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SC Puts Full Stop On Caste Based Discrimination In Jails
Sukanya Shantha vs UOI that caste-based discrimination in prisons would not be tolerated has sent out a clarion call to put a full stop and end caste based discrimination that has been going on...Hits: 17897 -
Court Can't Convict One, Acquit Another On Similar, Identical Evidence: SC
Yogarani Vs State By The Inspector Of Police that the court cannot convict one accused and so also acquit the other when there is similar or identical evidence pitted against the two accused persons.Hits: 14936 -
Imprisonment Does Not Restrict Individual’s Right To Pursue Education: Bombay HC
High Court not just in India, not just in Asia but in the whole world and still has just one Bench so close to Lucknow and nowhere else for which the whole credit goes to Bombay High CourtHits: 20264 -
Clean Acquittal Of Accused After Long Undertrial Custody May Give Rise To Claim For Compensation: SC
V Senthil Balaji vs The Deputy Director that a case of clean acquittal where the accused had spent long years under custody as an undertrial may give rise to a claim for compensation.Hits: 13662 -
SC To Re-Examine Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana’s Plea For Commuting Death Penalty
Balwant Singh vs UOI, the Supreme Court has finally agreed to re-examine the long pending issue afresh thus igniting a fresh glimmer of hope in this leading case.Hits: 10340 -
Legal Professionals Not Immune From Prosecution For Criminal Misdeeds: SC
Bhagwan Singh vs UP that no professional, much less a legal professional, is immune from prosecution for their criminal misdeed(s).Hits: 21525 -
Ramesh vs Karnataka that once the Trial Court found no evidence to convict the accused, the burden is upon the High Court, while reversing the said judgment, to record clear findings about each of...Hits: 13656
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SC Orders Release Of Arvind Kejriwal On Regular Bail In CBI Case
Arvind Kejriwal vs Central Bureau of Investigation that was registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) pertaining to the now scrapped excise policy in Delhi liquor policy case.Hits: 13680 -
V.I. Thankappan vs Kerala that an accused with Alzheimer’s, who resultantly is incapable of making his defence in a trial, is entitled to the protection that is available under the Bharatiya...Hits: 10256
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Video Recording Of Bail Proceedings Under SC/ST Act Mandatory Even For Sexual Offences: Delhi HC
Laxmi Narayan vs NCT of Delhi that the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act of 1989 (SC/ST Act) should be video graphed even if the alleged offences involve sexual...Hits: 14648 -
P&H HC Convicts DSP In 1995 Custodial Death Case
Punjab vs Harbhajan Singh nearly three decades after Gamdoor Singh who was a resident of Sangrur who sustained injuries in police custody as he was brutally tortured in police custody before...Hits: 13061 -
Subal Makhal vs Indian Red Cross Society that disciplinary proceedings cannot supersede a criminal court’s acquittal when both are based on identical charges.Hits: 14831
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FIR Can Be Quashed If Allegations Made In Complaint Are Absurd & Inherently Improbable: Jharkhand HC
Manjunath @ Manjunath Bhajantri vs Jharkhand that had been registered by MP Nishikant Dubey while holding most categorically that an FIR can be quashed if the allegations made in the complaint are...Hits: 13046 -
Girish Gandhi vs Uttar Pradesh that if an accused, involved in multiple cases, is enlarged on bail and is unable to find multiple sureties, the court must balance the requirement of sureties with...Hits: 11927
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The investigation into the brutal rape, assault and murder of a lady doctor at RG Kar Medical College Hospital in KolkataHits: 10306
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SC In Manish Sisodia Case Criticizes High Court, Trial Court For Playing It Safe In Bail Matters
Manish Sisodia vs Directorate of Enforcement that the High Courts and Trial Courts appear to be playing it safe when they routinely deny bail in criminal cases instead of granting bail as the norm.Hits: 10357 -
SC Quashes Rape Case Filed After Relationship Went Sour
Shiv Pratap Singh Rana vs Madhya Pradesh that the relationship with the woman was consensual and continued for two years.Hits: 12949 -
Rajasthan HC Issues SOP For Police Protection Of Couples Facing Threats For Choice Of Partner
Suman Meena vs Rajasthan that police authorities have a constitutional responsibility to provide enhanced protection to the couples who are facing threats or harassment from social actors or groups...Hits: 18044 -
Perjury and Justice: Why Indian Law Needs Stricter Penalties for False Testimonies
Perjury should have separate law in india or should be added to existing laws.Hits: 13874 -
Farukh vs Madhya Pradesh that the inherent powers of the High Court under Section 482 of the CrPC should be exercised sparingly in cases involving heinous offences.Hits: 9149
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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Moves To Make Forced Religious Conversions Punishable By Life Imprisonment
Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2024 which aims to make the State’s anti-conversion law more stringent so that there is no imbalance in population of...Hits: 11864 -
Allahabad HC Directs State Authorities, Police To Undergo Training On UP Gangsters Act Procedure
Abdul Lateef @ Mustak Khan vs UP has directed the Uttar Pradesh State Government to send its police officials, district magistrates and nodal officers under the UP Gangsters and Anti Social...Hits: 9198 -
Thanda Ram Sidar vs Chhattisgarh that not every abduction of a minor female automatically constitutes an offence under Section 366 of the Indian Penal Code.Hits: 16063
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Kadarsha Latifsha Saiyed Thro Jamilsha Kadarsha Saiyed vs Gujarat that bail condition requiring accused to mark his presence before the concerned police station could lead to grievances, potential...Hits: 17018
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Right To Speedy Trial Cannot Be Taken Away Citing Heinousness Of Crime: Rajasthan HC
Kailash Chand vs Rajasthan that right to have a speedy trial was guaranteed by the Constitution of India and it could not be taken away from the accused for the reason of seriousness or heinousness...Hits: 10314 -
Mahesh Pandurang Naik v/s Maharashtra that since the arrest of a person is drastic and desperate stage, it must necessarily be effected upon following the procedure prescribed under law.Hits: 13756
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Mere Association With Dawood Ibrahim Will Not Amount To Terror Gang Membership Under UAPA: Bombay HC
Parvez Zubair Vaid vs State that any association with Dawood Ibrahim, who has been declared a terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), would not attract the provision...Hits: 22188 -
FIR Cannot Be Quashed On The Ground Of Non-Holding Of Preliminary Inquiry Into Allegations: MP HC
Abhishek Pandey vs Madhya Pradesh that an FIR cannot be quashed on the grounds that a preliminary inquiry into the correctness of the allegations was not heard by the police.Hits: 10360 -
Right To Be Forgotten: HP HC Orders Masking Of Rape Accused’s Name After Acquittal
Himachal Pradesh vs XXXX that an accused who is acquitted or honourably discharged by the process of law should not be made to carry the sword of his being accused for all his life.Hits: 13224 -
Krishna Joshi vs Rajasthan that where an FIR was registered under Section 154 of CrPCHits: 10370
