DLC Legal News & Knowledge

Category: Evidence

Gifts at Wedding and Diwali Not Dowry, Calling Wife ‘Useless’ Not Cruelty: SC Quashes Dowry Death Case Against Husband Over Wife’s Suicide in Toronto

Nov 10—2026

BNS, BNSS, Crime against women, Criminal law, Evidence, Family Law, Sakshya Adhiniyam, Supreme Court

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Inquest Report Needn’t Name Eyewitnesses, Digestion Timing Can’t Override Eyewitness Account: SC Upholds Life Sentences for Seven in Dharwad Double Murder, Reverses Acquittal

Nov 7—2026

BNS, BNSS, Criminal law, CrPC, Evidence, Supreme Court

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SC Dismisses Appeal, Confirms Conviction of Retired Sub-Registrar in Disproportionate Assets Case Under Prevention of Corruption Act

Nov 5—2026

Criminal law, Evidence, prevention of corruption, Supreme Court

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Electricity Theft Accusation Doesn’t Skip Section 126 Hearing Before Restoration of Supply, But Special Court Has Final Say on Civil Liability: SC

Nov 5—2026

Civil Law, Evidence, Supreme Court

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SC Annoyed at Careless Investigation, Acquits Man After 6 Years as Undertrial, and Orders Rs. 6 Lakh Compensation from the State

Nov 2—2026

BNSS, Criminal law, CrPC, Evidence, Supreme Court

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Scrutiny Committee Must Prove Claimant Tampered With Old Record, Not Merely Doubt It: Bombay HC Quashes Invalidation of MBBS Aspirant’s Tribe Claim

Oct 31—2026

Evidence, High Court, Service law

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Letters Patent Appeal Is Not a Second Appeal and Can Cover Facts and Law, But Bench Must Be Slow to Interfere With Writ Court’s Order: Supreme Court

Oct 31—2026

Evidence, Supreme Court

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SC Acquits Appellant in Murder Case, Holds That Suspicious Circumstances and Uncorroborated WhatsApp Messages Cannot Substitute Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt

Oct 31—2026

Criminal law, Evidence, Supreme Court

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Procedure Is the Handmaid of Justice: Delhi HC Allows PNB to Summon Witness and Produce Documents Late in Commercial Suit

Oct 30—2026

commercial law, CPC, Delhi High Court, Evidence, High Court

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Firing or Injury Not Needed for Section 397 IPC: Delhi HC Upholds Seven-Year Minimum Sentence

Oct 25—2026

BNS, Criminal law, Delhi High Court, Evidence, High Court

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Delhi HC Grants Bail to Two Accused in 2023 Khan Market Murder – Over Three Years in Custody, Not in Dying Declaration, No Independent Witness Identifying Them

Oct 24—2026

BNSS, Criminal law, CrPC, Delhi High Court, Evidence, High Court

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No Threat of Instant Hurt, No Robbery; No Proof of Five Persons, No Dacoity: Delhi HC Reduces Convictions to Theft

Oct 24—2026

BNS, BNSS, Criminal law, CrPC, Delhi High Court, Evidence, High Court

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Identity of Offender Not Proved Beyond Reasonable Doubt: Supreme Court Sets Aside POCSO Conviction

Oct 23—2026

Criminal law, Evidence, POCSO, Supreme Court

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Over Three Years in Jail, Only 2 of 83 Witnesses Examined: Delhi HC Grants Bail to Young Accused Who Was Only Standing at Spot in Murder Case

Oct 17—2026

BNS, BNSS, Criminal law, CrPC, Delhi High Court, Evidence, High Court

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Dishonest Intention From the Start Is a Matter for Evidence: Delhi HC Declines to Quash Cheating FIR in Jewellery Credit Case

Oct 12—2026

BNS, BNSS, Criminal, Criminal law, Delhi High Court, Evidence, High Court, Sakshya Adhiniyam

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False Averment in Court Reply May Attract Perjury Provisions Against All Who Took Part in Preparing and Approving It, Not Just the Signatory: Delhi HC

Oct 11—2026

Criminal, Criminal law, Delhi High Court, Evidence, High Court

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Recovery of Tainted Money Alone Can’t Convict Under PC Act – No Proof of Demand, No Conviction: SC Clears Clerk in Bribery Case (After He Had Already Served Sentence)

Oct 10—2026

Criminal, Criminal law, Evidence, Supreme Court

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Victim Herself Did Not Support Kidnapping Allegation: Patna HC Quashes Section 366A IPC Case Against Accused’s Family

