Indian Evidence Act 1872 : Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023

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Indian Penal Code

Vandana v. State of Maharashtra 2025 INSC 1098 - IPC - Forgery - S.313 CrPC

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 468,471 - To attract offence of Section 468 IPC, the prosecution must establish that the accused made a false document within the meaning of Section 464 IPC -Section 471 IPC requires proof that the accused used a forged document as genuine, knowing or

Indian Evidence Act 1872 : Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023

Akhtar Ali @ Ali Akhtar @ Shamim @ Raja Ustad V. State Of Uttarakhand 2025 INSC 1097 - Even Slightest Doubt Or Infirmity In Prosecution Case Must Weigh Against Imposition Of Death Sentence

Death Sentence- Trial Courts, as well as High Courts, are required to exercise the highest degree of circumspection before awarding the death penalty. The irreversible nature of capital punishment demands that it be imposed only in the “rarest of rare” cases and only when the prosecution has led unimpeachable, cogent,

Indian Evidence Act 1872 : Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023

Rajan vs State of Haryana 2025 INSC 1081 - Evidence - Ocular Evidence - Reasoned Judgment

Evidence - Principles for appreciation of ocular evidence in a criminal case: “I. While appreciating the evidence of a witness, the approach must be whether the evidence of the witness read as a whole appears to have a ring of truth. Once that impression is formed, it is undoubtedly necessary

POCSO Act

Sushil Kumar Tiwari vs Hare Ram Sah 2025 INSC 1061 - POCSO - Ss. 223,464 CrPC -Principle Of Beyond Reasonable Doubt

POCSO Act - Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection) Act, 2015 - The determination of minority is essential to extend the protection of these legislations, however, as long as the age conclusively appears to be under 18 years, the special protections carved out in favour of children cannot be diluted by

Indian Evidence Act 1872 : Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023

Chowdamma (D) Vs Venkatappa (D) 2025 INSC 1038 - Ss.50,114 Evidence Act - Presumption In Favour Of A Marriage

Indian Evidence Act 1872 - Section 50 - Opinion on relationship, when relevant- Quoted from Dolgobinda Paricha v. Charan - The essential requirements of the section are — (1) there must be a case where the court has to form an opinion as to the relationship of one person to another;

Indian Evidence Act 1872 : Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023

Nilima Das Gupta (D) v. On the Death of Abdur Rouf His Legal Heirs 2025 INSC 1037 - Ss. 118,120 Evidence Act

Indian Evidence Act 1872 - Section 118,120 - All persons are competent to testify, unless the court considers that by reason of tender years, extreme old age, disease, or infirmity, they are incapable of understanding the questions put to them and of giving rational answers. Competency of a person

Indian Evidence Act 1872 : Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023

Syed Basheer Ahmed vs Tinni Laboratories Private Limited 2025 INSC 1030 - S.73 Evidence Act - Material Alteration

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Neelam Kumari vs. State of Himachal Pradesh 2025 INSC 1013 - Evidence - Extra Judicial Confession - Forensic Report -Motive - Circumstantial Evidence

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Disciplinary Proceedings

K. Prabhakar Hegde vs Bank of Baroda 2025 INSC 997 - Disciplinary Proceedings - Preliminary Inquiry

Note Sign in to read our notes on this judgment. Register @ citecase.in to subscribe ! Read Judgment Disciplinary Proceedings - Natural Justice - Violation of a mandatory provision of law relating to fair hearing is in itself prejudice to the person proceeded against and no need to demonstrate prejudice would

Code Of Criminal Procedure 1973: Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023

Shanti Devi vs State of Haryana 2025 INSC 987 - Benefit Of Acquittal To Non-Appealing Accused

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Indian Evidence Act 1872 : Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023

Manohar Keshavrao Khandate vs State of Maharashtra 2025 INSC 953 - Murder Conviction - Child Witness Testimony

Note Sign in to read our notes on this judgment. Register @ citecase.in to subscribe ! Read Judgment Indian Evidence Act 1872 - Section 106 - While upholding conviction of murder accused, SC observed: The child witness had no reason whatsoever to give false evidence implicating her own father for the

Code Of Criminal Procedure 1973: Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023

Gurdeep Singh vs State of Punjab 2025 INSC 957 S.319 CrPC - S.120B IPC - Hostile Witness - Sole Eyewitness Testimony - Public Functionaries

Can a person not named in the FIR or chargesheet be summoned U/S. 319 CrPC? Should the offence of criminal conspiracy need to be proved by direct evidence? Should a hostile witness’s testimony be discarded in its entirety? Can Conviction rest on the testimony of a sole eyewitness?

