public servant
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court said that when reliance is placed on circumstantial evidence to prove the demand for gratification, the prosecution must establish each and every circumstance from which the prosecution wants the Court to draw a conclusion of guilt.

Patna High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Patna High Court rejected the anticipatory bail plea of an IPS Officer who hired a conman to pose as the as the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court and to make calls to other officers for taking decision in his favour in a corruption case against him.

Delhi High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

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.

Case BriefsSupreme CourtSupreme Court (Constitution/Larger Benches)

The Constitution Bench of SA Nazeer, BR Gavai, AS Bopanna, V Ramasubramanian and BV Nagarathna, JJ has observed that the trial does not abate nor does it result in an order of acquittal of the accused public servant if the complainant turns ‘hostile’, or has died or is unavailable to let in his evidence.

Case BriefsSupreme Court

The consistent effort made by all branches of the State, the Judiciary, the Legislative, and the Executive, to ensure early decision-making by the competent authority cannot be watered down by lexical interpretation of the expression endeavour in the proviso.