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Supreme Court Allows Appellant in Land Acquisition Writ Petition Restoration Case Due to Timely Filing and Bona Fide Belief. Restoration Application Filed Within One Month of Dismissal Was Admitted by State and Should Have Been Considered on Merits, Not Treated as Delayed by Seven Years (Paras 13-15)....

The Supreme Court heard appeals challenging two orders of the Division Bench of the High Court of Uttarakhand dated 8th March 2019 and 14th August 2020. The litigation originated from a writ petition ...

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Supreme Court Acquits Accused in SC/ST Act Case Due to Absence of Caste-Based Intent. Conviction under Section 3(1)(xi) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, was set aside as the act was not committed with intent based on the victim's Scheduled Caste status, based on FIR and testimony review....

The dispute arose from a criminal appeal where the accused appellant challenged an order of the High Court of Chhattisgarh that partly allowed a joint compromise application under Section 320 of the C...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Accused's Appeal in Cheque Dishonour Case Upholding Rejection of Additional Evidence Application. Appellate Court Correctly Refused to Assist Accused in Collecting Defence Evidence Under Section 391 CrPC as Presumption Under Section 118 NI Act Favors Complainant and Accused Failed to Rebut It Despite Opportunity....

The Supreme Court heard an appeal by special leave challenging the High Court of Gujarat's order dated 25th October 2023, which rejected the appellant's Criminal Miscellaneous Application No. 17933 of...

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Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Recovery Evidence and Benefit of Doubt. Conviction under Section 302 IPC and Section 25 Arms Act set aside as recovery of weapon from open place after one month was not credible and prosecution failed to investigate alternative suspect, creating reasonable doubt....

The Supreme Court heard a criminal appeal by an accused convicted for murder under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 25 of the Arms Act. The appellant, along with a co-accused, was conv...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Evacuee Property Dispute, Upholding Sale of Specified Area Under Displaced Persons Act. Property Transfer Limited to Area in Sale Certificate and Conveyance Deed, with Additional Areas Requiring Payment as per Chief Settlement Commissioner's Orders Under Section 24(1)....

The appeal before the Supreme Court arose from a property dispute concerning 'Spring Field', an evacuee property in Shimla. The appellants, legal heirs of Raja Dhian Singh, filed a suit for declaratio...

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Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Insufficient Circumstantial Evidence. Conviction Under Sections 302 and 201 read with 120B of Indian Penal Code, 1860, Overturned as Evidence Failed to Form Complete Chain Excluding Innocence Beyond Reasonable Doubt....

The appeal arose from a murder conviction under Sections 302 and 201 read with 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, based on circumstantial evidence. The appellant, Raja Naykar, was convicted by the T...

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Supreme Court Allows Divorce on Ground of Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage Using Constitutional Powers - Marriage Dissolved After 13 Years of Separation Despite Lower Courts Rejecting Statutory Grounds....

The dispute involved a matrimonial case where the appellant husband sought dissolution of marriage from the respondent wife. The parties were Indian citizens who acquired Canadian citizenship and live...