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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Senior Advocate for Criminal Contempt in Gujarat High Court Case. Scandalous Allegations Against Judiciary and Registry Constitute Criminal Contempt Under Section 2(c)(i) of Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.

The Supreme Court of India heard an appeal against the conviction of appellant, President of the Gujarat High Court Advocates' Association and a desig...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Delivers Judgment on Writ Petitions Challenging Rejection of GPSC Recommendations for Junior Scale Officer Posts. The Court Examined Whether the Cabinet Decision Was Arbitrary and Violative of Constitutional Guarantees.

The judgment concerns two writ petitions filed before the High Court of Bombay at Goa challenging a Cabinet decision of the Government of Goa. The dis...

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Supreme Court Allows Release of Juvenile in Murder Case After Determining Juvenility Under Juvenile Justice Act. Benefit of Juvenility Claimed After Final Disposal of Case as Age Below 18 Years at Time of Offence Was Established.

The petitioner was convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for causing the death of Amir Ullah on 18th February 1979 at Firozabad, Uttar ...

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Bombay High Court Strikes Down Discriminatory Furlough Condition in Maharashtra Prisons Rules as Unconstitutional. Residence-based classification for furlough eligibility violates Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution.

The petitioners, Chandradev @ Chandu S/o Pareshwar Rai and Satish S/o Ramchandra Ninapure, were convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code a...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Categorization Under 1992 Guidelines for Premature Release of Life Convict in Murder During Robbery Case. Petitioner's Offence of Murder During Robbery Correctly Categorized Under Category 5(a) of the 1992 Guidelines, Which Superseded the 1978 Guidelines.

The petitioner, Harjeetsingh Niranjansingh Jabbal, was convicted under Sections 302 and 397 of the Indian Penal Code for murder committed during a rob...

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High Court of Bombay Dismisses Appeal Against CLB Order Refusing Transfer of Company Petition. Chairman's Quasi-Judicial Order Held Amenable to Section 10F but Lacks Power to Transfer Part-Heard Matter or Constitute Special Bench.

The appeal arose from an order of the Chairman, Company Law Board (CLB) rejecting an application to transfer a partly-heard company petition from the ...

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Supreme Court Refers Questions on Eligibility of Judicial Officers for Direct Recruitment as District Judges to Constitution Bench — Interpretation of Article 233(2) of Constitution of India, 1950 Regarding Requirement of Continuous Practice as Advocate.

The Supreme Court, in a reference by a three-Judge Bench, examined substantial questions of law concerning the interpretation of Article 233(2) of the...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Corruption Case Due to Invalid Sanction and Unproven Demand. Sanctioning Authority's Lack of Competence and Failure to Prove Demand by Gesture Alone Lead to Acquittal Under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

The case arose from a criminal appeal against the conviction of Shankar Babarao Mukkawar, a former Executive Engineer with the Maharashtra Jivan Pradh...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Remission Policy Applicability Case — 2002 Policy Governs Convicts Sentenced Before 2008 Policy Came Into Effect. The Court held that the policy in force at the time of conviction applies, and subsequent policy cannot be applied retrospectively to deny remission.

The appellant, Parveen Kumar @ Parveen Chauhan, was convicted for the murder of a 12-year-old child on 3rd January 2009 under FIR No.670 of 2007. He w...

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High Court of Karnataka Adjudicates Death Sentence Confirmation and Appeals against Conviction in 2000 Church Bomb Blast. Accused were convicted under Sections 120-B, 121-A, 124-A, 153-A IPC by Trial Court for conspiracy and bomb blast at St. Peter and Paul Church, Bangalore.

The High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru heard together a criminal reference for confirmation of death sentence and two criminal appeals arising from ...