Kartika v State of Odisha: SC on Pitch-Dark Identification and Circumstantial Evidence
Acquittal

Acquittal: Kartika v. State of Odisha: SC on Pitch-Dark Identification and Circumstantial Evidence

The Supreme Court set aside concurrent convictions and life sentences for murder after the High Court discarded the ocular testimony of related eyewitnesses due to the impossibility of identification in…

General

Requirement of Mens Rea (“Sexual Intent”) & Non-Criminalization of Classroom Discipline

Supreme Court on Corporate Criminal Liability: The New Three-Stage Test for Attributing Mens Rea to a Company
Evidence

Supreme Court on Corporate Criminal Liability: The New Three-Stage Test for Attributing Mens Rea to a Company

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Ad. Lavanya Thirumalai

Judicial Transfers in MP MLA Courts: Why the Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay Safeguards Matter?

digest
Digest

Digest: Supreme Court & Madras HC Judgments (Jul-Sep 2026)

tip
Acquittal

Supreme Court Acquits in POCSO Case: TIP Cannot Replace Dock Identification

Cr.P.C

Inordinate Delay in Serving Summons Cannot Quash Criminal Proceedings After Charges are Framed: Madras HC

Cr.P.C

Sivakumar vs State: Mere Use of the Word ‘Bastard’ is Not an Offence Under Section 294(b) IPC

Acquittal

Acquittal: Gunshot: Witnesses might have already planned to frame the accused since they know the accused owned licensed weapon

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Acquittal

Acquittal: Conviction cannot be based on confession to IO despite no Section 65B certificate for CCTV footage

BNS

Sentencing: Fine: Forcing the Accused To Pay Duplicate Fines For the Same Sentence Would Be Amount To Double Punishment

domestic violence
Acquittal

Supreme Court again discouraging DV Act proceedings after a valid divorce compromise

child witness
Acquittal

Corroboration of testimony of child witness before a conviction is required

denovo trial
3 judge bench

Denovo Trial: Unusual recording of confession statements based on judicial directions and the doubt of subsequent insertion of statutory warning in the confession creates serious doubts

This judgment adjudicates a batch of criminal appeals stemming from a devastating bomb explosion on a public transport bus in 1996, which resulted in fourteen fatalities and numerous injuries. The…

hostile
BNSS

Honour killing: The court must see whether a hostile witness is totally discredited if not the court should not discard his testimony entirely

april'26
Digest

What’s New In April’26

section 319
Acquittal

Section 319 Cr.P.C: Trial court can decide whether an application under section 319 Cr.P.C should be decided with or without waiting for cross-examination

dowry death
Acquittal

Dowry death: Demand is for celebrating birth of male child and not for marriage further difference between admissibility and acceptability/reliability is explained

rcs notice
Ad. Rajavel

RCS notice and Rule 26 of The Tamilnadu Criminal Rules of Practice., 2019

important citations - volume no.1
Articles

Important Citations (Criminal Branch): Vol.1 – For Effective Administration of Justice

dv quash
Ad. Azhar Basha

Now You Can File Quash Application In Domestic Violence Cases: Hon’ble Supreme Court Settled The Issue

mob violence
Ad. James Raja

An Incomplete Legislative Response to Mob Violence; Restricting Criminalization to Cases Resulting in Death and Negating the Requirement of Mens Rea

Evidence

Supreme Court Rejects ‘Falsus in Uno, Falsus in Omnibus’ and accused also well known to the witnesses

General

Madras High Court Rules: Attacking Vital Body Parts is Attempted Murder, Even if Injuries are Minor

BNSS

Strict Compliance Mandatory: The Necessity of Police Reports Before Directing Investigations Under Section 175(3) & (4) of BNSS

General

Surrogacy Act: Magistrates Cannot Reassess Eligibility Certificates; Age Limit of “50 Years” Includes the Entire 50th Year: Madras High Court

dowry
Latest

Dowry death: Reversal of Acquittal with direction

loan
Latest

Real estate is not an illegal business and the Indian Bank which kept the money sold in auction was not disbursed to the legal heirs is illegal

General

SC Shields Husband from Baseless DV Case; Dissolves Dead Marriage Citing Irretrievable Breakdown

BNSS

Section 156(3) CrPC: Mere existence of a civil remedy does not by itself bar criminal proceedings If Allegations prima-facie disclose a cognizable offence

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