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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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High Court of Bombay Considers Confirmation of Death Sentence in Gangrape Case: First Conviction Under Section 376E IPC After 2013 Amendment. Trial Court Imposed Capital Punishment for Repeat Offenders in the Shakti Mill Incident, and the High Court Reviewed Procedural Propriety of the Sentence.

The judgment under analysis is a confirmation case arising from the brutal gangrape of a young photo journalist at Shakti Mill premises in Mumbai on 2...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellants in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Sole Eyewitness Testimony. Conviction under Section 302 read with 34 IPC set aside as evidence of sole eyewitness was inconsistent and uncorroborated.

The case involves an appeal against conviction under Section 302 read with 34 IPC for murder. The prosecution case relied heavily on the testimony of ...

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High Court Acquits Accused in Murder and Conspiracy Case Under IPC Sections 120B and 302 Read with 34 Due to Insufficient Evidence and Inconsistencies. Appeals Allowed Setting Aside Trial Court Conviction

The High Court of Karnataka allowed criminal appeals filed by five accused persons, acquitting them of charges under Section 120B of IPC for conspirac...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Death-Row Convict's Challenge to Rejection of Mercy Petition in Nirbhaya Gang Rape Case. President's Power Under Article 72 is Constitutional Duty Subject to Limited Judicial Review; No Grounds for Interference Established.

The petitioner, Vinay Sharma, a death-row convict in the Nirbhaya gang rape case, filed a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution challengi...

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Supreme Court Allows Regulatory Appeal on Trial Forum under Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992. Procedural Amendment to Section 26 by the 2002 Amendment Act Held Retrospective, and All Pending Trials for Pre-2002 Offences Must Proceed Before Special Court as per the 2014 Amendment.

The Supreme Court addressed a batch of appeals and writ petitions concerning the correct forum for trial of offences under the Securities and Exchange...

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Bombay High Court Considers Confirmation of Death Sentence and Appeal in Familial Homicide – Accused Claims Exception Under Section 300 IPC for Grave and Sudden Provocation Based on Alleged Impotency Remarks.

The case arose from a reference made by the Additional Sessions Judge-4, Solapur under Section 366 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 for confirm...

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High Court of Karnataka Disposes of Death Reference and Appeals Arising from 2000 Church Bomb Blast Case. Accused Allegedly part of Deendar Anjuman, charged with conspiracy under IPC Sections 120-B, 121-A, 124-A, 153-A.

On December 17, 2014, the High Court of Karnataka delivered a common judgment in Criminal RC No. 3/2008, Criminal Appeal No. 1203/2008, and Criminal A...