CYRIAC JOSEPH

In 2003 a police constable attempted to escort two men to the police station; one, Hussain Ibrahim Siddi, grabbed and pushed the constable while his wife and mother intervened verbally. All three were convicted under IPC sections 325, 506(2), 333, 342 and 114 and sentenced to three years, later reduced by the Gujarat H…

In July 1994, Baljinder Singh and his brother Bhupinder Singh assaulted Kulwinder Singh, the owner of a cart that had inadvertently entered their paddy field, inflicting knife and fist injuries. The trial court convicted Baljinder under IPC sections 326 and 324, sentencing him to four years rigorous imprisonment with a…

The widowed mother and her two educated daughters of a deceased motor accident victim were awarded compensation, which was later enhanced by the High Court. The insurer deposited the full amount with the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, which ordered a portion to be placed in long‑term fixed deposits despite the claiman…

The appellants, students admitted to private unaided medical colleges in Kerala for the 2007-08 MBBS batch, challenged their discharge after the Medical Council of India (MCI) found their admissions irregular because they had secured less than 50% marks in the competitive entrance examination, a requirement omitted in …

The appellant, Ashok Kumar Lingala, obtained a mining lease over land recorded as private patta land, while respondent No.3 (SIMORE) held a lease over adjoining government and forest land. The Director of Mines restrained the appellant’s mining activities on the ground of alleged overlapping, leading to writ petitions …

In 1983 the Punjab government acquired 29.68 acres of land in Bhatinda for employee housing of National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL) under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The landowners challenged the compensation awarded by the Land Acquisition Collector, leading the Additional District Judge to fix Rs.32.50 per square yard …

The appellants were charged under Sections 354 and 394 IPC for an alleged assault and robbery arising from a land access dispute. While the criminal case was pending, the parties reached an amicable settlement, and the complainant withdrew support for the prosecution. The appellants filed a petition under Section 482 C…

Abdul Rehman and co‑accused filed a complaint with the Crime Against Women (CAW) Cell alleging that K.M. Anees‑ul‑Haq had demanded dowry, invoking sections 406 and 34 of the IPC and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. In retaliation, the respondent lodged a complaint under sections 211, 500, 109, 114 and 34 …

Ravinder Raj booked a Maruti car in the mid‑1980s, paid an advance and later paid the full price in February 1989. Before the official billing on 5 April 1989, the government raised excise duty, increasing the car's price by about Rs.6,710, and the dealer asked the buyer to pay the excess amount, which he did under pro…

The deceased workman suffered a heart attack six months after being involved in a vehicular accident. The Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation awarded compensation, which the insurer challenged. The Karnataka High Court set aside the award against the insurer, held that the employer (vehicle owner) was liable despit…

The case involved a massive spurious liquor tragedy in Kerala where 31 people died and many were injured after consuming liquor adulterated with methyl alcohol. The accused, a group of brothers and their associates, were charged under the Abkari Act, particularly Section 57A, for mixing or permitting the mixing of a no…

The petitioner, Thota Venkateswarlu, married Parvathareddy Suneetha in India and later moved with her to Botswana, where she alleged cruelty and dowry demands. A complaint was lodged in India invoking IPC sections 498‑A and 506 (alleged to have occurred abroad) and Dowry Prohibition Act sections 3 and 4 (alleged to hav…