It is most refreshing, most rejuvenating and most remarkable that the Madras High Court most recently on September 23, 2020 has in a well-worded, well-reasoned, well-articulated and well-framed judgment titled Manager, United India Insurance Company ..
"What has been happening does not do credit to our democratic system. India is a melting pot of civilizations, cultures and values, etc. Any attempt to vilify a community must be viewed with great disfavour by this court, which is the custodian of co..
In a fresh and significant development, the Kerala High Court has just recently on September 9, 2020 in a latest, landmark and extremely laudable judgment titled X vs State of Kerala in Case No. : Crl. MC No. 3463 of 2020 issued some future guidelin..
At a time when Maharashtra is among the worst affected State in whole of India with most number of persons suffering from Covid, the Bombay High Court has commendably, courageously and correctly in a suo motu case titled Court On Its Own Motion..
Through its judgment of the case – Branch Manager, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Ltd and Others v. Dalbir Kaur, delivered on October 9, 2020, a 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court, consisting of Justice Dr Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, Justice Ind..
A 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court consisting of Justice Arun Mishra (since retired), Vineet Saran and S.Ravindra Bhat have in the judgment of the case – The Designated Authority (DA) & Others v. M/s the Andhra Petrochemicals Ltd., delivered on Sep..
In a well-reasoned, well-analysed, well-drafted and well-articulated judgment titled Neelam Manmohan Attavar vs Manmohan Attavar (D) Thr LRs Transferred Case (Criminal) No. 1 of 2020 delivered on September 3, 2020, the Supreme Court has held that a..
In a righteous, remarkable and recent decision, the Kerala High Court in Abhishek K.A. @ Bhanu vs. State of Kerala in Case No. : CRL.A. No. 1087 of 2019 has as recently as on September 9, 2020 issued general directions to be followed by the Investig..
In a well-reasoned, well-researched, well-analysed and well-articulated judgment titled Maksud Sheikh Gaffur Sheikh vs State of Maharashtra in Criminal Application (APPA) No. 270/2020 in Criminal Appeal No. 336/2016 delivered on August 28, 2020, a f..
In a latest, landmark and laudable judgment titled Shoma Sen D/o Kanti Sen Vs. State of Maharashtra and others in Civil Application (CAW) No. 886/2020 in Writ Petition No. 1857 of 2020 decided just recently on 28th August, 2020 by the Nagpur Bench of..
In a latest, landmark and extremely laudable judgment titled Sunil Kumar v. The State of Himachal Pradesh in Case No. : Cr.MP(M) No. 1303 & 1321 of 2020 delivered just recently on August 31, 2020, the Himachal Pradesh High Court expressed its concer..
Lord Birkenhead LC upheld the appeal filed and held that “Under the law of England as it prevailed until early in the 19th-century voluntary drunkenness was never an excuse for criminal misconduct; and indeed, the classic authorities broadly assert t..
The apex court observed that a certificate cannot be granted under Article 134(1)(c) of the Constitution if the High Court is in doubt about 'the facts. If there is doubt in the minds of the learned Judges about the facts, their duty is to acquit and..
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 w..
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 three-..
The court held that Section 149 IPC has two essential ingredients: i. offence committed by any member of an unlawful assembly consisting of five or more members ii. such offence must be committed in prosecution of the common object of the assembly ..
The court held that under section 86 it has to be proved that in spite of drunkenness the person had the intention to commit the act forbidden by law or that he had the knowledge that on committing the said act, it will result in the death of the per..
The Court refused to accept the argument urged by the counsel of the Appellants, Mr.Sawhney, that the test adopted by the High Court in dealing with the question of sentence is mechanical and unreasonable. ..
In the judgment of the case - Mohd. Anwar v. The State (N.C.T. of Delhi), delivered on August 19, 2020, a 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court, consisting of Justices N.V.Ramana, S. Abdul Nazeer and Surya Kant, has clarified that pleas of unsoundness o..
In a well-reasoned, well-analysed, well-balanced and well-articulated judgment, a two Judge Bench of the Himachal Pradesh High Court comprising of Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua in Sheela Suryavanshi v. State of H.P. & ..
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