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Supreme Court: Motive Isn’t of Significance if Direct Evidence Proving Guilt of Accused Available(09.04.2024)

Supreme Court has held that if there is direct evidence available against an accused that inspires the confidence of the court then the motive with wh.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Direct Evidence, Motive

All. HC: If Ocular Testimony is Suspected, Existence/Absence of Motive Acquires Significance(14.08.2024)

Allahabad High Court while acquitting an accused in a murder case due to unreliable ocular testimony, has observed that when ocular testimony appears .....

Tags : Allahabad High Court, Ocular Testimony, Absence of Motive

Ker. HC: In Quashing Proc. Courts to Look at All Circumstances to See if Case Initiated With Malice(19.06.2024)

Ker. HC has observed that Courts owe duty to look into attending circumstances to see whether criminal proceeding is manifestly attended with mala fid.....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Quashing Proceedings, Ulterior Motives

Notifications & Circulars

Indian Railways Issues Letter of Award for Setting Up of Diesel Locomotive to GE Global Sourcing India Pvt. Limited(09.11.2015)

Indian Railways awarded GE Global Sourcing India Private Limited a Letter of Award to set up a Diesel Locomotive Factory in Bihar. In furtherance to i.....

Tags : Railway, locomotives, decentralisation, deregulation

P&H HC: Failure to Prove Motive Not Fatal to Case of Prosecution(14.03.2022)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that even though motive bears significance in cases of circumstantial evidences, however, failure to prove the .....

Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Failure to Prove Motive

Rajasthan HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Inclusion of Persons with Locomotive Disabilities under PWD Act(23.02.2021)

Rajasthan High Court has dismissed a writ petition seeking a direction to the State Government to include persons with locomotive disabilities and/or .....

Tags : Rajasthan High Court, Inclusion of Persons with Locomotive Disabilities

SC: When Strong Circumstantial Evidence Exists, Absence of Motive No Ground For Acquittal(22.04.2025)

SC has observed that when the circumstances are very convincing and provide an unbroken chain leading only to the conclusion of guilt of the accused a.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Absence of Motive, Acquittal

SC: Complete Absence of Motive May Lend Credence to Plea of Insanity(30.04.2025)

Supreme Court while reducing the sentence of a woman convicted of killing her daughters, has observed that a complete absence of any kind of motive wh.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Plea of Insanity, Absence of Motive

SC: Motive Becomes Irrelevant When Direct Evidence Such as a Dying Declaration is Available(16.01.2026)

The court observed that “Motive assumes significance, primarily in cases based on circumstantial evidence. Where there is direct evidence in the form .....

Tags : Motive, Evidence, Dying Declaration

MP HC: Can’t Grant Brownie Points to Accused Merely Because Motive Not Established(23.12.2022)

Madhya Pradesh High Court while observing that merely because motive and enmity is not established, appellant will not get any brownie points, has hel.....

Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Dying Declaration, Motive

SC: Absence of Motive Depending on Circumstantial Evidence Favours the Accused(28.09.2020)

Supreme Court has reiterated that absence of motive in a case depending on circumstantial evidence is a factor that weighs in favour of the accused.

Tags : Supreme Court, Absence of Motive