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SC rules bail can’t be cancelled mechanically without supervening circumstances; landmark verdict in Sanjay Kumar Jangid v. Mukesh Kumar.Hits: 17697
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SC Slams Misuse Of Preventive Detention To Keep Accused In Jail After They Secure Bail
SC quashes Kerala man's preventive detention, affirms liberty can't be curtailed without compelling reason post bail.Hits: 16826 -
SC quashes 498A IPC case, citing misuse of law by police officer; emphasizes need for judicial scrutiny & prevents abuse of criminal process.Hits: 18793
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Allahabad HC rules UP's 2019 bail curbs invalid post-BNSS 2023, allowing anticipatory bail in Gangsters Act cases.Hits: 17844
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SC rules that a warrant itself satisfies Article 22(1); no separate arrest grounds needed if warrant is read to the arrestee.Hits: 14499
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P&H HC Denies Anticipatory Bail To Police Inspector Accused Of Assaulting Army Colonel
HC denies bail to cop accused of brutal assault on Army Colonel, slams misuse of power as vile, pitiless, and a blow to rule of law.Hits: 16757 -
Relief For Litigants As Allahabad HC Suspends Rs 500 Charge For Photo Identification
M/S Rajdhani Inter State Transport Co. New Delhi vs. U.P. Allahabad High Court has prohibited the collection of Rs 500/- as photo identification charges by Bar Associations from litigants.Hits: 20036 -
Allegation Of Political Vendetta In Itself Not Sufficient To Grant Anticipatory Bail: SC
P Krishna Mohan Reddy vs AP criminal appellate jurisdiction has denied anticipatory bail to two former bureaucrats in the alleged multi-crore Andhra Pradesh liquor policy scam case ruling that the...Hits: 15639 -
UP Government’s Key Directions For Invoking Gangster Act
UP govt issues 29 strict guidelines on Gangsters Act after SC nudge in Gorakh Nath case; misuse barred, rights under Article 21 safeguardedHits: 15514 -
Balamurali N vs Inspector of Police that while the prisoners have a right to education, it must be resorted to remedies available under the Prison Rules 258(13) or 259.Hits: 15669
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Amol Samadhan Nikam vs Maharashtra took suo motu cognizance of the increasing trend of police officers ‘copy-pasting’ witness statements during criminal investigations which is definitely most...Hits: 17860
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Courts Should Not Be Swayed Only By Allegations In FIR When Deciding Bail: Delhi HC
Delhi HC stresses bail decisions must focus on specific accused's role, not FIR's broad allegations, upholding fair trial & speedy justice.Hits: 21753 -
Abolish Mercy Petition For Terrorists And Amend Terror Laws
A scathing call for bold leadership and tougher anti-terror laws after the Pahalgam attack exposes Pakistan’s deep-state terror strategy.Hits: 15506 -
Public Faith In CBI Has Eroded: Madras HC
Madras HC slams CBI for shoddy probes, issues strict directives; acquits accused in ₹2 crore bank fraud citing serious lapses in investigationHits: 17736 -
Prisoners Are Not Chattels: Delhi HC
Mohd Sheikh Noor Hussain vs NCT of Delhi that: Merely because (a prisoner) is confined to jail, (it) does not reduce his status to that of a chattel bereft of any basic fundamental human rights.Hits: 15563 -
Court in Tatheer Jafri v. UP held anticipatory bail under BNSS is valid in Gangsters Act cases if arrest is feared post 1 July 2024, even if FIR predates.Hits: 16887
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Anticipatory Bail Should Be Granted Sparingly In Economic Offences Cases: SC
Serious Fraud Investigation Office vs Aditya Sarda that since economic offences are a ‘class apart’, they must be viewed seriously and anticipatory bail should be granted sparingly in such cases.Hits: 16835 -
SC Very Rightly Quashes Rape Case Against Accused On Ground Of Consensual
Jaspal Singh Kaural vs NCT of Delhi The court found it appropriate to quash the criminal proceedings under Sections 376 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, considering that the complainant was in a...Hits: 20020 -
Ravindra Singh vs Uttarakhand has acquitted a man who had been convicted nearly three decades ago for allegedly causing his wife’s suicide.Hits: 13021
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Arrest Memo Cannot Be Construed As Grounds Of Arrest: SC
Ashish Kakkar vs UT of Chandigarh in the exercise of its criminal appellate jurisdiction has set aside the arrest and remand for an appellant in wake of the most historic and most commendable...Hits: 14483 -
Police Cannot Summon An Advocate Of Accused To Police Station: Kerala HC
Ajitkumar KK vs Kerala that the police cannot issue a summons to an advocate in his professional capacity who is appearing for the accused in a crime. It also observed clearly that police’s power...Hits: 15620 -
Courts, Police Have Duty To Protect Freedom Of Speech: SC
Imran Pratapgadhi vs Gujarat while quashing a first information report against Congress Rajya Sabha MP Imran Pratapgadhi has reminded the lower courts and so also the police of their duty to...Hits: 15676 -
Arrest Memo Cannot Be Construed As Grounds Of Arrest: SC
Ashish Kakkar vs UT of Chandigarh in the exercise of its criminal appellate jurisdiction has set aside the arrest and remand for an appellant in wake of the most historic and most commendable...Hits: 16422 -
SC Very Rightly Acquits Six Persons From Gujarat In Post-Godhra Riots Case
Dhirubhai Bhailabhai Chauhan vs Gujarat has acquitted six persons from Gujarat in post-Godhra riots case.Hits: 19125 -
Prioritize Criminal Appeals Of Elderly Accused On Bail, Especially When Crime Is Old: SC
Madhya Pradesh vs Shyamlal The old age of the accused and the long lapse of time from the commission of the offence can always be a ground available to give some priority to the appeals against...Hits: 15721 -
"J&K&L High Court Quashes Preventive Detention of Nazir Ahmad Ronga: Legal Analysis & Implications
Read about the landmark judgment of Nazir Ahmad Ronga vs UT of J&K & Ors by the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court at Srinagar, which quashed Ronga’s detention under the Public Safety...Hits: 15731 -
Harbouring Terrorists Is A Serious Offence Under UAPA: Delhi HC
An ordinary criminal like a dacoit or rapist or robber or murderer or any other ordinary criminal never goes to Pakistan or any other foreign country for getting training on how to commit dacoity...Hits: 15826 -
Prajna Prakash Nayak vs Odisha that a Magistrate can order an investigation against a public servant only after considering his defence and obtaining a report from his superior officer, as mandated...Hits: 13644
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SC Rightly Quashes Rape Case In Consensual Relationship
Manish Yadav v/s Uttar Pradesh that while the case involved a breach of promise, it did not amount to an inherently false promise of marriage. It must be disclosed here that the man had developed a...Hits: 13491 -
Strict Scrutiny Of FIR Required Registered Under Stringent Laws: SC
Jay Kishan vs Uttar Pradesh that strict scrutiny of the FIR is required under stringent laws like the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters Act to prevent its misuse in property or financial disputes.Hits: 16819
