Section 189 BNSS mandate
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“It is a sorry state of affairs because inspite of there being no evidence against the detenue and without any Order of Remand, the detenue is in custody, illegally.”

transfer fee charged by Bar Council
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The fee was charged from the petitioner in accordance with the Resolution of 2010 whereby the State Bar Council was authorized to collect enrollment fee but the realization of such fee for transfer of enrollment was not permissible under Section 18(1) of the 1961 Act.”

Paternal Uncle acquitted in sexual assault
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Unless the Accused is granted a fair opportunity to defend his interest in a fair trial, an order of conviction would stand vitiated merely on such count.”

man who slit girlfriend's throat convicted
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The specific defence of the accused was not that the victim died because of his assault rather it was that he inflicted injuries on himself and lost consciousness. Firstly, he suggested that the victim had committed suicide by inflicting those injuries on herself and secondly, he feigned ignorance about what happened after he inflicted those injuries on himself.”

Bombay High Court
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The appellant latched the house from outside when his wife was inside the house and had caught fire. This clearly shows that he had prevented the children from helping their mother and saw to it that she suffered fatal burn injuries.

Bombay High Court
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“Every action that might be disliked by a class of people may not necessarily lead to the outraging of religious sentiments because an act without the intention to outrage religious feelings would not be covered under Section 295A.”

Bombay High Court
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No other specific overt act is attributed to petitioners to attract the offences punishable under Sections 294, 114 read with Section 34 of Penal Code, 1860 against them.

Bombay High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Participants in a public auction must maintain the character they assumed throughout the ensuing litigation, unless legally permitted by the Court. Changing character to exploit the situation for personal gain, especially at the expense of legitimate beneficiaries, is impermissible.