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Bombay High Court Upholds Life Imprisonment for Son Convicted of Murdering Mother Based on Circumstantial Evidence. Conviction under Section 302 IPC confirmed as chain of circumstances including motive, last seen, and recovery of weapon was complete and consistent with guilt.

The appellant, Suryakant J. Gawde, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Panaji, sitting at Ponda, Goa, for the murder of his mother, Smt. S...

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Supreme Court Upholds State Government's Notification Fixing Minimum Wages for Hotels and Eating Houses Under Minimum Wages Act, 1948. Validity of Alternative Procedure Under Section 5(1) Upheld as Not Arbitrary.

The case arose from a challenge by hotel owners to the notification issued by the Government of Mysore under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, fixing minim...

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Supreme Court Holds High Court Erred in Retrospectively Applying 2019 POCSO Amendment to Sentence Accused in Child Sexual Assault Case. Pre-2019 Section 6 of POCSO Act, Not Amended Section, Applies to Offence Committed in 2016, as Article 20(1) Bars Retroactive Penal Enhancement.

The case arose from an incident on 17.02.2016 in which a three-year-old girl was subjected to aggravated penetrative sexual assault. The victim's fath...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses State Appeal Against Acquittal in Dowry Death Case — Prosecution Fails to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt. Evidence of Demand for Dowry and Harassment Found Insufficient to Sustain Conviction Under Sections 498A and 302 read with Section 34 of Indian Penal Code.

The State of Karnataka appealed against the judgment of acquittal passed by the Fast Track Court-III, Bengaluru Rural District, in Sessions Case No.35...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in POCSO Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Lack of Corroboration. Conviction under Section 377 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of POCSO Act set aside as testimonies of child victims were contradictory and unsupported by medical evidence.

The appellant, Navin Dhaniram Baraiye, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Nagpur in Special POCSO Case No. 218/2016 for offences under Se...

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Bombay High Court Adjudicates Writ Petitions Filed by Depositors of PMC Bank Seeking Relief from Withdrawal Restrictions. Court Examines Validity of RBI Directions and Protection of Depositors' Interests under Relevant Banking and Co-operative Laws.

A batch of writ petitions and a public interest litigation were filed before the Bombay High Court by various depositors and account holders of the Pu...