In this batch of civil appeals filed under Article 136 of the Constitution of India, the Supreme Court partly allowed the appeals filed by landowners, setting aside a 2019 common order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The dispute arose from the acquisition of land across six villages in
This civil appeal arose from a maritime dispute concerning the continued arrest of the vessel M.V. Nereus Progress under the Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017. The respondent, a creditor of the vessel’s erstwhile demise charterer (Nereides) under a separate charter, obtained an ex-parte arrest order against
This criminal appeal challenges a judgment by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, which affirmed the conviction and 10-year rigorous imprisonment sentence of the appellant under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for rape. The Supreme Court examined the testimony of the prosecutrix and found it to
This criminal appeal arose from a High Court order in revision which had remanded a Section 138 Negotiable Instruments Act case back to the trial stage for a fresh trial from the defense evidence stage, based on a misapplication of procedural precedents regarding defense affidavits. The Supreme Court allowed the
This criminal appeal addressed the correct legal forum for a victim to file an appeal against an order of acquittal passed by a Judicial Magistrate in a bailable offence. The petitioner—whose son suffered from depressive disorders and tragically died by suicide while admitted to a hospital—alleged medical negligence against a
This criminal appeal arises from a concurrent judgment of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh which affirmed the conviction of the appellant for the aggravated sexual assault and murder of his six-year-old step-daughter, and confirmed his death sentence. The core prosecution case rested on the ocular testimony of the victim’s
In a landmark ruling addressing the alarming rise of false criminal accusations in bitter matrimonial disputes, the Supreme Court emphasized that children often become the worst sufferers when parents engage in vicious custody battles. The case involved a father (‘R’) and mother (‘E’) locked in a prolonged custody battle over
