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In a significant development in the 2013 sexual assault case involving former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal, the Bombay High Court has overturned his acquittal and convicted him for rape. A Division Bench of the High Court at Goa allowed the Goa governments appeal against the 2021 judgment of the trial court, which had acquitted Tejpal [] The post Bombay High Court reverses Tarun Tejpals acquittal, convicts him in 2013 rape case appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court has reiterated that a mere breach of contractual obligations does not amount to the offence of cheating unless it is established that the accused had a fraudulent or dishonest intention from the very inception of the transaction. Holding that a failed joint development agreement gave rise to a purely civil dispute, the [] The post Supreme Court quashes criminal case against landowners, says breach of contract alone is not cheating appeared first on India Legal .

The Jharkhand High Court has acquitted a man convicted of rape after finding that the evidence on record indicated a long-standing consensual relationship between the parties spanning nearly five years. The Court also took note of the medical evidence, which recorded that the prosecutrix was habituated to sexual intercourse, while clarifying that this observation was [] The post Jharkhand High Court acquits man in rape case,cites five-year consensual relationship appeared first on India Legal .

More than three decades after criminal proceedings were instituted in the aftermath of the Babri Masjid demolition, a Special NIA Court in Lucknow has acquitted 78-year-old Mohammed Naeem, holding that the prosecution failed to establish the charges against him beyond reasonable doubt. Additional District and Sessions Judge/Special Judge (NIA) Umakant Jindal acquitted Naeem of offences [] The post Three decades of trial: Lucknow NIA court acquits 78-year-old in sedition case appeared first on In

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Monday informed the Supreme Court that the Full Court has constituted a committee to examine concerns raised by advocates over the frequent changes in the sequencing of cases listed for hearing. The issue was raised by Senior Advocate Gaurav Bhatia, who pointed out the difficulties faced by lawyers [] The post CJI Surya Kant: Full Court forms committee to examine advocates concerns over case sequencing appeared first on India Legal .

A Delhi court on Monday acquitted former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president and former BJP Member of Parliament Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in the criminal case arising from allegations of sexual harassment levelled by six women wrestlers. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ashwini Panwar of the Rouse Avenue Courts pronounced the verdict. Co-accused and former [] The post Delhi court acquits Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in wrestlers sexual harassment case appeared first on India Legal .

The Bombay High Court on Thursday reserved its judgment on the appeal filed by the State of Goa challenging the acquittal of former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal in the 2013 sexual assault case. A Division Bench of Justice Neela Gokhale and Justice Amit Borkar Jamsandekar concluded hearings after seven sessions and reserved its verdict in [] The post Bombay High Court reserves verdict on Goas appeal against Tarun Tejpals acquittal in 2013 sexual assault case appeared first on India Legal .

The Bombay High Court has quashed externment orders issued by the Mumbai Police against two office-bearers of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), holding that the action failed to satisfy the statutory requirements under the Maharashtra Police Act and amounted to an unjustified restriction on the petitioners fundamental rights. The single-judge Bench of Justice [] The post Babri Masjid demolition remarks: Bombay High Court quashes externment orders against SDPI leaders appeared first on

The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the challenge to the eligibility criteria prescribed for determining beneficiaries under the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) reservation in the All India Quota (AIQ) for NEET admissions, observing that the annual family income ceiling of Rs 8 lakh appeared, at first glance, to be a reasonable criterion. A Bench of [] The post Supreme Court questions legal basis of plea challenging EWS eligibility criteria for NEET AIQ appeared first on India Legal .

A Delhi court on Monday reserved its order on the quantum of sentence for former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain and four other convicts in the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots. After hearing detailed submissions from the prosecution and the defence, Additional Sessions Judge [] The post Ankit Sharma murder case: Delhi court reserves verdict on quantum of sentence for Tahir Hussain appeared first on India Legal .

The Delhi High Court on Friday questioned the Election Commission of India (ECI) over its decision to deploy school teachers as Booth Level Officers (BLOs) for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the national capital, asking whether the constitutional powers vested in the poll body under Article 324 permit such action without [] The post Delhi High Court questions ECI over deployment of school teachers for electoral roll revision appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court on Friday permitted an accused in a digital arrest fraud case to withdraw his special leave petition challenging the denial of bail after orally observing that such offences could justify the invocation of organised crime provisions. The matter was heard by the Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya [] The post Digital arrest fraud case: Accused withdraws bail plea after Supreme Court questions non-invocation of organised crime provisions appeared first on