Criminal Law
Aadhaar Card Not Reliable Proof Of Age In Motor Accident Claims: Chhattisgarh High Court
The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that an Aadhaar Card is not a reliable document for determining the age of a claimant in motor accident compensation cases. The Court has further held that mere receipt of the insurance premium does not automatically fasten liability upon the insurer, as the contract of insurance commences from the date and time specified in the insurance policy and not...
Telangana High Court Rejects Third-Degree Torture Allegation Against ED, Finds No Material Linking Injuries To Interrogation
The Telangana High Court has refused to grant relief to a Bengaluru-based man who alleged that officers of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) assaulted and coerced him into making incriminating statements during questioning in a money laundering probe linked to illegal online betting applications. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 107]The Court held that the allegations of custodial assault were unsupported...
SFI Activist Abhimanyu Murder Case: Kerala High Court Refuses To Halt Trial Till Completion Of Probe Against Harbouring Accused
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (July 14) dismissed the plea preferred by 5 persons accused of the murder of SFI leader Abhimanyu, seeking to stay the trial pending before the Sessions Court, Ernakulam. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 372]Abhimanyu was stabbed to death in 2018 during a campus political rivalry at Maharaja's College in Ernakulam. Presently, trial is pending before the Sessions Court...
"Men Are Not Improved By Injuries": Chhattisgarh High Court Reduces Child Rape Convict's Sentence To 20 Years
The Chhattisgarh High Court has upheld the conviction of a man for the rape of a six-year-old girl under Section 376AB of the Indian Penal Code and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, but reduced his sentence from imprisonment for life till natural death to rigorous imprisonment for twenty years. The Court observed that while punishment must be proportionate...
Personal Preference For Foreign Medical Treatment Not A Ground To Permit Overseas Travel By PMLA Accused: Chhattisgarh High Court
The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that an accused's personal preference to undergo medical treatment in a foreign country cannot override the mandate of law when equivalent medical facilities are available in India. The Court observed that permission to travel abroad on medical grounds can be granted only upon establishing a genuine medical necessity outweighing the State's interest...
Arms Act | Mere Recovery Of Weapon Without Proof Of Conscious Possession Can't Establish Guilt : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday (July 13) observed that a mere recovery of arms from someone's house is not sufficient to hold a person guilty under the Arms Act, unless the conscious possession as well as dominion was not proved. “The High Court was justified in observing that mere recovery of certain articles including the weapons from the house of the respondent/accused is not sufficient...
Proclaimed Offender Not Entitled To Anticipatory Bail Unless 'Rare & Exceptional' Case Made Out: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday reiterated that an accused who has been declared a proclaimed offender after deliberately evading court and investigation is ordinarily not entitled to the extraordinary relief of anticipatory bail. "…the law is discernible on the point that as per normal rule, anticipatory bail cannot be granted to an accused who is absconding or concealing...
Hurling Caste Abuse Near Gate Of Premises May Fall Within 'Public View': Telangana High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail Under SC/ST Act
The Telangana High Court has held that allegations of caste-based abuse hurled near the entrance of a house and an adjoining public road may prima facie satisfy the requirement of having occurred in "public view" under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 106]Adding that the question of whether the incident was actually witnessed...
Attempting To Remove Salwar, Pressing Chest Not Attempt To Rape; Amounts To Outraging Modesty : Patna High Court
The Patna High Court has held that allegations of attempting to remove a woman's salwar and physically molesting by pressing her chest, without evidence of penetration or any overt act unequivocally establishing an intention to commit rape, do not constitute the offence of attempt to rape.Observing that the allegations "at best" disclosed an offence of outraging the modesty of a woman...
Orissa High Court Sets Aside POCSO Conviction, Orders Victim To Refund Compensation As She Turned Hostile
The Orissa High Court has recently set aside the judgment of a Special Court under the POCSO Act, which found a man guilty of committing repeated penetrative sexual assault with a minor girl, on account of lack of substantial evidence connecting the accused to the crime and even the victim turning hostile against the prosecution. [2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 79]Giving relief to the accused-appellant,...
