Criminal Appeal No. of 2026 (@ Special Leave Petition (Crl.) of 2026) (@ Diary No. 46882 of 2024)
Parties: Jaswinder Singh @ Shinder Singh Versus State of Punjab
Coram: THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN
Advocates: For the Petitioner: ---- For the Respondent: ------
Head Note:
Comparative Citations:
2026 INSC 23, 2026 AIR(SC) 445,
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W.P.(MD)No. 29954 of 2025 & W.M.P(MD)Nos. 23172 & 23173 of 2025
Parties: Uma Versus The Chairman, Tamilnadu Housing Board, Chennai & Others
Coram: THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R. VIJAYAKUMAR
Advocates: For the Petitioner: V. Prakash Senior Counsel, K. Mahendra Prabhu, Advocate. For the Respondents: M. Ajmal Khan, Additional Advocate General, R1 & R2, S. Velmurugan, R3 to R6, D.Farjana Ghoushia Special Government Pleader, R7, A. Sivanu Pandian, Advocate.
Head Note:
Constitution of India - Article 226 -
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W.P. No. 43094 of 2025 & W.M.P. No. 48246 of 2025
Parties: J.S. Raghupathy & Another Versus The Government of Tamil Nadu, Represented by its Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Chennai & Others
Coram: THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ABDUL QUDDHOSE
Advocates: For the Petitioners: Vijay Narayan, Senior Counsel for Abishek Jenasenan. For the Respondents: Ramanlal, Additional Advocate General, Assisted by C. Jayaprakash, Government Advocate.
Head Note:
Constitution of India - Article 226 -
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Criminal Petition No. 201745 of 2025 (482(Cr.PC)/528(BNSS)
Parties: Ronaldo Agastine S @ Sunny & Others Versus The State Of Karnataka Through West Police Station Raichur. Raichur Rept By High Court Addl. Spp
Coram: THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K. RAJESH RAI
Advocates: For the Petitioners: Mahadev S Patil, Advocate. For the Respondent: Jamader Shahabuddin, HCGP.
Head Note:
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – Section 482 – Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 – Section 528 – Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Sections 189(2), 126(2), 285, 287, 270, 290 – Karnataka Police Act – Section 55 – Quashing of FIR – Peaceful assembly – Alleged unlawful procession – Externment order – Freedom of speech and assembly – Abuse of process.
Court Held – Petition Allowed &n...
Criminal Appeal Nos. 1807,1953, 2683 Of 2018 & 266 of 2021
Parties: Potlacheruvu Gangadhara Rao & Others Versus The State Of AP, rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad.
Coram: THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K. SURESH REDDY & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUBBA REDDY SATTI
Advocates: For the Appellants: Ammaji Nettem, Surepalli Madhava Rao, D. Kodandarami Reddy, P.S.P. Suresh Kumar, Advocates. For the Respondent: Public Prosecutor (AP).
Head Note:
Indian Penal Code, 1860 – Sections 302 r/w 34, 379 r/w 34, 411 – Criminal Procedure Code – Sections 372, 374(2), 378(4) – Circumstantial Evidence – Recovery – Hostile Witnesses – Theft – Murder – Appeal – Appeals challenged conviction for murder and theft of goats based solely on recovery from A2 nearly three months after incident – Held, no eyewitnesses and material witnesses turned hostile; recovery alone insuff...
Criminal Appeal No. of 2026 (@Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No. 13057 of 2025)
Parties: The Karnataka Lokayuktha Bagalkote District, Bagalkot Versus Chandrashekar & Another
Coram: THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN
Advocates: For the Petitioner: ----- For the Respondent: -----
Head Note:
Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 - Section 51, Section 56 - Respondent, an Executive Engineer (Electrical), was alleged to have demanded a bribe from an electrical contractor to clear five bills - contractor complained to the Anti Corruption Bureau - trap was successful, and the notes were recovered from the pocket of the Executive Engineer - departmental proceedings ended in exoneration, the delinquent employee approached the High Court, for quashing the criminal proceedin...
Writ Petition Nos. 1277, 1278, 1297 of 2024
Parties: Alankar Padaji Mhatre & Versus Namdeo Narayan Naik, Since deceased thr. Legal heirs. & Others
Coram: THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N.J. JAMADAR
Advocates: For the Appearing Parties: Suresh Sabrad a/w Amey C. Sawant, Pratik Sabrad, Eshwaree Kudalkar, Jeetendra Sachhdev, a/w Neha Zanje & Abubakar Patel i/b. J.S. Legal, S.S. Patwardhan a/w Mrinal Shelar, Rohit Sakhadeo, Advocates.
