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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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High Court of Karnataka Allows Appeal by Union of India in Postal Life Insurance Claim Dispute — Policy Lapsed Due to Non-Payment of Premiums Before Death. The plaintiff failed to prove that the policy was in force at the time of the insured's death, as required under the Postal Life Insurance Rules.

The respondent, Smt. B.M. Uma, filed a suit for recovery of Rs.60,000/- with interest against the Union of India and the Chief Post Master General, cl...

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Bombay High Court Allows Convict's Parole for Agricultural Work Despite Prison Overcrowding — Emphasizes Parole as Reformative Tool Under Maharashtra Prisons (Bombay Furlough and Parole) Rules, 1959. Parole Granted to Convict Serving Life Sentence for Murder to Cultivate Land, Subject to Conditions.

The petitioner, Ramesh s/o Girjaram Bansode, a convict serving life imprisonment for murder, filed a Criminal Writ Petition challenging the orders of ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Mentally Challenged Person to Donate Kidney to Brother Under Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994 — Natural Guardians Can Give Consent for Organ Donation by Mentally Incompetent Donor.

The petitioners, Ganpatrao Pawar and his wife Suman, are parents of two sons: Amol (petitioner no. 3), who is mentally challenged and represented by h...

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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...