Criminal Trial -- Even without conducting preliminary enquiry, FIR registered on getting disclosure of a cognizable offence, could not suffer from any legal infirmity.

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Radhakrishnan v. Deputy Superintendent of Police

28th January, 2026

2026 KLT OnLine 1141

Advocates Welfare Fund Act 1980 (Kerala), Ss.13 & 14 -- Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013 -- Advocates Act 1961 -- Bar Associations are officially recognized only for the purpose of the Advocates' Welfare Fund.

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Shanavas Khan v. Kollam Bar Association

27th January, 2026

2026 KLT OnLine 1140

Penal Code 1860, Ss.204 & 306 -- What is important is the intention of the accused and not what is felt by the deceased.

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Safwan Adhur v. State of Kerala

28th January, 2026

2026 KLT OnLine 1139

Constitution of India Art.229 -- Service Rules (Kerala) Part I Appendix VII -- High Court Service Rules 2007 (Kerala) -- Denial of compensation leave -- The recommendations of the Chief Justice in matters concerning internal administration and functioning of the High Court cannot be disregarded by the Executive.

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28th January, 2026

2026 KLT OnLine 1138 (SC)

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2026 KLT OnLine 1134 (SC)

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, Ss. 173(4), 175(3), 175(4) & 210 -- The advisability or otherwise of any preliminary inquiry before registration of an FIR, would stricto sensu not arise where the victim approached the JMFC with the application under Section 210 read with sub-section (4) of Section 173, BNSS upon the omission/neglect of the Station House Officer to register an FIR based on the complaint, as the JMFC is required to follow the mandate of the law as in sub-sections

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2026 KLT OnLine 1133 (SC)

Penal Code 1860, S.302 -- Criminal Trial -- When there was no Test Identification Parade carried out, as is required, in the course of an investigation, only lends credence to the line of investigation and not necessarily to the eventual conviction.

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Bernard Lyngdoh Phawa v. State of Meghalaya

27th January, 2026

2026 KLT OnLine 1129 (SC)

Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act 2002, Ss.2(1)(f) & 14 -- Practice and Procedure -- Fraud -- Fraus omnia corrumpit -- To nip a proceeding, where fraud and collusion are alleged, in the bud on a mere technicality is unjust as it allows such allegations to be buried without an examination of its merits.

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2026 KLT OnLine 1127 (SC)

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, S.483 -- Considering that the FIR was registered for an offence concerning abetment to commit suicide and the deceased had not sustained any such injury which can be said to be the cause of death and prima facie it is found that she died of a medicine given as anaesthesia and the deceased herself was an anaesthetist and that the allegation of demand of money/dowry was not made in the first instance but was made in the subsequent case diary statements, as

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23rd January, 2026

2026 KLT OnLine 1128

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22nd January, 2026

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Criminal Trial -- Even without conducting preliminary enquiry, FIR registered on getting disclosure of a cognizable offence, could not suffer from any legal infirmity.

Advocates Welfare Fund Act 1980 (Kerala), Ss.13 & 14 -- Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013 -- Advocates Act 1961 -- Bar Associations are officially recognized only for the purpose of the Advocates' Welfare Fund.

Penal Code 1860, Ss.204 & 306 -- What is important is the intention of the accused and not what is felt by the deceased.

Penal Code 1860, S.302 -- Criminal Trial -- When there was no Test Identification Parade carried out, as is required, in the course of an investigation, only lends credence to the line of investigation and not necessarily to the eventual conviction.