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Madras High Court Allows Suspension of Sentence in Custodial Death Case of Minor Suspect. Petitioners, police officers convicted under Sections 343 and 304(ii) IPC for custodial violence causing death, seek bail pending appeal under Section 430 BNSS.

The petitioners, four police officers, were convicted by the IV Additional District and Sessions Court, Madurai, in SC.No.289 of 2021 for offences und...

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Supreme Court Lays Down Pan-India Guidelines Against Demolition of Properties of Accused Without Due Process. Executive Cannot Use Demolition as Punishment for Crime; Right to Shelter Protected Under Article 21.

This batch of writ petitions under Article 32 of the Constitution of India raised a grievance that residential and commercial properties of persons ac...

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Supreme Court Restores Conviction for Aggravated Penetrative Sexual Assault Under POCSO Act Despite Victim's Consent and Cohabitation. Consent of a Minor Is Irrelevant for Offences Under the POCSO Act and Section 376 IPC, and the High Court Exceeded Its Jurisdiction by Acquitting Based on Such Consent.

The Supreme Court of India dealt with a suo motu writ petition and a criminal appeal arising from a judgment of the Calcutta High Court. The backgroun...

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Supreme Court Dismisses PIL Seeking National Plan Under Disaster Management Act for COVID-19 Pandemic. Existing National Disaster Management Plan and Funds Held Sufficient for Pandemic Response.

The writ petition was filed as a public interest litigation by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation seeking directions to the Union of India to p...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petitions Challenging Transfer of Assistant Professors from Autonomous College. Government retains administrative control over employees recruited before grant of autonomy, and transfer order is not ultra vires.

The petitioners, Assistant Professors, were recruited by the State Government before their college became autonomous. Subsequently, the government tra...