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Bombay High Court Dismisses Revision Against Concurrent Conviction for Wrongful Restraint and Assault. Concurrent findings of fact by trial and appellate courts under Sections 341, 323 r/w 34 IPC upheld as no perversity or illegality found.

The case arises from a criminal revision application filed by four applicants against their conviction by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dadra and Nag...

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Karnataka High Court Dismisses Contempt Petition for Lack of Willful Disobedience of Interim Order in RSA. Court holds that mere violation of an order without proof of willful and deliberate disobedience does not constitute contempt under Sections 11 and 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.

The present contempt petition was filed by the complainants under Sections 11 and 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, alleging that the accused-co...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Union of India's Appeal Against Sentence Modification in Court-Martial Case. General Court Martial Composition Violated Army Rules, 1954, Rule 40(2) and Rule 102, but Armed Forces Tribunal's Sentencing Discretion Under Section 71(e) of Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007 Upheld.

The dispute arose from disciplinary proceedings against a retired Lieutenant General of the Indian Army, initiated after an anonymous complaint in 200...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Concurrent Running of Sentences Under Section 482 CrPC for Multiple Convictions in Different Cases. The court held that inherent powers under Section 482 CrPC can be used to order concurrent sentences to prevent abuse of process and secure ends of justice.

The judgment involves two criminal petitions filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) seeking directions to run multiple...

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High Court of Bombay Initiates Suo Motu Contempt Against Advocate for Disrupting Court Proceedings. Advocate's Rowdy Behavior and Improper Language in Court Amounts to Prima Facie Criminal Contempt Under Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.

The High Court of Bombay, on its own motion, initiated contempt proceedings against Mr. N.B. Deshmukh, an advocate, based on an incident that occurred...