A recovered weapon or article must be connected with the crime through independent and reliable evidence.
Supreme Court of India · 5 Aug 2026
Personal law cannot override statutory child-protection legislation enacted by Parliament.
Allahabad High Court · 4 Aug 2026
A Magistrate cannot mechanically reject a closure report merely because a protest petition has been filed.
High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh · 4 Aug 2026
Mere presence of a public servant at the place where a bribe is allegedly accepted is insufficient to establish criminal conspiracy.
Supreme Court of India · 4 Aug 2026
The Court held that Section 21A imposes a statutory mandate upon the jurisdictional Deputy Commissioner concerning the NOC process.
Gauhati High Court · 4 Aug 2026
Mutation entries primarily serve a revenue-record and land-revenue collection purpose.
Gauhati High Court · 4 Aug 2026
The last-seen theory alone was insufficient to sustain conviction without adequate corroborative circumstances.
Punjab and Haryana High Court · 4 Aug 2026
Prolonged incarceration cannot continue indefinitely merely because the accused is being prosecuted under the UAPA.
Supreme Court of India · 4 Aug 2026
The NCSC is a recommendatory and advisory constitutional body, not an adjudicatory tribunal.
Supreme Court of India · 4 Aug 2026
Mere existence of a mental disorder is not sufficient to obtain divorce under Section 13(1)(iii) of the Hindu Marriage Act.
High Court of Jharkhand · 4 Aug 2026
Factory safety violations governed by the Factories Act cannot automatically be converted into a separate Section 304-A IPC prosecution.
High Court of Andhra Pradesh · 4 Aug 2026
In the absence of legislation prohibiting polygamy among Muslims, Mohammedan Personal Law continues to govern Muslim marriage and marital rights.
Patna High Court · 4 Aug 2026
Failure to arraign the company constitutes a fatal defect where prosecution of the individual depends upon the company's liability.
Supreme Court of India · 4 Aug 2026
The WhatsApp messages allegedly sent by the deceased to his father shortly before his death were treated as prima facie significant evidence, akin to a dying declaration, at the bail stage.
High Court of Madhya Pradesh · 3 Aug 2026
An accused cannot be deprived of a fair trial merely because relevant evidence comes to light at a later stage.
Rajasthan High Court · 3 Aug 2026
