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Supreme Court Allows Appeal Against Confiscation of Truck Under UP Excise Act — Collector's Confiscation Power Not Exclusive When Criminal Trial Is Pending. Magistrate Retains Jurisdiction Over Seized Property Under CrPC When IPC Offences Are Also Involved.

The appellant, owner of a truck seized for transporting 154 cartons of illicit liquor along with a country-made pistol and live cartridges, challenged...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals Against High Court's Alteration of Conviction from Murder to Culpable Homicide in Land Dispute Case. Prosecution's Suppression of Accused's FIR and Injury Reports Creates Reasonable Doubt.

The Supreme Court dismissed two appeals filed by the complainant and the State of Karnataka against the High Court's judgment altering the conviction ...

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Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Dowry Death Case Due to Unreliable Witnesses and Contradictions. Presumption Under Section 113B of Evidence Act Not Triggered as Prosecution Failed to Prove 'Soon Before' Cruelty.

The case pertains to the death of Ishwari Devi, who died by burning herself on 05.06.1991, within 1.5 years of her marriage. The appellants, her husba...

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Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of CRPF Head Constable for Negligent Handling of Weapon Causing Death of Colleague. Acquittal in Criminal Case Does Not Vitiate Disciplinary Proceeding Based on Preponderance of Probabilities.

The first respondent, Sitaram Mishra, was a Head Constable in the CRPF. On 18 February 1998, while cleaning his loaded 9 MM carbine in the barracks wi...

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Supreme Court Allows Banks to Deny Legal Representation in Wilful Defaulter Proceedings. In-House Committees of Banks Are Not Tribunals Under Section 30 of Advocates Act, 1961, and Right to Lawyer Is Not Part of Natural Justice.

The Supreme Court considered appeals against the Delhi High Court judgment which held that a borrower is entitled to be represented by a lawyer before...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal, Discharges Surveyor in Criminal Case for Lack of Ingredients Under Sections 504 and 506 IPC. Allegations of Criminal Intimidation and Insult Found Baseless as Complaint Was Filed After Delay and Police Closure Reports Indicated No Offence.

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal filed by Vikram Johar, a surveyor, challenging the Allahabad High Court's order dismissing his criminal revision ...

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Supreme Court Allows Partial Re-Trial in Criminal Case for Violation of Section 273 CrPC — Accused Not Present During Examination of 12 Witnesses

The Supreme Court considered appeals against the High Court's order directing a partial re-trial in a murder case where 12 prosecution witnesses were ...