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The Court also observed that a mild criticism or some expression that does not grossly offend the religious sensibilities of a community, cannot be criminalized.

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has quashed the FIR filed against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for allegedly insulting the religious belief of Sant Kabir Das and Guru Ravidas...

Madhya Pradesh High Court has recently quashed a criminal case pending against a husband by following the reasoning that a compromise has already been reached between the concerned spouses, and that...

The State Bar Council said that advocates are anxious that the “mass disposal” of quashing petitions in line with the Supreme Court's Neeharika Infrastructure judgment might lead to miscarriage of justice.

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court also reiterated that an intra court appeal is not maintainable against an order passed by a single judge of the High Court in the exercise of criminal jurisdiction.

The Supreme Court on Thursday (05.10.2023) held that a Magistrate can dismiss a defamation complaint by applying the exceptions under section 499 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 even before even...

The Allahabad High Court recently referred to a larger bench the issue of whether an application, filed under Section 482 of CrPC, challenging entire proceedings of a case under the SC/ST Act, is...

The Supreme Court observed that the question whether a cheque was issued towards a time barred debt is to be decided on evidence."It is only in cases wherein an amount which is out and out...

The Gujarat High Court has quashed a FIR filed against a former Deputy Manager (Accounts) of the State Bank of India (SBI) in connection with a currency deficit incident dating back to 2006 while...

The Supreme Court observed that a cheque case against a partner of the firm cannot be quashed under Section 482 CrPC unless there is unimpeachable and incontrovertible evidence that he/she did not...