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Home Secretary Cannot Order Further Investigation Or Reinvestigation Of Case By Another Agency : SC
Bohatie Devi v/s Uttar Pradesh that Section 173(3) read with Section 158 of CrPC does not permit the Secretary (Home) to order for further investigation or reinvestigation by another agency other...Hits: 6408 -
Judgebir Singh @ Jasbir Singh Samra @ Jasbir that the Punjab Police (investigation later taken over by the NIA) had filed an application seeking to extend the time for investigation as per Section...Hits: 8002
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Shilpa Sailesh vs Varun Sreenivasan that it can invoke the special powers under Article 142 of the Constitution of India to waive the waiting period of 6 to 8 months prescribed for seeking divorce...Hits: 7709
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Wholesale Domicile Reservation Unconstitutional: SC
We make it clear that though reservation in favour of residents is permissible, yet reservation to the extent of 75% of the total seats makes it a wholesale reservationHits: 6382 -
Making A Complete Brazen Mockery Of Rule Of Law
District Magistrate of Gopalganj named G Krishnaiah with impeccable reputation by dragging him out of his official car and beating relentlessly along with mob and lynching him three decades ago.Hits: 5522 -
Krishna Pati Tripathi vs Madhya Pradeshthat under Section 190 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), a Magistrate cannot suo motu pass directions for further investigation in a matter.Hits: 6721
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V Narayanasamy v/s Vanchikodi that one party acting vigilantly cannot be denied his valuable right due to negligence of other.Hits: 5330
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Seeking Pre-Deposit Of Bank Guarantee For Grant Of Bail Is Unsustainable: SC
Makhijani Pushpak Harish v Gujarat set aside an order whereby a pre-condition of furnishing bank guarantee was imposed on the accused by the Trial Court and the High Court while granting bail.Hits: 6934 -
Indian Court Can Entertain Complaint Against Domestic Violence Committed Abroad: Bombay HC
a Judicial Magistrate can take cognizance of domestic violence committed in foreign soil under the Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (DV Act).Hits: 5516 -
Shiv Kumar Sharma vs UP that the conduct of accepting the brief by a subsequent counsel, at the stage of conclusion of arguments by previous counsel and that too before the very date of the...Hits: 5976
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Fedrick Cutinha v. Karnataka that the accused persons were not given an opportunity to be heard on the quantum of sentence as prescribed under Section 235(2) of CrPC.Hits: 5266
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Ramesh Chand Verma v/s HP Agro Industries Corporation LtdHits: 6108
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Suresh Kumar Satija v. Balwinder Singh Touri that: Considering the fact that the petitioner was handcuffed by the respondent, the respondent is directed to pay a cost of Rs. 1,00,000/-, which will...Hits: 4885
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every unmarried daughter has right to get reasonable marriage expenses from her father irrespective of religion.Hits: 8559
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Delhi HC Directs Registry To Ensure Confidentiality Of Victims Of Sexual Offences
Saleem vs NCT of Delhi that the name, parentage, address, social media credentials and photographs of the prosecutrix of victim must not be disclosed including in the memo of parties..Hits: 14011 -
Supreme Court Slams UP Government For Invoking National Security Act In Revenue Recovery Case
Yusuf Malik vs UOI that the Supreme Court while taking potshots at the UP Government’s decision termed it as shocking and unsustainable the invocation of NSA in a revenue recovery case which was...Hits: 4288 -
Arulmigu Kalasalingam College of Education v. The Appeal Committee that the college should suffer the consequences of its actions and also left it open to the students to litigate against the...Hits: 9446
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Maharashtra vs Renuka @ Rinku @ Ratan Kiran Shinde that mercy petitions in death penalty cases are decided and disposed at the earliest so that convicts won’t take advantage of delayHits: 5801
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Central Bureau of Investigation vs Aryan Singh that a High Court cannot conduct a mini trial at the stage of discharge or quashing of the criminal proceedings while exercising limited powers under...Hits: 6985
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Mansi Bhavin Dharani v. Bhavin Jagdish Dharani that a family court cannot pass a divorce decree on admission assuming that the marriage is dissolved in the hearts and minds of the parties when the...Hits: 6123
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Directions Issued To The State By Allahabad HC To Improve Vastly The Investigation Of Criminal Case
Vinod v. U.P. issued a direction to the State to make the investigation of criminal case more effective, reliable and flawless. It is a no-brainer that this is the urgent crying need of the hour alsoHits: 5098 -
Karan Antil vs Delhi that the eligibility criterion of seven years of continuous practice as an advocate to be appointed as a District Judge as set out in Rule 9(2) of the Delhi Higher Judicial...Hits: 7370
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Sameer Amrut Kondekar vs Maharashtra that when two people invest in a relationship, one of them cannot be blamed merely because the other alleged rape after things went south and the relationship...Hits: 7666
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Suni @ Sunil v/s Kerala that the police is not competent to register an offence under Section 195A (threatening any person to give false evidence) of the Indian Penal Code and that only a court is...Hits: 7114
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Ananda Ch Sahu v/s Odisha that an Executive Magistrate is not empowered to record confession for offences committed under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. It also held clearly that in absence...Hits: 8319
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A vs B that a single-line reason is not expected from senior Judges like District Judges. This was held so by the Court while reprimanding a Sessions Judge for giving a single-line reasoning and...Hits: 4871
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Advocates Protection Act Must Be Enacted At The Earliest
While striking entirely the right chord as the lawyers anticipated also, we saw how just recently it was none other than the Executive Committee of the Supreme Court Bar AssociationHits: 8175 -
Satyendar Kumar Jain vs Directorate Of Enforcement that he is an influential person having the potential to tamper with evidence.Hits: 4752
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Rabindra Kumar Mishra vs Odisha that an illicit extra-marital partner of husband cannot be prosecuted under the Domestic Violence Act by wife merely because she lived in the house of the couple.Hits: 6144
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Plain And Literal Interpretation Of Section 37 NDPS Act Would Make Bail Impossible: SC
Mohd Muslim @ Hussain vs State that a plain and literal interpretation of the rigorous conditions under Section 37 NDPS Act would make granting of bail impossible.Hits: 4972
