Supreme Court Quashes FIR Against Distant Relative in Matrimonial Dispute: Payal Sharma vs. State of Punjab (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a distant relative can be implicated in a matrimonial dispute based on general and omnibus allegations. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Payal Sharma vs. State of Punjab & Anr. [Judgment Date]: 26 November 2024 Date […]
Supreme Court Modifies Order on FIR Quashing: Gagan Banga vs. State of West Bengal (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Modification of an order passed by the Supreme Court. CASE TYPE: Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case Name: Gagan Banga and another vs. The State of West Bengal and others Judgment Date: September 23, 2024 Date of the Judgment: September
Supreme Court Quashes FIR Against Relatives and Employee in Nursing College Admission Scam Date of the Judgment: 09 April 2024 Citation: (2024) INSC 322 Judges: B.R. Gavai, J. and Prashant Kumar Mishra, J. Can family members and employees of an educational institution be held criminally liable for the institution’s alleged wrongdoings, simply by virtue of
Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings in Contract Dispute: Naresh Kumar vs. State of Karnataka (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a contractual dispute can be given the color of a criminal offense. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Naresh Kumar & Anr. vs. The State of Karnataka & Anr. [Judgment Date]: 12 March 2024 Introduction Date of the
Supreme Court Quashes FIR Against Husband’s Relatives in Dowry Harassment Case LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a First Information Report (FIR) filed against the husband’s relatives for dowry harassment under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 can be quashed when the allegations are general and lack specific details. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law. Case Name: Safiya
Supreme Court quashes criminal case against landlords in property dispute: Vishnu Kumar Shukla vs. State of Uttar Pradesh (2023) INSC 1026 (28 November 2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a criminal case for house-trespass can be sustained against a landlord when the tenant’s claim of possession is based on a forged document. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name:
Supreme Court Restricts Second Petitions Under Section 482 CrPC: Bhisham Lal Verma vs. State of Uttar Pradesh (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Maintainability of a second petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) on grounds available during the first petition. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Bhisham Lal Verma vs. State of Uttar
Supreme Court quashes summoning order in breach of trust case: Deepak Gaba & Ors. vs. State of Uttar Pradesh (2023) Date of the Judgment: January 2, 2023 Citation: 2023 INSC 1 Judges: Sanjiv Khanna, J. and J.K. Maheshwari, J. Can a mere commercial dispute lead to criminal charges of breach of trust? The Supreme Court
Supreme Court Quashes Madras High Court Order on Land Grabbing Cases Transfer (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the High Court can transfer cases from Special Courts to jurisdictional courts in a disposed matter. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Registrar General, High Court of Judicature at Madras vs. The State, represented by the Inspector of Police, Central
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Supreme Court Quashes Bigamy Complaint Based on Family Court Ruling Date of the Judgment: 21 January 2022 Citation: 2022 INSC 54 Judges: Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, J and Bela M Trivedi, J Can a criminal complaint for bigamy stand when a Family Court has already ruled that the alleged prior marriage did not exist? The
Supreme Court quashes High Court’s suo moto recall of order: XXX vs. State of Kerala (2021) INSC 719 LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a High Court can recall its own order quashing an FIR, after the order has been passed, except to correct clerical or arithmetical errors. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: XXX vs. The State of
Supreme Court quashes FIR in contractual dispute: Kapil Agarwal vs. Sanjay Sharma (2021) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a subsequent FIR can be registered on the same set of facts and allegations when a complaint under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 is already pending before a Magistrate. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Kapil
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