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Demolition Of House Of Accused Or Criminal Is Illegal And Unconstitutional
Re: Directions in the Matter of Demolition of Structures that the executive cannot demolish the houses/properties of persons only on the ground that they are accused or convicted in a crime.Hits: 9831 -
Police, Prosecutors Must Not Frame Innocent By Presenting Selective Evidence: HP HC
State of HP vs Chohan Singh a most stinging rebuke directed the State government and so also its police department to ensure that the investigating officers (IOs) and prosecutors do not present...Hits: 14396 -
Jitendra Pratap Singh vs UP that since the Code of Criminal Procedure (Uttar Pradesh Amendment) Act 2018 bars the grant of anticipatory bail in cases where the offence is punishable by a death...Hits: 14462
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Balaji Puyad vs Maharashtra that requiring a prisoner to wait 1.5 years for successive parole, especially in case of emergency, is arbitrary.Hits: 16694
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S. Kalavathi Vs. State Director General of Police and Director General of Prisons and Correctional Service to conduct frequent inspections to ensure that prisoners are not engaged or employed by...Hits: 14483
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Twin Test For Bail Under Section 45 PMLA Not A Tool To Indefinitely Jail Accused: Delhi HC
Pankaj Kumar Tiwari vs Enforcement Directorate that the stringent twin tests for the grant of bail under Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) cannot be invoked as a...Hits: 15643 -
P.Ananda Kumar vs The Director General of Police (Prison) that was pronounced as recently as on 15.10.2024 has been forthright in directing the Tamil Nadu Prison Department and the State police to...Hits: 12832
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Thakan @ Nitin Bhausaheb Alhat vs Maharashtra that it is most painful to stay in the overcrowded jails in India. This was held so while granting bail to a man who had been ‘wrongly’ made an accused.Hits: 13425
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Hyderabad’s Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital after he died of cardiac arrest. His wife Vasantha Kumari disclosed that he had been suffering from an infectionHits: 13423
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Vishal Ramesh Khatwani vs Karnataka that the High Court deemed it entirely fit to allow the revision petition and issued a plethora of most commendable directions for Magistrates that have to be...Hits: 17857
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Amardeep Singh Bedi vs UOI that the mere pendency of a criminal case does not automatically disqualify an individual from exercising their right to seek long-term opportunities abroad.Hits: 11168
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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: 17718 -
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: 14502 -
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: 20044 -
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: 13468 -
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: 10144 -
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: 21366 -
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: 13484
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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: 13430 -
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: 9976
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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: 14485 -
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: 12850 -
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: 14571
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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: 12867 -
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: 11747
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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: 10134
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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: 10126 -
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: 12799 -
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: 17896 -
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: 13586
