Bail under POCSO: “Tacit Approval in Fact” May Mitigate Severity at the Bail Stage Despite No Consent in Law Case: SHAHNAWAZ AMIN SHAN TH.HIS FATHER v. UNION TERRITORY OF J AND K TH.S.H.O PS MAGAM...
Section 435 CrPC Bar Not Perpetual: Premature Release Can Be Considered Once the Central-Act Sentence Is Undergone 1. Introduction Case: Nanjil Mugilan v. The State represented by its, (2026 MHC...
Disclosure Statements Cannot Substitute Proof: Section 27 Evidence Act Limited to Discovery; Circumstantial Chain Must Be Complete Case: ALI MOHAMMAD DAR v. UNION TERRITORY THORUGH POLICE STATION...
Welfare-Centric Use of Section 528 BNSS in POCSO Cases: Counselling-Guided Scrutiny of Alleged Misuse, Section 22 Enquiries, and Statewide “Singapen Sensitisation Workshops” Court: Madurai Bench of...
Section 528 BNSS Quashment at Final-Report Stage: Vague Allegations Cannot Sustain Prosecution under IPC Sections 294(b), 341, 353 and 506(ii) 1. Introduction In Thomas @ Dhamas v. The State of...
Magistrate-Recorded Dying Declaration in Extensive Burn Cases Can Sustain POCSO Conviction; Production of Original Mobile Device Treats Electronic Record as Primary Evidence (No Section 65B...
Down Syndrome as “Mental Retardation/Intellectual Disability” Under the National Trust Act: Guardianship Applications Must Follow Statutory Procedure 1. Introduction Case: V K SATHEESH KUMAR v. THE...
Order XLI Rule 33 CPC: High Court’s Power to Enhance Motor Accident Compensation Without Cross-Objection in Catastrophic Injury Cases 1. Introduction Case: THE DIVISIONAL MANAGER, v. KATHIRESAN (with...
Delay in FIR Caused by Police Inaction Is Not a Ground for Anticipatory Bail in Dowry-Death Allegations; Early Grief-Stage Statements Need Not Be Exhaustively Detailed 1. Introduction The Delhi High...
Dispensing with Departmental Enquiry on “Security of the State” Grounds: Reasons Need Not Appear in the Dismissal Order if Contemporaneous Record Supports the Governor’s Satisfaction 1) Introduction...
Waiver of the One-Year Bar under Section 29 SMA for Mutual-Consent Divorce in “Notional” Marriages Causing Exceptional Hardship 1. Introduction In SHAHBAZ KHAN v. KOMAL SHRESTH (Delhi High Court,...
Parity and Prolonged Incarceration as Decisive Factors for Bail under UAPA Section 43D(5) in NIA Cases 1. Introduction The decision in MR FAIROZ PASHA v. NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY (Karnataka High...
Material Improvements in Protest-Complaint Proceedings and the Magistrate’s Heightened Duty Before Summoning for Murder Case: Lala And Another v. State of U.P. and Another (Allahabad High Court)...
Acquittal Where Child Prosecutrix’s “Step-by-Step Improvements” and Non-Corroborative Medical Evidence Make Sole-Testimony Conviction Unsafe Case: Kuntesh v. State of U.P. (Allahabad High Court)...
Vacillating Pleadings and Inordinate Delay Defeat Writ Claims for University Medals Case: IBRAR BASHIR SHIRAZI v. UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR Court: High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, Srinagar...
Release of Licensed Firearms as Muddamal Pending Trial: Expeditious Interim Custody Under Section 497 BNSS with Evidentiary Safeguards Case: JAIPAL SINGH v. STATE OF RAJASTHAN | Citation: 2026 RJ-JD...
Long Separation, Defamatory Complaints to Employer, and Removal of Thali as “Mental Cruelty” under Section 13(1)(ia) HMA 1) Introduction Case: VALLIAMMAL v. A. CHELLADURAI (2026 MHC 1807), Madras...
Forum Non Conveniens in Criminal PIL: High Court Declines Jurisdiction Absent Territorial Nexus 1. Introduction In S.Vignesh Shishir v. Union Of India Thru. Secy. Ministry Of Home Affairs New Delhi...
Withdrawal-Based Closure of Civil Contempt: High Court’s Discretion to Close Proceedings Without Adjudicating Willful Disobedience Case: PROF. DR. K.S. ANILKUMAR v. DR. MOHAN KUNNUMMAL Citation: 2026...
Article 21 “Right to Be Forgotten” Applied to Online Judicial Records: De-indexing (Global) and Masking as Privacy-Compatible Limits to Open Justice Case: LAKSH VIR SINGH YADAV v. UNION OF INDIA &...