Oct 8—2026

Criminal, Criminal law, CrPC, Evidence, High Court

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Tenant Who Denies Tenancy and Claims Ownership Forfeits Rent Law Protection: Delhi HC

Oct 8—2026

Civil Law, Delhi High Court, Evidence, High Court

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“IO Must Collect Evidence, Not Create It” – SC Refuses to Disturb Acquittal as Chain of Circumstances Not Complete in Himachal Double Murder

Oct 5—2026

Criminal, Criminal law, Evidence, Supreme Court

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Victim’s Conversion to Christianity: AP HC Leaves SC/ST Act Question Open at Investigation Stage

Oct 5—2026

BNSS, Criminal law, CrPC, Evidence, High Court, Sakshya Adhiniyam, SC / ST

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AP HC: Section 139 NI Act Presumption Rebutted by Preponderance of Probabilities – Conviction Set Aside

Oct 5—2026

Civil Law, commercial law, Evidence, High Court

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SC: Police Confession Alone Can’t Justify Preventive Detention – 10 Lac fine imposed on State

Oct 3—2026

BNS, BNSS, Criminal law, CrPC, Evidence, Sakshya Adhiniyam, Supreme Court

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POCSO Case: Delhi High Court Acquits Man, Says Prosecution Must Prove Basics First

Oct 3—2026

Criminal, Criminal law, Delhi High Court, Evidence, High Court, POCSO

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HC Refuses to Quash Sexual Assault Case Against 2 Senior Citizens – Trial Commenced

Oct 2—2026

BNS, BNSS, Criminal law, CrPC, Delhi High Court, Evidence, High Court, Sakshya Adhiniyam

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Delhi HC: Grants Bail to UAPA Accused – prolonged incarceration without a speedy trial violates fundamental rights

Oct 2—2026

Criminal law, Delhi High Court, Evidence, High Court

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Pre-Trial Detention Cannot Act as Punitive Detention: Supreme Court Grants Bail in Jal Jeevan Mission Corruption Case

Oct 1—2026

BNS, BNSS, Criminal law, CrPC, Evidence, prevention of corruption, Sakshya Adhiniyam, Supreme Court

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SC: Absence of Ticket Cannot Defeat Railway Accident Compensation Claim if Initial Burden is Discharged

Sep 30—2026

Evidence, Supreme Court

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SC Acquits Man of Rape – Testimony Cannot Be Split to Reject Abduction Yet Prove Consent Was Forced

Sep 30—2026

BNS, BNSS, Criminal, Criminal law, CrPC, Evidence, Sakshya Adhiniyam, Supreme Court

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SC Commutes Death Sentence in Child Sexual Assault and Murder Case – The Burden of Proof in Private Spaces and Reformative Jurisprudence – Sole Eyewitness Testimony and Commutation of Death Sentence

Sep 29—2026

BNS, BNSS, Criminal, Criminal law, CrPC, Evidence, Sakshya Adhiniyam, Supreme Court

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SC Quashes False POCSO Case and Mandates Expert Safeguards for Accused Parents – child psychiatry / psychology experts to be appointed

Sep 29—2026

BNS, BNSS, Child Custody, CrPC, Evidence, POCSO, Sakshya Adhiniyam

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SC Orders Fresh SIT Investigation in 2012 Karnataka Rape and Murder Case, Citing Flawed Investigations

Sep 28—2026

BNS, BNSS, Criminal, Criminal law, CrPC, Evidence, Sakshya Adhiniyam, Supreme Court

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SC: Illegal arrest requires immediate release – failed to produce within 24 hours

Sep 27—2026

BNSS, Criminal law, CrPC, Evidence, Sakshya Adhiniyam, Supreme Court

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Mere Recovery of Tainted Money Not Enough: Supreme Court Quashes Corruption Conviction Due to Lack of Proven Demand

Sep 27—2026

Criminal law, Evidence, prevention of corruption, Supreme Court

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SC: Insurer Justified in Denying Claim Over Manipulated Books and Suspicious Fire

Sep 26—2026

corporate law, Evidence, insurance, Supreme Court

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SC: Absence of the original document does not automatically kill a forgery case

Sep 25—2026

BNSS, Criminal, Criminal law, CrPC, Evidence, Supreme Court

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SC Acquits 6 in Election-Day Murder Case Over Unreliable Eyewitnesses and Deficient Investigation

Sep 24—2026

BNS, BNSS, Criminal, Criminal law, CrPC, Evidence, Sakshya Adhiniyam, Supreme Court

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