Acquittal In Rape Case Doesn't Bar Scientific Determination Of Paternity : Supreme Court Upholds DNA Test Order

The Supreme Court recently held that a DNA test may be directed in a paternity dispute even where the alleged father was previously acquitted in a criminal rape case, observing that scientific evidence becomes indispensable when no other evidence can conclusively resolve the question of biological parentage. A Bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh dismissed...

IBC | Delay In Re-Filing Defective Appeal After Curing Defects Cannot Be Condoned : Supreme Court

The Court also observed that the Supreme Court Rules cannot override the mandate under the IBC.

Order XII Rule 6 CPC | Suit Can Be Decreed On Admission Only If It's Clear, Unequivocal And Unconditional: Supreme Court

The Court held that disputed questions of fact cannot be decided through judgment on admission.

Supreme Court Grants Bail To 72 Year Old Man Whose Conviction Was Upheld By Allahabad HC After 41 Years

The criminal appeal, filed in 1985, remained pending in the High Court for over 40 years.

Every Judge Knows Delhi Riots Conspiracy, Bhima Koregaon Charges Are Hollow & Will Crash : Sr Adv CU Singh

Senior Advocate Chander Uday Singh has strongly criticised recent Supreme Court decisions narrowing the scope of bail under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA), while making a striking remark about the Delhi riots larger conspiracy and Bhima Koregaon prosecutions."Let me say this loud and clear. I don't believe any judge of the Supreme Court of India, hand on heart, does...

Abhijit Iyer Mitra's Post Was In 'Shayari' Form : Delhi Court Stays Order For FIR For Post Against Manisha Pande

The Court noted that no individual was named in Mitra's post over which an FIR was sought on the ground that it was a sexually coloured comment.

Magistrates, Cops Personally Liable To Compensate For Illegal Preventive Detention : Allahabad High Court Issues Guidelines

The Court ordered the payment of Rs 75,000 to an advocate who was illegally detained for 3 days, and directed recovery of the amount from the erring official.

Supreme Court Summarises Law On Approver's Testimony, Says Corroboration Not Mandatory For Accomplice's Evidence

The Supreme Court observed that even where an accomplice's testimony is not independently corroborated on material particulars, it may still form the basis of a conviction if the court finds it credible, trustworthy, and reflective of a full and truthful account of the events surrounding the commission of the offence.“One of the necessary tests is that his (approver) testimony must...

MCD's Negligence Led To Saket Building Collapse : Amicus Tells Supreme Court, Seeks Action Against Officials

The amicus also sought a structural audit of all premises within MCD limits and time-bound demolition or sealing of illegal structures.

Civil & Criminal Remedies Can Be Invoked For Same Cause, But There Shouldn't Be Inordinate Time Gap Between Them: Supreme Court

The Court quashed an FIR lodged 23 year after the filing of a civil suit over the same property dispute.

P&H High Court Directs Centre To Treat Ex-IAS Ashok Khema As Empanelled Deemed Addl Secy. & Secy, Holds Denial Arbitrary

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has allowed a plea filed by retired IAS officer Ashok Khemka, holding that denial of empanelment to the rank of Additional Secretary/Secretary to the Government of India, despite similar relaxations granted to other officers, was discriminatory and violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution.A Division Bench comprising Justice Harsimran Singh Sethi...

S.27 Evidence Act | Panch Witness Turning Hostile Not Fatal If Recovery Proved By Other Evidence: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently upheld the murder conviction, noting that mere turning hostile of the panch witness would not be fatal to the prosecution's case to create doubt over the recovery evidence based on the accused's disclosure statements under Section 27 of the Evidence Act when the recovery evidence was proved otherwise by other corroborative evidence. A bench of Justice Pankaj...