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J&K&L HC: Non-Incorporation of Finer Elements of Pleadings Under MV Act Not Necessarily Fatal(18.08.2022)

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that finer elements of pleadings, which are required to be mentioned in proceedings like a civil suit.....

Tags : Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, Finer Elements, Fatal, Motor Vehicles

Calcutta High Court: FIR Delay Not Fatal; Insurer Must Prove Policy Breach for Recovery(20.02.2026)

Calcutta HC held that families of accident victims, preoccupied with treatment and last rites, may delay filing an FIR, which cannot defeat a genuine .....

Tags : Delay, Fatal, Insurer

SC: Once Unlawful Assembly is Proved U/S 149 IPC, Individual Role in Fatal Injury is Irrelevant(25.02.2026)

SC held that once unlawful assembly is proved, individual identification of the person causing the fatal injury is immaterial, making all members vica.....

Tags : Unlawful Assembly, Fatal Injury, Irrelevant

Supreme Court: Failure to Prove Specific Overt Acts of Each Unlawful Assembly Member Not Fatal(13.03.2026)

SC upheld the murder conviction and life sentences of four accused, holding that the absence of specific eyewitness evidence of who fired the fatal sh.....

Tags : Unlawful Assembly, Fatal, Prosecution

SC Defines Tests to Prove Murder When Death Occurs Days after Fatal Injury(15.09.2025)

SC rules that delay between injury and death don’t reduce murder charge if death is directly linked. The test is that whether death is a natural, prob.....

Tags : Murder, Fatal Injury, Death

SC: Entire Delay from Limitation Start to Filing Date Must Be Explained Under Section 5 of Limitation(15.09.2025)

SC while clarifying Section 5 of the Limitation Act has observed that delay must be explained for the entire period from limitation start to filing da.....

Tags : Murder, Fatal Injury, Death

J&K&L HC: Failure to Frame Limitation Issue Not Fatal; Courts May Examine Limitation Suo Motu(23.12.2025)

J&K and Ladakh High Court held that failure to frame a specific issue on limitation is not fatal, as courts can consider limitation within broader iss.....

Tags : Limitation, Suo Motu, Fatal

SC: Absence of Independent Witnesses is Not Fatal if Injured Eyewitness Testimony is Sterling(23.04.2026)

Supreme Court upheld a murder conviction, holding that failure to examine an independent witness is not fatal where the injured eyewitness’s sole test.....

Tags : Witnesses; Fatal; Eyewitness