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Adding Additional Accused To Invoke Section 319 CrPC Stronger Evidence Than Mere Probability of Complicity of A Person Required: SC stated in Sugreev Kumar v. State of PunjabHits: 13866
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Finally India Now Has Lokpal In Place As Anti-Graft Body
Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghosh who is a former Supreme Court Judge and former Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court who retired in May 2017 and a current member of the National Human Rights...Hits: 9784 -
Should The Official Secrets Act Be Repealed Now?
colonial era Official Secrets Act (OSA) as many feel that it has far outlived its utility. Before drawing any definite conclusion on such an important issue, we need to certainly analyse this...Hits: 9590 -
Swami Asimanand and others Acquitted In Samjauta Blasts Case For Want of Credible And Admissible EvidenceHits: 5841
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Nations Must Make Gun Laws More Stricter
It must be said with utmost regret that due to guns being easily available in various countries we see that the most ghastly, dastardly and cowardly attack on innocent people as we saw just...Hits: 5876 -
Only Advocates Can Plead And Argue on Behalf of Litigants Before Courts: Calcutta HC
Usha Kanta Das and Amiya Kanti Das V/s S.M. Sefalika Ash, the Calcutta High Court held that only advocates enrolled under the Advocates Act are authorized to plead and argue on behalf of litigants...Hits: 11221 -
SC Designates 37 Lawyers As Senior Advocates
In a major and significant development, the Supreme Court which is the highest court in India has for the second time designated 37 lawyers as Senior Advocates.Hits: 14024 -
SC Quashes RBI Circular Asking Banks To Take Defaulting Companies To Insolvency
Dharani Sugars and Chemicals Ltd case struck down the controversial circular issued by the RBI, directing banks to initiate insolvency proceedings against companies having bad debts of Rs 2000...Hits: 22401 -
Sex After Obtaining Consent By False Promise To Marry Is Rape: SC
Anurag Soni v. State of Chhattisgarh has reiterated that the consent for sexual intercourse obtained by a person by giving false promise of marriage would not excuse him from rape charges.Hits: 14285 -
Woman Driven Out of Matrimonial House Can File Case Where She Has Taken Shelter: SC
Rupali Devi v State of Uttar Pradesh has laid down categorically that women can file matrimonial cases, including criminal matters pertaining to cruelty from the place where they have taken shelter...Hits: 18245 -
Indibility Creative v/s West Bengal, extreme concern over growing intolerance to dissent and curbing of artistic freedom. It also sought to make it unequivocally clear that the state is...Hits: 20690
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How to Start a Legal Process Outsourcing Business?
The legal process outsourcing business is stretching across boundaries due to upgraded technology and seamless communication channels. The internet and universal acceptance of English language have...Hits: 14138 -
The UDHR is a milestone document consisting of international human rights law based on the ideas of freedom, equality and dignity, a living text which is universal in scope and relevant to all...Hits: 13125
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Human Rights In The Modern Era: Privacy Rights
As the digital age expands into homes, between businesses and across borders, legislators are struggling to strike a balance between guaranteeing freedom of expression and protecting privacy,...Hits: 13401 -
The Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2018
There had been several instances of economic offenders fleeing the Jurisdiction of Indian courts anticipating the commencement of criminal proceedings or sometimes during the pendency of such...Hits: 19073 -
Media Rights: The Battle For Press And Media Freedom
free press which has the power to hold Government, public authorities and other parts of the State - in other words, those who exercise power over citizens - to account it is the watchdog of the...Hits: 12750 -
Election Rights: Preventing Fraud And Manipulation
Voters must be confident that their vote can be cast freely in secret and be assured that every vote will be kept secure and counted correctly. The voter must also have confidence that elections...Hits: 12704 -
Magistrate Cannot Suo Motu Direct Further Investigation After Discharging The Accused: SC
Bikash Ranjan Rout v. State that a Magistrate has no jurisdiction to suo motu pass an order for further investigation/reinvestigation after he discharges the accused.Hits: 50031 -
State Can Impose Restrictions To Consider Remission Claims: SC
State of Rajasthan and others v. Mukesh Sharma has upheld the constitutional validity of Rule 8(2)(i) of the Rajasthan Prisons (Shortening of Sentences) Rules, 2006.Hits: 9341 -
If we don’t get justice as per rule of law we shall be committing suicide
If we don’t get justice as per rule of law we shall be committing suicide and we have communicated this to President, CJI and individually all judges of SCHits: 17740 -
Various Property Rights of Women in India – a Study
There are various property rights of women in India. This is a short study about them.Hits: 23293 -
Madras High Court has been very categorical in drawing a red line for itself on which it just cannot tread upon! Each and every Court in India must always bear this in mind while ruling in such...Hits: 8826
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Sri Aniruddha Das Vs The State Of Assam held that bandhs / road/rail blockades are illegal and unconstitutional and organizers must be prosecuted.Hits: 15443
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Sheenu Mahendru vs Sangeeta and Soniya that the persistent efforts of a wife to compel her husband to get separated from his mother constitute an act of cruelty. The Division Bench thus allowed the...Hits: 27047
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Mere Aggressive Behaviour of Wife Not A Ground of Divorce: Punjab and Haryana High Court
Ravinder Yadav Vs Padmini @ Payal has categorically and convincingly held that mere aggressive behaviour and sadness of mood of wife does not mean that the wife is spoiling the atmosphere of her...Hits: 10133 -
The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019
To Protect the rights of married Muslim women and to prohibit divorce by pronouncing to talaq by their husbands and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. BE it enacted...Hits: 8629 -
How To Record The Evidence of Deaf And Dumb Rape Victim - Bombay High Court
Hanumant v/s Maharashtra - how to record the evidence of deaf and dumb rape victim. It has also remanded the rape case to the Trial Court on the ground that evidence of deaf and dumb victim was...Hits: 11567 -
Absolute Liability In Indian Context
This article analyses the doctrine of absolute liability and its transitional growth from common law to the contemporary times. the article also discusses landmark judgements concerning absolute...Hits: 23510 -
UAPA: SC Dismisses PFI Leader's Plea Seeking Discharge In RSS Worker Murder Case
Asim Shariff Vs National Investigation Agency has dismissed an appeal filed by a Popular Front of India leader Asim Shariff accused in the murder of a RSS worker Rudresh in Karnataka.Hits: 77209 -
Basic Principles of Victims of Crime with including the challenges and current scenario in India
The Declaration of Basic Principles for Justice of Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power including the current situation of victims of crime at each stage of the criminal process in India along with...Hits: 75995
