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Supreme Court Examines Culpability for BMW Hit-and-Run: State Appeals Against High Court's Reduction of Conviction from Section 304 Part II to Section 304A IPC. The Core Issue is Whether the Accused Had Knowledge of Likely Death to Attract the Graver Offence.

The case arose from a fatal motor accident involving a BMW car driven by the respondent, Sanjeev Nanda, on the night of 9/10 January 1999 in New Delhi...

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Bombay High Court Grants Bail to Accused in Cheating and Forgery Case Citing Parity and Long Incarceration. Investigation Complete, No Custodial Interrogation Required Under Section 439 CrPC.

The judgment pertains to bail applications filed by three applicants — Aditya Avinash Sood, Arunkumar Devnath Singh, and Vishal SurendraKumar Agarwa...

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Supreme Court Dismisses State's Appeal in Excise Duty Dispute Over Non-Potable Weak Spirit. State's Authority to Levy Excise Duty is Limited to Alcoholic Liquors for Human Consumption Under Entry 51 List II of the Constitution, While Non-Potable Spirit Falls Under Central Power Under Entry 84 List I.

The appeals arose from a common judgment of the High Court of Orissa, which allowed writ petitions filed by the respondent-company and set aside deman...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses State Appeal Against Acquittal in Murder and Abetment to Suicide Case — Prosecution Fails to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt. Acquittal of Accused for Offences Under Sections 306 and 302 IPC Upheld as Trial Court's Findings Not Perverse.

The State of Karnataka filed an appeal under Section 378(1) and (3) of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, challenging the judgment dated 13.12.2016 pa...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Detention Order in MPDA Act Case for Non-Application of Mind — Failure to Consider Grant of Bail and Inadequate Material to Establish 'Habitual' Bootlegger

The petitioner, Kashinath Motiram Chavan, challenged a detention order dated 23 March 2021 passed by the Commissioner of Police, Solapur, under Sectio...

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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 25.06.2...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Revisional Order Allowing Liquor Licence in Village Where Women's Gramsabha Resolution Banned Liquor — Held That Gramsabha Resolution Under Section 138 of Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 Must Be Given Due Weight and Cannot Be Ignored by Revisional Authority.

The petitioners, residents of Village Chas (kaman), Taluka Khed, Dist. Pune, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of I...