The scope of interference at the stage of investigation is no more res integra as it has been considered by the Hon'ble Supreme Court time and again. In Emperor Vs. Khwaja Nazir Ahmad, AIR 1945 PC 18, the Privy Council made the following observations ..
SCOPE OF INTERFERENCE UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION: The power of quashing the criminal proceedings has to be exercised very sparingly and with circumspection and that too in the rarest of rare cases and the Court cannot be justified in embar ..
(Equal Opportunity Protection Of Rights And Full Participation) Act, 1995 And Role Of JudiciaryChapter - VI titled as Employment, Chapter - VII titled as Affirmative Action and Chapter - VIII titled as Non-Discrimination of this Act are relevant for ..
I was recently privileged by a fellow member who solicited my input on the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005, to help with research. Below is a brief text of my humble response. My thoughts hereunder should not be interpreted as adv ..
The possibility of an impeachment motion against a Calcutta high court judge, Soumitra Sen, comes close on the heels of a slew of corruption charges against the judiciary. Last month, during a Supreme Courthearing of a case concern ..
In the case of Jagdish Yadav Vs. Ram Nandan Yadav & Ors., 1990 SCC (Crl.) 648, it was observed that simply due to lodging of a cross-case the investigation ought not to have been interfered with by the High Court. As in view of the fact that the ..
Law Firms in India vs Worlwide Global Legal OutsourcingWhile Indian lawyers handle a lot of document review, they also do legal research and draft contracts, said Russell Smith of the Indian outsourcing company SDD Global Solutions. Indian lawyers e ..
In a democratic country like India, where rule of law is the driving force of the Government, legal education assumes great significance. In Keshvanand Bharati VS. State of Kerala , Hon’ble Supreme court held that rule of law is the basic foun ..
The word police means the civil force constituted to maintain law & order. Nowhere in the world the purpose of Police is defined as revenue generation. Neither is the performance of police evaluated by the no. of chalans or revenue generated. Ra ..