News Supreme Court Grants Custody of Minor Child to Father, Overturns High Court’s Decision Favoring Maternal Grandparents: Holds That Natural Guardian’s Rights Prevail Unless Contrary to Child’s Welfare RawlawMarch 5, 20256 min read
News Supreme Court Enhances Compensation for Amputee Labourer in Motor Accident Case – Applies Minimum Wages Act, Recognizes 80% Functional Disability, and Includes Future Prospects RawlawMarch 5, 20255 min read
News Supreme Court Rules That Commercial Laundry Services Using Power-Operated Machinery and Employing More Than 10 Workers Qualify as a “Factory” Under the Factories Act, 1948, and Restores Criminal Proceedings Quashed by the High Court RawlawMarch 4, 20255 min read
News Supreme Court Quashes Rape FIR in 16-Year Consensual Relationship, Emphasizing Misuse of Sexual Offence Laws and Clarifying ‘False Promise of Marriage’ Doctrine RawlawMarch 4, 20254 min read
News Supreme Court Cancels Bail of Parents-in-Law in Dowry Death Case, Citing Strong Evidence of Strangulation and Harassment, While Upholding Bail for Sisters-in-Law Due to Lesser Role and Personal Circumstances RawlawMarch 4, 20255 min read
News Supreme Court Upholds Trial Court’s Rejection of Delay Condonation, Emphasizing That Indolent Litigants Cannot Seek Relief and Reinforcing the Importance of Timely Action in Setting Aside Ex-Parte Decrees RawlawMarch 4, 20255 min read
News Supreme Court Quashes Conviction in Forgery Case, Citing Absence of Primary Evidence, Unreliability of Handwriting Expert Testimony, and Failure to Prove Guilt Beyond a Reasonable Doubt RawlawMarch 4, 20254 min read
News Supreme Court Reduces Sentence for Attempt to Murder Conviction, Clarifies That Maximum Punishment Under Section 307 IPC Cannot Exceed 10 Years if Life Imprisonment is Not Imposed RawlawMarch 3, 20255 min read
News Supreme Court Strikes Down Split Multiplier in Motor Accident Compensation, Restores Tribunal’s Award with Uniform Multiplier and Future Prospects RawlawMarch 3, 20255 min read
News Supreme Court Acquits Appellant in Alleged Kidnapping and Murder Case, Citing Incomplete Chain of Circumstantial Evidence, Inadmissibility of Extra-Judicial Confession, Unreliable ‘Last Seen Together’ Theory, and Investigative Lapses RawlawFebruary 24, 20255 min read
