WHAT DID THE SC SAY? In Shipra Dey v. State of West Bengal & Ors., the Apex Court sent directions to the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sealdah u/s 200 Cr.P.C for examination of the complainant. The Hon’ble Court noted that every c ..
WHAT DID THE SC SAY? In Naim Ahamed v. State (NCT of Delhi), the Apex Court held that treating every breach of promise to marry to be false and applying the provisions of Section 376 IPC would be a folly. The Court noted that each case has to be eval ..
The Calcutta High Court dismissed a wife's request for extra support under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), observing that the wife's plea for enhanced maintenance after restricting a considerable source of the husband ..
According to the Delhi High Court, a revision petition filed in opposition to an order mandating the registration of an FIR is maintainable because it is not an interlocutory order. The court declared that the accused had a significant right to be he ..
The Supreme Court stated that it would be foolish to prosecute someone for rape under Section 376 IPC and treat every broken pledge to wed as a false promise.The bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Bela M Trivedi noted this while acquitting a man who ..
The Bombay High Court has ruled that an award debtor cannot seek to set aside the award because the expert, whose report was relied upon by the arbitrator, was not questioned by the opposing party if they have not utilized the provisions of Section 2 ..
According to the Allahabad High Court, it is not the injuries that constitute an offense under Section 308 of the Indian Penal Code; rather, it is the intention or knowledge of the perpetrator as well as the circumstances surrounding the crime.When u ..
The Kerala High Court reaffirmed that an unmarried daughter who has reached the age of majority is not entitled to maintenance from her father under Section 125(1) CrPC simply because she lacks the wherewithal to support herself.The Court noted that ..
The Kerala High Court recently answered no to the question of whether a vehicle driving or traveling alongside another vehicle that is transporting narcotics and psychotropic substances could be considered a vehicle used as a conveyance in carrying t ..
Three people accused of crimes against a member of a Scheduled Caste were recently granted anticipatory bail by the Bombay High Court, which noted that just because an accused individual made noise in his own home doesn't necessarily suggest that ..