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Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Insufficient Evidence and Unreliable Confession. Conviction under Section 302 read with Section 34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860, set aside as prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt based on confession and circumstantial evidence.

The Supreme Court of India heard criminal appeals filed by four appellants challenging their conviction for murder under Section 302 read with Section...

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Supreme Court Upholds Disqualification of MLA for Voluntarily Giving Up Party Membership Based on Newspaper Reports and Lack of Specific Denial. Speaker's reliance on newspaper reports and photographs held sufficient to infer voluntary abandonment of party membership under Tenth Schedule.

The appellant, Shri Kshetrimayum Biren Singh, was elected as a Member of the Manipur Legislative Assembly in March 2017 as a candidate of the Indian N...

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Supreme Court Upholds State's Vesting of Private Forest Land Under Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, 1971. The court affirmed the tribunal's rejection of the claimant's exemption plea due to insufficient evidence of principal cultivation as plantation under Section 2(f) of the Act.

The appeal arose from a dispute over the vesting of land under the Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, 1971. The respondent, Popular ...

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Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Kerala Abkari Act Case Due to Insufficient Evidence and Procedural Lapses. Conviction under Section 55(a) for illegal transport of spirit set aside as prosecution failed to prove ownership of truck and reliable identification of accused beyond reasonable doubt.

The Supreme Court of India heard criminal appeals arising from convictions under Section 55(a) of the Kerala Abkari Act for illegally transporting 609...

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Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Kerala Forest Act Case Due to Lack of Evidence and Statutory Interpretation. Sandalwood Oil Not Classified as Forest Produce Under Section 2(f), and Prosecution Failed to Prove Illicit Removal from Reserve Forest as Required Under Section 27(1)(d).

The appeal arose from a criminal conviction under the Kerala Forest Act, 1961, involving the appellant, a partner in a firm manufacturing and trading ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Contempt Petition for Alleged Wilful Disobedience of Order to Vacate Premises — Failure to File Undertaking and Pay Dues Not Contempt as Substantive Compliance Achieved.

The contempt petition was filed by Hukum Chand Deswal (petitioner) against Satish Raj Deswal (respondent) alleging wilful disobedience of the Supreme ...