Offences Against Property

Supreme Court Quashes Gangsters Act Charges After Acquittal in Predicate Offenses: Farhana vs. State of Uttar Pradesh (2024) INSC 118 (19 February 2024)

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Supreme Court Quashes Gangsters Act Charges After Acquittal in Predicate Offenses LEGAL ISSUE: Can proceedings under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 continue if the accused is acquitted in the predicate offenses? CASE TYPE: Criminal Law Case Name: Farhana vs. State of Uttar Pradesh [Judgment Date]: 19 February 2024 Introduction Date […]

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Supreme Court quashes criminal charges against husband in matrimonial dispute: Abhishek Saxena vs. State of Uttar Pradesh (2023) INSC 1088 (28 November 2023)

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Supreme Court quashes criminal charges against husband in matrimonial dispute: Abhishek Saxena vs. State of Uttar Pradesh (2023) INSC 1088 (28 November 2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether criminal charges of voluntarily causing hurt, extortion and criminal breach of trust can be sustained in a matrimonial dispute where the basic ingredients of these offences are not met.

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Supreme Court overturns High Court order in property theft case: Ruchir Rastogi vs. Pankaj Rastogi (2023)

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Supreme Court overturns High Court order in property theft case: Ruchir Rastogi vs. Pankaj Rastogi (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the High Court was right in quashing the FIR for offences under Sections 457, 380, and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Ruchir Rastogi vs. Pankaj Rastogi and Others Judgment

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Supreme Court quashes criminal proceedings against DBS Bank in Religare Finvest case: 2023 INSC 819 (11 September 2023)

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Supreme Court quashes criminal proceedings against DBS Bank in Religare Finvest case LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a transferee bank can be held criminally liable for the actions of the transferor bank after a non-voluntary amalgamation. CASE TYPE: Criminal. Case Name: Religare Finvest Limited vs. State of NCT of Delhi & Anr. [Judgment Date]: 11 September 2023

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Supreme Court Upholds Charges in Cheating Case: Supriya Jain vs. State of Haryana (2023)

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Supreme Court Upholds Charges in Cheating Case: Supriya Jain vs. State of Haryana (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the High Court was correct in dismissing the petition to quash the charges against the petitioner in a case of cheating and criminal conspiracy. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Supriya Jain vs. State of Haryana and Anr. [Judgment

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Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against ISKCON Leaders in Bus Theft Case: Chanchalapati Das vs. State of West Bengal (2023) INSC 496 (18 May 2023)

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Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against ISKCON Leaders in Bus Theft Case Date of the Judgment: 18 May 2023 Citation: (2023) INSC 496 Judges: Justice Ajay Rastogi and Justice Bela M. Trivedi Can a criminal case be pursued when there’s an unexplained eight-year delay in filing a complaint? The Supreme Court of India recently addressed

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Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings in ISKCON Bus Theft Case: Chanchalpati Das vs. State of West Bengal (2023) INSC 554

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Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings in ISKCON Bus Theft Case Date of the Judgment: 18 May 2023 Citation: (2023) INSC 554 Judges: Justice Ajay Rastogi and Justice Bela M. Trivedi Can a criminal case be sustained when there is an unexplained delay of eight years in filing the complaint? The Supreme Court recently addressed this

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Supreme Court Reverses Bail in Money Laundering Case: Directorate of Enforcement vs. Aditya Tripathi (2023)

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Supreme Court Reverses Bail in Money Laundering Case: Directorate of Enforcement vs. Aditya Tripathi (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the High Court erred in granting bail without considering the stringent conditions under Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), and the ongoing investigation by the Enforcement Directorate. CASE TYPE: Criminal – Prevention

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Supreme Court Quashes FIR in Land Dispute Case: Gulam Mustafa vs. State of Karnataka (2023)

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Supreme Court Quashes FIR in Land Dispute Case: Gulam Mustafa vs. State of Karnataka (2023) Date of the Judgment: May 10, 2023 Citation: 2023 INSC 5112 Judges: Dinesh Maheshwari, J. and Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J. Can a long-standing civil dispute over land ownership justify a criminal complaint? The Supreme Court of India recently addressed this question,

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Supreme Court clarifies bail conditions under GCTOC Act: Atulbhai Bhanderi vs. State of Gujarat (2023)

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Supreme Court Grants Bail: GCTOC Act and Organized Crime – Atulbhai Bhanderi vs. State of Gujarat (2023) Date of the Judgment: 4 May 2023 Citation: Criminal Appeal No. 1390 of 2023 (@ Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No. 10051 of 2022) Judges: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ajay Rastogi and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah. The judgment was

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Supreme Court Grants Bail: Analyzing GCTOC Act & Organized Crime in Gujarat (4 May 2023)

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Supreme Court Grants Bail: Analyzing GCTOC Act & Organized Crime in Gujarat LEGAL ISSUE: Whether bail should be granted to an accused under the Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime Act, 2015 (GCTOC Act) based on the number of prior cases and the nature of allegations. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law Case Name: Atulbhai Vithalbhai

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Supreme Court acquits accused in robbery case due to doubtful evidence: Anwar vs. State of Haryana (2023)

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Supreme Court acquits accused in robbery case due to doubtful evidence: Anwar vs. State of Haryana (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the prosecution proved the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt in a case of robbery and illegal possession of arms. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Anwar @ Bhugra v. State of Haryana [Judgment Date]:

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