News Update Supreme Court Acquits Man After 12 Years, Citing Flawed Eyewitness Testimony 30 Jan 2025 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.…
News Update Supreme Court Stays Death Sentence of Man Convicted in Rape and Murder Case 3 Dec 2024 On December 3, 2024, the Supreme Court stayed the death sentence of a man convicted for the brutal rape and murder of a 19-year-old engineering student in Jharkhand. The convict,…
News Update Supreme Court Convicts Public Servant for Accepting ₹2000 Bribe: Presumption Under Prevention of Corruption Act Discussed 28 Nov 2024 Case Details: State of Karnataka vs. Chandrasha 2024 INSC 899 The Supreme Court has convicted a government employee for accepting a bribe of ₹2000, emphasizing that the quantum of bribe…
News Update Allahabad HC asked explanation regarding delay in investigation from DGP, SIT 16 Sep 2021 The Allahabad High Court asked the Director-general of police, Uttar Pradesh and members of S.I.T team to clarify regarding inaction of the police authorities. The fact of the case dealt…
News Update Conviction in rape cases can be done, based on credible evidence of prosecutrix- Supreme Court held 18 Aug 2021 On 18th August Supreme Court held that conviction in rape cases can be done solely on credible evidence of the prosecutrix. The fact is accused had committed Rape on victim…
News Update Mother’s possess the power to understand the feelings of their child: Bombay High Court 29 Jan 2021 While upholding the conviction of a person convicted for the rape of a minor girl, the Bombay High Court's Aurangabad Bench noted that a mother has "divine powers" to perceive…
News Update P&H HC informed by Punjab Government that 103 convicted police officers are still in service 20 Dec 202025 Dec 2020 An affidavit was filed before the court by the Department of Home Affairs and Justice which indicated that some police officials were even convicted in drug cases, but continuing in…
News Update When an unnatural death takes place inside the house, an explanation should be given by inmates of the house 21 Nov 2020 In the case of Jayanthilal Verma v. State of M.P, the Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of the husband who strangled his wife to death. If the death takes…
News Update Kerala High Court Acquits 4 RSS Workers Convicted for Double Murder of CPI(M) Sympathizers 21 Oct 2020 A Kerala High Court bench comprising Justices A. Hariprasad and MR Anitha has acquitted 4 RSS workers who were convicted by a trial court in a political murder case. The…
News Update Man accused of rape, acquitted after 20 years by the Supreme Court 29 Sep 2020 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”…
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