Husband's Conviction for Wife's Murder Upheld; Extra-Marital Affair Found to Be an Established Motive: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of Piyush Shyamdasani for the murder of his wife, holding that the prosecution successfully established the motive through circumstantial evidence, including a substantial number of telephone calls exchanged between him and the woman with whom he was allegedly having an extra-marital relationship. However, the Court also upheld the acquittal of Manisha Makhija, holding that while the call records could indicate the existence of…