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Judgments and Orders

Maninder Kaur & Ors. v. Teja Singh (2000) - Bail in Offences u/s 302& 304 IPC

 15 December 2020

The Court set aside the impugned order of High Court and allowed the appellants to remain on bail pursuant to the bond already executed by them...

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90 days detention illegal in case of s.386 IPC because punishment is not more than 10 years

 15 December 2020

The background to the petition filed lies in the events that the petitioner was arrested in connection with the offence punishable under Sections 386, 506 and 120-B of the IPC...

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State of UP v. Ram Sagar Yadav & Ors (1985) - Dying Declaration can be Acted upon without Corroboration

 15 December 2020

The Court allowed the appeal and set aside the decision of the High Court affirming that of the Sessions Court convicting and sentencing the respondents...

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Motiram & Ors v State of MP (1978) - Enlargement on bail with or without sureties

 15 December 2020

The petition was allowed and the petitioner was released as sought by the advocate...

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State of Kerala v. Raneef (2011) - Delay in Concluding Trial must be Considered while Granting Bail

 15 December 2020

The Court dismissed the appeal against the order of the Kerala High Courtfor grant of bail to the respondent...

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National Association of Blind v. Bombay Municpal Corporation (2020) - Disabled Win Case on Pay-Cut

 14 December 2020

A Bombay High Court division bench consisting of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G.S.Kulkarni has declared through the judgment in the case – National Association of Blind v. Bombay Municipal Corporation, delivered on October 28, 2020, that ..

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Shruti Kaushal Bisht v. Kaushal R. Bisht (2020) - Transfer of Matrimonial Case

 14 December 2020

In the Order passed in the matrimonial case- Shruti Kaushal Bisht v. Kaushal R. Bisht on November 6, 2020, Justice V. Ramasubramanian, at the Supreme Court, has considered that the claim of the wife Shruti that she is not receiving maintenance, has n..

Posted in Family Law |   3055 hits

Jayantilal Verma v. State of MP (2020) - Statement u/s 313 CrPC

 14 December 2020

In the judgment of the case – Jayantilal Verma v. State of M.P. (Now Chhattisgarh), delivered on November 19, 2020, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Hrishikesh Roy, at the Supreme Court, have ruled that in the case of death of wife Sahodarabai ..

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Authorized Officer, Indian Bank v. KJ George & Ors (2020) - DRT's Power on Limitation

 14 December 2020

With the judgment by Justice A.M. Badar, at Kerala High Court delivered on November 2, 2020 in the case – Authorized Officer, Indian Bank v. K.J. George & Others, the Supreme Court’s clear view has been reiterated that in the absence of a statutory p..

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Amish Devgan v. UOI & Ors - Journalist Amish Devgan's Remarks on Sufi Saint

 11 December 2020

The judgment deals with a writ petition filed by Journalist Amish Devgan seeking quashing of FIRs lodged against him for his remarks against Sufi Saint Moinnuddin Chisthi. The question before the court was that whether the First Information Reports s..

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Secretary, MoD v. Babita Puniya & Ors (2020) - Permanent Commission of Women in the Army

 09 December 2020

The judgement after these many years of hard work and struggle seems welcoming by the majority population in the country. This judgement upheld the right of women to have PC in the Army thereby making them stand shoulder to shoulder with their male c..

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Evidence sans pleading not helpful

 09 December 2020

In the SC's view, the reasons recorded in the orders passed by the Trial Court, as confirmed in revision and by the HC are valid and are in accordance with the settled principles of law. It is clear from the conduct of the appellants, that in spite o..

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Section 489-A of IPC

 08 December 2020

The Supreme Court in this case interpreted the provisions in their strict sense as there was no ambiguity or absurdity in the sections under question. If the intention of the law maker or the legislature was to restrict the meaning of the provision t..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   5625 hits

Madras HC Takes Serious Note Of Doctors Not Even Going Near Dead Bodies As Such Shabby Unscientific Reports Will Collapse Criminal Justice System In Country

 08 December 2020

While noting that in most of the medico-legal cases, the sentence in most of the medico-legal cases, the outcome of the criminal case depends upon the findings in the autopsy certificate and also the doctor's evidence, the Madras High Court in a late..

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Section 304B of the Indian Penal Code

 07 December 2020

The following judgment primarily deals with Section 304B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which criminalizes the causing of dowry death. The present case is a Special Leave Petition filed by the accused who was convicted by the High Court under the sa..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   2658 hits

Case Analysis of: Romila Thapar v. Union of India

 07 December 2020

The present case is a cornerstone in cases at the intersection of criminal law and constitutional rights since it is among the first cases filed to deal with the silencing of the dissent under the current NDA regime. It deals with the arrest of five ..

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Established Status Quo Brought About By Judgments Interpreting Local/State Laws Should Not Be Lightly Departed From

 07 December 2020

In an interesting, fresh and significant development, the Supreme Court in a latest, landmark and laudable judgment titled Navin Chandra Dhoundiyal vs. State of Uttarakhand in Civil Appeal No. 3493/2020 (Arising out of SLP (C) No. 10943/2020) along ..

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[Domestic Violence Act] Wife Entitled To Claim Right Of Residence Which Belongs To Relatives Of Husband Also

 07 December 2020

In a well-written, well-balanced, well-analysed, well-articulated and well-reasoned judgment under the Domestic Violence Act, a three Judge Bench of the Apex Court comprising of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and MR Shah have ruled in no unc..

Posted in Family Law |   1716 hits

Saravanan v. State (2020) - Imposition of Condition of Deposit Amount in Default Bail

 07 December 2020

In a recent, remarkable and righteous decision titled Saravanan vs. State represented by the Inspector of Police in Criminal Appeal Nos. 681-682 of 2020 (Arising from S.L.P. (Criminal) Nos. 4386-4387 of 2020) delivered on October 15, 2020, the thre..

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Amar Singh v. The State (NCT of Delhi) (2020) - Conviction on the basis of single eye witness

 07 December 2020

In a well-balanced, well-analysed, well-articulated, well-reasoned and well-framed judgment titled Amar Singh vs The State (NCT Of Delhi) in Criminal Appeal No. 335 of 2015, delivered as recently as on October 12, 2020, the Supreme Court has laid dow..

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