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Calcutta HC Acquits Man Convicted 34 Years Ago By Trial Court For Allegedly Abetting Wife's Murder
Protap Singh v/s West Bengal that was heard on July 11, 2022 and then finally pronounced as recently as on September 30, 2022 has acquitted a man convicted by the Trial Court of abetting the...Hits: 4307 -
West Bengal v/s Dilip Ghosh that the State professing to be a welfare state cannot claim to have perfected its titled over a piece of land by invoking the doctrine of adverse possession to grab the...Hits: 6235
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Ratheesh v. Keralathat the conviction of the accused cannot be based merely on the statement made under Section 313 CrPC as it is not substantive evidence.Hits: 6370
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Test Identification Parade Can’t Be Permitted After Lapse Of Several Years: Karnataka HC
K Umesh Shetty v. Karnataka that Test Identification Parade is to ascertain the identity of accused persons and cannot be conducted after lapse of several years, as there is risk of the witnesses...Hits: 6426 -
Judgment Or Decree Obtained By Fraud Is To Be Treated As A Nullity: SC
Ram Kumar vs. Uttar Pradesh that a judgment or decree obtained by fraud is to be treated as a nullityHits: 8048 -
Kerala HC Directs PFI To Deposit Over Rs 5 Crores Towards Hartal Damages
Kerala Chamber of Commerce and Industry v. and Malayalavedhi v. Kerala pronounced on September 29, 2022 in suo motu proceedings against the leaders of the Popular Front of India (PFI), noting the...Hits: 5233 -
Bundu v. U.P that a victim has no right in law to drop the case of a non-compoundable offence of serious and heinous nature which badly affects society.Hits: 6504
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To live without adhering to any religion in our democratic secular country is certainly in tune with our Constitutional principles. Moreover, it cannot be denied that religion only teaches us...Hits: 5523
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Nardeep Singh Cheema @ Navdeep Singh Cheema v/s Punjab that an offence under POCSO Act, which is a special statute, cannot be quashed on the basis of any compromise or matrimony between the accused...Hits: 6134
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Arun Kumar Singh v. Smt Jaya Singh that a mere nomination would not confer any beneficial interest on the nominee under an insurance policy and that a nominee is only an authorized hand to receive...Hits: 13854
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Dr R Radhakrishnan v. The Assistant Commissioner of Police that Section 3(1)(u) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Act comes into play only when a person is trying to promote ill...Hits: 7763
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Jagsen vs Chhattisgarhthat merely because the accused knew the caste identity of the victim, the same cannot be made a basis for convicting him under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes...Hits: 7311
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Prem Nath V/s J&K that mere reinstatement into service without a clean chit in departmental inquiry is not a ground to quash criminal proceedings emanating from the set of allegations.Hits: 6385
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Kerala Chamber of Commerce and Industry v. Kerala and Malyalavedi v Kerala has strongly condemned and initiated suo motu proceedings against the leaders of Popular Front of India (PFI), noting the...Hits: 5753
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Western Coalfields Limited v. Tahsildar Kamptee that Tehsildar has the jurisdiction under the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, to correct status of land in the revenue record which may substantially...Hits: 9921
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Raju @ Rajendra Prasad v/s Rajasthan that all in human probability the crime was committed by the accused and none else in all probability.Hits: 6923
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Fixed Term Sentences Exceeding 14 Years Can Be An Alternative To Death Sentence In Certain Cases: SC
Haryana vs Anand Kindo that fixed term sentences exceeding 14 years can be awarded in appropriate cases to strike a delicate balance between the victims’ plea for justice and rehabilitative justice...Hits: 5810 -
Rayees Ahmad Dar v/s Union Territory of J&K that the term ‘Magistrate’ appearing in Section 26 of the Evidence Act refers only to a Judicial Magistrate of first class or a Metropolitan...Hits: 4516
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Dr.Merai Ali v. U.P. that a speedy trial is a right not only for the complainant but for the accused persons also.Hits: 6168
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Shri Manoj Kumar Garg v. NCT of Delhi that delay in getting forensic science laboratory reports (FSL) leads to extreme suffering by the victim’s family where the cause of death is unknown and also...Hits: 19819
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Kamuben Somaji Bhavaji Thakore vs Gujarat that where the offence is punishable with imprisonment for a term which may be less than seven years or which may extend to seven years, whether with or...Hits: 4586
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Special Court Empowered To Try General IPC Offences Arising Out Of Case Probed By NIA: Karnataka HC
Sayyed Sohel Torvi v. National Investigating Agency that the Special NIA Court is empowered to conduct trial for general offences punishable under Indian Penal Code if the FIR emanates from the...Hits: 5190 -
Yashpal Singh vs Uttar Pradesh that when an accused person is facing trial under Section 302, 307 of the Indian Penal Code, which are serious offences, the Court must give cogent reasons while...Hits: 4834
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Black Money Stashed Abroad Threatens National Security: J&K&L HC
Tabasum Mir Vs Union of India that money stashed abroad by evading tax could be used in ways which could threaten national security.Hits: 4313 -
HP HC Issues Directions To POCSO Courts For Protection Of Identity Of Rape, Sexual Offences Victims
Himachal Pradesh vs Shiv Lal @ Champi that the identity of the child victim shall not be disclosed at any time, during the course of investigation or trial.Hits: 5073 -
Telangana vs B Subba Rayudu that there is only one domicile i.e. domicile of the country and there is no separate domicile for a State.Hits: 6690
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Ashish Kumar Garg v. Uttarakhand that As to which road should be developed or expanded, is a matter of policy decision.Hits: 14858
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P. Dharamaraj vs Shanmugam that the Court has to go slow even while exercising jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.PC or Article 226 of the Constitution in the matter of quashing of criminal...Hits: 5853
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Lodging Juveniles In Adult Prisons Amounts To Their Deprivation Of Their Personal Liberty : SC
Vinod Katara vs Uttar Pradesh that lodging juveniles in adult prisons amounts to deprivation of their personal liberty.Hits: 6359 -
Priyanka Shrimali vs Rajasthan that the use of the word ‘unmarried’ in Rule 2(c) of the Rajasthan Compassionate Appointment of Dependents of Deceased Government Servant Rules, 1996 depriving a...Hits: 18545
