Convicted of murder on the basis of circumstantial evidence
This is a summary of a judgment in Criminal Appeal No. 2269 of 2010 in the Supreme Court of India. The appellant was charged with the murder of his wife…
Urgent necessity of insulating Election Commission from executive interference.
Election Commission is an important constitutional body.It needs to be insulated against executive interference for it to functional independently. The court emphasized the importance of institutional integrity over personal integrity…
Juveniles when convicted to be referred to the Juvenile Justice Board.
In Juvenile justice though the conviction of juveniles is aloud to stand , their sentences are set aside. The Juvenile Justice Board must examine the case of a juvenile on…
Supreme Court allows gram panchayat to sell non cultivable land to encroachers
The legal issue was that of selling of non cultivable land to encroachers by the Gram Panchayat. This is a summary of the Supreme Court of India’s judgment in Civil…
Whether the criminal complaint was rightly dismissed due to non-appearance of the complainant?
The Supreme Court of India granted leave to hear Criminal Appeal Nos. 657-664 of 2023 arising from SLP (Criminal) Nos. 867-874 of 2020 filed by M/s. BLS Infrastructure Limited against…