Indian Evidence Act 1872 : Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023

Shyam Kali Dubey vs State of Madhya Pradesh 2025 INSC 947 - Related Witnesses

Note Sign in to read our notes on this judgment. Register @ citecase.in to subscribe ! Read Judgment Law of Evidence - Related Witness -While setting aside concurrent conviction, SC observed: The trial court and the High Court had relied upon a number of decisions which declared that merely because the

Indian Evidence Act 1872 : Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023

State of Bihar Now Jharkhand vs Nilu Ganjhu 2025 INSC 942- Witnesses' Reaction

Law of Evidence - Witnesses - It can be said that on seeing some gruesome incident the witnesses may react in different ways. Some witnesses may become speechless, some may cry, some may leave the spot immediately due to fear and apprehension. (Para 20) [Context: Supreme Court restored conviction in

Indian Evidence Act 1872 : Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023

Shail Kumari vs State of Chhattisgarh 2025 INSC 936 - Witness Testimony - Circumstantial Evidence

Indian Evidence Act 1872 - Witnesses classified into three types: (i) wholly reliable, (ii) wholly unreliable, and (iii) neither wholly reliable nor wholly unreliable. It has been held that in the first category of cases, there is no difficulty inasmuch as if the testimony of such witness is found to

Specific Relief Act

Harish Kumar vs Amar Nath 2025 INSC 924 - Specific Performance - Burden & Onus Of Proof

Law of Evidence - Distinction between burden of proof and onus of proof- Onus of proof has greater force when the issue is which party is to begin forwarding evidence in support of a proposition. (Para 13) Specific Relief Act 1963 - To succeed in a suit for specific performance,

Indian Evidence Act 1872 : Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023

Narayan Yadav vs State of Chhattisgarh 2025 INSC 927 - Evidence Act - IPC - Confessional FIR

Indian Evidence Act 1872 - An FIR of a confessional nature made by an accused person is inadmissible in evidence against him, except to the extent that it shows he made a statement soon after the offence, thereby identifying him as the maker of the report, which is admissible as

Criminal

Nimai Ghosh vs State of Bihar (now Jharkhand) 2025 INSC 816 - Eyewitness Testimony

Law of Evidence - As a general rule, to prove the case of the prosecution, the testimony of eyewitness primarily ought to be considered and be relied upon to prove the guilt of the accused- The testimony of the eyewitness must be trustworthy, free from any kind of blemish and

Motor Accident Compensation

Manjusha vs United India Assurance Company Limited & 2025 INSC 896 - Motor Accident Compensation - Limited Liability Pleadings

Motor Accident Compensation - In this case, the issue was whether the family of the brother of the owner of the vehicle, who died in the accident when the tyre of the car he was driving burst, is entitled to claim compensation? SC held: When the contention of limited liability

Indian Evidence Act 1872 : Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023

Esakkimuthu vs State 2025 INSC 880 - Evidence - Related/Interested Witness

Esakkimuthu vs State 2025 INSC 880 - Evidence - Related:Interested WitnessEsakkimuthu vs State 2025 INSC 880 - Evidence - Related:Interested Witness.pdf378 KBdownload-circle Law Of Evidence- When the witnesses are related/interested, their testimonies have to be scrutinized with greater care and circumspection - The testimony of such

Criminal

Baljinder Kumar @ Kala vs State Of Punjab 2025 INSC 856 - S.106 Evidence Act- Alternative Plausible Explanation - Death Penalty Acquittal

Baljinder Kumar @ Kala vs State Of Punjab 2025 INSC 857 - S.106 Evidence Act- Alternative Plausible Explanation - Death Penalty Acquittal Baljinder Kumar @ Kala vs State Of Punjab 2025 INSC 857 - S.106 Evidence Act- Alternative Plausible Explanation - Death Penalty Acquittal .pdf634 KBdownload-circle note We make notes

Criminal

Birka Shiva vs State Of Telangana 2025 INSC 863 - S.35 Evidence Act - Entry Made In Official Register - S.375 IPC - Rape

Birka Shiva vs State Of Telangana 2025 INSC 863 - S.35 Evidence Act - Entry Made In Official Register - S.375 IPC - RapeBirka Shiva vs State Of Telangana 2025 INSC 863 - S.35 Evidence Act - Entry Made In Official Register - S.375 IPC -

Indian Evidence Act 1872 : Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023

Uttar Pradesh Road Transport Corporation vs Vibhor Fialok - Pleadings & Evidence - Motor Accident Compensation - ITR

Motor Accident Compensation - Income Tax Returns are credible evidence in order to determine the income of the claimant provided that they are properly brought into evidence to enable the Tribunal to calculate the income - Referred to Malarvizhi v. United India Insurance Company. Ltd and New India Assurance Company

Will

Gurdial Singh (D) Vs Jagir Kaur (D) 2025 INSC 866 - Will - Non-Mention Of Wife - Suspicious Circumstance

Gurdial Singh (D) Vs Jagir Kaur (D) 2025 INSC 866 - Will - Non-Mention Of Wife - Suspicious CircumstanceGurdial Singh (D) Vs Jagir Kaur (D) 2025 INSC 866 - Will - Non-Mention Of Wife - Suspicious Circumstance.pdf605 KBdownload-circle note We make notes on all Supreme Court judgments for our

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Rahil vs State (Govt. of N.C.T. of Delhi) 2025 INSC 858 - S.65B Evidence Act - CrPC - Appeal

Rahil vs State (Govt. of N.C.T. of Delhi) 2025 INSC 858 - S.65B Evidence Act - CrPC - AppealRahil vs State (Govt. of N.C.T. of Delhi) 2025 INSC 858 - S.65B Evidence Act - CrPC - Appeal.pdf318 KBdownload-circle You must sign in or