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Madras High Court Quashes Dismissal of Associate Professor in Private College Disciplinary Case — Violation of Natural Justice and Lack of Enquiry Opportunity. Failure to Provide Documents and Denial of Cross-Examination Renders Dismissal Order Unsustainable Under Article 226 of Constitution of India.

The petitioner, Dr. S. John William, an Associate Professor at Loyola College (Autonomous), Chennai, joined the institution in 1990 and served for ove...

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Bombay High Court Confirms Death Sentence for Son in Brutal Matricide Case — Gruesome Murder of 60-Year-Old Mother with Evisceration of Body Parts. Court Upholds Conviction Under Section 302 IPC and Death Penalty, Finding No Mitigating Circumstances and Rejecting Defenses of Insanity and Intoxication.

The Bombay High Court confirmed the death sentence of Sunil Rama Kuchkoravi for the brutal murder of his 60-year-old mother, Yallava, on 28 August 201...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction but Modifies Sentence in Triple Murder Case. Sessions Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Impose Life Imprisonment Without Remission Under Section 302 IPC, as Only Constitutional Courts Can Impose Such Sentences When Commuting Death Penalty.

The case involved an appeal against conviction and sentence for a triple murder. On 15th March 2006, the appellant, along with co-accused, allegedly f...

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Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence for Triple Murder of Children in Revenge Killing. Conviction Based on Circumstantial Evidence Including Last Seen Theory, Motive, and Recovery of Bodies at Accused's Instance.

The appellant, Manoj Suryavanshi, was convicted for the abduction and murder of three minor children (Vijay, Ajay, and Sakshi) aged 8, 6, and 4 years,...

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Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence to Life Imprisonment in Rape and Murder of Minor. Conviction Upheld but Death Penalty Not Warranted Due to Lack of Aggravating Circumstances.

The appellant, Ravishankar @ Baba Vishwakarma, was convicted by the Trial Court for kidnapping, raping, and murdering a 13-year-old girl, and for dest...

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Supreme Court Confirms Death Penalty for Human Sacrifice of Two-Year-Old Boy in Tantric Ritual. Extra-judicial Confession and Recovery of Body from Accused's House Sufficient to Prove Guilt Under Sections 302/34, 364/34, 201 IPC and Section 120B IPC.

The Supreme Court of India heard appeals against a common judgment of the Chhattisgarh High Court confirming the conviction and death sentence of Ishw...

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Supreme Court Upholds Commutation of Death Sentence to Life Imprisonment Due to Inordinate Delay and Solitary Confinement. Acquittal in Related Rape Case Not Considered in Mercy Petition, Violating Fundamental Rights.

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal filed by the Union of India against the High Court's order commuting the death sentence of respondent Dharam Pa...

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Supreme Court Allows NDMC Appeals in Property Tax Dispute — Upholds Unit Area Method as Valid. The impugned Bye-laws are not ultra vires the NDMC Act, 1994, as they fall within the rule-making power under Section 388 and are consistent with Section 63.

The Supreme Court allowed the appeals filed by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) against the Delhi High Court judgment dated August 10, 2017, whi...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Removal of Bank Officer in State Bank of India Disciplinary Case. Penalty of Removal from Service under Rule 67(i) of State Bank of India Officers Service Rules Upheld as Not Disproportionate to Charges of Irregularities as Branch Manager.

The petitioner, Gopal Vajani, was employed by the State Bank of India (the Bank) since 1978, rising from Clerk-cum-typist to Scale-III officer. He was...