Conviction Cannot Rest on Rumour or Unproved Sniffer-Dog Tracking: Minimum Proof Standards in “Two-Story” Homicide Prosecutions 1. Introduction The Allahabad High Court (J.J. Munir, J. and Vinai...
Reliable Dying Declaration as Sole Basis for Section 302 Conviction Despite Hostile Witnesses; Separate Residence Undermines In-Law’s Section 498A Liability 1. Introduction Suhail v. State Of U.P....
Dying Declaration as Primary Proof Despite Delayed FIR & Unproved “Omissions” in Section 161 Statements — Tilluka @ Manoj v. State Of U.P. (Allahabad High Court, 02.07.2026) 1. Introduction The...
Senior Citizens Act, 2007: Protection of Life/Property Is Preventive; Title Adjudication and Deed-Invalidation Lie Only Through Section 23 (Not Section 22/Writ) 1. Introduction Case: Satish Chandra...
Exception to Chapter VIII Rule 5 Bar: Special Appeal Maintainable Against a Non-Speaking Writ Order Violating Natural Justice 1. Introduction Sanjay Agrawal v. State Of U.P. And 4 Others (Allahabad...
Related Witnesses as “Natural Witnesses”: Minor Contradictions on Weapon Description and Travel Sequence Not Fatal to a Section 302 IPC Conviction Case: Ranjeet Patel v. State Of U.P. (Criminal...
Section 34 IPC Requires Proof of Prior Concert; Suspicion and Uncorroborated “Firing in Air” Allegations Cannot Sustain a Murder Conviction 1. Introduction In Shaheed And Others v. State (Allahabad...
Public Interest Primacy in Challenges to Government Infrastructure Projects: Demarcation as the Immediate Remedy 1. Introduction In M/S Shri Rk Cold Storage And General Mils And 3 Others v. State Of...
Mandatory Fine as an Integral Component of Sentencing under Section 376 IPC and the Requirement of “Adequate and Special Reasons” for Below-Minimum Imprisonment 1. Introduction Case: Rakesh v. State...
Maintenance under Section 125 Cr.P.C.: Welfare Housing and Unproven Earnings Do Not Defeat a Wife’s Claim; Able-Bodied Husband Cannot Plead Unemployment Case: Mannan @ Abdul Mannan v. State Of Up And...
Educated Wife Not Denied Section 125 Cr.P.C. Maintenance Without Proof of Sufficient Income; Adverse Inference for Withheld Financial Records 1. Introduction In Alok Tiwari v. State of U.P. And...
Section 125 Cr.P.C. Maintenance: No “Full Matrimonial Trial” Standard; Neglect Inferred from Non-Payment and Discord; Realistic Quantum 1. Introduction The Allahabad High Court, in Smt. Reenu And 2...
Manual Verification in AIBE Where OMR Set-Code Bubbling Error Causes Wrongful Failure (Non-Precedential, Case-Specific Relief) 1. Introduction Case: Love Yadav v. Bar Council Of India Thru. Chairman...
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)...
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...
Non-supply of Grounds of Arrest Before Remand Vitiates Arrest and Compels Bail; Section 27 Discovery Requires Police-Station Disclosure Panchnama Case: Sandeep Baisoya v. State of U.P. Court:...
Bail in Rape–Murder Where DNA Is Inconclusive: Forensic Infrastructure Lapses as a Decisive Bail Consideration 1. Introduction The decision in Manoj v. State of U.P. (Allahabad High Court,...
Designation Alone Is Insufficient for Criminal Prosecution; Cryptic Summoning Orders Are Liable to Be Quashed Under Section 482 CrPC 1. Introduction The decision in Azim Premji v. State Of U.P. Thru....
Mechanical Rejection of Withdrawal Under Section 321 Cr.P.C. Is Impermissible Where the Public Prosecutor’s Independent Satisfaction Is Evident 1. Introduction The Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench...