminal Appeal No.…

Supreme Court Clarifies Application of Section 113B: Acquits Accused in Dowry Death Case

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The Supreme Court, on January 9, acquitted an accused of charges under cruelty and abetment of suicide, emphasizing that Section 113B of the Indian Evidence Act (Presumption as to dowry…

Supreme Court Rules Change of Law Cannot Reopen Acquittal Case

In a recent ruling, the Supreme Court held that a delay condonation application with an appeal against an acquittal cannot be allowed based solely on a subsequent change of law.…

60% More vaccine dose given in Kerala than proposed allocation- Centre tells High Court

On 11th August Central Govt. has filed a statement before Kerala High Court mentioning that the State has supplied adequate doses of covid vaccine under the National Covid-19 vaccination program.…

Criminal complaint against Akshay Kumar concerning “Jolly LLB 2” movie

On 4th August, Rajasthan High Court dismissed a criminal complaint of defamation filed in the year 2017 against Actor Akshay Kumar concerning the movie Jolly LLB 2. The fact was,…

Umair v State ( GOVT NCT OF DELHI) AND ORS & ANR (CRL.M.C. 674/2021)

Background In the present case, the FIR was registered against the accused for stabbing the complainant on the stomach. During investigation, the accused stated that when he was arguing with…

Man accused of rape, acquitted after 20 years by the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court in this 20 year old pending rape case, has acquitted the alleged, stating that the relationship was consensual and the filing of the case was an “afterthought”…