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Sexual Assault Conviction under POCSO Act Quashed After Victim’s Testimony and Confession Found Unreliable: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India delivered its judgment on 19th December 2025 in the appeal filed by Sanjay Hardas Bhagchandani, who was convicted under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act). The case arose from allegations of sexual assault against a minor student. The trial court had…
Desertion-Based Divorce Converted into Mutual Consent; ₹25 Lakh One-Time Settlement Granted to Odisha IT Professional Woman: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India brought a quiet but decisive end to a long-running matrimonial dispute from Odisha, choosing resolution over prolonged blame. The decision was delivered on Wednesday in 2025 by a bench exercising its constitutional powers. The Court reshaped a divorce granted on allegations of desertion into…
Limits of Trial Courts’ Power on Life Sentences Clarified; Punishment Modified in Karnataka Widow Burning Case: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India, while exercising criminal appellate jurisdiction, examined an important question on the limits of sentencing powers of trial courts in a brutal murder case from northern Karnataka. The judgment was delivered on 18 December 2025 by a Bench led by Justice K. Vinod Chandran. Although the Court…
20-Year Marital Deadlock Ended; Divorce Granted under Article 142 with ₹20 Lakh Alimony: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on December 18, 2025, stepped in to bring closure to a marriage that had effectively existed only on paper for nearly two decades. The case involved two government school teachers from Punjab, Jatinder Kumar and Jeewan Lata, who were married in June 2003 in Morinda, Punjab. The couple did not have…
Individual Firms May Claim Proportionate Joint Venture Experience for Future Work Contracts When Bidding Independently: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India on Thursday, December 18, 2025, clarified that experience gained as a partner in a Joint Venture (JV) can be claimed proportionately by an individual entity bidding separately in future tenders. The Bench of Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan set aside the Chhattisgarh High Court’s…
Contradictions in Sole Eyewitness Testimony Prove Fatal to Prosecution; Four Accused Acquitted in Murder Case: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India on Thursday, December 18, 2025, acquitted four persons convicted of murder, holding that discrepancies in the testimony of the sole interested eyewitness made the evidence unreliable. The Bench of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi emphasized that a conviction cannot…
Life Sentence Modified in Telangana Rape-Murder Case; SC/ST Act Conviction Set Aside for Want of Proof: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dealt with a criminal appeal arising out of a brutal rape and murder case that took place in Telangana in the year 2019. The incident occurred on 24 November 2019, when the victim, a woman earning her livelihood by selling utensils, was dropped by her husband near Yellapatar village in the…
Arbitration Route Upheld in APGENCO Dispute; Individual Consortium Member Can Trigger Process, Deeper Issues Left to Arbitral Tribunal: Supreme Court
A long-standing dispute related to the Rayalaseema Thermal Power Plant in Andhra Pradesh reached a crucial stage on Tuesday when the Supreme Court refused to block arbitration proceedings initiated by a single member of the consortium. The project involved an EPC contract awarded by Andhra Pradesh Power Generation…
SARFAESI Act Inapplicable in Nagaland Prior to Its Adoption in 2021; Secured Creditor’s Plea Dismissed: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India dismissed an appeal filed by a secured creditor seeking to initiate recovery proceedings under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 against a borrower in Nagaland. The Court held that the recovery action was legally…
Gujarat Doctor Acquitted in 24-Year-Old Rape Case; Court Cautions Against Convictions Based on Hostile Testimony and Weak Medical Evidence: Supreme Court
In a significant criminal law ruling, the Supreme Court of India set aside a decades-old rape conviction against a Gujarat-based doctor, stressing that even serious allegations under the Indian Penal Code must be proved beyond reasonable doubt. The judgment brought closure to a case that originated in the year 2001…
