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Rohit Dinanath Ray vs Gujaratacquitted the accused in a case of false promise to marry under Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The case was lodged with Gujarat University police station...Hits: 10156
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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 life.Hits: 10391 -
Navneet Singh Sindhu vs UOIdecided to grant disability pension to a former Short Services Commissioned Officer after very rightly quashing a medical board report for being legally and factually...Hits: 11892
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Trial Courts Cannot Award The Sentence Of Life Imprisonment Till Last Breath: Karnataka HC
Harish vs Karnataka that Trial Courts cannot impose a “special category sentence” or imprisonment for life without the possibility of remission or, in other words, imprisonment till last breath” of...Hits: 9442 -
Aslam Salim Shaikh vs Maharashtra criminal appellate jurisdiction we find that a man who had been sentenced to 83 years in jail was directed to be released by the Bombay High Court after it noted...Hits: 8511
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West UP Must Be Promptly Given A High Court Bench
UP has maximum pending cases among all States that is more than 10 lakhs in High CourtsHits: 9878 -
Penetrative Sexual Assault Against Child Below 12 Years Punishable As Aggavated Sexual Assault: SC
UP vs Sonu Kushwaha that the Courts cannot impose sentence lesser than the minimum punishments prescribed in POCSO Act.Hits: 7591 -
Allauddin vs Karnataka that: A citizen has a right to criticize or comment upon the measures undertaken by the Government and its functionaries,Hits: 9945
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Advocates Office Run From Residence Not Subject To Property Tax As Business Building : Delhi HC
South Delhi Municipal Corporation vs BN Magon that an advocate’s office run from a residential building is not subject to property tax under the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act as a business...Hits: 10212 -
Kannaian Naidu v Kamsala Ammal that a wife, who contributed to the acquisition of family assets by performing the household chores would be entitled to an equal share in the properties as she had...Hits: 11897
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Karnataka HC Dismisses Twitter’s Plea Against Centre’s Account Blocking Orders With Rs 50 Lakh Cost
Twitter Inc v UOI that was filed by Twitter Inc, challenging the blocking orders issued to it by the Ministry of Electronics and Information TechnologyHits: 10530 -
Pradyuman Bisht vs Union of India most commendable directions to ensure safety within the court premises in light of the recent incidents of gun firing within court premises in the National...Hits: 7103
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Ajay Yadav vs UP that it is very unfortunate that nowadays, in maximum cases women are filing false FIRs under the POCSO/SC-ST Act using it as a weapon to grab money from the State and this...Hits: 8536
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P&H HC Lays Down 15 Principles For Release Of Convicts On Probation
Nasri v/s Haryana 15 most important principles for the release of the convicts on probation period requiring the Trial Court Judges to keep the same in mind always while passing the sentencing...Hits: 8895 -
Recorded Phone Conversation Admissible As Evidence Even If Obtained Illegally: Allahabad HC
Mahant Prasad Ram Tripathi @ MPR Tripathi vs UP that even if the telephonic conversation between the two accused persons was secured illegally, the same would not affect the admissibility of the...Hits: 10456 -
Trial Courts Cannot Award The Sentence Of Life Imprisonment Till Last Breath: Karnataka HC
Harish vs Karnataka that Trial Courts cannot impose a special category sentence or imprisonment for life without the possibility of remission or, in other words, imprisonment till last breath of...Hits: 8316 -
Vandalism of Manipur lawyers home: SC Bar Association Condemns Attempts To Intimidate Advocates
The heat, dust and din generated by the much reported lathicharge on the lawyers by police in HapurHits: 9608 -
Smt.Roopa Rani vs Kamal Narayan Soni that the Trial Court and High Court should avoid adopting a hyper-technical and pedantic approach when assessing a divorce decree.Hits: 7803
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Courts Should Not Permit Litigants To Submit Information, Documents In Sealed Cover: Bombay HC
Sonali Tandle v. Ranka Lifestyle Ventures strongly deprecate the practice of courts accepting documents submitted by litigants in sealed cover.Hits: 9334 -
Even If Accused Pleads Guilty Of Misconduct, Court Has To Satisfy That Confession Is Voluntary: SC
Union of India vs Jogeshwar Swain that even if the accused pleads guilty of misconduct, the Court has to satisfy itself that the confession is voluntary.Hits: 9937 -
Javed Shaukat Ali Qureshi vs Gujarat exercise of its criminal appellate jurisdiction in an unlawful assembly related case has minced just no words to hold in no uncertain termsHits: 8138
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No Compromise When It Comes To Dignity Of Lawyers
most commendably the lawyers are all presenting a most united face cutting across religion, caste, community and sex as is the crying need of the hourHits: 32348 -
Best Fitting Tribute To Mahatma Gandhi On His Birth Anniversary
Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much, recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man/womanHits: 10789 -
People Remaining Behind Bars As Undertrials A Disturbing Trend: SC Judge Hon’ble Mr Justice SK Kaul
We could not have a scenario where we perceive that the only punishment that can be delivered is keeping people at the undertrial stage irrespective of whether the prosecution has the ability to...Hits: 11471 -
Hari Singh vs Rajasthan that when rules prescribe certain code of conduct for government employees and bars them from leading an immoral life, the same cannot be violated on the ground that Indian...Hits: 11130
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Punjab And Haryana HC Lawyers To Abstain From Work To Protest ‘Custodial Torture Of Lawyer
It is most shocking to learn that not even a month has lapsed when the police of Hapur had most mercilessly lathi charged more than 30 lawyersHits: 8690 -
Smt.Mobin and Another vs Dy. Director of Consolidation that a DNA test can be ordered only in exceptional cases when there is no other legal basis to determine parentage.Hits: 10429
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Sanjay Kumar Pundeer vs State of NCT of Delhi that the right of the accused to default bail under Section 167 of CrPC would arise in a case where the prosecution files preliminary or incomplete...Hits: 10311
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Latitude Given By Constitution Cannot Be Caged In Form Of Inflexible Guidelines: SC
Joseph vs Kerala that typecasting convicts through inflexible guidelines based on crimes committed several years ago undermines their reformative potential, and can crush the life force of such...Hits: 10316 -
Right To Protest Is Fundamental Right: Madras HC
Arunkanth vs Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board that the right to protest for a common cause is a fundamental right of each and every citizen of the country.Hits: 10721
