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Supreme Court Annual Round Up 2025: CrPC / BNSS
1. S. 482 CrPC/S.528 BNSS | Supreme Court Lays Down Four-Step Test For High Courts To Quash Criminal CasesIn a significant ruling, the Supreme Court has established a four-step test for High Courts to follow when considering petitions to quash criminal proceedings under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) [now Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, BNSS]....
NGT Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Large-Scale Tree Felling In Madhya Pradesh Based On Media Report
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Principal Bench, New Delhi, has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report highlighting large-scale tree felling in Madhya Pradesh. The Tribunal registered Original Application No. 20/2026 based on a news item titled “मध्य प्रदेश में इस साल 15 लाख पेड़ कटेंगे” published in...
'He Appears To Be A Rogue' : Supreme Court Pulls Up MP Police Officer For Using Stock Witnesses, Takes Him Off Work
The Supreme Court today(January 13) orally raised concerns about the practice of using stock witnesses by the Madhya Pradesh police.It also remarked that the Station House Officer(SHO) in this case appears to be a "rogue" after the Court was informed that the SHO had used two common witnesses in "195 cases" and "215 cases" respectively, and continued to do that even after he was summoned by...
Mother Who Handed Over Son To Father's Custody During Divorce Can't Claim 'Superior' Right Later: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court upheld a family court order which had rejected a mother's claim seeking custody over the minor son, ruling that she had agreed and signed the divorce agreement handing over custody to the father "consciously" and she can't now claim "superior custody" over the child. The appellant mother had challenged a family court order which while rejecting her custody claim had...
General Provident Fund | Succession Certificate Not Necessary For Nominee To Collect PF Amount Above ₹5,000 : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently held that even where the General Provident Fund balance exceeds ₹5,000, a valid nominee is entitled to receive the amount without being required to first produce a succession certificate, probate, or letters of administration, and that insisting on such documents would render the concept of nomination otiose.“Consequently, this Court is of the view that in cases...
Himachal Pradesh High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 5, 2026 To January 11, 2026
Citations:2025 LiveLaw (HP) 270 to 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 285Nominal Index:Astha Thakur v/s Dhananjay Kanwar.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 270M/s RK Products through its proprietor Smt. Kusum Mahajan V/s The Chairman Himachal Pradesh.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 271Abhishek v/s State of H.P..,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 272Veena Devi v/s State of H.P. and Another.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 273State of H.P. V/s Vinod Kumar...
No Active Role In Murder, Long Custody: Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail To Woman Accused In Charis Goyal Death Case
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted regular bail to a woman accused in a case relating to the death of 19-year-old Charis Goyal, observing that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) did not attribute any active role to her in the alleged murder and being a female she deserves a lenient view.In March 2025, the body of nineteen-year-old girl, who had been missing for two days, was found...
Gujarat High Court Asks Police To Explain Marks Found On Minor Labourer's Body In Alleged Rape-Death Case
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (January 13) asked the police to clarify on the aspect of certain injuries/marks found on the body of a deceased minor girl in the post mortem, whose father has sought an independent probe into her alleged rape and death after she had moved to Gujarat to work as a labourer.In the previous hearing on January 6 the State's counsel had informed that certain...