Criminal Judicial Review Family Law Supreme Court Quashes POCSO Case of Vexatious Litigation Based Around Matrimonia... Supreme Court quashed a POCSO complaint filed by an estranged wife against her husband (father of minor victim) and his ... Read More Jun 01, 2026
Criminal Economic Offence Judicial Review Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Charges Post-DRT Loan Settlement SC quashed charges under Sections 420 and 471 of the IPC in bank loan dispute which is settled and emphasized that allow... Read More May 30, 2026
Criminal Judicial Review Supreme Court Clarifies Standards for Approver Testimony and Appellate Review The Supreme Court set aside a Madras High Court acquittal and restored the conviction of all accused in the 2013 contrac... Read More May 21, 2026
Criminal Judicial Review Supreme Court Clubbed The FIRs From Different States For The Same Transaction Supreme Court held that permitting parallel investigations in different states for the same real estate transaction resu... Read More May 19, 2026
Criminal Discrepant Medical Evidence and Hostile Witness Testimony; Supreme Court Acquits... Emphasizing glaring inconsistencies in post-mortem reports and the failure to prove a clear motive, the Supreme Court ac... Read More May 14, 2026
Criminal Judicial Review Supreme Court Invokes Article 142 to Suspend Contempt Conviction of Senior Advoc... However, upholding the conviction against a Senior Advocate for scandalizing the judiciary, the Supreme Court suspended ... Read More May 12, 2026
Criminal Family Law Not Communicating For A Few Days Not "Cruelty" Under Section 498A IPC: Supreme C... Supreme Court acquitted a husband of charges under Section 498A IPC, holding that a 13-day period of silent treatment or... Read More May 08, 2026
Criminal Judicial Review SC Mandates National SOP to Curb Legal Aid Delays; Standardizes Timelines. Supreme Court approved a comprehensive Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to tackle inordinate delays in filing legal ai... Read More Apr 17, 2026
Criminal Judicial Review Suspicion Cannot Replace Proof in Circumstantial Evidence Cases: Supreme Court Supreme Court emphasized that circumstantial evidence must form an "unbroken chain" of guilt and ruled that 'last-seen' ... Read More Apr 09, 2026
Judicial Review Criminal Supreme Court Clarifies Vulgarity or Obscenity in Section 294(b) IPC Supreme Court set aside convictions on the charges of obscenity, for not satisfying the legal test for prurient interest... Read More Apr 07, 2026
Criminal Judicial Review Supreme Court Clarifies On The Subsequent Protection Under Section 197 CrPC To S... The Supreme Court ruled that a Government notification extending protection under Section 197 CrPC to subordinate police... Read More Apr 02, 2026
Criminal Family Law Judicial Review Vague and Omnibus Allegations in Matrimonial Disputes are Abuse of Process of La... Supreme Court Quashes Delayed Criminal Proceedings Against In-Laws and set aside an Allahabad High Court order and quash... Read More Mar 26, 2026
Criminal Others Supreme Court Reverse The Bail Order; Citing Joint Liability In Unlawful Assembl... In an appeal challenging the bail granted by Bombay High Court to the accused in murder and caste-based atrocities, the ... Read More Feb 24, 2026
Criminal Acquittal in Minor’s Murder Case; SC Rules on Inadmissibility of Section 27 Reco... Supreme Court set aside a murder conviction by hoding that a recovery under Section 27 of the Evidence Act is inadmissib... Read More Feb 18, 2026
Criminal In Abatement of Suicide in Suicide Pact; Culpability is Mutual; SC Upholds The C... Supreme Court held that the surviving partner of a mutual suicide pact is legally liable under Section 306 IPC and affir... Read More Feb 18, 2026
Criminal Acquittal of Co-Accused Does Not Benefit Fugitives; Supreme Court Quashes Antici... Supreme Court set aside a High Court order granting anticipatory bail to an accused who absconded for over six years and... Read More Feb 14, 2026
Criminal Supreme Court Annuls Bail for ‘Fake Advocate’ in Forged Degree Racket Supreme Court cancelled the bail of an individual accused of practicing law using a forged LL.B. degree, and ruled that ... Read More Feb 13, 2026
Criminal Supreme Court Rejects Fixed Expiry of Anticipatory Bail Clauses and Sets Procedu... Supreme Court held that the anticipatory bail should ordinarily continue until the end of the trial, observing that pers... Read More Feb 11, 2026
Criminal Judicial Review Supreme Court Cancels Bail in Aggravated POCSO Case; Rules Consensual Plea Unten... Supreme Court set aside an Allahabad High Court order granting bail to an accused in a gang-rape case involving a 14-yea... Read More Jan 12, 2026
Criminal Supreme Court Acquits The Doctor In Rape Case and Quashes the Conviction While emphasizing that the courts cannot presume a witness was "won over" without evidence, the Supreme Court underscore... Read More Dec 17, 2025
