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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction and Death Sentence in POCSO Case Due to Credible Testimony and Medical Evidence. The Court found the case to be among the 'rarest of rare' warranting the death penalty under Section 366 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973....

The criminal appeals arose from the conviction and death sentence of the appellant for the sexual assault and murder of his six-year-old stepdaughter. The High Court of Madhya Pradesh had affirmed the...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against High Court's Reversal of Trial Court's Decree on Will Validity. The High Court's finding that the will was validly executed was upheld despite the presence of suspicious circumstances....

This case involved a dispute over the validity of a will executed by Chhajju Ram, who died intestate, leaving his wife Bhambo Devi as the sole heir. The plaintiff, Bhambo Devi, filed a suit claiming o...

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Supreme Court Sets Aside High Court Order on Recruitment Eligibility for Vocational Instructor Post. The High Court erred in allowing the writ petition and substituting its view on the eligibility criteria prescribed under the Recruitment Rules....

The case involved an appeal against a High Court judgment that quashed the decision of the Departmental Selection Committee regarding the eligibility of a candidate for the post of Vocational Instruct...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal for Increment Benefits to Retired Employees — Court Upholds Rights of Daily-Wage Workers. C.P. Mundinamani Precedent Applied to Daily-Wage Workers' Increment Claims....

The dispute arose from the denial of increment benefits to retired daily-wage workers in the Irrigation Department of Gujarat. The appellants, having served over 30 years, claimed increments due after...

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Supreme Court Allows Petition in Criminal Case Quashing FIR Against Petitioner. The court found that the FIR was based on a civil dispute and lacked elements of criminality....

The case involved a dispute over a piece of land in Karnataka, originally owned by Ganesh, who died intestate. His legal heirs entered into a sale agreement with the petitioner and executed a General ...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Corruption Case — Charges Unproven. The court found that the prosecution failed to establish the demand for illegal gratification under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988....

The appeal arose from a conviction under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, where the appellant, an Assistant in the District Education Office, was accused of demanding a bribe for releasing a sa...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals Challenging Tax Classification of Goods — Classification of Goods as Beverages Not Upheld....

The Supreme Court addressed appeals challenging the classification of 'GRD Powder' and 'GRD Mix' under the M.P. Commercial Tax Act, 1994. The appellants contended that these goods should be classified...

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Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against In-Laws in Dowry Case Due to Insufficient Evidence. Allegations Found to be Vague and Unsupported, Failing to Establish a Prima Facie Case Under IPC and DP Act....

The appeal arose from a judgment of the High Court of Calcutta which partly quashed an FIR against the Appellants, who are the in-laws of the complainant, but allowed charges under several sections of...

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Supreme Court Quashes Charges in Consensual Relationship Case Due to Lack of Criminal Culpability. Allegations of Exploitation Found to be Afterthought as Relationship was Consensual and Voluntary....

The case involved a consensual relationship between the appellant and the second respondent, which lasted three years and ended with the second respondent filing a criminal complaint alleging refusal ...

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Supreme Court Quashes FIR in Sexual Assault Case Due to Lack of Evidence and Consensual Relationship. The court found that the allegations were based on a consensual relationship and extortion claims, leading to the quashing of the FIR....

The Supreme Court of India addressed a criminal appeal concerning the quashing of an FIR alleging sexual assault and extortion. The appellant, Sachin Gupta, challenged the order refusing to quash FIR ...