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Police Patil Is Not A Police Officer, Confession Made Before Him Admissible: Bombay HC
Vishwas vs Maharashtra that a Police Patil under the Maharashtra Village Police Act, 1967 is not a “Police Officer”, and therefore, a confession made to a Police Patil is admissible in law.Hits: 10290 -
Paper Apology Cannot Be Accepted in Contempt Cases: Andhra Pradesh HC
P Satyanarayan Reddy vs M Saraswathi, Deputy Director, Tribal Welfare that: Paper Apology is an apology which is hollow; or with no remorse, regret or repentance, or if it is only a device to...Hits: 15913 -
Nawal Kumar Kanodia @ Nawal Kanodia vs Jharkhand that the purpose of exemption under Section 205 Cr.P.C is that the order of the learned Magistrate should be such that which does not make any...Hits: 8470
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Priya Indoria vs Karnataka that had been filed by the wife against the judgment that had been passed by the Sessions Judge, Bangalore wherein the Court had allowed the extraterritorial bail...Hits: 10022
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Gursewak Singh vs Punjab has granted bail to a man booked under stringent Unlawful Prevention of Activities Act (UAPA), observing that there was no prima facie case made out in the case for...Hits: 8245
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Court Has No Jurisdiction To Alter Period Of Detention Under Preventive Detention Law, Article 21
Sreeja vs Kerala ordered the release of a woman who was detained under the Kerala Anti-Social Activities considering the humanitarian ground that her daughter is at an advanced stage of her...Hits: 9730 -
Recovery Of A Weapon From An Open Place Accessible To All Not Reliable: SC
Manjunath vs Karnataka that the incriminatory objects when discovered in places accessible to the public cannot be solely relied upon to establish the guilt of the accused persons.Hits: 10435 -
Accused Can Seek Anticipatory Bail In One Case While Being In Custody For Another: Bombay HC
Amar S Mulchandani vs Maharashtra that an accused who is in custody in one case can seek anticipatory bail in another case under Section 438 of the CrPC.Hits: 9853 -
SC Holds Prosecutrix To Be Major And Sex Consensual While Acquitting Man In Rape Case
Manak Chand @ Mani vs Haryana that was pronounced as recently as on October 30, 2023 has held that based on the conduct of the prosecutrix that the sex, if at all, was consensual and not forced.Hits: 9144 -
Shivjag Paswan vs Bihar that after the District Appellate Court affirms the judgment of conviction and issues the sentence order, the Trial Court does not have the authority to grant bail to the...Hits: 10433
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Magistrate Should Record Reasons For Committing Case To Sessions Court: Kerala HC
Kuthiralamuttam Saji vs Keral that the power under Section 323 CrPC to commit a case to the Sessions Court after commencement of inquiry/trial may be invoked by the Magistrate only after recording...Hits: 8385 -
Accused Cannot Be Convicted Merely On The Testimony Of Police Personnel: Allahabad HC
Yusuf vs UP that accused cannot be convicted merely on the testimony of police personnel.Hits: 9150 -
Informant vs Karnataka that denying the victim his/her right to participate in the proceedings of the accused can result in the rightful cancellation of his bail under Section 439(1A) of the...Hits: 9320
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State/UTs Must Notify ‘District Officers’ Under POSH Act: SC Issues Slew Of Directions
Inclusion Foundation vs Union of Indian the exercise of its original civil jurisdiction has issued a slew of directions to the Union Government and all State/UT GovernmentsHits: 10033 -
Aasha Lata Soni vs Durgesh Soni that recording a phone call without the knowledge of the person concerned violates their ‘right to privacy’ under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.Hits: 8889
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Parvez Ahmed Sheikh v. State (Govt of NCT of Delhi) in the fitness of things while taking the right step in the right direction granted bail to a man who was arrested and charged with human...Hits: 8083
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Firasat Hussain vs State of NCT of Delhi the Parliament’s Select Committee to make changes in Section 438 of the new CrPCHits: 13805
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Smt Abha Kumari W/o Sri Krishna Prasad Vs The State of Bihar that had been pronounced as recently as on September 21, 2023 underscored the critical need for clear, cogent and coherent reasoning in...Hits: 9798
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Ravdeep Kaur v/s Punjab that an order of rigorous life imprisonment for the remainder of natural life without remission can only be passed by the High Courts or the Supreme Court.Hits: 9216
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Undertrials In Jail For Long Should Get Bail Even If Offence Serious: Bombay HC
Akash Satish Chandalia vs Maharashtra that the undertrial prisoners who have remained in jail for a long time should ordinarily be released on bail even if the crimes that they are accused of are...Hits: 8466 -
Pankaj Bansal vs UOI that the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) should furnish the grounds of arrest to the accused in writing at the time of arrest.Hits: 10151
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Phulel Singh vs Haryana that the same dying declaration which was disregarded in the case of the co-accused cannot be the sole basis for the conviction of the accused.Hits: 9179
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Where Negligence Is Evident, Burden Of Proof Shifts To Hospital: SC
CPL Ashish Kumar Chauhan vs Commanding Officer underscored the applicability of this time-tested principle in cases where negligence is evident and shifts the burden of proof onto the hospital or...Hits: 8879 -
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: 8423 -
Sanjeev Rawat @ Teetu vs UP that, It is apparently clear that while deciding the discharge application trial Court has not followed the settled ratio of law laid down by the Apex Court as well as...Hits: 9861
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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: 9754
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Accused Cannot Withdraw Application To Become An Approver Once Pardon Is Granted: Bombay HC
Maharashtra vs Madhuri Badrinarayan Gote most significant legal clarification pertaining to the status of an accused who becomes an approver in a criminal case.Hits: 9707 -
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: 7825
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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: 9702 -
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: 8126
