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Gujarat High Court Dismisses State Appeal Against Acquittal in Kidnapping and Rape Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Lack of Corroboration. Victim's Testimony Contradicted by Medical Evidence and Delay in FIR Led to Benefit of Doubt for Accused Under Sections 363, 366, 376 IPC and SC/ST Act.

The State of Gujarat filed an acquittal appeal under Section 378 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, challenging the judgment and order dated 10.01....

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Disciplinary Entrustment Orders Passed Against BBMP Employees After Acquittal in Bribery Cases. Court Finds Government Failed to Apply Mind Under Section 12(4) of Karnataka Lokayukta Act, 1984 and There Was Inordinate Delay in Initiating Proceedings.

The High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru adjudicated two writ petitions filed by BBMP employees, K.S. Nanjegowda and N.G. Nataraj, who challenged gove...

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Supreme Court Acquits Conductor in Bus Accident Case Under Section 308 IPC — No Intent to Cause Death or Grievous Hurt Established. Ringing Bell Without Checking Passenger Boarding Does Not Amount to Attempt to Commit Culpable Homicide.

The Supreme Court considered an appeal against the conviction of Abdul Ansar, a bus conductor, under Section 308 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for an...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Domestic Violence Proceedings Against Husband and In-laws Due to Lack of Territorial Jurisdiction. Complaint Filed at Pune While Shared Household Was in Hyderabad — Held That Jurisdiction Lies Where Cause of Action Arises, Not at Wife's Temporary Residence.

The petitioners, the husband and his parents, filed a writ petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India challenging the proceedings initiat...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Rape Case Based on Consent and Promise of Marriage — Failure to Prove Ingredients of Rape Under Section 375 IPC. Evidence of Victim Contradictory and Medical Evidence Inconsistent with Prosecution Story.

The applicant, Pravin @ Shrikrishna Chandrakant Marathe, was convicted by the Assistant Sessions Judge, Sindhudurg, for offences under Sections 376, 4...

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Supreme Court Overrules PV Narasimha Rao, Holds Bribery Not Protected by Parliamentary Privilege — Legislators Who Accept Bribes for Speech or Vote Are Not Immune from Prosecution Under Articles 105(2) and 194(2) of the Constitution.

The Supreme Court of India, in a seven-judge bench decision, overruled its earlier majority judgment in PV Narasimha Rao v. State (CBI/SPE) (1998) 4 S...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal of School Management Against Reinstatement of Teacher Accused of Sexual Misconduct with Students. Departmental Inquiry Not Dependent on Criminal Trial Outcome.

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal filed by the Secretary, Lucy Sequeira Trust and another, the management of a school, against the judgment of the ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of CRPF Head Constable for Negligent Handling of Weapon Causing Death of Colleague. Acquittal in Criminal Case Does Not Vitiate Disciplinary Proceeding Based on Preponderance of Probabilities.

The first respondent, Sitaram Mishra, was a Head Constable in the CRPF. On 18 February 1998, while cleaning his loaded 9 MM carbine in the barracks wi...