The complainant's further statement to the police that the advocate had neither assaulted her nor outraged her modesty was a key factor that led the Court to quash the case.
The PIL was cursorily dealt with by the High Court and the later writ petition was also dealt with in a similar manner, throwing to winds every tenet of law, the Supreme Court said.
The Court passed the order while refusing to quash a case filed against a man accused of possessing 75 pre-activated SIM cards registered using other people's Aadhaar and ID details without their cons ...
The Court held that expressing dissent against a judgment did not attract offences of promoting enmity or outraging religious feelings, and fell within the limits of free speech.
The Court flagged that police authorities repeatedly issue notices proposing to open or continue rowdy sheets solely on the basis of registered criminal cases, without verifying their subsequent statu ...
"Roads are shared public spaces, not training grounds for unlawful indulgence," the Court said while refusing to quash a criminal charge of culpable homicide (not amounting to murder)against the accus ...
The Court passed the order after coming across a case where a lawyer enrolled in 2011 was alleged to have practised for over a decade without taking the AIBE.
Malviya had posted an edited photo of Rahul Gandhi and asked if he was speaking the language of Pakistan while criticising certain comments made by Gandhi on Operation Sindoor.
The Court made the observation while dealing with competing claims over shares held by Vijay Mallya in United Breweries Limited (UBL), which were pledged in connection with a loan.
It has also sought the quashing of demand notices and assessment proceedings initiated by the concerned gram panchayat authorities for the assessment year 2026-27.