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....
CASE SUMMARY - In Asian Paints Ltd. vs. Ram Babu, the Supreme Court clarified that a company suffering from counterfeiting and IP infringement qualifies as a "victim" under Section 2(wa) CrPC. The trial court convicted Ram Babu for selling counterfeit Asian Paints...
GIST Recently, India recorded 31,677 rape cases—an average of 86 per day—up from 28,046 in 2020, though slightly down from 32,033 in 2019 . Almost 89% of these were committed by someone known to the victim, and 10% involved minors below age 18 . State data from the...
SUPREME COURT QUASHES NARCO-ANALYSIS ORDER IN AMLLESH KUMAR CASE CASE SUMMARY - The Supreme Court in Amlesh Kumar vs State of Bihar quashed a Patna High Court order permitting narco-analysis of accused in a dowry-related disappearance case . The Court held that such...