NI Act: Section 319 Cr.P.C cannot be invoked to implead company in cheque cases to avoid fatal defect
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NI Act: Section 319 Cr.P.C cannot be invoked to implead company in cheque cases to avoid fatal defect

The Supreme Court quashed a Section 138 NI Act complaint against a director because the drawer company was neither issued a demand notice nor arraigned as an accused. Reaffirming that…

Rape case: Santosh Gurung vs State of Sikkim: S.C Quashes Life Sentence Based on Broken Circumstantial Evidence
Acquittal

Rape case: Santosh Gurung vs State of Sikkim: S.C Quashes Life Sentence Based on Broken Circumstantial Evidence

138 ni act
Latest

Practice & Procedures: Section 138 NI Act Trial Court Procedures

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Digest

30 Landmark Supreme Court of India Criminal Law Judgments Explained

death
Cr.P.C

Statement of the victim (deceased) to her mother and the mother repeats the same in her testimony (deposition) is admissible in evidence as dying declaration

section 175(3) bnss
Latest

Practice & Procedure: Section 175(3) BNSS (formerly Section 156(3) CrPC)

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

quash petition
Latest

Quashing Petition under Sec 528 BNSS / 482 CrPC: Guide & Format (Including landmark judgment)

Sessions Court Cannot Bar Remission under Section 302 IPC: SC
Cr.P.C

Sessions Court Cannot Bar Remission under Section 302 IPC: SC

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oral arguments
Acquittal

Oral Hearing Is Non-Negotiable: Non-Cooperation by Defence Counsel Requires Amicus Appointment, Not Ex-Parte Verdict

acquittal
Acquittal

Section 306 IPC: Acquittal: some disputes or discord in matrimonial life would not itself attract the provisions of Sections 306 r/w 107 IPC

cctv
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

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

DV Act
ad. Jegan

Limitation For Initiation Of Domestic Violence Proceedings: Revisiting The Ratio In Kamatchi

351 bnss
Ad. Sunil Nishi Kumar

No ambiguity: Section 351 of BNS is a non-bailable offence in Tamil Nadu

jegan
ad. Jegan

Remedy and Challenges after the order of the Magistrate for FIR Direction

rcs notice
Ad. Rajavel

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

Abu Salem Case: Supreme Court Rejects Premature Release Plea | 2026 INSC 982
BNS

Abu Salem Case: Supreme Court Rejects Premature Release Plea | 2026 INSC 982

Baptismal Certificate Inadmissible under sec.35 IEA and Cannot Prove the Age of Minor: Conviction Modified POCSO Conviction to Rape
BSA

Baptismal Certificate Inadmissible under sec.35 IEA and Cannot Prove the Age of Minor: Conviction Modified POCSO Conviction to Rape

General

Requirement of Mens Rea (“Sexual Intent”) & Non-Criminalisation 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?

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

Evidence

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

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