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Supreme Court Acquits Stepfather in Child Murder Case Due to Botched Investigation and Unreliable Circumstantial Evidence. Last Seen Theory and DNA Evidence Fail to Sustain Conviction Under Indian Evidence Act

The Supreme Court heard a criminal appeal against the High Court's affirmation of the stepfather's conviction for the murder of his six-year-old stepd...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Impleadment Application by Stepchild in Partition Suit — Stepchild Not a Legal Heir Under Hindu Succession Act. The court held that a stepchild has no legal interest in the joint family property of a deceased coparcener and cannot be impleaded in a partition suit.

The Bombay High Court dismissed a chamber summons filed by a third-party applicant seeking impleadment in a partition suit. The suit involved partitio...