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Supreme Court Quashes Charge Against Accused in Foreigners Act Case for Overstay Due to Absence of Prior Central Government Decision on Citizenship. Criminal court lacks jurisdiction to convict or acquit a foreigner without Central Government determination under Section 9(2) of Citizenship Act, 1955 regarding acquisition of foreign citizenship....

The Supreme Court dealt with a criminal appeal by special leave against the acquittal of Yakub Ibrahim, who was prosecuted for overstaying in India after the expiration of a permit, an offence under c...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Accused in Prevention of Corruption Act Case Due to Unrebutted Presumption of Bribe. Acceptance of Rs. 15 by Railway Clerk Not Part of Legal Remuneration Triggered Presumption Under Section 4(1) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947....

The Supreme Court dismissed a criminal appeal by special leave against concurrent conviction and sentence under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 and Indian Penal Code. The appellant, a railway c...

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Supreme Court Upholds Landlord in Bombay Rent Act Compromise Decree Due to Tenant's Admissions. Compromise Decree for Eviction Valid When Court Had Material to Be Prima Facie Satisfied of Statutory Ground Under Section 12(3)(a) of Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947....

The Supreme Court addressed the executability of a compromise decree for eviction passed under the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947. The respondent landlords had filed a s...

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Supreme Court Allows State Electricity Board's Appeal in Electricity Tariff Dispute; Reference to Central Electricity Authority by Licensee Did Not Bar Rating Committee under Section 57A of Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948. Arbitration under Para 16 of Sixth Schedule was only for disputes between State Government and licensee, not Board....

The appeal by certificate before the Supreme Court of India arose from a judgment of the Gujarat High Court in Special Civil Application No. 388 of 1964. The dispute concerned the power of the Gujarat...

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Supreme Court Partly Allows Appeal in Murder Case, Grants Benefit of Doubt to One Accused Based on Omissions in Eyewitness's Previous Statements. High Court's Conviction Under Sections 302 and 34 IPC Set Aside for One Accused as Omissions in Previous Statements Were Relevant to Credibility, Not Barred by Section 145 Evidence Act....

The appeal arose from a murder case in village Walana, Maharashtra. Three appellants—Laxman, Sopan, and Sakharam—were acquitted by the Sessions Judge of Parbhani of charges under Section 302 read ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal on Motor Vehicles Act Permit Succession—Heirs Cannot Prosecute Deceased Applicant's Application. Legal representatives of deceased stage carriage permit applicant lacked statutory right to substitution, and personal qualifications controlled merit-based consideration under Motor Vehicles Act, 1939....

The case concerned the right of legal representatives to continue a stage carriage permit application under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 after the original applicant's death. The appellant firm, forme...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction Under Section 302/34 IPC Despite Acquittal of Named Co-Accused. Conviction Valid as Accused Acted with Two Other Persons in Furtherance of Common Intention and No Prejudice Caused by Charge Variance....

This criminal appeal by special leave arose from the conviction of the appellant Sukh Ram under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 for the murder of Chunni Lal. The prosec...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against Returned Candidate in Election Petition Under Representation of the People Act, 1951. Charges of False Statement, Caste Appeal, and Excess Election Expenditure Not Proved as Evidence Did Not Link Candidate to Alleged Corrupt Practices....

The appeal arose from an election petition filed by four electors challenging the election of the first respondent, Govind Ramji Shende, who was declared elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembl...