Supreme Court Dissolves Marriage Citing Irretrievable Breakdown, Orders ₹2 Crore Alimony Date of the Judgment: 15 July 2024 Citation: 2024 INSC 530 Judges: Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra Can a marriage be dissolved if it has irretrievably broken down, even if there are no specific grounds for divorce under existing laws? The […]
Supreme Court Upholds Dowry Harassment Case: Priyanka Jaiswal vs. State of Jharkhand (2024) INSC 357 LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a High Court can quash criminal proceedings based on omnibus allegations and lack of territorial jurisdiction in a dowry harassment case. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Priyanka Jaiswal vs. The State of Jharkhand and Others Judgment Date:
Supreme Court Quashes Second FIR on Same Allegations: Parteek Bansal vs. State of Rajasthan (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a second FIR can be registered on the same set of allegations after a first FIR has already been registered and investigated. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law Case Name: Parteek Bansal vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. [Judgment
Supreme Court Declares Marriage Void Due to Lack of Proper Rites: Dolly Rani vs. Manish Kumar Chanchal (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Validity of a Hindu marriage without proper ceremonies. CASE TYPE: Family Law Case Name: Dolly Rani vs. Manish Kumar Chanchal Judgment Date: April 19, 2024 Introduction Date of the Judgment: April 19, 2024 Citation: 2024
Supreme Court Overturns Murder Conviction, Upholds Dowry Harassment: Ravinder Kumar vs. State of NCT of Delhi (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether circumstantial evidence was sufficient to uphold a murder conviction when the prosecution failed to establish a clear chain of events. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law Case Name: Ravinder Kumar vs. State of NCT of Delhi Judgment
Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings in Matrimonial Dispute: Mamidi Anil Kumar Reddy vs. State of Andhra Pradesh (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Quashing of criminal proceedings based on general and omnibus allegations in matrimonial disputes. CASE TYPE: Criminal. Case Name: Mamidi Anil Kumar Reddy vs. The State of Andhra Pradesh & Anr. [Judgment Date]: 05 February 2024
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 Reduces Sentence in Dowry Death Case: Sanjay Babu Lal vs. State of Haryana (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Reduction of sentence in dowry death cases considering mitigating circumstances. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law Case Name: Sanjay Babu Lal vs. State of Haryana Judgment Date: November 8, 2023 Introduction Date of the Judgment: November 8, 2023 Citation:
Supreme Court Overturns Conviction in Dowry Death Case: Shambhubhai Kalabhai Raval vs. State of Gujarat (2023) INSC 977 LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a conviction for abetment of suicide and cruelty can be sustained based solely on a dying declaration of questionable reliability. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law (Dowry Death, Abetment of Suicide) Case Name: Shambhubhai Kalabhai Raval
Supreme Court Upholds Murder Conviction in Uxoricide Case: Anil Kumar vs. State of Kerala (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the act of setting a wife on fire after she poured kerosene on herself amounts to murder or culpable homicide not amounting to murder. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Anil Kumar vs. State of Kerala [Judgment Date]:
Supreme Court Convicts in Dowry Death Case, Modifies Sentence Date of the Judgment: October 19, 2023 Citation: 2023 INSC 933 Judges: S. Ravindra Bhat, J., Aravind Kumar, J. Can a conviction for dowry death be upheld if the dying declaration doesn’t explicitly link the suicide to an immediate dowry demand? The Supreme Court recently addressed
Supreme Court overturns conviction for abetment of suicide, upholds cruelty conviction: Kamlakar vs. State of Karnataka (2023) INSC 989 LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the accused is guilty of cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and abetment of suicide under Section 306 of the IPC. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law Case Name: Kamlakar vs.
