The bench held that in exceptional and peculiar circumstances, proceedings for serious offences like rape may be quashed, especially if the prosecutrix unequivocally withdraws support and the continuance would lead to injustice.
Supreme Court of India · 17 Jul 2025
It reaffirms prior precedents that criminal proceedings should not be lightly quashed, particularly when the allegations involve intent to cheat and deprive others of rightful property.
Supreme Court of India · 17 Jul 2025
The Court reaffirmed the fundamental legal principle that circumstantial evidence requires a strict and complete chain of proof, where each link is crucial to prove the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt.
Calcutta High Court · 14 Jul 2025
The judgment underscores the strict approach adopted by the judiciary towards bail in NDPS cases, especially where commercial quantities are involved.
Supreme Court of India · 14 Jul 2025
The judgment highlights the growing menace of non-consensual intimate imagery online and the urgent need for systemic measures to protect victims.
Madras High Court · 14 Jul 2025
It clarified that Section 122 cannot be interpreted absolutely to exclude such recordings because the statute itself provides exceptions for legal proceedings between spouses.
Supreme Court of India · 14 Jul 2025
The Court found significant errors such as Absence of a Chain of Custody Register, leading to gaps in tracking sample handling.
Supreme Court of India · 14 Jul 2025
The Court held that the powers of the Governor under Article 161 to grant pardon reflect the wider "constitutional ethos, goal and culture" towards reformation.
Supreme Court of India · 14 Jul 2025
The Legal heirs of a deceased tortfeasor (negligent driver) held not entitled to compensation under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
Supreme Court of India · 4 Jul 2025
The present case involved covert surveillance to uncover corruption, which does not qualify as either condition.
Madras High Court · 4 Jul 2025
Mere expression of "I Love You" without sexual intent does not constitute sexual harassment under POCSO Act
Bombay High Court · 3 Jul 2025
The Court grants bail to man accused of deceiving a married woman into sexual relationship, holds Section 69 BNS may not apply where marriage is subsisting.
Kerala High Court · 3 Jul 2025
The case concerns the insufficiency of mere recovery of a blood-stained weapon matching the victim’s blood group to prove a murder conviction.
Supreme Court of India · 27 Jun 2025
Applicability of res judicata in criminal proceedings and quashing of a second FIR based on already adjudicated facts under Section 138 NI Act.
Supreme Court of India · 27 Jun 2025
