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Supreme Court Clarifies: Complaints Against Public Servants Under BNSS Section 175(4) Must Be in Writing with Affidavit – Not a Standalone Provision
The Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in XXX vs. State of Kerala & Ors. [ Criminal Appeal No. 4629 of 2025 ] [ 2026 INSC 88 ] dated January 27, 2026 held that sub-section (4) of Section 175 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) is neither an independent/standalone provision nor a proviso to sub-section (3) thereof, but must be read harmoniously with sub-section (3), with the former understood as a procedural restraint upon the power conferred under both sub-se
Jan 29
Supreme Court holds that High Courts cannot impose timelines on investigation or grant protection from arrest while dismissing quashing petitions.
The Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in State of U.P. & Anr. vs. Mohd Arshad Khan & Anr. [ Criminal Appeal Nos. 5610-5612 of 2025 ] dated December 19, 2025 held that High Courts, while declining to quash criminal proceedings under Article 226 of the Constitution or Section 482 of the CrPC, cannot simultaneously impose fixed timelines for completion of investigation or grant blanket protection from arrest till cognizance is taken by the concerned court. The Court held that tim
Jan 2
Long-Term Intimate Relationships Can't Be Called Rape Just Because Marriage Didn't Happen
The Hon'ble Delhi High Court in Shivam Pandey v. State [CRL.A. 1069/2023] dated February 13, 2025, held that consensual physical...
Mar 4, 2025
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