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Adv. Rohit Belakud

Rohit Belakud is the Founder of Mahamana News and a practicing Advocate engaged in legal analysis and jurisprudential discourse. He also helms The Legal QnA, a platform devoted to legal cognition and public legal literacy. With advanced proficiency in web development, he integrates law, technology, and digital media to curate authoritative and intellectually rigorous legal platforms.
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Absconding Accused Cannot Benefit From Witness’s Death: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has ruled that the testimony of a deceased witness recorded during the trial of co-accused can be relied upon against an...
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Threatening Words During Quarrel Do Not Automatically Amount to Criminal Intimidation: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has ruled that abusive or vulgar language, by itself, does not amount to "obscenity" under Section 294(b) of the Indian Penal...

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Tahasildar Cannot Ignore Binding Court Orders In Mutation Proceedings: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has set aside an order of the Tahasildar, Bhubaneswar, rejecting a land mutation claim, holding that a revenue authority cannot...
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Calling Accused On Every Hearing After Suspension Of Sentence Is Burdensome And Unwarranted: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that once a sentence is suspended and an accused is granted bail during the pendency of a criminal appeal,...
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Electronic Evidence Without Section 65B Certificate Is Inadmissible: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has acquitted a man convicted of murder after finding that the prosecution failed to establish a complete chain of circumstantial evidence,...
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Vague Allegations Cannot Sustain 498A Prosecution: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has quashed criminal proceedings against the parents-in-law of a woman accused of dowry harassment, holding that general and omnibus allegations without...
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Double Presumption of Innocence Applies Strongly in Appeals Against Acquittal Under Sections 376, 452 IPC: Punjab and Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed the State of Haryana’s appeal challenging the acquittal of a man accused of rape and house-trespass,...
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Supreme Court Protects Finality of Its Earlier Orders in Kerala Technical Education Promotions Case

The Supreme Court held that a High Court cannot issue directions that effectively disturb the finality of relief already granted by the Supreme Court...
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Arbitrator Cannot Award Interest Contrary To Contract: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that an arbitral tribunal cannot award pre-award or pendente lite interest in the teeth of an express contractual prohibition,...
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In Murder Under SC/ST Act, Courts Must Apply Strict Bail Parameters: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has set aside the Bombay High Court’s order granting bail to two accused in a murder case arising out of a...
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OTT Content Challenge Requires Recourse To Three-Tier Mechanism: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on February 17, 2026, declined to entertain a writ petition seeking a ban on the continued streaming of the film...
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Minimum 20-Year POCSO Sentence Is Mandatory, Not Enhancement: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that imposing the statutory minimum sentence under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act,...
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Federal Structure Cannot Be Allowed to Be Destroyed: Jharkhand HC Stays Dual FIR Investigation

The Jharkhand High Court on February 19, 2026, stayed further investigation in two criminal cases arising out of a road accident in Ranchi and...
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Students Cannot Be Penalised for Legislature’s Error: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that degrees obtained from universities established under the Chhattisgarh Niji Kshetra Vishwavidyalaya Act, 2002 before it was struck down...
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Absconding Accused Cannot Benefit From Witness’s Death: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has ruled that the testimony of a deceased witness recorded during the trial of co-accused can be relied upon against an...
Supreme Court

Threatening Words During Quarrel Do Not Automatically Amount to Criminal Intimidation: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has ruled that abusive or vulgar language, by itself, does not amount to "obscenity" under Section 294(b) of the Indian Penal...
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Supreme Court To Consider Plea Seeking Recognition of PSU Law Officers’ Experience for 3-Year Judicial Service Practice Requirement

The Supreme Court has agreed to examine whether legal experience gained by law officers serving in government departments and public sector undertakings (PSUs) should...
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Acts Of Removing Salwar And Molestation Attract Section 354 IPC, Not Attempt To Rape: Patna HC

The Patna High Court has set aside the conviction of a studio owner who had been found guilty of attempting to commit rape and...