Articles, case updates and legal news tagged "Criminal Law".
The Supreme Court has quashed a POCSO and criminal case registered against a husband's sister, expressing concern over the growing trend of implicating extended…
Justice Ujjal Bhuyan of the Supreme Court criticized the criminalization of ordinary conduct and highlighted delays in granting bail during a lecture at NLIU. R…
A Bengaluru Sessions Court has granted anticipatory bail to Suma S. Sahukar, daughter of suspended KPSC Chairperson Shivashankarappa S. Sahukar, in a case alleg…
The Central Government has proposed amendments to strengthen India's anti-paper leak framework by introducing harsher punishments, higher fines, and fast-track …
The Supreme Court has held that the mere use of abusive or vulgar expletives, however distasteful or uncivil, does not satisfy the legal threshold for the offen…
A 10-year-old schoolgirl in Uttar Pradesh allegedly died by suicide after being accused of stealing ₹10, physically assaulted, and subjected to mental harassmen…
The Delhi High Court has designated a special fast-track court to exclusively handle paper leak and examination malpractice cases. The move aims to ensure speed…
The Supreme Court has observed that bail orders passed by High Courts should ordinarily attain finality and should not be routinely challenged before the apex c…
A Delhi Court has granted interim bail to Parliament security breach accused Sagar Sharma on humanitarian grounds following the death of his father. The court n…
A Sessions Court in Palakkad, Kerala, has awarded the death penalty to Chenthamara, convicted in the sensational 2025 Nenmara twin murder case involving the bru…
The Calcutta High Court has directed West Bengal Police to immediately trace and apprehend Bengal and Delhi Capitals cricketer Abishek Porel in connection with …
The Supreme Court has dismissed the Tamil Nadu government's plea challenging the Madras High Court's interim protection granted to former minister E.V. Velu in …
The Supreme Court has upheld the acquittal of a woman, her alleged lover, and a co-accused in a murder conspiracy case, reiterating that suspicion cannot substi…
The Supreme Court has questioned a Patna High Court ruling that held pressing a woman's chest and attempting to remove her salwar did not amount to attempted ra…
A dispute over alleged financial irregularities in a Ghaziabad housing society turned violent when a resident allegedly trapped and assaulted the society's form…
