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Esakkimuthu vs State 2025 INSC 880 - Evidence - Related/Interested Witness
Law Of Evidence- When the witnesses are related/interested, their testimonies have to be scrutinized with greater care and circumspection - The testimony of such related witnesses should be analysed with caution for its credibility- Referred to Gangadhar Behera v. State of Orissa [Context: In this case, the two key witnesses are the son and wife of the deceased- While acquitting accused, SC observed: They are very well-interested witnesses in the case. Therefore, their testimonies shall have to be treated with great caution, required to be met with a stricter standard of proof and deserve to be scrutinized in order to rule out any embellishment.]
Shivangi Bansal vs Sahib Bansal 2025 INSC 881 - S.498A IPC Misuse Safeguards Guidelines
Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 498A - The guidelines framed by the High Court of Allahabad with regard to ‘Constitution of Family Welfare Committees for safeguards regarding misuse of Section 498A, IPC' shall remain in effect and be implemented by the appropriate authorities (Para 26)-[ HC Guidelines: (i) No arrest or police action to nab the named accused persons shall be made after lodging of the FIR or complaints without concluding the "Cooling-Period" which is two months from the lodging of the FIR or the complaint. During this "Cooling-Period", the matter would be immediately referred to Family Welfare Committe(hereinafter referred to as FWC) in the each district. (ii) Only those cases which would be transmitted to FWC in which Section 498-A IPC along with, no injury 307 and other sections of the IPC in which the imprisonment is less than 10 years. (iii) After lodging of the complaint or the FIR, no action should take place without concluding the "Cooling-Period" of two months. During this "Cooling-Period", the matter may be referred to Family Welfare Committee in each districts. (iv) Every district shall have at least one or more FWC (depending upon the geographical size and population of that district constituted under the District Legal Aid Services Authority) comprising of at least THREE MEMBERS]
Sakshi Chauhan vs Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University Of Horticulture & Forestry, Nauni 2025 INSC 882
Constitution of India - Article 142 - SC invoked Article 142 powers for regularizing appellant's admission to the M.Sc. Environmental Management course and upholding the conferring of the postgraduate degree.