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Gurmail Singh v. Punjab if a second FIR is registered regarding an incident on which a prior FIR already exists, it amounts to abuse of process of law and the High Court is well within its powers...Hits: 14516
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Kerala Court Acquits Former Bishop Franco Mulakkal In Nun Rape Case
Kerala vs Bishop Franco Mulakkal acquitted Roman Catholic Bishop Franco Mulakkal on charges of repeatedly raping a nun 13 times over three years in a convent between 2014 and 2016Hits: 4516 -
Whole Police Station Should Be Monitored Through CCTVs Including Interrogation Room: P&H HC
Kaushal v Haryana that CCTVs should be installed in every part of police stations including the interrogation room as per the directions issued by the Apex Court.Hits: 5833 -
Mahendra Pal Singh Lekhpal v/s U.P. Section 482 CrPC is maintainable to quash the proceedings, which are ex facie bad for want of sanction as required under Section 197 of CrPC (Prosecution of...Hits: 5029
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Deputy Superintendent of Police v. Samivel @ Raja While enumerating the plethora of reasons for confirming the capital punishment that was given to the 26-year-old accused by the trial court, the...Hits: 5479
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If Bail Order Lacks Reasons, Prosecution Or Informant Can Challenge It Before Higher Forum: SC
Brijmani Devi vs Pappu Kumar that if an order granting bail was bereft of relevant reasons then the same would entitle the prosecution or the informant to assail it before a higher forum.Hits: 7456 -
Ram Ratan Vs State of Madhya Pradesh that mere exhibition, brandishing or holding a weapon openly by offender to threaten and create fear or apprehension in the mind of the victim is sufficient to...Hits: 8581
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Victim Best Judge Of Incident: Calcutta HC Upholds POCSO Conviction And Lays Down Guidelines
Prabir Bhuiyan alias Prabir Bhuinyan v/s West Bengal upheld a conviction under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act despite minor discrepancies in the evidence of the minor...Hits: 80234 -
Convicted Lawmakers Must Be Definitely Banned For Life
It is worth noting that the Apex Court took into consideration the irrefutable fact that this critical issue had been hanging fire for the last five years.Hits: 4399 -
Undertrial Cannot Be Detained In Jail Indefinitely: SC
Ashim @ Asim Kumar Haranath vs National Investigation Agency an undertrial cannot be indefinitely detained in prison if there is delay in concluding the trial and the courts would ordinarily be...Hits: 4689 -
M/S Suvarna Cooperative Bank Ltd. V. Karnataka that chargesheet filed against accused persons after a thorough investigation cannot be quashed merely on the ground that other persons who might have...Hits: 4416
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Terror Acts Must Be Punished With Death
Not for those who don't believe in law. Such people should be shot as soon as they are met.Hits: 4233 -
Babbar Khan vs J&K upheld the detention order of a habitual offender on the adequate grounds that he has been creating a sense of alarm and feeling of insecurity in the minds of people in the...Hits: 4819
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Rahul Kesarwani vs Sunita Bhuyan Categorically and convincingly observed that minor inconsistency in a statement made by a wife during cross-examination by husband before Family Court in divorce...Hits: 5875
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Radhye Shyam vs State that the arrest of a person based on mere allegations has the potential to destroy his reputation and thus it is necessary to apply great care while dealing with arrest at...Hits: 5555
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Maharashtra (through DCB, CID, Unit-III, Mumbai) v/s Vijay Mohan Jadhav @ Nanu commuted the death penalty awarded to three men who gangraped a photo journalist in Mumbai inside Mumbai's defunct...Hits: 4780
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Very Fact That Victim Used To Video Call Accused In Early Morning Shows Her Consent: Karnataka HC
Basanagouda @ Basavaraj v State of Karnataka has granted bail to a rape accused noting that the victim, a married woman herself, used to make video calls to the accused early in the morning, when...Hits: 14769 -
Surinder Singh vs State (Union Territory of Chandigarh) illegal use of a licensed or sanctioned weapon per se does not constitute an offence under Section 27 of the Arms Act, 1959 (Act).Hits: 9434
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come down to the plains to meet and interact with a relative-prisoner, prima facie, violates fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India of prisoners and their...Hits: 4097
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Anil S/o Venkappa Kushalkar v. Karnataka that in a case of heinous offence of rape, even if the parties have settled the dispute, the same cannot be accepted and the proceedings cannot be quashed...Hits: 5695
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V Bharath Kumar vs Telangana granted liberty to an accused to initiate proceedings against police officials if the procedure for arrest under Section 41A CrPC is violated.Hits: 7960
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Bal Raj vs Priya in the exercise of its powers under Section 125(3) CrPC, a court can impose composite civil imprisonment in case of default in payment of maintenance arrears/allowances, for a...Hits: 4933
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Allahabad HC Directs UP Govt, Its Authorities And Committees To Implement Witness Protection Scheme
Mithlesh Narayan Tiwari vs U.P directed quite forthrightly the Uttar Pradesh State Government and all its concerned authorities/committees to implement the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018 forthwith.Hits: 4325 -
Devendra Valmiki v/s M.P. that the court should not award a flea-bite sentence for offence under Section 304-A of IPC by showing undue sympathy.Hits: 4501
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PC Act: More Time Taken For Preliminary Enquiry Not A Ground To Quash Criminal Proceedings: SC
Jammu and Kashmir vs Dr Saleem Ur Rehman whatever enquiry is conducted at the stage of Preliminary Enquiry, by no stretch of imagination, can be considered as investigation under the Code of...Hits: 4826 -
The main theme of the article depicts about the Scotland yard which served as the headquarters for the metropolitan police force of London , where the yard is famous for some murder incidents and...Hits: 1291
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Jaswant Singh v/s Punjab The allegations made in the FIR had an overwhelmingly and pre-dominatingly a civil flavour. The Apex Court gave adequate reasons for quashing the criminal proceedingsHits: 5281
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AT Mydeen vs Assistant Commissioner, Customs Department that the evidence recorded in a criminal trial against any accused is confined to the culpability of that accused only and it does not have...Hits: 5058
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K Ruban Vs State Represented by All Woman Police Station, Pollachi, Coimbatore District an accused can be convicted under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act solely based on...Hits: 5882
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Aryan Khan Case: Bombay High Court Releases Order With Bail Conditions
Aryan Shah Rukh Khan v/s Union Of India this is not to deny the due credit which the legal team so richly deserves led by most brilliant, learned and dynamic lawyers led by former Attorney General...Hits: 12548