Head Note:
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Order XXIII Rule 1 – Order VIII Rule 6-A – Amendment of Plaint – Withdrawal / Abandonment of Suit – Counter-claim against Co-defendant – Plaintiffs sought deletion of Defendant No.5 and suit plot pursuant to settlement – Trial Court rejected amendment citing proposed counter-claim.
Court Held – Writ Petitions allowed – Impugned common order dated 18.12.2023 quashed and set asi...
C.R.P. No. 2903 of 2023 & C.M.P. Nos. 17970 & 17960 of 2023
Parties: Vinothan & Others Versus Indumathi & Others
Coram: THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R. SAKTHIVEL
Advocates: For the Petitioners: M. Sivavarthanan, Advocate. For the Respondents: R1, Divia Bharathi, R2, M. Sri Durga, Advocates, R3 & R4, Served - No appearance.
Head Note:
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 – Section 12 – Constitution of India, 1950 – Article 227 – Civil Revision Petition – Misjoinder of Parties – Domestic Relationship – Instigation Allegation – Deletion of Parties – Revision Petition filed seeking to strike off D.V.C.No.5 of 2023 and quash proceedings – Domestic violence complaint filed by wife alleging dowry demand and physical violence by husband and ...
W.A(MD)Nos. 3188, 3189, 3204, 3211, 3212, 3213, 3217, 3218, 3219, 3220, 3221, 3222, 3223, 3225, 3226, 3227, 3229, 3230, 3231, 3232 of 2025 & C.M.P(MD)Nos. 19509, 19508, 19712, 19800, 19832, 19831, 19871, 19870, 19873, 19882 of 2025
Parties: The Executive Officer Arulmigu Subramanian Swamy Temple, Thirupparankundram, Madurai & Others Versus Rama.Ravikumar & Others
Coram: THE HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE G. JAYACHANDRAN & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.K. RAMAKRISHNAN
Advocates: For the Appearing Parties: N. Jothi, Senior Counsel for V. Chandrasekar, P.S. Raman, Advocate General, Veera Kathiravan, AAG, Asst., by Mr.P.Thilakkumar, G.P., P. Valliappan, Senior Counsel for RM. Arun Swaminathan, Veera Kathiravan, Addl. Advocate General assisted by Thilakkumar, Govt. Pleader, J. Ravindran, AAG Asst., by S. Ravi, APP., J. Ravindaran, Addl. Advocate General Assisted by S. Ravi, Addl. Public Prosecutor, R. Shunmugasundaram, Senior Counsel assisted by NRR. Arun Natarajan, Special Govt. Pleader, T. Mohan, Senior Counsel for A. Sheik Nasurdeen, G. Prabhu Rajadurai, Abdul Mubeen for D.S. Haroon Rasheed, Niranjan S. Kumar, assisted by A.K. Amaravel Pandiyan, C. Arul Vadivel @ Sekar, Senior Counsel for S. Vanchinathan, T. Lajapathi Roy, Senior Counsel for M/s. Roy & Roy Associates, T.V. Masilamani, Senior Counsel, Guru Krishna Kumar, Senior Counsel, A.K. Sriram, Senior Counsel, M/s. J. Anandhavalli, V. Selvaraj, Vikas Singh, Senior Counsel, P. Valliappan, Senior Counsel, J. Jaaswant, Advocates.
Head Note:
Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Rules, 1959 – Rule 8(c), 8(g) – Constitution of India – Articles 19(1)(a), 25(1), 29(1) – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – Section 144 (now Section 163 BNSS) – Religious Practice – Karthigai Deepam – Animal Sacrifice – Protected Monument – Thiruparankundram Hill – Batch of writ appeals arose from common order directing lighting of Karthigai Deepam at “...
Criminal Petition No. 10408 of 2023
Parties: Sujith Sudhakaran Versus Lalu Jacob Mammen
Coram: THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M. NAGAPRASANNA
Advocates: For the Petitioner: B.N. Prakash, Advocate. For the Respondent: B.H. Nache Gowda, George Joseph, Advocates.
Head Note:
Criminal Procedure Code - Section 482 -
Comparative Citations:
2026 (1) KCCR 411, 2026 (1) MWN(Cr) DCC 80,
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