Author: Verdictum

The Bombay High Court upheld the conviction of an accused in a POCSO case observing that the family of the victim had no reason to falsely implicate the accused considering... Read More

The Delhi High Court held that Section 531(2)(a) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita suggested that proceedings under the CrPC should continue only when any appeal, application, trial, inquiry or. The... Read More

The Bombay High Court held that a person who caused the dowry death of a woman is disqualified from inheriting her property under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (HSA).... Read More

The Delhi High Court has directed the Government of NCT of Delhi to take necessary steps to enable the registration of marriages for Muslims and Christians under the Compulsory Registration... Read More

The Supreme Court has constituted a High-Powered Sale Committee (“HPSC”) to auction the immovable assets of Sai Group of Companies, to the extent they are required to satisfy the investors’... Read More

The Himachal Pradesh High Court directed masking of names of acquitted rape accused and prosecutrix observing that the right to be forgotten and the right to be left alone... Read More

The Chhattisgarh High Court has observed that a person, who migrates from one State to the other does not carry his caste status to the migrating State, even if the... Read More

The Bombay High Court directed the constitution of the State Advisory Board under Section 66 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.The Court noted that as per the... Read More

The Allahabad High Court observed that when an arbitrator passes an award based on the law in existence at the time of the proceedings, the said findings cannot be held... Read More

The Rajasthan High Court recommended that the State Legislature ought to open remedy of appeal to the aggrieved person against the order of confiscation of vehicle by the competent authority... Read More