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Supreme Court Upholds Parole Order for Convict in Culpable Homicide Case Due to Arbitrary Rejection and Delay in Execution. Rejection of permanent parole on ground of not applying for regular parole held unsustainable; delay in implementing High Court order violates Article 21.

The appellant, Daulal, was convicted for offences under Sections 148, 448, 304 Part II read with 149, and 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and sent...

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Supreme Court Lays Down Pan-India Guidelines Against Demolition of Properties of Accused Without Due Process. Executive Cannot Use Demolition as Punishment for Crime; Right to Shelter Protected Under Article 21.

This batch of writ petitions under Article 32 of the Constitution of India raised a grievance that residential and commercial properties of persons ac...

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Supreme Court Overrules PV Narasimha Rao, Holds Bribery Not Protected by Parliamentary Privilege — Legislators Who Accept Bribes for Speech or Vote Are Not Immune from Prosecution Under Articles 105(2) and 194(2) of the Constitution.

The Supreme Court of India, in a seven-judge bench decision, overruled its earlier majority judgment in PV Narasimha Rao v. State (CBI/SPE) (1998) 4 S...

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Bombay High Court Allows Transfer of Prisoners from Open Prison to Central Jail in Maharashtra Prison Rules Case. Prisoners' Representations for Transfer on Medical and Family Grounds Must Be Considered by Authorities Within Four Weeks.

The judgment concerns four criminal writ petitions filed by prisoners (Sayyad Ali, Abbas Ali, Habbirrao Khamkar, and Santosh Pawar) who were sentenced...

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Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence to Life Imprisonment in Rape and Murder Case — Review Petition Allowed in Open Court. Court Holds That Life Imprisonment Is the Rule and Death Sentence an Exception, and Mitigating Circumstances Must Be Considered Even in Heinous Crimes.

The Supreme Court of India heard a review petition filed by Md. Mannan @ Abdul Mannan, who had been convicted for the rape and murder of an eight-year...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes FIR Against Company Official in Cheating Case Due to Illegal Arrest and Lack of Sanction Under Section 197 CrPC. Arrest by Police Officers Not on Deputation Held Unconstitutional.

The petitioner, Sri Srinath Mangalore, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India read with Section 482 of the Code...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Immoral Trafficking Case Due to Unreliable Testimony. Conviction under Sections 373, 366A, 368, 323 IPC and Sections 3, 4 of PITA set aside as sole witness's testimony was inconsistent and uncorroborated.

The appellants, accused Nos. 2 and 3, were convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Greater Mumbai, in Sessions Case No.865 of 2002 for offences un...