A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Sandeep Mehta heard an appeal concerning the compounding of an offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The matter reached the Supreme Court after the High Court dismissed an application by the accused seeking modification of its revision order that had upheld his conviction.Read More

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the National Highway Authority of India's (NHAI’s) challenge to a  Kerala High Court Order  which suspended toll collection for four weeks at the Thrissur district plaza on National Highway (NH) 544, citing poor road conditions and traffic bottlenecks. Read More

Alok Kumar and Agrani Homes face multiple criminal cases filed by home buyers alleging cheating and non-delivery of flats. The first FIR was lodged on January 11, 2018, at Shastri Nagar Police Station, Patna, under Sections 420 IPC and 138 NI Act. Over time, the number of FIRs increased to 81, with the total alleged...Read More

The Court was hearing a suo motu matter against the increasing incidents of infants, young children and the elderly falling prey to rabies. While it was dictating an order that the stray dogs in the National Capital Region be immediately moved to the dog sheltersRead More

The Allahabad High Court last week clarified that a Magistrate cannot issue a notice to a prospective accused under Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), without first recording the statements of the complainant and the witnesses, if any. Read More

The bench comprising Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Aravind Kumar granted relief to a bus driver employed with the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC), who was prematurely terminated from service after acquiring colour blindness, without any attempt by the employer to identify or offer him an alternative employmentRead More

The case centered on a 4-acre 16-gunta agricultural land situated in Andhra Pradesh, originally owned by one Metpalli Ramanna who passed away before 1949. The property later devolved upon his son, Metpalli RajannaRead More

The bench noted after the Apex Court granted bail to the man on April 29, a trial court in Ghaziabad on May 27 issued a release order to the superintendent jailor to release the accused from custody upon execution of the personal bond, unless liable to be detained in some other matter. "After this order...Read More

Notably Section 39 (Display of the certificate of registration and other information by the clinical establishment) states, "Every clinical establishment shall display, in a conspicuous place in the clinical establishment in MalayalamRead More

The court was hearing a petition filed by a wife seeking direction to the Regional Passport Office to process her passport application. The wife had submitted that she got married in 2023 and had a daughter in 2024. While so, due to a matrimonial dispute, her husband had filed for dissolution of marriage, which was...Read More