Judgments Online https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Acquittal in Circumstantial Murder Case: Fatal Motorcycle Accident vs. Homicide 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 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 Service Law: Compassionate Appointment – Employer cannot rely on its own administrative delays Condonation of Delay: Lack of diligence – No relief De-sealing of Property: Sealed for Misuse – Petitioner to approach Supreme Court-constituted Judicial Committee Bail Granted: Lackadaisical approach” of the investigating agency Rape: Conviction Upheld – Testimony trustworthy – Strongly corroborated by medical and forensic evidence, including DNA Eviction upheld: Correctly established landlord-tenant relationship & landlord’s bona fide requirement Trademark: Injunction granted – Plaintiff established a prima facie case of passing off Quashing of FIR: Quashed on mutual compromise with cost Specific Performance: Not entitled due to their own breach of contract Plaint Rejected: No fresh litigation for interest Bail Set aside: Serious Offences – Trial Court’s order was perverse and ignored critical material considerations Arbitration Award Partially Set aside: Arbitral Tribunal exceeded its jurisdiction Death by Negligence/Rash and Negligent Driving: Probation granted – 26 years old Case Dishonour of Cheque: Conviction upheld – Failure to rebut the statutory presumption Directions for a time-bound investigation: Petitioner had already invoked the jurisdiction of the concerned magisterial court