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Supreme Court Clarifies Legal Insanity Defence Under Section 84 IPC and Burden of Proof Under Section 105 Evidence Act. The court held that insanity must be legal, not medical, to exempt from criminal liability, with the accused bearing the burden of proof on a preponderance of probabilities standard.

The judgment involved an appeal where the appellant raised the plea of insanity under Section 84 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, seeking reversal of a...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Workmen's Compensation Case — Death of Driver in Course of Employment Entitles Dependents to Compensation. Employer's Failure to Produce Evidence Leads to Adverse Inference Under Section 114(g) of Evidence Act.

The appeal arises from the dismissal of an application for compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923, by the Commissioner for Workmen's ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Wife's Appeal in Divorce Case on Grounds of Cruelty and Desertion. Wife's refusal to cohabit and emotional abandonment constituted mental cruelty and desertion under Section 13(1)(ia) and (ib) of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.

The appellant-wife and respondent-husband were married on 26.01.2007 at Nagpur. The wife stayed with the husband only for a brief period from 26.01.20...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Juvenile Board's Decision to Try Older Juvenile as Adult in Murder Case — Section 15 of Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 Requires Individualized Assessment of Physical and Mental Capacity to Commit Offence.

The case involves two juveniles, aged 17.5 years and 16.5 years, accused of murdering a three-and-half-year-old child. The Juvenile Justice Board, aft...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Life Conviction for Murder Despite Insanity Plea — Bipolar Mood Disorder Not Proven to Cause Incapacity to Know Nature of Act. Section 84 IPC Exception Rejected as Appellant Failed to Establish Legal Insanity at Time of Offence.

The appellant, Sarjerao Rambhau Machale, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Pune for murder under Section 302 IPC and sentenced to life i...