[ Supreme Court ]
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Prasanna B. Varale holds that statutory bail powers cannot be stretched to mandate administrative reforms in criminal process service.
2026-05-22 · 7 min read
[ Supreme Court ]
A Division Bench sets aside a Special Court's cognizance order under PMLA, holding the first proviso to BNSS Section 223(1) is mandatory and its breach renders proceedings void.
2026-05-21 · 8 min read
[ Supreme Court ]
A Division Bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and K. Vinod Chandran set aside the Madras High Court's anticipatory bail order, finding the third bail petition in three months an abuse of process.
2026-05-20 · 5 min read
[ Supreme Court ]
A Division Bench of Justices Pardiwala and Bhuyan quashed a 1989 police-mess assault case, then directed Allahabad High Court to furnish comprehensive undertrial pendency data for Uttar Pradesh.
2026-05-13 · 9 min read
[ Supreme Court ]
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta held that extending the investigation period under UAPA without producing the accused or recording reasons violates Article 21, and ordered the appellant's release on default bail.
2026-05-12 · 4 min read
[ High Courts ]
Justice Juvvadi Sridevi held that no willful disobedience was made out where a Sub-Inspector filed a charge sheet without knowledge of a stay, but used the occasion to lay down a ten-point protocol binding both petitioners and the Public Prosecutor to ensure stay orders actually reach the officer expected to act on them.
2026-05-11 · 5 min read
[ Supreme Court ]
A two-judge bench has held that the power under Section 175(3) of the BNSS to direct police to register an FIR cannot be exercised mechanically — the magistrate must record satisfaction that a cognizable offence is disclosed.
2026-05-10 · 3 min read