The State is absolutely liable for unnatural death of a prisoner in custody, even if death occurs by suicide. The right to life and human dignity under Article 21 extends to individuals in i..

A customer of a brothel cannot be prosecuted under Section 3 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, which penalizes keeping or allowing premises to be used as a brothel. Section 5(1)..

Section 27-A of the NDPS Act, which penalises financing of illicit traffic and harbouring of offenders, operates in a distinct and narrower field than offences of possession, sale, or purcha..

Mere custody of cash at the instance of a spouse, without material establishing knowledge of its terrorist nexus or intention to further terrorist activities, is insufficient to attract offe..

A school building qualifies as a "place for custody of property" under Section 442 of the IPC, as school furniture and educational assets are kept in its custody. Accordingly, unauthorised e..

The brother of a deceased person qualifies as a "victim" under Section 2(wa) of the Code of Criminal Procedure and is entitled to be heard in criminal proceedings. Section 2(wa) CrPC defines..

Refusal to marry citing kundli mismatch after establishing physical relations on repeated assurances of marriage attracts Section 69 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. Where an accused repeat..

Criminal proceedings under Section 304-A IPC involving death by negligence cannot be quashed on the basis of compromise between the accused and relatives of the deceased. The deceased is the..

Voluntary financial commitments of the husband, including self-assumed housing loan EMIs, cannot be deducted to dilute statutory maintenance obligations under the PWDV Act or Section 125 of ..

Ordinary domestic quarrels and a solitary incident of slapping do not constitute "cruelty" under Section 498A of the IPC. Conviction under Section 306 IPC for abetment of suicide requires pr..

Capacity to earn is no substitute for proof of actual income; maintenance cannot be denied to a wife merely because she is educated or able-bodied. A homemaker's domestic contribution enabli..

Indiscriminate invocation of Section 498A of the IPC as a pressure tactic, without proximate or credible allegations against each accused, trivialises the object of the provision. Vague and ..