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Karnataka HC Sets Aside Rs 2.9 Crore Fine Imposed By NGT On Indian Army
UoI v/s Karnataka has set aside the order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) which in May 2022 had imposed a penalty of Rs 2.94 crore ex parte on Bengaluru-based Madras Engineers Group &...Hits: 15510 -
Chandini Singh v/s UP To underscore the cruelty of making a heavily pregnant woman sit at a police station for hours without justification, particularly when no male member was present at her...Hits: 12915
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Whatsapp Message Expressing Opinion On Caste Reservation No Offence Under SC/ST Act: Bombay HC
VW vs Maharashtra upheld the closure of a case against a woman who had been booked under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (SC/ST Act)Hits: 15796 -
Right to Legal Aid is Fundamental; SC on Fair Trials, Public Prosecutors, and Legal Aid Lawyers
Ashok vs Uttar Pradesh that right to get legal aid is the fundamental right of the accused. It is also made clear that the legal aid must be effective.Hits: 13416 -
Soldier's Widow Should Not Have Been Dragged To Court: SC
Union of India vs Saroj Devi The exercise of its civil appellate jurisdiction has while striking the right chord taken the right step to dismiss the appeal of the Union of India against the order...Hits: 16590 -
Victim Being An Adult Lady Could Not Have Been A Prey To The Promise To Marry Concept: Calcutta HC
Biswanath Murmu vs West Bengal has set aside the conviction of a rape accused observing that the victim being an adult lady could not have been a prey to the promise to marry concept.Hits: 16673 -
Bombay HC Quashes Rape Case Against Lawyer Terming It As Consensual Relationship Gone Sour
Tapan Anant Thatte vs Maharashtra has quashed a case registered against a Mumbai-based lawyer for rape, criminal intimidation and cheating observing that the allegations stemmed from a personal...Hits: 15651 -
Constitution Is Perfect But Our Understanding, Implementation Isn’t: Dushyant Dave & KG Raghavan
The Constitution of India is a perfect instrument and India is what it is today because of the Constitution.Hits: 13423 -
Magistrates Must Ensure That Guilty Pleas Are Voluntary And Well-Advised: Madras HC
Sathish And Anandh Vs Food Safety Officer, Karur that the guilty pleas by accused individuals are informed, voluntary and supported by adequate legal counsel.Hits: 9909 -
Inadmissible Police Confessions in Depositions May Influence Trial Courts
Randeep Singh @ Rana vs Haryana that there is every possibility that the Trial Courts may get influenced if inadmissible confessions made by an accused to a police officer are made part of the...Hits: 11756 -
Disrespect Shown To Constitution By Words Or Acts Constitutes Offence: Kerala HC
Adv. M. Baiju Noel vs Additional Chief Secretary (Home & Vigilance), Secretariat that: India has the ideal Constitution to loot the maximum number of people. The Constitution prepared by the...Hits: 15582 -
Mukesh Kumar Paswan vs Bihar that the legislation has given rise to unauthorized trade of liquor and other contraband items and has become a tool for government officials to make big money.Hits: 12916
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Mere Break Up Of Relationship Cannot Lead To Rape Case Against Man: SC
Prashant vs State of NCT of Delhi quashed a rape case that had been lodged against a man citing girl’s prolonged association and physical relationship with him, implying her consent.Hits: 17722 -
Delhi HC Most Commendably Orders Delhi Police To Add Grounds Of Arrest In Arrest Memos
Pranav Kuckreja (In Police Custody) vs State (NCT of Delhi) that, The requirement to convey these details is not a mere formality but a fundamental safeguard to uphold the individual’s right to...Hits: 14489 -
Harish Chandra Bunkar Balai vs Board of Revenue that the grant of sanction for prosecution is not a mere formality and that a sanctioning authority is obligated to discharge its duty after having...Hits: 28712
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Carrying Weapon Now A Status Symbol; No Fundamental Right To Bear Arms: Rajasthan HC
Brijesh Kumar Singh vs Rajasthan that the trend of weapon possession among people is driven by the desire to show it off as a ‘status symbol’ than for self defence purposes.Hits: 12822 -
SCBA Stands In Full Solidarity With Lawyers of Ghaziabad District Bar
West UP are always taken for granted by State Government of UP, Centre, Allahabad High Court and Supreme CourtHits: 12736 -
Bombay High Court Frowns Upon Trial Court For Relying On Mahabharata To Award Death Sentence
Maharashtra vs Haribhau Telgote that: The reasoning assigned by the Trial Court for awarding capital punishment are quite strange. The Trial Court has quoted a verse from Mahabharata, which we...Hits: 23416 -
Women Booking Hotel Room With A Men Does Not Imply Her Consent For Sex: Bombay HC
State Through Canacona Police Station Vs Gulsher Ahmed that a woman booking a hotel room with a man and going inside the room with him does not imply that she consented to sexual intercourse with him.Hits: 17798 -
Kerala HC Bold Directives For Captive Elephant Welfare
Re Captive Elephants vs Union of India the matter of executive and legislative inaction of the State Government in the matter of protection of animal rightsHits: 65399 -
Right To Health Inherent To Right To Life: Rajasthan HC
Health is Wealth. On a personal note, I very strongly feel that health is paramount in our life which cannot have any substitute and one can truly enjoy life if one is healthyHits: 12211 -
Demolition Of House Of Accused Or Criminal Is Illegal And Unconstitutional
Re: Directions in the Matter of Demolition of Structures that the executive cannot demolish the houses/properties of persons only on the ground that they are accused or convicted in a crime.Hits: 9922 -
Police, Prosecutors Must Not Frame Innocent By Presenting Selective Evidence: HP HC
State of HP vs Chohan Singh a most stinging rebuke directed the State government and so also its police department to ensure that the investigating officers (IOs) and prosecutors do not present...Hits: 14578 -
Difference In Legal Marriage Age For Men And Women Based On Patriarchal Bias: Allahabad HC
Sanjay Chaudhary v Guddan @ Usha that the difference in the legal age for marriage between men and women in India is nothing but a vestige of patriarchy.Hits: 13459 -
Supreme Court Ends Traditional Summer Vacation And Introduces Partial Court Working Days
for the benefit of the litigants has decided to finally do away with its centuries old colonial tradition of summer vacationsHits: 10072 -
Ramji Lal Bairwavs Rajasthan the Rajasthan High Court had quashed the matter that was primarily based on a ‘compromise’ between the victim’s father and teacher.Hits: 15645
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Allahabad High Court Disapproves Bar Body’s Request To Not Pass Adverse Orders
Hazi Tahseen Khan vs Gandhi Mohan Saxena has expressed its most strong displeasure over a letter that was circulated by the Allahabad High Court Bar Association (HCBA) requesting the High Court to...Hits: 12764 -
Media Can’t Declare Guilt Or Innocence Of Accused Pending Trial: Full Bench Of Kerala HC
Dejo Kappan vs Deccan Herald that comments by the media declaring an accused guilty or innocent while a criminal case is still pending does not fall under protected free speech under Article...Hits: 11764 -
SC Upholds Validity Of Uttar Pradesh Board Of Madarsa Education Act
Anjum Kadari Vs Union of India the exercise of its civil appellate/original jurisdiction has upheld the Constitutional validity of the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education ActHits: 12817 -
Jitendra Pratap Singh vs UP that since the Code of Criminal Procedure (Uttar Pradesh Amendment) Act 2018 bars the grant of anticipatory bail in cases where the offence is punishable by a death...Hits: 14545
