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Supreme Court Strikes Down Caste-Based Discrimination in Prison Manuals as Unconstitutional. Prison Rules Dividing Labour and Segregating Barracks by Caste Violate Articles 14, 15, 17, 21, and 23 of the Constitution.

The petitioner, Sukanya Shantha, a journalist, filed a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution seeking directions for the repeal of offendi...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings in Extortion Case Due to Settlement Between Parties. Offences Under Sections 386, 387, 447, 506, 109 IPC Are Compoundable or Non-Serious, and Continuation Would Be Futile.

The applicants (accused) filed an application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking quashing of RCC No.3212 of 2015 arisi...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Quashes Charges Under SC/ST Act for Lack of Public View Element in Caste-Based Insult Allegation. Offence under Section 3(1)(x) of SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 requires insult to be in public view, which was absent as incident occurred inside a house.

This judgment arises from a criminal revision application filed by three applicants (original accused) challenging an order dated 07/09/2015 passed by...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Complainant's Challenge Against Discharge of Accused in Import Export Act Case. Complaints under Section 5 of Import and Export (Control) Act, 1947 were not maintainable as the Act stood repealed and complaints lacked valid sanction.

The Deputy Chief Controller of Import & Export, Mumbai, filed separate complaints against various accused before the Metropolitan Magistrate, 19th Cou...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against Conviction Under Section 353 IPC for Assaulting Public Servants. Court Holds That Section 195 CrPC Does Not Bar Trial for Distinct Offence of Assault on Public Servant, Even Though Same Facts Also Constituted Obstruction Under Section 186 IPC.

The case arose from an incident where the appellants obstructed and assaulted two public servants who were executing a decree of a civil court. The ap...