Can breaking up and advising a partner to marry someone else amount to abetment to suicide? Supreme Court answers
Supreme Court remarked that broken relationships and heart breaks are part of everyday life.
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Charge sheet not invalidated/vitiated, if documents relied on by prosecution not filed along with it: Delhi High Court
“The right of an Investigating Officer for further investigation in terms of Section 173(8) of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (‘CrPC’) is not taken away only because the charge sheet is filed under Section 173(2) of the CrPC against the accused.”
Never Reported Judgment | Conviction u/s 420 of IPC made out when cheating/dishonest inducement to take delivery of property is proved on transaction date, not on subsequent dates [(1952) 2 SCC 486]
This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1952 on Section 420 of the Penal Code, 1960.
Inside Supreme Court verdict on effect of acquittal in criminal trial on order of dismissal passed in departmental enquiry
Supreme Court said that allowing the orders of disciplinary authority and the appellate authority to stand, will be unjust, unfair and oppressive, as the charges were not just similar, but identical and the evidence, witnesses and circumstances were all the same.
Delhi High Court grants bail to Ajay Kumar, former director of Amrapali Group, Noida in the residential project cheating case
FIRs were registered on the complaints of homebuyers, who have alleged that Amrapali Leisure Valley Private Limited, Amrapali Dream Valley Private Limited, and their directors/officials, including the applicant have committed offences of cheating, fraud and criminal breach of trust in respect of various residential projects in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
[Absolute Barbecque Restaurant case] Delhi Court directs registration of FIR for cheating and criminal conspiracy against owners of a property in Connaught place
The landlord concealed the fact that NDMC’s approval for dismantling work in the premise was not taken, leading to sealing of the premise, where Absolute Barbecque was about to run.
SC disapproves trend of Courts imposing pre-condition for deposit of disputed money for pre-arrest bail in cheating cases
The Supreme Court reminded the High Courts and the Sessions Courts not to be unduly swayed by submissions advanced by counsel on behalf of the accused in the nature of undertakings to keep in deposit/repay any amount while seeking bail in Cheating cases.
Married woman cannot claim breach of promise to marry: Karnataka High Court
The Court pointed out that merely because the petitioner provided monetary help to the woman, it cannot be said that they are married. Since the woman was already married, there is no case of breach of promise to marry either.
Kerala High Court grants anticipatory bail to Congress MP K. Sudhakaran in Cheating Case
In the instant matter of forgery for the purpose of cheating, the Kerala High Court had earlier granted interim protection from arrest.
Delhi Court grants bail to accused alleged of cheating Indian Immigration within days of arrest
The accused was travelling from New York to India when his departure record for the year 2012 was found missing by the Immigration Department.
Explained| Why Supreme Court quashed forgery, cheating case against late Prakash Singh Badal and son Sukhbir
The Supreme Court’s decision shall not affect the pending proceedings before the High Court of Delhi against the order of the ECI as the Court did not express anything on the Constitution of the Shiromani Akali Dal
Technical objection cannot be taken at the stage of appeal: Allahabad HC upholds Trial Court’s conviction order in fake marksheet case
Allahabad High Court said that the convicts are not in a position to say that they were prejudiced in any manner by common FIR, one charge sheet and same charge for all three convicts and one trial.
Elected Ward Members of Wangbal Gram Panchayat are “public servants” under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988: Manipur High Court rejects anticipatory bail of the Ward Members
The Manipur High Court rejected anticipatory bail to the elected Ward members of the Panchayat who were charged for fraudulently misappropriating huge Government money.
Delhi High Court grants bail to an accused alleged of duping customers into taking loans through Chinese mobile application ‘Agile Loan’
It is the case of the prosecution that the present applicant helped other Chinese nationals who were responsible for building the loan app and facilitating the opening of bank accounts of non-existent companies for the transfer of duped money.
“Prosecution has miserably failed to prove ‘misappropriation’ by the accused”; Saket Court acquits accused in economic offences case
In a case pertaining to Criminal breach of trust, cheating, forgery, and falsification of accounts, the Saket District Court acquits the accused, as the prosecution failed to establish the ingredients of the offences beyond reasonable doubt.
Supreme Court grants anticipatory bail to 85% disabled accused in cheating case
Supreme Court in a case pertaining to allegations of cheating and criminal breach of trust, held that the accused is entitled for anticipatory bail, and directed the Investigating Agency to follow the procedure prescribed under CrPC for investigation against the disabled person
Delhi High Court grants bail to Chitra Ramakrishna former MD NSE being accused of active involvement in illegal interception of telephone calls of NSE employees
In the present case there is no allegation that the Applicant has derived or obtained any property or proceeds of crime. Additionally, there is no allegation or evidence produced to suggest that the Applicant has concealed, possessed, used, projected or claimed any proceeds of crime as untainted property.
Petition filed under Section 156(3) CrPC must satisfy the essential ingredients to attract alleged offences: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that if allegations in the petition are vague and are not specific with respect to the alleged offences, it cannot lead to an order for registration of an FIR and investigation on the accusation of commission of the offences alleged.