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Bombay High Court Directs Registration of FIR Against Police Officers in Custodial Death Case. Failure to Register FIR Despite Allegations of Torture and Death in Police Lock-up Amounts to Dereliction of Duty Under Section 154 CrPC....

The petitioner, Pushpa Pimple, filed a criminal writ petition seeking direction to register a crime against police officers of Newasa Police Station for the custodial death of her son, Amol Pimple. Am...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR in Dowry Harassment Case Due to Lack of Specific Allegations and Territorial Jurisdiction. The court held that vague allegations against in-laws and lack of jurisdiction at Degloor warranted quashing under Section 482 CrPC....

The applicants, who are the husband and in-laws of the complainant, filed an application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 seeking quashing of FIR No. 319 of 2017 registered at...

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High Court of Karnataka Enhances Compensation for Widow of Deceased Workman in Workmen's Compensation Case. Multiplier Method Applied Based on Age and Notional Income Under Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923....

The appellant, Smt. Sanni @ Savitha, widow of deceased Sannu Gonda, filed an appeal under Section 30(1) of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 against the judgment and award dated 18.05.2015 passed b...

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High Court of Karnataka Enhances Compensation for Legal Heirs of Deceased in Motor Accident Claim. Multiplier Method and Future Prospects Applied to Compute Loss of Dependency Under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988....

The appeal arises from a judgment and award dated 30.10.2012 passed by the Fast Track Court-2 and Additional MACT, Mysore, in MVC No.455/2012, whereby the Tribunal partly allowed the claim petition fi...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Dowry Death Case Due to Unreliable Dying Declarations and Lack of Evidence of Abetment to Suicide. Oral dying declaration to PW3 and written dying declaration (Exh.54) discarded as unreliable; prosecution failed to prove cruelty under Section 498A IPC and abetment under Section 306 IPC....

The appellants, Arun Sopan Kale, Anusayabai Sopan Kale, Sopan Raghoji Kale, and Gajanan Sopan Kale, were convicted by the 2nd Ad hoc Additional Sessions Judge, Washim in Sessions Trial No. 11/2005 for...

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Bombay High Court Allows Transfer Petition in Criminal Case Due to Apprehension of Bias — Sessions Judge's Order Quashed for Non-Application of Mind. Section 408 CrPC Transfer Application Allowed as Magistrate's Conduct Raised Reasonable Apprehension of Bias....

The petitioners, who are the original applicants in Criminal Misc. Transfer Application No. 50 of 2019, filed a petition under Section 408 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 before the Sessions J...

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Bombay High Court Allows Termination of 23-Week Pregnancy Due to Fatal Cardiac Anomaly - Medical Board Opinion of Substantial Risk of Serious Handicap Justifies Abortion Under Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971....

The petitioners, a married couple, sought termination of the first petitioner's pregnancy of approximately 24 weeks (later determined as 23 weeks by the Medical Board) due to congenital anomalies dete...