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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Medical Negligence Case — Quashes Criminal Proceedings Due to Lack of Proximate Causal Link Between Doctor's Act and Patient's Death. Section 304A IPC requires direct causation; mere delay in attending to patient after surgery does not constitute rash or negligent act amounting to culpable homicide not amounting to murder....

The appellant, Dr. Supriya Kumari, a senior anaesthetist at Dhanalakshmi Hospital, Kannur, was charged under Section 304A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for the death of a patient, K.P. Muralidhar, wh...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeals in Testamentary Succession Dispute Over Estate of Purvez Burjor Dalal — Court-Monitored Criminal Investigation Quashed as Civil Court Lacks Inherent Power to Order Investigation Under Section 482 CrPC. The Court held that a civil court, in a testamentary proceeding under the Indian Succession Act, 1925, cannot direct a court-monitored criminal investigation, as such power is not available to a civil court under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973....

The present appeals arise out of a common final judgment and order dated July 16, 2024, passed by the Division Bench of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay in Appeal No. 10 of 2023. By the said jud...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction for Murder and Causing Disappearance of Evidence in Dowry Death Case — Circumstantial Evidence Sufficient to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt. The court held that the chain of circumstances, including last seen together and dowry demands, was complete and the appellant failed to explain the unnatural death of his wife under Section 106 of the Evidence Act, 1872....

The appellant, Chetan Dashrath Gade, was convicted under Sections 302 and 201 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 for the murder of his wife Rupali and causing disappearance of evidence. The m...

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Supreme Court Acquits Appellants in Murder Case Based on Circumstantial Evidence Due to Incomplete Chain of Circumstances. Last Seen Theory and Extra-Judicial Confession Found Unreliable Under Indian Evidence Act, 1872....

The case pertains to the murder of a young man who went missing on 31.10.2012 and was found dead the next day in a field. The prosecution alleged that the deceased was last seen with three accused per...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction for Attempt to Murder in Concurrent Findings Case. Court declines to interfere with concurrent findings of fact based on credible eyewitness testimony and medical evidence under Section 307 IPC....

The case involves three criminal appeals against a common judgment of the Punjab & Haryana High Court dated 16.08.2010, which dismissed the appeals of the appellants and upheld their conviction and se...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against Conviction in Unlawful Activities Case — Appellant Convicted for Criminal Conspiracy and Unlawful Activities. The Court upheld the conviction under Section 120B IPC and Sections 10(a)(i), 10(a)(iv), 38(1) of UAP Act, finding no perversity in concurrent findings....

The appellant was arraigned as an accused in FIR Crime No. 1 of 2015 registered at Q Branch Police Station, Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu, for offences punishable under Section 120B of the Indian Penal C...

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Supreme Court Dismisses State's Appeals in Promotion Dispute — Executive Instructions Cannot Override Statutory Recruitment Rules. Promotion to Assistant Regional Transport Officer must be based on statutory rules, not executive instructions, and seniority cannot be ignored....

The case involves two appeals by the State of Odisha against a common judgment of the Orissa High Court, which dismissed intra-court appeals by the State and upheld the quashing of promotion orders of...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Property Dispute Based on Misuse of General Power of Attorney — Registered GPA Executed as Security for Loan Cannot Be Used to Convey Title Without Consideration. The court held that the sale deeds executed by the donees were not genuine and were void for lack of consideration, restoring the Trial Court's decree....

The dispute concerns two items of agricultural land in Kalapatty Village, Coimbatore Taluk, purchased by the appellant, Mallika, in 1996 through registered sale deeds. In 1997 and 1998, she executed t...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals by State Power Entities Against APTEL Order Deleting Misdeclaration Penalty. Penalty for Misdeclaration of Declared Capacity Requires Proof of Intent or Negligence Under Punjab State Grid Code Regulations....

The case involves appeals by Punjab State Load Despatch Centre (PSLDC) and Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) against the judgment of the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) which r...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal of Waitlisted Candidate in UP Higher Education Service Appointment Case — Section 13(4) of the Uttar Pradesh Higher Education Services Commission Act, 1980 Permits Fresh Recommendation for Waitlisted Candidate to a Different College. The Court held that the provision is intended to fill vacancies efficiently and does not restrict the candidate to the original recommendation, distinguishing Kamlesh Kumar Sharma v. Yogesh Kumar Gupta....

The appellant, Dr. Manoj Kumar Rawat, was a waitlisted candidate for the post of Principal in PG and UG non-Government Aided Colleges in Uttar Pradesh. He was initially recommended for appointment to ...

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Supreme Court Acquits Appellants in Murder Case Based on Circumstantial Evidence Due to Incomplete Chain of Circumstances. Last Seen Theory and Extra-Judicial Confession Found Unreliable Under Indian Evidence Act, 1872....

Supreme Court Upholds Conviction for Attempt to Murder in Concurrent Findings Case. Court declines to interfere with concurrent findings of fact based on credible eyewitness testimony and medical evidence under Section 307 IPC....

Supreme Court Dismisses State's Appeals in Promotion Dispute — Executive Instructions Cannot Override Statutory Recruitment Rules. Promotion to Assistant Regional Transport Officer must be based on statutory rules, not executive instructions, and seniority cannot be ignored....

Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals by State Power Entities Against APTEL Order Deleting Misdeclaration Penalty. Penalty for Misdeclaration of Declared Capacity Requires Proof of Intent or Negligence Under Punjab State Grid Code Regulations....

Bombay High Court Allows Appeals by Acquiring Body in Land Acquisition Compensation Cases,...

Bombay High Court Dismisses NHAI Appeals in Land Acquisition Compensation Dispute — Upho...

Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Concurrent Findings in Suit for Spec...

Bombay High Court Accepts State Undertaking in Contempt Petition; Directs Committee to Rev...

Bombay High Court Passes Judgment on Interim Application and Contempt Petition Arising fro...

Supreme Court Acquits Appellant in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Witnesses and Inconsisten...

Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Incredible Dying Declarations and Lack...

Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Under Section 182 IPC for Lack of Valid Complai...

Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Suspicious Dying Declarations and Unpr...

Supreme Court Enhances Child Maintenance and Grants Interim Medical Maintenance to Wife in...