SC EXPUNGES STRICTURES AGAINST JUDICIAL OFFICER KAUSHAL SINGH IN BAIL ORDER CASE CASE SUMMARY - In Kaushal Singh vs. State of Rajasthan (2025), the Supreme Court expunged adverse remarks made by the Rajasthan High Court against a Judicial Officer for allegedly...
SC QUASHES FIR AGAINST RETD. ARMY OFFICER’S FAMILY IN LAND DISPUTE CASE CASE SUMMARY - In Mala Choudhary & Anr. vs. State of Telangana & Anr., the Supreme Court quashed an FIR alleging cheating in a property transaction involving a 70-year-old woman and her...
SC GRANTS EQUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS TO TRIBAL WOMAN'S HEIRS CASE SUMMARY - In Ram Charan & Ors. vs. Sukhram & Ors., the Supreme Court addressed the question of whether tribal women or their heirs are entitled to ancestral property. Lower courts denied this right...
CASE SUMMARY - In Birka Shiva vs. State of Telangana, the Supreme Court overturned the appellant’s conviction under IPC Sections 376, 363, and 342. The victim allegedly lived with the accused for two months, but the prosecution failed to establish she was a minor or...
SC GRANTS DIVORCE ON IRRETRIEVABLE BREAKDOWN AFTER 16 YEARS OF SEPARATION CASE SUMMARY - In Pradeep Bhardwaj vs. Priya, the Supreme Court granted a divorce on the ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage after the couple had been separated for over 16 years. The...
Gist of Judgment The Supreme Court decriminalized consensual homosexual acts between adults by partially striking down Section 377 of the IPC (now BNS), holding it unconstitutional insofar as it criminalized consensual sexual conduct between adults of the same sex....