Mere production of telephone records cannot substitute substantive proof of an illicit affair constituting the motive for murder.
Supreme Court of India · 13 Jul 2026
Mere marital relationship with the deceased cannot justify prosecution in the absence of credible evidence.
Supreme Court of India · 13 Jul 2026
There is no prescribed statutory or judicial format for communicating written grounds of arrest.
Delhi High Court · 13 Jul 2026
Secretly recording a spouse's telephone conversations without consent violates the right to privacy under Article 21 and is inadmissible as evidence.
Telangana High Court · 11 Jul 2026
Conviction for rape can be based solely on the credible testimony of the prosecutrix despite absence of medical corroboration.
Allahabad High Court · 11 Jul 2026
Long cohabitation as husband and wife is sufficient to maintain a claim for maintenance without strict proof of a valid marriage.
Allahabad High Court · 10 Jul 2026
Sanction for prosecution of public servants; assaulting a suspect to extract a confession is not an act done in the discharge of official duty and does not attract the protection under Section 197 CrPC
Bombay High Court · 10 Jul 2026
An appellate court cannot dismiss an appeal against conviction for non-prosecution due to the absence of the appellant or counsel; it must either adjourn the matter or decide the appeal on merits after examining the record
Andhra Pradesh High Court · 10 Jul 2026
Maintainability of a second anticipatory bail petition after rejection up to the Supreme Court; effect of subsequent compromise; compliance with Supreme Court directions under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
Punjab & Haryana High Court · 10 Jul 2026
An adult woman's denial of abduction alone is not a ground to quash a kidnapping FIR when disputed facts require investigation.
High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh · 10 Jul 2026
The judgment reinforces the constitutional guarantee of gender equality under Articles 14 and 16 by eliminating discrimination between sons and married daughters.
Karnataka High Court · 10 Jul 2026
Power of the First Appellate Court to enhance the rate of interest awarded by the trial court even in the absence of an appeal or cross-objection by the plaintiff.
Bombay High Court · 10 Jul 2026
Declaration of uncontested Talaq under Muslim Personal Law.
Allahabad High Court · 10 Jul 2026
Mandatory enforcement of contracts after the 2018 amendment to the Specific Relief Act, 1963, subject to Sections 11(2), 14 and 16.
Allahabad High Court · 10 Jul 2026
Mandatory disclosure of the substance of information in a show-cause notice before initiating preventive proceedings for execution of a bond to keep the peace.
Orissa High Court · 10 Jul 2026
Allahabad High Court held that conviction under Section 34 IPC is unsustainable unless the prosecution proves prior concert and a pre-arranged common intention among the accused.
Allahabad High Court · 9 Jul 2026
