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Kashibai & Ors vs Karnataka that mere fact of commission of suicide by itself would not be sufficient for the court to raise the presumption under Section 113A of the Evidence Act, and to hold...Hits: 6809
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Gujarat v. Koli Arjan Samat Vaderah that when two views are possible, the judgment and order of acquittal passed by the Trial Court should not be interfered with by the Appellate Court unless for...Hits: 6283
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SC Summarises 10 Well-Settled Principles Of Section 313 CrPC
Premchand vs Maharashtra the 10 well-settled principles of Section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 as laid down which also constitutes the real backbone! Of course, Section 313...Hits: 15387 -
Arif Ahmed Khan Vs J&K that the words As soon as may be, in Article 22(5) of the Constitution of India, clearly shows the concern of the makers of the Constitution that the representation, made...Hits: 4319
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Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court Quashes Rape FIR
Syed Shahid Hamdani v/s J&K has quashed a rape FIR. a proposal made by the accused to prosecutrix for live-in relationship so as to ascertain how their relationship will work, does not...Hits: 5844 -
Madras HC Issues Guidelines For Extending Limitation Period In Criminal Cases
Shiva Sankar Baba v. State While dwelling on the prayer made in the petition, the Bench specifies that the Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482Hits: 5441 -
Extra-Judicial Confession Is A Weak Piece Of Evidence, Independent Corroboration Needed: SC
Nikhil Chandra Mondal v/s West Bengal that the credibility of an extra-judicial confession decreases when the surrounding circumstances are doubtful.Hits: 6631 -
Mere Breach Of Contract Can’t Be Basis For Criminal Case For Cheating SC
Sarabjit Kaur Vs Punjab that a mere allegation of failure to keep up promise will not be enough to initiate criminal proceedings.Hits: 6877 -
Renjith v. Kerala that a bail that had once been granted ought not to be cancelled on the mere asking, but that there ought to be cogent and overwhelming circumstances existing to cancel the bail.Hits: 6185
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Sanjay Kumar Sain vs NCT of Delhi that Judges must exercise more control and caution while passing strictures against the investigating authorities and the police officers on their professional...Hits: 5936
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Parshant Vashishta vs Chhattisgarh that there must be a separate and independent application under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) after the refusal by the SHO to register FIR.Hits: 4943
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Own Motion vs UoIthat while finding the videos featuring Balwinder and his aides and the content of the same as ‘derogatory’, ‘malicious’, libelous’ and ‘against the constitutional authorities and...Hits: 4892
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Sumitra Bandhe v Chhattisgarh that a police officer should not re-record a dying declaration which has already been recorded by an Executive Magistrate, who is a competent and better authority...Hits: 6733
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Prolonged Detention Of Under-Trials Violation Of Article 21: Manipur HC
Khongbantabam Hitler Singh v/s The Officer-in-Charge, Imphal Police Station that: A humane attitude is required to be adopted by a Judge while dealing with the bail application. Even if the offence...Hits: 6050 -
Sakul Hamid & Madhya Pradesh directed the State to pay Rs 20 lakhs each to two individuals who were kept in prison for 20 months in a frivolous case filed against them at the whims and caprice...Hits: 13546
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Ved Yadav vs Delhi has issued a slew of guidelines for cases where an inmate or convict sustains work related injuries in prison observing that there is no monitoring or remedial mechanism to...Hits: 5054
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Abdul Rashid vs J&K that there cannot be two FIRs with regard to the same occurrence but in case of two different versions on part of rival parties with regard to the same occurrence,...Hits: 11930
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Shri T Pathaw Vs Inspector of Police, CBI that the CBI is well within its right to investigate offences under IPC provided they are in nexus with offences under Prevention of Corruption Act.Hits: 7003
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Subhash @ Makkar v Haryana that the credible eye witness account is to be assigned preponderance and precedence over the medical account in case of contradiction between the two.Hits: 4998
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Harikesh @ Guddu Madan Kattilwar v. Deputy Police Commissioner that the subjective satisfaction for passing an externment order cannot be recorded on the basis of a crime in which the accused was...Hits: 5965
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Government Can’t Act As A Robber Of Citizen’s Lands: Karnataka HC
MV Guruprasad vs Karnataka State should not be robbers of land belonging to citizens.Hits: 5569 -
Patna HC Denies Anticipatory Bail To DSP Accused Of Raping Minor Maid In Government Quarter
Kamla Kant Prasad vs Bihar denied anticipatory bail to a suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) who is accused of committing forceful sexual intercourse in 2017 with a minor girl, who was...Hits: 5162 -
Ravinder Lal Airi vs S. Shalu Construction Pvt. Ltd that a revision petition filed against an order directing registration of FIR is maintainable as such an order is not an interlocutory order.Hits: 7659
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Jayashree Chandrakant Dhavre vs Union of India that informers take huge risks to furnish important information to the authorities and that the authorities should reward them accordingly as per...Hits: 4669
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Ibramsha vs The Second-Class Executive Magistrate cum Thasildhar, Dindigul West Taluk, Dindigul District that was filed by Ibramsha/petitioner who was detained by the Inspector of Police of...Hits: 3877
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Process Of Criminal Law Not For Arm-Twisting & Money Recovery When Prayer For Bail Is Opposed: SC
Bimla Tiwari vs Bihar that in exercise of its extraordinary jurisdiction that the process of criminal law could not be utilized for arm-twisting and money recovery, particularly when the prayer for...Hits: 5112 -
Jaswant Singh vs Chhattisgarh that was pronounced as recently as on January 13, 2023 in holding unequivocally that while giving opinion regarding grant of remission under Section 432(2) CrPC.Hits: 5229
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Union of India vs Const Sunil Kumar that in exercise of the power of judicial review, the punishment imposed by disciplinary proceedings can be interfered with only if it is ‘strikingly...Hits: 5027
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TP Gopalakrishnan vs Kerala that Section 300 CrPC bars the trial of a person not only for the same offence but also for any other offence on the same facts.Hits: 8274
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Delhi High Court Very Rightly Grants Bail To Kapil Taneja
Kapil Taneja v/s State (Govt NCT of Delhi) that: We are of the view that the appellants are entitled to the grant of bail pending trial on stringent conditions in order to ally the apprehension...Hits: 5066
