Judgments Online https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Acquittal in Circumstantial Murder Case: Fatal Motorcycle Accident vs. Homicide Supreme Court Demolishes Intra-Court Appeal Bar: Clarifies Scope of Articles 226 and 227 and Decries “Bench-Hunting” Supreme Court Affirms Settlement Terms: Income-Linked Maintenance Ceases Upon Full Lump-Sum Payment Eviction Decree Restored: Revisional Court Cannot Reappreciate Evidence and Substitute Concurrent Findings Beyond Compromise: High Court Refuses to Quash Heinous Matrimonial and Sexual Offenses FIR Quashing of FIR: High Court Sets Aside FIR for Absence of Foundational Ingredients and Lack of COVID-19 Testing Arbitration: Arbitrator appointed – Dispute reffered Restoring Reformative Hope: High Court Grants Parole Amidst State Inaction Unraveling Abetment: High Court Sets Aside Charge Under Section 306 IPC Due to Lack of Proximate Instigation Upholding Conviction and Statutory Presumptions in Cheque Dishonour Cases Navigating the Boundaries of Public Trust: Vedanta’s Bid for PSC Extension and the Limits of State Discretion Shielding Liberty Amidst Sketchy Inquiries: Anticipatory Bail Granted in Rs. 103 Crore Fixed Deposit Fraud Case Quashing of FIR: Protection of Management from Unfounded Atrocity Charges – “Public View” MACT: When Murder and Mobility Fail to Meet – Compensation set aside Upholding the Presumption of Innocence: Limits of Interference in Concurrent Acquittals NDPS: Conviction Upheld Sentence Modified: NDPS Act Procedural Compliance and Sentencing Juvenile Justice: Supreme Court Clarifies Preliminary Assessments and Heinous Offence Classifications Restoring Harmony: High Court Quashes Matrimonial Dispute FIR Supreme Court Quashes Decades-Old FERA Prosecution Service Law: Decades of Legal Ordeal: Rectifying Arbitrary Penalties and Securing Service Benefits The Perjury Threshold: Evaluating Wrong Statements in Pleadings NDPS: Summons on State Undertaking – Due Process to be followed Balancing Reformation and Reality: High Court Waives Surety Condition for Furlough Balancing Free Speech and Reputation: Court Upholds Maintainability of Defamation Suit but Recall Broad “Gag Order” Ensuring Continuous Readiness: Dismissal of Specific Performance Suit with earnest money refund Upheld High Court Grants Regular Bail in NDPS Case Citing Pregnancy & Weak Prima Facie Evidence Navigating Tenancy and Title: High Court Remands Rent Revision to Re-Evaluate Enemy Property Status High Court Facilitates Release of Multi-Million Decretal Amount in Construction Dispute Fueling Service Tax: The Legality of CNG Distribution and Principal-Agent Dynamics Stringent Additional Conditions Imposed: Declining Stay on Bail Granted under UAPA The Ballot Box Clash: Sudden Fight and Culpable Homicide Doctrine of Proportionality in Sentencing for Heinous Crimes Bus Bomb Blast Case: Acquittal/ Conviction Upheld Liability of Insurers for Accidents Occurring Outside India Home Obscenity: Defining the Boundaries of Criminal Liability for Verbal Altercations Admissibility of Deceased Witness Testimony Against Absconding Accused Insolvency and Bankruptcy: Finality of Resolution Plans and Extinguishment of Sub-judice Claims Excluding Nominated Members from Local Authority Elections Railway: Establishing Liability in Untoward Railway Incidents Summoning of Witnesses in Family Court Proceedings Anticipatory Bail: NDPS – Investigating Officer’s Lapse Domestic Violence: Challenge to Deletion of Parties Challenge to Dismissal of Eviction Petition: Ownership and Tenancy Dispute Rape: Promise to Marry – Charges Upheld Conversion of Leasehold Property: Determination of Damages and Procedural Fairness Challenge Against Eviction and License Fee Recovery: A Judicial Review Railway Claim: Failure to prove initial quantity loaded- No liability for the alleged shortage Compassionate release of elderly (above 70 years) and terminally ill prisoners – Directions issued Second Appeal: Interference in findings of fact