The Patna High Court has reprimanded two lower court judges in Bihar, imposing fines of a “token amount” on them for the conviction of an individual in a case that was deemed... Read more »
The Delhi High Court recently upheld the conviction of a person sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping and murdering a one-year-four-month-old child in 2016. The division bench of Justice Mukta Gupta and... Read more »
The Supreme Court recently held that if a wife died in her matrimonial home under unusual circumstances within seven years of marriage will not suffice to convict the husband for dowry death. According to... Read more »
The Patna High Court recently held that conviction under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act cannot be upheld if the survivor’s age is not proven. A single bench of... Read more »
The Supreme Court recently acquitted a man who was convicted by a trial court in 2005 for taking a bribe of Rs 300. A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice... Read more »