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Bombay High Court Allows Revision, Discharges Newspaper Editor in POCSO Identity Disclosure Case. Section 23(3) POCSO Act imposes vicarious liability on publisher only if employee acts within course of employment; editor not liable for independent acts of reporter.

The case involves a criminal revision application filed by Gammat Nandlal Bhandari, the editor/publisher of a newspaper, challenging the order of the ...

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High Court of Bombay Rules on Writ Petitions Challenging MRT Order on Tenancy Claim Under Maharashtra Tenancy Act. The decision addresses the validity of the tenancy declaration under Section 70(b) and Section 32G of the Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948.

The petitioners, who claimed to be Watandars, filed writ petitions in the High Court of Bombay challenging a common order passed by the Maharashtra Re...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Revision Against Eviction Decree in Rent Control Suit — Confirms Findings of Subletting and Non-User of Premises. Landlord's Eviction Suit Under Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 Upheld as Tenants Failed to Prove Bona Fide Use and Consent for Subletting.

The case arises from a landlord-tenant dispute concerning Shop No.2 and rear portion of Shop No.1 in Supariwala Mansion, Parel, Mumbai. The original p...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Arbitration Appointment Case — Withdrawal of Section 11 Petition Does Not Bar Fresh Application Under IBC. Order 23 Rule 1 CPC Not Applicable to Arbitration Petitions; Section 9 IBC and Section 11 Arbitration Act Seek Different Reliefs.

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal filed by M/s HPCL Bio-Fuels Ltd. against the judgment of the Bombay High Court which had appointed a sole arbitra...

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Caste-Based Discrimination in Prison Manuals as Unconstitutional. Prison Rules Dividing Labour and Segregating Barracks by Caste Violate Articles 14, 15, 17, 21, and 23 of the Constitution.

The petitioner, Sukanya Shantha, a journalist, filed a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution seeking directions for the repeal of offendi...

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Supreme Court Overturns Judgments in Land Sale Dispute, Citing Fraudulent Agreement. "High Court and Lower Courts' Concurrent Findings on Sale Agreement Deemed Perverse."

The Supreme Court set aside the judgments of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana and the lower courts, finding that the land sale agreement in questi...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Writ Petition Filed After Decades on Grounds of Delay, Laches, and Suppression of Facts. The petitioners' long delay and withholding of key facts led to the dismissal of claims over land requisitioned by the Ministry of Defence and acquired by HMT Ltd.

The Supreme Court of India allowed the appeal by HMT Ltd., dismissing the writ petition filed by the heirs of Putta Narasamma after several decades. T...

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Supreme Court Validates Sub-Classification of Scheduled Castes in Landmark Judgment. Upholding Equality Within Equality: Supreme Court Endorses State's Power to Sub-Classify Scheduled Castes for Targeted Reservation.

The Supreme Court of India, in a significant ruling, has upheld the constitutionality of sub-classifying Scheduled Castes for the purpose of reservati...

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Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Confession Letter and Non-Examination of Key Witness. Conviction based on Section 299 CrPC deposition and handwriting expert opinion set aside as prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt.

The appellant was convicted under Section 302 IPC for the murder of his wife Usha. The prosecution's case rested on circumstantial evidence, primarily...

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High Court of Karnataka Acquits Accused in Robbery Case Due to Unreliable Identification and Lack of Corroboration. Conviction under Section 392 IPC set aside as sole testimony of victim was not corroborated by independent witnesses and identification parade was not conducted properly.

The case involves two criminal appeals filed by three accused persons (K. Ramanji @ Ramanjaneyudu, S.V. Ramanatha, and Amarendra) against their convic...