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High Court of Bombay Reserves Verdict on Stay of Film ‘Black Friday’ Amid Pending Trial in 1993 Blasts Case. Accused Argues Docudrama Constitutes Contempt and Defamation, Violates Right to Fair Trial Under Article 21.

The writ petition was filed by Mushtaq Moosa Tarani, accused No. 44 in the 1993 Bombay bomb blasts trial (Bombay Blast Case No. 1 of 1993), under the ...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Revisional Order Granting FL-III Licence in Residential Colony — Revisional Authority Failed to Consider Police Reports and Residents' Objections Under Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949.

The petitioners, residents of Vidarbha Housing Board Colony, Raghuji Nagar, Nagpur, challenged the order dated 30.10.2010 passed by the State Governme...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Five Accused in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Testimony of Related Witnesses and Lack of Corroboration. Conviction under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC set aside as sole eyewitness was brother of deceased and evidence suffered from material contradictions and improvements.

The case involves four criminal appeals filed by five accused persons convicted under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) ...

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Supreme Court Grants Interim Protection to Journalist in Multiple FIR Case Based on News Broadcasts. Court Transfers One FIR for Investigation, Stays Other Proceedings, and Emphasizes Balance Between Freedom of Speech and Criminal Process Under Article 19(1)(a) and Article 32 of the Constitution.

The dispute arose from two news broadcasts by the petitioner, a journalist and editor-in-chief of Republic TV and R Bharat, on 16 April 2020 and 21 Ap...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Chapter Proceedings Against Social Workers for Lack of Material — Notices Under Sections 110(e)(g) and 111 CrPC Set Aside as Based on Stale and Acquitted Cases Without Proximate Connection to Public Order

The petitioners, Dinesh Vitthal Patil and Bharat Vitthal Patil, were social workers and members of a political party residing in Malegaon, Nashik. The...

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High Court of Karnataka Adjudicates Death Sentence Confirmation and Appeals against Conviction in 2000 Church Bomb Blast. Accused were convicted under Sections 120-B, 121-A, 124-A, 153-A IPC by Trial Court for conspiracy and bomb blast at St. Peter and Paul Church, Bangalore.

The High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru heard together a criminal reference for confirmation of death sentence and two criminal appeals arising from ...

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Supreme Court Hears Appeals Against Conviction Under Arms Act and IPC in 1993 Bombay Serial Blasts Case. Appellants Challenged Conviction for Possession of Prohibited Arms Without License and Destruction of Evidence.

The Supreme Court heard appeals against the conviction and sentence of Sanjay Dutt (A-117), Yusuf Mohsin Nulwalla (A-118), and Kersi Bapuji Adajania (...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Externment Order Under Bombay Police Act for Non-Application of Mind. Externment Order Set Aside as Authority Failed to Consider Acquittal in Most Cases and Non-Filing of Charge Sheet in Others.

The petitioner, Iqbaluddin Ziauddin Pirzade, challenged an externment order dated 19.01.2015 passed by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Jalgaon, under S...