Madhya Pradesh HC grants divorce to wife whose husband was convicted of murder

Madhya Pradesh HC grants divorce to wife whose husband was convicted of murder

Jun 10, 2024

Recently, the Madhya Pradesh High Court granted divorce to a woman whose husband was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for murder under section 302 Indian Penal Code (IPC). The division bench of Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Rajendra Kumar Vani was hearing

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Supreme court refuses to grant bail to police official accused of custodial death

Supreme court refuses to grant bail to police official accused of custodial death

Apr 1, 2024

Recently, the Supreme Court declined the bail of the police official accused of custodial death and held that a stricter approach would be adopted in the cases of custodial torture involving police officials. The bench comprising Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sanjay Kumar observed,

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Extrajudicial Disclosures Must Be Made With Excellent Efficiency: Supreme Court Questions ‘Confession’ To Brother Of Deadly 

Extrajudicial Disclosures Must Be Made With Excellent Efficiency: Supreme Court Questions ‘Confession’ To Brother Of Deadly 

Nov 15, 2023

Issue: Extra-Judicial Confession and Witness Credibility Situation in the Case: The appellant was exonerated by the Supreme Court in the November 12, 1997, murder case. The case rested on an alleged extrajudicial confession that the deceased person’s brothers, PW-2 and PW-3, received from

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Supreme court upheld the conviction of a man accused of his wife’s murder: says exception 4 to the offence does not apply if the accused takes undue advantage of the situation.

Supreme court upheld the conviction of a man accused of his wife’s murder: says exception 4 to the offence does not apply if the accused takes undue advantage of the situation.

Nov 2, 2023

Recently, the Supreme Court upheld the conviction of a man accused of the murder of his wife and observed that exception 4 of section 300 IPC will not apply in cases where the accused has taken undue advantage of the situation. In the

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