Criminal Supreme Court Affirms NDPS Conviction: Clarifies Section 52-A and Admissibility ... Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellant in the NDPS case for possessing 23.5 kg of ganja and observed that ... Read More Dec 13, 2025
Criminal Supreme Court Reaffirms Section 302 Conviction and Dismisses the Plea Under Exce... The Supreme Court while dismissing an appeal seeking to convert a murder conviction to a lesser offence, has put light o... Read More Dec 10, 2025
Criminal Admissibility of Dying Declarations for Summoning Additional Accused Under Secti... The Supreme Court Clarified that the power to summon additional accused is extraordinary, requiring evidence stronger th... Read More Dec 05, 2025
Criminal Supreme Court Mandates 'Strong Suspicion' Test for Discharge When Civil Dispute ... Citing no "strong suspicion" supported by credible material, the Supreme Court of India set aside the Calcutta High Cour... Read More Dec 03, 2025
Criminal Parity Cannot Be the Sole Ground for Bail: Supreme Court Rejects Unreasoned Bail... The Supreme Court of India set aside two bail orders granted by the Allahabad High Court in a murder case, holding defin... Read More Nov 30, 2025
Criminal Family Law Judicial Review Supreme Court Invokes Article 142 to Quash POCSO Conviction for Matrimonial Harm... The Supreme Court prioritized the welfare of the family unit and "complete justice" over the rigid application of crimin... Read More Oct 30, 2025
Criminal Vicarious Liability in Murder Case; Supreme Court Upholds Reversal Of Acquittal ... Supreme Court affirms the convictions under Section 149 IPC, detailing when an appellate court can reverse an acquittal ... Read More Oct 30, 2025
Criminal Supreme Court Upheld The Conviction in Land Dispute Murder Case and Free Fight Supreme Court upheld the concurrent conviction for murder (302/149 IPC), rejecting the plea that the incident was a 'fre... Read More Oct 28, 2025
Criminal Supreme Court Overturns Murder Conviction Due to Flawed Eyewitness Accounts and ... Supreme Court sets aside 302 IPC life sentence, based on key flaws such as major contradiction between eyewitnesses (PW-... Read More Oct 07, 2025
Criminal Supreme Court Overturns Murder Conviction Due to Broken Chain of Circumstantial ... Supreme Court set aside the convistion and sentence in murder case citing an incomplete chain of circumstantial evidence... Read More Oct 06, 2025
Criminal Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings; Reaffirms Prohibition on Criminalizi... The Supreme Court quashing the charge sheet and consequential criminal proceedings against the appellant under Sections ... Read More Sep 26, 2025
Criminal Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case For Flawed Circumstantial Chain and... While setting aside the convictions murder case, which relied heavily on circumstantial evidence, the Supreme Court emph... Read More Sep 22, 2025
Criminal Section 138 NI Act Notice Invalid if Demanded Amount Exceeds Cheque Value: Supre... Supreme Court upheld the quashing of Complaint in Section 138 NI Act, and held that the demand notice is invalid (under ... Read More Sep 19, 2025
Criminal Supreme Court Quashes Sec 498A, Cites Retaliatory Motive Post-Divorce & Hague Co... Supreme Court of India quashed a Section 498-A IPC case, and ruled it as retaliatory measure by the former wife after ad... Read More Sep 18, 2025
Criminal Supreme Court Overturned Murder Conviction Due to Flawed Circumstantial Evidence... Highlights the critical role of the "five golden principles" for circumstantial evidence Supreme Court set aside murder ... Read More Sep 17, 2025
Criminal Supreme Court Restores Convictions in POCSO, Rape Case and Overturned Acquittal ... The Supreme Court of India has reinstated the convictions of two men in a child rape case under the POCSO Act, setting a... Read More Sep 01, 2025
Criminal Supreme Court Acquits Putai & Dileep in Child Rape-Murder Case Over Grave Invest... Supreme Court overturned convictions in a brutal child rape and murder case due to unproven circumstantial evidence, ina... Read More Aug 27, 2025
Criminal Supreme Court Acquits Deceased in Corruption Case: Bribe Demand Not Proven Beyon... The Supreme Court set aside the conviction of a deceased passport office clerk under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1... Read More Aug 15, 2025
Criminal Supreme Court Overturns Olympian Wrestler Sushil Kumar's Bail in Murder Case Cit... The Supreme Court of India set aside bail for Olympian Sushil Kumar in a murder case, highlighting errors in the High Co... Read More Aug 14, 2025
Criminal Supreme Court Clarifies on Fixed-Term Life Sentences and Right to Release Withou... Reinforcing Article 21 rights and the finality of judicial sentencing over executive review, the Supreme Court of India ... Read More Aug 12, 2025
