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Sri Ramappa @ Ramesh vs Karnataka the apprehension of arrest always does exist even after issuance of notice of appearance under Section 41A CrPC. It must be mentioned here that in this case a...Hits: 15661
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Shaik Ahmed vs Telangana the kidnap of a person is not sufficient for conviction for the offence of kidnapping for ransom under Section 364A of the IPCHits: 7305
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Constitutionality Of Death Penalty And Life Imprisonment In India And Norway
Punishment has always been used as a response to crime. Broadly speaking, there are two approaches to punishing a criminal- rehabilitative and retributive.Hits: 5002 -
Gurdeep Singh Dhinjal v/s M.P. that the Authority, however, must be wary of those needs which are fanciful or simply pretentious or purely fired by a desire to flaunt or parade in public the...Hits: 4280
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Nishant @ Nishu v. UP half backed gang-charts being filed under the UP Gangster Act 1986, that ultimately helps alleged gangsters in easily obtaining bail, thereby threatening the order of the...Hits: 6412
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President Must Now Intervene In Lt Col Purohit's Case
President of India is the supreme commander of the Armed Forces of India and whenever any soldier or officer of Armed Forces is made to suffer immensely without any valid reasonHits: 4534 -
Shocking Letter By Col Purohit To Human Rights Commission Exposes How He Was Ruthlessly Tortured
Pradeep Sharma whom NIA arrested just recently, one is left totally appalled, aghast and ashamed to note that those Mumbai ATS police officers who had a direct role in framing Lt Col Prasad...Hits: 4861 -
Non-Listing Of Bail Application Impinges On Liberty Of Accused: SC
Chunni Lal Gaba vs Assistant Director, Directorate of Enforcement Permission To File Slp Without Certified/Plain Copy Of Impugned Order) hold that non-listing of bail application impinges on...Hits: 4772 -
VS Achuthanandan vs Kerala ruled that a second FIR based on the very same allegations cannot be registered, more so when the first FIR has been quashed on merits. It deserves mentioning here that...Hits: 4668
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Massimilano Latoure v/s UOI quashed the criminal proceedings pending in India against two Italian Marines - Massimilano Latoure and Salvatore Girone – with respect to the 2012 sea firing incident...Hits: 3848
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Raseen Babu KM vs Kerala while reversing the conviction imposed upon the petitioner has issued a set of guidelines to be followed in cases of an accused pleading guilty for the offences charged...Hits: 4695
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Persons Under Illegal Detention Shall Be Paid Compensation By State: Allahabad HC
Shiv Kumar Verma v/s U.P. while underscoring in no uncertain terms that the award of compensation for harassment by public authorities not only compensates the individual, satisfies him personally...Hits: 6446 -
Is It Safe To Rely Upon Retracted Confession For Convicting A Person?
This itself clearly vindicates that retracted confession can be relied upon if it is found reliable and a credible explanation is forwarded by the person making the retracted confession and the...Hits: 7415 -
Attitude To Arrest First And Then Investigate Is Despicable
Section 41 of CrPC is being openly misused time and again and this urgently necessitates putting in some safeguards so that the arbitrary exerciseHits: 4660 -
Arnesh Kumar vs State of Bihar & Anr. in Criminal Appeal No. 1277 of 2014 judgment while dealing with the bail applications.Hits: 3948
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Kureshi Irfan Hasambhai Thro Kureshi Kalubha v/s Gujarat its oral order that there is no express bar of application of anticipatory bail under Section 438 CrPC to the children in conflict with law...Hits: 5024
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Magistrate Probe Post Encounter A Must: SC
People's Union for Civil Libertie Vs Maharashtra grave concerns over deaths in police encounters and ruled that the registration of first information reports or FIRs will be mandatory in all such...Hits: 3965 -
Filing Common Charge-sheet In Case Of Same Accused Impermissible: Karnataka High Court
The State of Karnataka by CID represented by State Public Prosecutor versus Greenbuds Agro Form Limited Company that filing of a common charge sheet for complaint filed by the individual investors...Hits: 4856 -
What Happened With Lt Col Purohit And Pragya Is Most Unfortunate!
Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and others in the 2008 Malegaon blast caseHits: 6311 -
Uniform Bail Act Must Be Initiated At The Earliest
Let me at the very outset begin by voicing my utmost indignation at the discriminatory manner in which bails are given with poor being at the receiving end almostHits: 3670 -
CBI Must Function Independently Without Any Interference Of Any Kind
CBI was established vide a resolution of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of IndiaHits: 5478 -
Trial Courts Have To Clearly Specify Whether Sentences Would Run Concurrently Or Consecutively: SC
Sunil Kumar @ Sudhir Kumar v/s Uttar PradeshTrial Courts while awarding multiple punishments of imprisonment, have to specify in clear terms as to whether the sentences would run concurrently or...Hits: 4439 -
Fast Tracking The Entire Criminal Justice System Is Imperative Now
To begin with , in no uncertain terms had the Supreme Court responded with alacrity to PM Narendra Modi's suggestion to fast track trials in criminal cases against MPsHits: 3575 -
Upload FIRs On Official Websites Within 24 Hours: SC
Supreme Court on September 7, 2016 asked the States and Union Territories (UTs) to upload FIRs on their websites within 24 hours of their registration to protect the interest of the accused and...Hits: 10872 -
Police Stations Must Be Helpful To Victims Of Sexual Assault: Delhi HC
It is a matter of utmost concern that woman who are first sexually assaulted and traumatized are made to suffer the worst brunt when they go to the police station to lodge an FIRHits: 3762 -
Legal And Basic Rights Of Accused And Prisoners Must Be Respected Under All Circumstances
prisoners land up in prison after committing the worst crimes but still it is the duty of law makers and policeHits: 6896 -
Centre's Decision To Decriminalize Attempt To Suicide Must Be Highly Applauded
Centre's decision to decriminalize attempt to suicide. It must be highly applaudedHits: 5301 -
NHRC To Govt: Give Rs 5 Lakh Relief To Mohammed Amir Khan Acquitted Of Terror Charges
Mohammad Amir Khan was long incarcerated in prison for 14 years on terror charges even though he was later acquitted.Hits: 4517 -
Nathu Singh vs Pradesh though Section 438 of Code of Criminal Procedure on grant of anticipatory bail by High Court or Sessions Court should be read liberallyHits: 6444
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Registration Of FIR Is Mandatory In Cognizable Offences
Lalita Kumari v. UP a complainant approaches the police for registration of First Information Report ( FIR ) in a cognizable offence, it is mandatory for police to register the same.Hits: 17415
