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Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings for Cheating Allegations Between Seller and Builder’s Agent, Holding Civil Land Disputes Cannot Be Criminalised, Orders ₹10 Lakh Cost on Complainant for Misusing Criminal Law, Protects Aged Widow and Daughter from Harassment in Property Deal Gone Sour

Court’s Decision The Supreme Court allowed the appeal filed by two women, a seventy-year-old widow of a retired Army officer and her daughter, quashing the First Information Report and criminal…
July 25, 2025
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Kerala High Court Partially Allows Appeal by Reducing Sentence While Upholding Conviction of Public Servant Under Corruption Law After Accepting Bribe, Citing Sufficient Proof of Demand and Acceptance Despite Absence of Direct Evidence, Distinguishes Criminal Misconduct From Civil Dispute, Declines Acquittal Request

Court’s Decision The Kerala High Court partly allowed the criminal appeal by modifying the sentence but upheld the conviction of the appellant, a public servant, under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d)…
July 25, 2025
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Bombay High Court Dismisses Appeal by Subsequent Purchaser Against Declaration of Sale Deed as Non-Binding, Upholds Protection of Coparcenary Rights in Joint Hindu Family Property Sold by Karta Without Legal Necessity, Citing Validity of Ancestral Ownership Rights Over Alleged Bona Fide Purchases

Court’s Decision The Bombay High Court dismissed the second appeal filed by the appellant-purchaser and upheld the concurrent findings of the lower courts, declaring the sale deed executed by the…
July 25, 2025
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Supreme Court Upholds High Court’s Order Dismissing Appeal as Fully Abated Due to Non-Substitution of Co-Appellant’s Legal Representatives, Holds Right to Appeal Extinguished in Joint Decrees Where Non-Substitution Leads to Contradictory Outcomes, Denies Plea Under Order XLI Rule 4 Due to Indivisible Nature of Decree

Court’s Decision The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal challenging the High Court’s decision, which had declared the second appeal to have fully abated due to non-substitution of the legal representatives…
July 25, 2025
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Bombay High Court Sets Aside Sessions Court Order Adding Firm Partners as Accused in Income Tax Prosecution, Holds Failure to Obtain Statutory Sanction Under Income Tax Act Bars Invocation of Section 319 CrPC, Protects Rights of Non-Accused Partners from Arbitrary Criminal Prosecution

Court’s Decision The Bombay High Court allowed the revision applications and set aside the Sessions Court order that had directed impleading of three partners of a firm as accused under…
July 25, 2025
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Kerala High Court Dismisses State’s Appeal Seeking Stamp Duty on Bank Auction Sale Certificates, Upholds No Stamp Duty or Mandatory Registration on Sale Certificates Issued Pursuant to Auction, Clarifies Only Optional Registration Permissible Without Imposition of Fiscal Burdens on Auction Purchasers

Court’s Decision The Kerala High Court dismissed a series of appeals filed by State Revenue Authorities challenging judgments quashing demands for stamp duty on sale certificates issued by banks and…
July 25, 2025