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Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V Kerala - The State Public Information Officer and Deputy Superintendent of Police vs The State Information Commissiondirected the Kerala Police to publish in its...Hits: 4147
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Telephonic Message Which Does Not Clearly Specify The Offence, Cannot Be Treated As An FIR: SC
Netaji Achyut Shinde (Patil) Vs. Maharashtra a telephonic message which does not clearly specify the offence cannot be treated as an FIR.Hits: 5294 -
Babulal Verma v. ED the Enforcement Directorate could continue investigation into cases of money-laundering even after investigation into the base/scheduled offences were closed.Hits: 20263
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Try 16+ As Adults In POCSO Cases: Top Panel
it should reduce the age for trying people as adults under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act from 18 to 16 to check increasing crimes against children which is certainly...Hits: 4186 -
Mohd Umair vs State directed a young accused of 21 years to do one month community service at Gurudwara Bangla Sahib while quashing the FIR against him on the ground of a compromise being entered...Hits: 6669
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Laishram Premila Devi v/s The State It is a national tragedy that we see that laws meant for protection of women are fast turningHits: 6437
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Krishna Lal Chawla v/s U.P. Magistrates and Trial Judges have as much, if not more, responsibility in safeguarding the fundamental rights of the citizens of India as the highest court of the land.Hits: 6175
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Anticipatory Bail Once Granted Does Not Automatically End With Filing Of Chargesheet: SC
Dr Rajesh Pratap Giri v/s U.P the anticipatory bail once granted does not automatically end on the filing of the chargesheet.Hits: 8183 -
Piyush Subhashbhai Raniapa vs Maharashtra in exercise of its criminal appellate jurisdiction has reiterated that non-IPC offences punishable with up to three years of imprisonment will be...Hits: 14568
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Evidence Of Interested Person Can Be Considered If It Is Corroborated: Supreme Court
Rahul vs Haryana the evidence of interested person can be considered provided such evidence is corroborated by other evidence on record.Hits: 6225 -
Satpal vs. Haryana a dying declaration cannot be disbelieved merely because parents and relatives of the deceased were present in the hospital while recording it.Hits: 1090824
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Allahabad HC Acquits Rape Accused After 20 Years In Jail
Vishnu v. State of UP It is a matter of national shame, national disgrace and national humiliation that a man had to suffer without committing any offence 20 years of incarceration in connection...Hits: 4236 -
Tamil Selvi v. Tamil Nadu directed the State of Tamil Nadu to provide a compensation of Rs 5 lacs to a Dalit Petitioner whose daughter had died as a result of complications that arose after...Hits: 5865
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Detention Of A Person Despite Furnishing Of Personal Bond Violative Of Article 21: Allahabad HC
Shiv Kumar Verma v/s UP keeping a person in custody, despite his furnishing personal bonds as required by the Magistrate is violative of his right to personal liberty guaranteed under Article 21...Hits: 6989 -
Sudipta Chakrobarty Vs. Ranaghat S.D. Hospital while criticizing the practice of 'reasons to follow' orders has directed the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) to pass reasoned...Hits: 4200
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Mohammed Aslam vs UOI the offence of gold smuggling with the intent to threaten or likely to threaten the economic security of the country is covered under the definition of 'terrorist act' under...Hits: 4279
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It must be mentioned here that these amendments have been introduced after the Rajasthan High Court recently took the most commendable, courageous and composed decision to ask the State GovernmentHits: 5219
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Can An Accomplice Be A Competent Witness Against An Accused?
Can an accomplice be a competent witness against an accused? Both sides have their own points and counterpoints.Hits: 6923 -
Gautam P Navlakha Vs. National Investigation Agency the time spent in unlawful custody cannot be included while computing the 90 days period prescribed for grant of default bail under Section...Hits: 7531
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Consensual Sex Between Minors A Grey Area Under POCSO Act: Bombay HC
Arhant Janardan Sunatkari vs Maharashtra has been a significant and progressive step in securing children's rights, however, incidents of consensual sex between minor has been a grey area under the...Hits: 7452 -
Union of India vs KA Najeeb restrictions under Section 43-D(5) of UAPA does not oust the ability of Constitutional Courts to grant bail on the violation of fundamental right to speedy trial.Hits: 4772
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Purna Chandra Mohapatra vs Odisha a sum of Rupees Five Lakhs be paid by the State of Odisha to one Purna Chandra Mohapatra and his wife as compensation for the avoidable death of Manoj (their son),...Hits: 4491
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Vimal Kumar v. UP the notorious Section 498A of the IPC has more often than not been misused rampantly due to which the husband and his relatives like parents, brothers etc have suffered time and...Hits: 5906
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Vijayalakshmi v. State Punishing an adolescent boy who enters into a relationship with a minor girl by treating him as an offender, was never the objective of POCSO Act.Hits: 7041
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Decriminalising Adultery Could Lead To Instability In Armed Forces: Centre To SC
clarification from the Supreme Court to the effect that the 2018 order decriminalizing adultery would apply only to civilians and not defence personnel because not prosecuting soldiers for adulteryHits: 6129 -
This writ petition has been filed by a rape victim invoking the jurisdiction of this Court under Article 32 of the Constitution.Hits: 3911
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Section 304A Of IPC Must Be Amended To Check Drunken Driving
Centre must immediately swing into action and make necessary changes to ensure that those indulging in drunken driving are strictly punished and not let off on bail or freed after spending few...Hits: 10882 -
Strictest Punishment For Mob Lynching Needed Now Most
mob lynching cannot be justified on any pretext and under any circumstances come what may! There has to be zero tolerance for itHits: 5580 -
Life Imprisonment Must Be Abolished
life imprisonment meant behind bars for life. It is worse than death to keep a person confined for his entire life in jail rather than taking his lifeHits: 5241 -
Suraj Kumar Vs J&K an accused cannot be kept in custody merely for the reason that the offence alleged to have committed by him is of serious nature.Hits: 5388
