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General Tendency To Implicate Family Members Of Accused To Settle Personal Scores: MP HC
Pradeep Bafna vs Madhya Pradesh that: In such facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioners appear to have been arraigned as accused only because they happen to be the father and mother of...Hits: 10341 -
Criminal Justice Machinery Being Misused By Certain Persons; Courts Must Stay Vigilant: SC
Vishal Noble Singh vs Uttar Pradesh urged courts to be vigilant against the misuse of the criminal justice machinery by certain persons having vested interests.Hits: 10339 -
Preventive Detention Should Not Be Allowed Merely Because Accused Is likely To Get Bail: J&K&L HC
Muyeeb Shafi Ganie vs Union Territory that merely on the ground that an accused in detention is likely to get bail, an order of preventive detention should not ordinarily be passed.Hits: 10274 -
Mr Mahender Kumar Khandelwal vs Directorate of Enforcement that where the investigation under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 extends beyond 365 days and does not result in any proceedings...Hits: 9777
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Amit Kumar Das vs Shrimati Hutheesingh Tagore Charitable Trust to make it indubitably clear that courts can issue appropriate directions for remedying and rectifying things done in violation of its...Hits: 10244
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Protection Is To Be Accorded Against Unwanted Criminal Prosecution And From Unnecessary Trial: SC
Bharat Sher Singh Kalsia vs Bihar that in appropriate cases, it is essential to protect against unwarranted criminal prosecution and from unnecessary trials.Hits: 9730 -
Plea Of Alibi Is To Be Taken At The Earliest And Should Not Be An Afterthought: Jharkhand HC
Surendra Mahto @ Surendra Prasad vs Jharkhand that the plea of alibi should be submitted at the earliest stage of proceedings, emphasizing that it should not be an afterthought. We thus see that...Hits: 10265 -
Every Deceitful Act Is Not Unlawful: SC
Mariam Fasihuddin vs Adugodi Police Station that every deceitful act is not unlawful, just as not every unlawful act is deceitful.Hits: 10319 -
Imtiyaz Hussain Sayyad vs Maharashtra that alleged offences which are under investigation and for which a chargesheet has not been filed cannot be considered for passing an externment order against...Hits: 9189
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Strong Suspicion Cannot Take The Place Of Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt: SC
Raja Nayyakar vs Chhattisgarh that the accused and only the accused committed the crime.Hits: 8510 -
No Liability If Accused Lacks Knowledge Regarding Victim’s Age During Intercourse: Madras HC
Sujithkumar @ Sonaimuthu vs State that the accused was fully aware of the victim’s age during the alleged sexual intercourse.Hits: 10343 -
Accused Can’t Say He Is Not Getting Justice Because Complainant Is Judge’s Relative: Delhi HC
Mohit Pilania vs NCT of Delhi that like any common person, Judges are also entitled to private and social rights to look after their families.Hits: 9826 -
Priya Indoria v/s Karnataka that was pronounced as recently as on November 20, 2023 took the balanced approach that in the interest of justice, courts should provide limited interim protection...Hits: 10403
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Brij Mohan vs UP Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko that an offence under Section 506 of IPC (punishment for criminal intimidation) if committed in the State of Uttar Pradesh is a cognizable offence.Hits: 9951
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Mention Details Of Previous Bail Applications & Orders In All Bail Pleas: SC Issues Directions
Kusha Duruka vs Odisha that all bail applications should mandatorily disclose the details of earlier bail applications filed by the accused, whether decided or pending.Hits: 10395 -
SC Quashes Rape Case As FIR Was Lodged 34 Years After The Alleged Incident
Suresh Garodia vs Assam that the prosecutrix was a minor at the time of the offence.Hits: 10273 -
SC Issues Directions To Study Impact Of Blasting Operations On Chittorgarh Fort
the degradation of Chittorgarh Fort that has been in the news for a very long time but many are still blissfully unawareHits: 8877 -
Diwakar Singh vs UP dismissed a petition challenging the order of a Judicial Magistrate who had declined an accused's request for permission under Section 243 CrPC to summon defence witnesses.Hits: 10275
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Long Separation Of 11 Years Peppered With False Allegations & Complaints Is Mental Cruelty: Delhi HC
that the long separation of 11 years between the parties peppered with false allegations and complaints amounts to mental cruelty.Hits: 8282 -
SC Sets Aside Remission Of 11 Convicts In Bilkis Bano Case
Bilkis Yakub Rasool vs Union of Indiaset aside the remission of 11 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment for multiple murders and gang rapes including that of Bilkis Bano during the 2002 communal...Hits: 10341 -
No Condition For Automatic Cancellation Of Bail Can Be Imposed While Granting Bail: P&H HC
Rajiya Vs State of Haryana that no condition for automatic cancellation of bail can be imposed while granting bail. It must be mentioned that the Court was deciding a petition under Section 483 of...Hits: 9269 -
SC Issues SOP For Summoning Government Officials In Court Proceedings
Uttar Pradesh v/s Association of Retired Supreme Court and High Court Judges at Allahabad that constantly summoning government officials in judicial proceedings runs contrary to the scheme...Hits: 10914 -
Prisoners Have Fundamental Right To Procreation And Parenthood: Delhi HC
Kundan Singh vs Govt of NCT Delhi that right to procreation and parenthood is a fundamental right of a convict and protected under Article 21 of the Constitution.Hits: 7887 -
Vijay Singh Pal v/s Uttarakhand that to establish liability under Section 153A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC), it is required to prove the ‘necessary mens rea’ and evidence indicating enmity...Hits: 8716
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Almas Pasha vs Karnataka that an accused is not entitled to bail merely because the co-accused was granted bail.Hits: 9556
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ABC vs The State & Anr. has quashed a criminal trespass and intimidation case against a man who attempted to visit his eight-year-old daughter posing as a waste collector after his estranged...Hits: 8218
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Himanshu Shroti vs State two students named Himanshu Shroti and Sukrit Sharma who were booked in Padav police station in Gwalior for stealing a High Court Judge’s car to transport a dying person to...Hits: 9921
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Chandrasekhar Patel vs Suresh that not allowing the relevant questions to be put to the eye-witness being the independent witness causes serious prejudice to the defence of the accused.Hits: 10315
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Rape Is A Crime Even If Committed By The Husband : Gujarat HC
Anjanaben Modha vs Gujarat that: Rape is rape even if committed by a husband on his wife.Hits: 9310 -
Tariq Ahmad Wagay vs UT of Jammu & Kashmir that a preventive detention order becomes legally unsustainable if there is a failure to provide a reasonable explanation for any delay in its issuance.Hits: 9362
