Abetment of Suicide…

📑 Abetment of Suicide 📌 Legal Definition and FrameworkAre• Abetment of suicide is dealt under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (now Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023). 📌 Three Essential Components of Abetment◾ Direct Instigation: This involves actively encouraging, provoking, or urging a person to commit suicide through words, gestures,

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CLOSURE OF 38 YEARS OLD WILL DISPUTE: DHC: Smt V Prabha vs.The State and Ors…

CLOSURE OF 38 YEARS OLD WILL DISPUTE: DHC In Smt V Prabha v The State and Ors., TEST.CAS. 4/1987 and CCP(O) 26/2015 pronounced on 12.11.2025, the Delhi High Court recently brought closure to a case over the Will of late Raja Pratap Bhan Prakash Singh that had remained pending before courts for 38 years. In

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Manjulaben Prakshbhai Sarvaiya vs. State of Gujarat, 2015 SCC OnLine Guj 1147, decided on 8.10.2015]:Step-parent not liable to maintain the minor child…

Step-parent not liable to maintain the minor child In Manjulaben Prakshbhai Sarvaiya v. State of Gujarat, 2015 SCC OnLine Guj 1147, decided on 8.10.2015]Gujarat High Court– Deciding on an important issue as to whether a minor stepdaughter is entitled to claim maintenance under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Code) from her

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Manmohan v/s Negolice India: Crl. M.C. No.- 1379/2021…

जहाँ कोई पोस्ट डेटेड चेक प्रारंभ में केवल सिक्योरिटी के रूप में जारी किया गया हो, परंतु बाद में किसी विधिसम्मत देयता या ऋण के निर्धारण के उपरांत उसे प्रस्तुत किया जाता है तो ऐसा चेक धारा 138, पराक्रम्य लिखित अधिनियम के अंतर्गत ऋण या देयता के निर्वहन हेतु जारी चेक की श्रेणी में आता

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Chakki Lal v/s State Of Madhya Pradesh: Crl. Appeal No.-13371/2024

विवाहित महिला की मृत्यु—भारतीय दंड संहिता की धारा 304-बी के अंतर्गत दोषसिद्धि निरस्त—जहाँ एक विवाहित महिला की जलने से मृत्यु हुई, वहाँ घटना के 16 दिन बाद दर्ज किया गया मृत्युकालिक-कथन अविश्वसनीय पाया गया—मृत्युकालिक-कथन के समय मृतका की मानसिक स्थिति के संबंध में चिकित्सक द्वारा कोई स्पष्ट प्रमाणीकरण नहीं किया गया था तथा यह भी

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Kavita v/s Sanjay: Mat. Appeal(FC) No.-5 of 2023…

विवाह विच्छेद की डिक्री—मानसिक क्रूरता—पति के पक्ष में पारित—पत्नी के निरन्तर परपुरुष से संपर्क—जहाँ पत्नी ने दो व्यक्तियों के साथ निरंतर टेलीफोनिक एवं संदेशात्मक संवाद बनाए रखने की बात स्वीकार की, परंतु वह यह सिद्ध करने में असफल रही कि उक्त संवाद केवल व्यावसायिक प्रयोजन हेतु थे—पत्नी की टालमटोल भरी गवाही, असंगत कथन तथा अस्पष्ट

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Nandkumar @ Nandu Manilal Mudaliar vs State of Gujarat: Criminal Appeal No.1266 of 2014…

Supreme Court spares murder convict, downgrades charge after 14 years in jail. The Supreme Court held that the appellant acted with the knowledge that his actions could cause death, but without the specific intention to kill. Consequently, his conviction was altered from Murder (S.302 IPC) to Culpable Homicide not amounting to Murder (S.304 Part I

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State of Chhattisgarh & Ors. vs. Amit Aishwarya Jogi(Criminal Appeal No. 1927 of 2014 and connected matters)…

Supreme Court revives CBI’s appeal in Jogi murder conspiracy case, dismisses state & victim’s pleas The Supreme Court dismissed the State’s and the victim’s appeals as non-maintainable, following the precedent in Lalu Prasad Yadav. However, it condoned the CBI’s significant delay in filing its appeal, allowing the central agency to challenge the acquittal on merits

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