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*Name of the Case:-* _Shantilal Dashrath Gaikwad State of Maharashtra,2026 (CR. Appeal No.218 OF 2025)_ * Name of the Court:-* _Hon'ble Bombay High Court_ * Court Held:-* _The Bombay High Court acquitted a man convicted for the alleged kidnapping and murder of a one-year-ten-month-old girl, holding that the prosecution case rested on legally inadmissible electronic evidence and unreliable confessional material. The Court found that screenshots of CCTV footage, treated as a crucial link in the chain of circumstances, were improperly proved without production of the original footage or the mandatory certificate under Section 65-B of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 rendering the electronic evidence inadmissible and fatal to the prosecution case._ _Referring to Supreme Court's decision in *Sundar @ Sundarrajan vs. State by Inspector of police, reported in 2023,* without producing the relevant original CCTV footage, without examining the person who had copied and provided it and in ab...

FRAMING OF ISSUES Framing of issues is a very important stage of a civil trial. It is imperative for a judge to critically examine the pleadings of the parties before framing of issues.  Rule 2 of Order X CPC enables the Court, in its search for the truth, to go to the core of the matter and narrow down, or even eliminate the controversy.  Rule 2 of Order X reads as under:- Oral examination of party, or companion of party. - (1) At the first hearing of the suit, the Court - (a) shall, with a view to elucidating matters in controversy in the suit, examine orally such of the parties to the suit appearing in person or present in Court, as it deems fit; and (b) may orally examine any person, able to answer any material question relating to the suit, by whom any party appearing in person or present in Court or his pleader is accompanied”. It is a useful procedural device and must be regularly pressed into service. As per Rule 2 (3) of Order X CPC, the Court may if it thinks fit, pu...

 *Headnotes*  - Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 ; Order XIV Rule 2 - The plea of res judicata in appropriate cases may be determined as preliminary issue when it is neither a disputed question of fact nor a mixed question of law and fact - Preliminary issues can be those where no evidence is required and on the basis of reading of the plaint or the applicable law, if the jurisdiction of the Court or the bar to the suit is made out, the Court may decide such issues with the sole objective for the expeditious decision. [Referred to Ramesh B. Desai and Ors. v. Bipin Vadilal Mehta and Ors (2006) 5 SCC 638 ] (Para 20, 30) - Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 ; Order XIV Rule 2 , Order XX Rule 5, Order XLI Rules 24 & 25- To avoid the possibility of remanding back the matter after the decision on the preliminary issues, it is mandated for the trial court under Order XIV Rule 2 and Order XX Rule 5, and for the first appellate court in terms of Order XLI Rules 24 and 25 to rec...

*🛡️Top 20 Important Amendments to the Indian Constitution*  *♟️ 1st Amendment, 1951*      - Added Articles 31A, 31B, and Ninth Schedule to protect land reforms from judicial review.      *- Significance:* Strengthened agrarian reforms and state’s authority.  *♟️ 7th Amendment, 1956*      - Reorganized states on linguistic basis; abolished Part A, B, C states; introduced Union Territories.      *- Significance:* Enabled linguistic reorganization of states.  *♟️ 9th Amendment, 1960*      - Adjusted India-Pakistan boundaries post-1958 agreement (Berubari Union case).      *- Significance:* Clarified territorial adjustments.  *♟️ 10th Amendment, 1961*      - Incorporated Dadra and Nagar Haveli as a Union Territory.      *- Significance:* Expanded India’s administrative framework.  *♟️ 12th Amendm...

🔴 Supreme Court Keeps Aravalli Hills Verdict in Abeyance; To Constitute New High-Level Expert Committee Court: Supreme Court of India Matter: In Re: Definition of Aravalli Hills and Ranges and Ancillary Issues Case No.: Suo Motu Writ Petition (Civil) No. 10 of 2025 Order Date: 29 December 2025 Bench: Chief Justice of India; Justice J.K. Maheshwari; Justice Augustine George Masih (Vacation Bench) Source: Supreme Court (Record of Proceedings) The Supreme Court has kept its earlier decision on the Aravalli Hills and ranges in abeyance and announced that it will constitute a fresh, high-level independent expert committee to undertake a comprehensive scientific and ecological evaluation of the Aravalli region. ⚖️ Background The Aravalli mountain range, often described as the “green lungs” of north-western India, has faced sustained environmental stress due to mining, urbanisation and deforestation. Owing to inconsistencies across States in defining the Aravalli Hills, the Supreme Court had...

🔴 Time-Bound Investigation Must Be Directed Only in Cases of Undue Delay; Routine Fixing of Timelines Is Impermissible: Supreme Court Court: Supreme Court of India Case Title: State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr. v. Mohd. Arshad Khan & Ors. Connected Cases: Criminal Appeal Nos. 5610–5612 of 2025 (Arising out of SLP (Crl.) Nos. 17272, 17579 & 18150 of 2025) Judgment Date: 19 December 2025 Citation: 2025 INSC 1480 Bench: Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh Source: Supreme Court of India (Reportable) The Supreme Court has held that directions for time-bound completion of investigation must be issued only in exceptional cases involving undue delay, stagnation or unexplained inaction, and not as a matter of routine while disposing of petitions seeking quashing of FIRs. The Court cautioned that mechanical fixation of timelines interferes with the investigative domain and undermines settled criminal law principles. ⚖️ Background The case arose from FIRs register...