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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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Madras High Court Acquits Accused in POCSO Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Lack of Corroboration. Conviction for Aggravated Penetrative Sexual Assault of Minor Set Aside as Victim's Testimony Contradicted by Medical Evidence and Other Witnesses.

The case involves an appeal against conviction under POCSO Act and IPC for alleged aggravated penetrative sexual assault of a 6-year-old girl. The vic...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Revision Petition Seeking Set-Off of Pre-Conviction Detention Against Sentence in Theft Case. Petitioners' claim for set-off under Section 428 CrPC rejected as they were in judicial custody in a different case during the relevant period.

The petitioners, accused in C.C.No.575/2015 for offences under Sections 457, 380 read with 34 IPC, were convicted and sentenced by the trial court on ...

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Supreme Court Modifies Conviction from Section 364A IPC to Section 363 IPC in Kidnapping for Ransom Case Due to Insufficient Proof of Threat to Cause Death or Grievous Hurt. Long Incarceration Considered as Mitigating Factor for Sentence Reduction.

The case pertains to the kidnapping of a 14-year-old boy, Harsh Sobti (PW-21), son of Dr. H.K. Sobti (PW-20), on 15.02.2000. The appellants were convi...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellant in Railway Robbery and Assault Case Due to Unreliable Eyewitness Testimony and Lack of Corroboration. Conviction under Sections 392, 332, 353, 323, 504, 506-II IPC and Section 153 Railways Act Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt.

The appellant, Kumar Ramu Rathod, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Greater Mumbai, in Sessions Case No. 625 of 2017 for offences under ...

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Supreme Court Quashes High Court's Order Granting Probation After Final Disposal of Revision — High Court Cannot Exercise Inherent Powers Under Section 482 CrPC to Alter Sentence After Becoming Functus Officio

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal filed by the State of Madhya Pradesh against the order of the High Court which had granted the benefit of the Pro...

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Supreme Court Hears Appeals on Forum for Trial in SEBI Act Cases — Retrospective Application of 2002 and 2014 Amendments Disputed. Court Considers Whether Change from Magistrate to Sessions Court and Subsequent Special Courts Affects Pre‑2002 Offences Still Pending.

This batch of appeals and petitions before the Supreme Court concerned the proper forum for trial of offences under the Securities and Exchange Board ...