'Bolting Door After Setting Pregnant Wife Ablaze Shows Intent To Kill': Allahabad HC Affirms Murder Conviction; Fixes Jail Term To 20 Yrs

Death by Septicemia days later is still 'Murder' If it stems from intentional injuries sufficient to cause death, says Allahabad HC

No Use Expressing Dissent On Social Media If One Can't Stand By Truth In Court: Madras High Court To Students Turning Hostile In Murder Trial

While dealing with a criminal appeal of a murder convict, the Madras High Court expressed displeasure in the manner in which the students, who had witnessed the attack on their fellow classmate by the accused, had turned hostile during trial. 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 255 The bench of Justice Anand Venkatesh and Justice KK Ramakrishnan remarked that it was disappointing to see...

Savarkar Filed 10 Mercy Petitions Before British, Revolutionaries Like Bhagat Singh Refused To Compromise : Grandnephew Tells Pune Court

In the criminal defamation filed against Rahul Gandhi, Satyaki Savarkar deposed that the records of mercy petitions are available with the Government.

Before Issuing NBW Against Accused On Bail, Court Should Consider Notice To Bailors Or Bailable Warrant: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has held that a Non-Bailable Warrant (NBW) should not ordinarily be issued against an accused who is on bail, without first resorting to issuance of notice to his bailors and issuing bailable warrant, if needed.While setting aside an order directing issuance of NBW, the Bench of Justice Gourishankar Satapathy observed–“Liberty of a person cannot be taken away...

Trial Court Can't Summon Doctor In Medical Negligence Case Without Awaiting Expert Opinion It Sought: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside a summoning order issued against a doctor in a criminal complaint alleging medical negligence, holding that the trial court acted perversely in proceeding without awaiting an expert opinion which it had itself directed to be obtained.Justice Surya Pratap Singh noted, "it abundantly clear that there was a direction by the learned trial Court to...

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) And Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Monthly Digest: May 2026

SUPREME COURT Pre-Cognizance Hearing Of Accused Mandatory For PMLA Complaint When Cognizance Taken After BNSS: Supreme Court Cause Title: PARVINDER SINGH VERSUS DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT In an important ruling, the Supreme Court has held that where cognizance of an alleged offence under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 is taken by a magistrate after the commencement of...

Sexual Offence Victims Take Time To Muster Courage, Fear 'Uncomfortable Questions' : Bombay High Court Refuses To Quash FIR For Delay

A First Information Report (FIR) registered in sexual offences, cannot be quashed merely on the ground of delay as the victim takes time to muster courage to lodge the complaint fearing the social stigma and also the 'uncomfortable' questions that she would be subjected to, held the Bombay High Court recently while quashing a section 354 (outraging modesty) case against a man, who molested...

'Criminal Law Can't Be Invoked Against Every Relative Of Husband Due To Matrimonial Discord': Madras HC Quashes S.498A IPC Case Against In-Laws

The Madras High Court recently quashed criminal cases against a husband's relatives under Section 498A of the IPC after noting that the allegations against the relatives were vague and unsupported by documents. Justice Victoria Gowri underlined that criminal prosecution cannot be launched against a husband's relative merely because there is matrimonial discord among...

'Serious Allegations': MP High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Husband Accused Of Trying To Commit Unnatural Sexual Acts With Wife

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has denied anticipatory bail to a husband who is accused of causing injuries to his wife in order to raise the demand of Rs. 5 lakh and attempting to commit unnatural sexual acts with her, noting that the allegations were serious in nature. The bench of Justice Rajendra Kumar Vani noted:"Having heard learned counsel for the parties and upon perusal of the case...

Right To Liberty Not Absolute, Bail Cannot Be Granted If Accused Has Serious Criminal Antecedents: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that the fundamental right to liberty guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India is not an absolute right and a person having serious criminal antecedents cannot be granted bail solely on the ground of long incarceration. Sitting at the Nagpur bench, Justice Mahendra Nerlikar denied bail to one Swapnil Kashikar, booked for murdering a former...

Rajasthan High Court Asks Centre, State To Inform On Formulation Of SOP On Recall Of LOCs After Bail To Accused Who Seeks To Travel Abroad

Rajasthan High Court has sought assistance of the Additional Solicitor General and Advocate General to apprise the Court on steps taken for the formulation Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for timely intimation to authorities about grant of bail to accused persons against whom an LOC was issued, so that it can be recalled. The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand has also sought clarity on...

Janhavi Gadkar Drunk Driving Case | Not Inclined To Permit Sale Of Offending Audi Car: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Thursday (June 11) expressed that it was not prima facie inclined to allow Janhavi Gadkar, the corporate lawyer booked in the high-profile drunk driving case, to sell her Audi Q5 car, which had collided with a taxi on the Eastern Freeway and killed two persons in June 2015.Single-judge Justice Madhav Jamdar, said that permitting to sell the vehicle in question...