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SLP Against Death Sentence Shall Not Be Dismissed Without Giving Reasons: SC
In Babasaheb Maruti Kamble v Maharashtra it was held that the Special Leave Petitions filed in those cases where death sentence is awarded by the courts below, should not be dismissed without...Hits: 23451 -
Delhi HC Sentences 16 Policemen To Life Imprisonment In Hashimpura Massacre Case
Zulfikar Nasir & Ors v UP has set aside the trial court judgment that had acquitted 16 Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) officials in the 1987 Hashimpur mass murder case. The Delhi High Court...Hits: 74856 -
Defence of The Accused U/s 313 CrPC; Non-Consideration Can Vitiate Conviction
Reena Hazarika v State of Assam that a solemn duty is cast on the court in the dispensation of justice to adequately consider the defence of the accused taken under Section 313 CrPC and to either...Hits: 16745 -
SC Issues Directions on Examination of Witnesses In Criminal Trial
State of Kerala v Rasheed observed that while deciding an application to defer cross examination under Section 231(2) of the Cr.P.C. a balance must be struck between the rights of the accused, and...Hits: 38047 -
Mallikarjun Kodagali (Dead) represented through Legal Representatives v/s Karnataka, Had no hesitation to concede right from the start while underscoring the rights of victims of crime that, The...Hits: 10997
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SC Strikes Down 158 Year Old Adultery Law Under Section 497 IPC
Joseph Shine case struck down the law of adultery under Section 497. It declared that adultery can be a ground for civil issues including dissolution of marriages but it cannot be a criminal...Hits: 13954 -
Extra-Judicial Confession of Accused Need Not In All Cases Be Corroborated
Ram Lal vs. State of Himachal Pradesh If the court is satisfied that if the confession is voluntary, the conviction can be based upon the same. Rule of prudence does not require that each and every...Hits: 15982 -
Leaders Of Outfits Calling For Mob Violence Liable For Damages: SC
Kodungallur Film Society vs. Union of India has issued comprehensive guidelines to control vandalism by protesting mobs. Vandalism is vandalism and it cannot be justified under any circumstances....Hits: 7057 -
Court Must Not Go Deep Into The Matter While Considering Bail Application: SC
State of Orissa v Mahimananda Mishra said clearly and convincingly that the court must not go deep into merits of the matter while considering an application for bail and all that needs to be...Hits: 14781 -
Rajesh Sharma v State of UP to regulate the purported gross misuse of Section 498A IPC have been modified just recently in a latest judgment titled Social Action Forum Manav for Manav Adhikar and...Hits: 15883
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Nishan Singh v State of Punjab. Has ordered one Nishan Singh Brar, convicted of abduction and rape of a minor victim girl, and his mother Navjot Kaur to pay Rs 90 lakh towards compensation.Hits: 8938
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Accident under The Indian Penal Code,1860
Accident under section 80 under the Indian Penal Code falls under the chapter of general exceptions. This article was made with the objective of keeping in mind the students of law who are...Hits: 40972 -
NDPS Bail Conditions Discriminatory, Irrational And Defy Human Logic: Punjab and Haryana HC
No person accused of an offence punishable for offences involving commercial quantity shall be released on bail or on his own bond unlessHits: 16631 -
20 more people guilty of killing a 60-year-old Dalit man and his physically-challenged daughter. Upheld acquittals of 21 other accused, holding that there was insufficient evidence to establish...Hits: 5340
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Yashwant v Maharashtra while the conviction of some police officers involved in a custodial torture which led to the death of a man was upheld, the Apex Court underscored on the need to develop and...Hits: 6944
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Victims of Crime Can Seek Cancellation of Bail: MP HC
Victims of Crime Can Seek Cancellation of Bail: MP HC in Mahesh Pahade vs State of MPHits: 9224 -
Res Gestae Section 6 Indian Evidence Act,1872
Scope and ambit of Section 6 of Indian Evidence Act,1872Hits: 105569 -
Uttarakhand HC Issues Directions To Curb Drug Peddling
In the landmark case of Manoj Singh Pawar v State of Uttarakhand & others Writ Petition (PIL) No. 156 of 2016 which was delivered on June 18, 2018, the Uttarakhand High Court issued a slew of...Hits: 4261 -
5 Types of Adultery You Probably Did not Know About
helps you to know adultery and its typesHits: 168423 -
how to become a criminal lawyer
this article helps you knowing how to become a criminal lawyerHits: 5982 -
Uttarakhand HC On Solitary Confinement - State of Uttarakhand v Mehtab, Sushil and Bhura
benefit those prisoners who are kept in solitary confinement, the Uttarakhand High Court delivered a landmark judgment in the case of State of Uttarakhand v 1. Mehtab s/o Tahir Hassan 2. Sushil...Hits: 10029 -
Supreme Court let off three gang rapists
the Supreme Court let off three gang rapists after they claimed a ‘compromise formula’ with the victim and agreed to pay her a fine of Rs 50,000 each for their offence.Hits: 12492 -
Need for Police Reforms in India
The Oxford dictionary defines police as an official organization whose job is to make people obey the law and to prevent and solve crimeHits: 21247 -
Frequently Asked Questions about NHRC
In terms of Section 2 of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 hereafter referred to as 'the Act'), "human rights" means the rights relating to life, liberty, equality and dignity of the...Hits: 6259 -
Legal Protection available to the accused during a criminal trial
Right to a copy of police report and other documents As per section 207 of CrPC, accused has the right to be furnished with the following in case the proceeding has been initiated on a police report:Hits: 15420 -
Effect of Terrorism and Organized Crimes on Indian Society
Terrorism and organized crimes are interrelated in myriad forms. Infact in many illustration terrorism and organized crimes have converged and mutated.Hits: 6389 -
Are Criminal Lawyers bothered by their conscience
Can anybody really know what is going inside the heads of criminal lawyers? I mean, yes, we can pick bits of their intelligence during courtroom trials and through the legal documents that they draft.Hits: 8276 -
Role of Indian Judiciary in Protecting Victims Rights
Victim plays an important role in the criminal justice system but his/her welfare is not given due regard by the state instrumentality. Thus, the role of High Courts or the Supreme Court in our...Hits: 34912 -
The general principle, is that a FIR cannot be depended upon a substantive piece of evidence.The article discusses the general priciple, along with exceptions to it.Hits: 45883
