This batch of criminal appeals arises from a protracted legal battle spanning nearly three decades concerning a devastating terrorist bomb blast that occurred on May 22, 1996, inside a Rajasthan Roadways bus near Samleti village. The explosion resulted in the tragic deaths of fourteen innocent passengers, injuries to thirty-seven others,
The present writ petition was filed by Vedanta Limited seeking to quash the order dated September 19, 2025, issued by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG), which rejected its application for a 10-year extension of the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) dated June 20, 1998, concerning the CB/OS-2 offshore
In this anticipatory bail application arising from an alleged multi-crore financial fraud involving a public sector undertaking, Justice Girish Kathpalia of the High Court of Delhi granted relief to the applicant, Mahesh Chand Pandey. The Court heavily scrutinized the six-month-long investigation, noting that the entire sum of Rs. 103 crores
This petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 was filed by the management personnel of Trans World Radio India challenging an order passed by the Additional Sessions Judge directing the framing of charges against them under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention
The Supreme Court of India allowed the civil appeals filed by the appellant, setting aside the concurrent decisions of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal and the High Court that had awarded compensation under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The Apex Court held that for compensation to be
The Supreme Court of India dismissed an appeal filed under Article 136 of the Constitution challenging the judgment of the Patna High Court. The High Court had earlier affirmed the trial court’s acquittal of Respondent No. 2 (Nakul Prasad @ Nakul Yadav) for offenses punishable under Section 302 read with
The Supreme Court of India allowed the criminal appeals filed by the appellants, setting aside the concurrent judgments of the Trial Court and the High Court which had convicted them under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The Apex Court held that the prosecution
