Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, S.37 -- Bail -- NDPS Commercial Quantity -- Prolonged custody and delay in trial along with rehabilitation prospect warrant bail. Recove..

(i) Indian Evidence Act, 1872, S.53A -- Rape -- Prior Sexual Experience of Victim -- Irrelevant to consent or credibility in rape trial. Section 53A and the proviso to Section 146 bar any in..

(i) Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, S.138 -- Dishonour of Cheque -- Mismatch Between Cheque in Complaint and Cheque Put to Accused -- Vitiates trial as structural defect. Compliance with S..

Constitution of India, 1950, Art.21 -- Right to Marry -- Convict Lodged in Open Air Camp -- Recognised as facet of personal liberty under Article 21. Solemnisation of marriage between consen..

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, S.80 -- Bail -- Dowry Demand Allegation in Love Marriage -- Difficult to believe where marriage is by mutual choice. Where the marriage is a love marriage ente..

(i) Indian Penal Code, 1860, S.376 -- Rape -- Absence of Bleeding in Medical Report -- Penetration doubtful where contemporaneous injury allegation stands negatived. Absence of injury alone ..

(i) Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, S.125 -- Maintenance to Wife -- Section 340 CrPC Application Filed After Judgment Reserved -- Trial court is not obliged to defer pronouncement of judgment..

(i) Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, S.125 -- Maintenance to Child -- Fresh DNA Test Despite Earlier Unfavourable Report -- May be directed in exceptional circumstances where determination of ..

(i) Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, S.138 -- Dishonour of Cheque -- Original Records Summoned in Parallel Commercial Court Proceedings -- Accused entitled to summoning of original records ..

(i) Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, S.139 -- Dishonour of Cheque -- Typewritten Cheque -- Not a ground to doubt genuineness or deny the statutory presumptions once the complainant establis..

(i) Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, S.20 -- Maintenance to Child -- Postgraduate Education of Major Unmarried Daughter -- Father is liable to bear educational expenses ..

Indian Penal Code, 1860, S.376 -- Rape on False Promise of Marriage -- Overlapping Allegations Against Two Persons for Same Period -- Raises a prima facie doubt as to genuineness of the comp..