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Undertrials In Jail For Long Should Get Bail Even If Offence Serious: Bombay HC
Akash Satish Chandalia vs Maharashtra that the undertrial prisoners who have remained in jail for a long time should ordinarily be released on bail even if the crimes that they are accused of are...Hits: 8502 -
Pankaj Bansal vs UOI that the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) should furnish the grounds of arrest to the accused in writing at the time of arrest.Hits: 10230
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SC Must Take Suo Motu Cognizance Of Hapur Lathicharge
It is not just the lawyers of Hapur but lawyers all across India who are now feeling most humiliated, most harangued and most harassed by the ruthless, reckless and roguish manner in which the...Hits: 9519 -
Phulel Singh vs Haryana that the same dying declaration which was disregarded in the case of the co-accused cannot be the sole basis for the conviction of the accused.Hits: 9214
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Ravishankar Shrivas v. Sarita Sen that if a wife insists to stay with husband at his posting place, it cannot be said to be cruelty upon her.Hits: 9230
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Where Negligence Is Evident, Burden Of Proof Shifts To Hospital: SC
CPL Ashish Kumar Chauhan vs Commanding Officer underscored the applicability of this time-tested principle in cases where negligence is evident and shifts the burden of proof onto the hospital or...Hits: 8905 -
Right To Protest Is Fundamental Right: Madras HC
Arunkanth vs Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board that the right to protest for a common cause is a fundamental right of each and every citizen of the country.Hits: 9983 -
Best Fitting Tribute To Mahatma Gandhi On His Birth Anniversary
Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much, recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man/womanHits: 10032 -
Latitude Given By Constitution Cannot Be Caged In Form Of Inflexible Guidelines: SC
Joseph vs Kerala that typecasting convicts through inflexible guidelines based on crimes committed several years ago undermines their reformative potential, and can crush the life force of such...Hits: 9639 -
Punjab And Haryana HC Lawyers To Abstain From Work To Protest ‘Custodial Torture Of Lawyer
It is most shocking to learn that not even a month has lapsed when the police of Hapur had most mercilessly lathi charged more than 30 lawyersHits: 8449 -
Hari Singh vs Rajasthan that when rules prescribe certain code of conduct for government employees and bars them from leading an immoral life, the same cannot be violated on the ground that Indian...Hits: 10107
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Sanjeev Rawat @ Teetu vs UP that, It is apparently clear that while deciding the discharge application trial Court has not followed the settled ratio of law laid down by the Apex Court as well as...Hits: 9915
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A Will Is Required to Fulfil All the Formalities Required Under Section 63 of the Succession Act: SC
Meena Pradhan vs Kamla Pradhan that a will is required to fulfill all the formalities required under Section 63 of the Succession Act.Hits: 8971 -
Family Courts Cannot Grant Divorce On Ground Of Breakdown Of Marriage: Delhi HC
Family Courts cannot grant divorce on the ground of there being an irretrievable breakdown of marriage.Hits: 8510 -
People Remaining Behind Bars As Undertrials A Disturbing Trend: SC Judge Hon’ble Mr Justice SK Kaul
We could not have a scenario where we perceive that the only punishment that can be delivered is keeping people at the undertrial stage irrespective of whether the prosecution has the ability to...Hits: 10674 -
Mediation Act, 2023 Receives Assent Of President Of India
It must be mentioned here that this Act was primarily enacted to ensure that the individuals before directly rushingHits: 10368 -
Sanjay Kumar Pundeer vs State of NCT of Delhi that the right of the accused to default bail under Section 167 of CrPC would arise in a case where the prosecution files preliminary or incomplete...Hits: 9846
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Elangovan vs The Secretary, Home Department that was prompted by a sitting MLA requesting the female students to express their own opinions on the key subject of ‘Opposition to Sanathana’.Hits: 7261
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No Compromise When It Comes To Dignity Of Lawyers
most commendably the lawyers are all presenting a most united face cutting across religion, caste, community and sex as is the crying need of the hourHits: 23187 -
Jugal Kishor Ray v. Ashok Prasad Yadav that compensation is due from the date of the accident, and interest calculations begin from that date.Hits: 10671
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Accused Cannot Withdraw Application To Become An Approver Once Pardon Is Granted: Bombay HC
Maharashtra vs Madhuri Badrinarayan Gote most significant legal clarification pertaining to the status of an accused who becomes an approver in a criminal case.Hits: 9732 -
Javed Shaukat Ali Qureshi vs Gujarat exercise of its criminal appellate jurisdiction in an unlawful assembly related case has minced just no words to hold in no uncertain termsHits: 7860
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Open Legal Mockery Of Indian Soldiers Time And Again
How long will our brave soldiers be sitting ducks for terrorists sponsored directly by Pakistan?Hits: 13261 -
Even If Accused Pleads Guilty Of Misconduct, Court Has To Satisfy That Confession Is Voluntary: SC
Union of India vs Jogeshwar Swain that even if the accused pleads guilty of misconduct, the Court has to satisfy itself that the confession is voluntary.Hits: 9720 -
Courts Should Not Permit Litigants To Submit Information, Documents In Sealed Cover: Bombay HC
Sonali Tandle v. Ranka Lifestyle Ventures strongly deprecate the practice of courts accepting documents submitted by litigants in sealed cover.Hits: 9178 -
Smt.Roopa Rani vs Kamal Narayan Soni that the Trial Court and High Court should avoid adopting a hyper-technical and pedantic approach when assessing a divorce decree.Hits: 7455
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Time To Revisit Policies That Allows Celebration Of Festivals On Public Roads: Bombay HC
Sachin D Basare v/s Maharashtra civil appellate jurisdiction urged civic authorities and policymakers to revisit existing policies that regulate festivals so as to reconsider whether permissions...Hits: 10406 -
Vandalism of Manipur lawyers home: SC Bar Association Condemns Attempts To Intimidate Advocates
The heat, dust and din generated by the much reported lathicharge on the lawyers by police in HapurHits: 9467 -
Trial Courts Cannot Award The Sentence Of Life Imprisonment Till Last Breath: Karnataka HC
Harish vs Karnataka that Trial Courts cannot impose a special category sentence or imprisonment for life without the possibility of remission or, in other words, imprisonment till last breath of...Hits: 8156 -
Day To Day Bickering Between Husband And Wife Is Not Cruelty U/S 498A IPC: Calcutta HC
Ranjan Das v/s West Bengal that a day to day bickering between a husband and a wife does not amount to cruelty under Section 498A IPC.Hits: 8224
