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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: 14535 -
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: 12947 -
Not Job Of Police To Meddle With Or Adjudicate Civil Disputes: Kerala HC
Ibrahim vs The Administrator that police do not have the authority to act as a civil court and adjudicate matters of civil dispute.Hits: 9315 -
Sharjeel Imam Bail Plea Definitely Deserves Early Hearing
2020 Delhi riots accused, JNU scholar and student activist Sharjeel Imam who was seeking early hearing of his bail application in connection with the Delhi riots larger conspiracy caseHits: 10014 -
Protection of Children From Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, that POCSO Act has become a tool for exploitation and it was never meant to criminalize consensual romantic relationships between adolescents.Hits: 13501
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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: 14628
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Delhi HC Quashes 47-Year-Old Government Notice To Evict Indian Express
Union of India vs Express Newspapers Limited that had been issued by the Central Government to 'The Indian Express' newspaper seeking to oust the paper from its Bahadur Shah Zafar Road office in...Hits: 12866 -
State Government to promptly address a proposal from the Uttarakhand School Education Board seeking amendments to its regulations concerning the name and gender changes of transgender individuals...Hits: 14590
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Kamaljeet Singh vs State of Punjab that a case under the Dowry Prohibition Act cannot be instituted without prior sanction of the District Magistrate.Hits: 13052
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Highest Duty Of Every Governmental Agency To Guard Judicial Institutions: Jharkhand HC
Its own Motion vs Jharkhand that it is the highest duty of every governmental agency to guard and protect the judicial institutions.Hits: 11488 -
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: 12895 -
Agreement To Settle Rape Case Is Void, Against Public Policy: Kerala HC
Abdul Jaleel vs Kerala that an agreement between a complainant and accused to settle a rape case is void as it is opposed to public policy.Hits: 10019 -
Satvir Singh vs Rajesh Pathania that the Court, while exercising power under Section 147 of the Act, can proceed to compound the offence even after recording of conviction by the Courts below.Hits: 14580
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Ku. Shital Dinkar Bhagat vs Maharashtra that she took the extreme step under stress and thus her act is exempted from action owing to provisions of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017.Hits: 16845
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Lawyers Abstaining From Work To Condole Death Will Be Contempt Of Court: Allahabad HC
Re vs District Bar Association of Prayagraj that any act of an individual lawyer or their association to go on strike or to give a call for strike or to abstain from work would be treated as an ex...Hits: 12880 -
Satender Kumar Antil vs Central Bureau of Investigation that every Magistrate and Sessions Judge to inform its jurisdictional Principal District Judge about any form of non-compliance by the policeHits: 16616
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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: 11792
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Why Can’t West UP Have Even A Single High Court Bench?
Which country on earth will act so shamelessly, senselessly and stupidly like India to deprive the most populated State of IndiaHits: 12755 -
Jubair Bhati vs Rajasthan High Court that long pendency and prolonged adjudication shall not act to the detriment of the cause of justice, which is earned by the litigant on the merits of their case.Hits: 14555
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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: 10170
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J&K&L HC Quashes Money Laundering Case Against Farooq Abdullah
Ahsan Ahmad Mirza vs Directorate of Enforcement quashed a money laundering complaint that had been filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against former Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Chief...Hits: 12667 -
Baba Singh vs UP that: A complaint under Section 498A is by now reputed to be lodged against the entire family in order to pressurize themHits: 9651
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Voter ID Cannot Be Sole Evidence for Determining Age in Insurance Claims: Orissa High Court
Tapaswini Panda vs Zonal Manager, LIC of India, Patna that: The Insurance Company erred in rejecting the petitioner’s claim solely on the ground that the deceased insured’s date of birth, as...Hits: 10129 -
Sahil vs NCT of Delhi that POCSO Act is being misapplied as cases are being filed at the behest of the girl’s family who object to her friendship and romantic involvement with a young boy.Hits: 24178
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Danyaal Danish vs Jharkhand that illegal immigration will be on the rise in view of the present unstable situation in Bangladesh.Hits: 14689
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Samad Habib Mithani vs Maharashtra and Fareen that merely because the complaint states that the in-laws supported the husband in subjecting her to cruelty would not mean that they have committed...Hits: 10111
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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: 10220 -
India Cannot Afford Continuation Of Polygamy Anymore
It merits just no reiteration that India cannot afford now the continuation of polygamy anymore for anyone and there can be just no gainsaying that no one can ever be placedHits: 14608 -
It Is Constitution And Not Supreme Court Which Is Supreme
Even the Supreme Court is not Supreme, the High Court is not High, it is always the Constitution that is supreme. We are all below the Constitution, and our task is to interpret it as we...Hits: 10089 -
Bombay HC Waives Off 6 Month Cooling Period For Divorce
Sneha Akshay Garg And Akshay Sunil Garg Vs Nil has waived off the six-month cooling-off period and granted divorce to a couple maintaining that a realistic approach needs to be adopted, keeping in...Hits: 15796
