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Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Eye-Witnesses and Lack of Corroboration. Conviction under Section 302 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt....

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal of Guman Singh, setting aside his conviction under Section 302 IPC for murder and Section 307 IPC for attempt to murder. The case arose from an incident on 30.08.2...

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Supreme Court Quashes Cognizance in Bihar Excise Case — Private Vehicle Not a Public Place Under Section 53(a) of Bihar Excise (Amendment) Act, 2016. Consumption of liquor in a private vehicle does not constitute an offence under Section 53(a) as the vehicle is not a 'public place' under the Act....

The appellants, all Rotarians, were travelling from Giridih, Jharkhand to Patna, Bihar in a private vehicle to attend a Rotary Club meeting on 25.06.2016. Their vehicle was stopped at a check post in ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against Refusal to Summon Additional Accused Under Section 319 CrPC — Insufficient Evidence of Complicity. The Court upheld the concurrent findings of the trial court and High Court that the complainant failed to present strong and cogent evidence to warrant summoning the proposed accused....

The appellant, Shiv Prakash Mishra, lodged an FIR on 06.09.2013 alleging that respondent No.2, Subhash Chandra Shukla, along with four others, formed an unlawful assembly, attacked the complainant's f...

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Supreme Court Allows Class Action in Consumer Dispute Over Non-Delivery of Commercial Units. The Court Held That Sameness of Interest, Not Identical Cause of Action, Is Required for Class Action Under Section 12(1)(c) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986....

The appeal arose from a judgment of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission dismissing a complaint filed by 44 appellants under Section 12(1)(c) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 as a c...

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Supreme Court Allows State's Appeal in Sales Tax Reimbursement Case — Coal and Coke Held Not Same Goods Under Section 15(b) of Central Sales Tax Act, 1956. Reimbursement of State Tax on Coal Not Available When Inter-State Sale Is of Coke, Despite Both Being Declared Goods Under Section 14....

The State of Jharkhand and its officers appealed against a High Court judgment directing them to reimburse the respondent, M/s. Akash Coke Industries Pvt. Ltd., the state sales tax paid on the purchas...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Property Dispute Case — Order II Rule 2 CPC Bar Applicable for Successive Alienations. Two separate sale deeds by same vendor to same vendee on different dates constitute distinct causes of action, but suit for second alienation is barred if not included in earlier suit when cause of action was same....

The Supreme Court considered an appeal against the High Court's judgment that set aside the concurrent findings of the trial court and first appellate court, which had dismissed the respondents' suit ...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeals in NDPS Case: Summoning Under Section 319 CrPC After Conviction Is Impermissible. The power under Section 319 CrPC can be exercised only before the pronouncement of judgment; once the trial concludes and judgment is pronounced, the court becomes functus officio....

The Supreme Court of India heard two criminal appeals arising from a common judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which had dismissed criminal revision petitions challenging the summoning of ...

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Supreme Court Quashes FIR Against Appellants in Forgery Case for Clerical Error in Vakalatnama. High Court's Direction to Lodge Complaint Set Aside for Lack of Satisfaction Under Section 340 CrPC....

The case arises from a criminal appeal against the judgment of the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court dated 14.09.2016, which dismissed the anticipatory bail application filed by the appellants and di...