The Supreme Court allowed the appeal and held that “Given these conclusions, we are of the opinion that in cases such as the present, there is considerable uncertainty on the punishment to be awarded in capital offences - whether it should be life im..
The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of reducing the life sentence in comparison to the one year served as simple imprisonment and held that “the degree of brutality surrounding the occurrence may not by itself be regarded as sufficient to push the..
The International Tribunal for the Laws of the Sea ruled that the documentation presented on behalf of the Grand Prince failed to establish that Belize was the flag state of the vessel when it submitted its Application Form. This Tribunal stated that..
The Supreme Court held that "the writ petition under Article 32 is maintainable only against a state defined under Article 12 of the Constitution and hence maintainable though BCCI is not a State within the meaning of Article 12."..
The Court was satisfied that the Plaintiff has made a prima facie case for grant of interim reliefs. The balance of convenience was in favour of the Plaintiff. ..
It held that the only allegation about the confinement is addressing of words 'asking the two officers to sit and not to leave the house till the complainant returns'. There is no allegation that any force was displayed...
The court acquitted the parents of Aarushi Talwar, calling the evidence against them unsatisfactory and severely criticizing the police, CBI and the media for not having investigated the murder properly...
Most recently on October 5, 2020, a three Judge Bench of the Supreme Court comprising of Justice Ashok Bhushan, Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice MR Shah in a latest, landmark, learned and laudable judgment titled TK David vs Kuruppampady Service..
It is quite relaxing, quite refreshing, quite rejuvenating and quite remarkable to note that the Calcutta High Court has just recently on 30 September, 2020 in Arjun Singh Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors. in WPA 5374 of 2020 and 3 others in exerci..
The High Court dismissed the appeal & upheld convicting the appellant under Section 326 of the Indian Penal Code. ..
The Court disposed of the writ petitionwith following directions that “Section 327 (2) Cr.P.C i.e. Notwithstanding anything contained in sub- section (1), he inquiry into and trial of rape or an offence under section 376, section 376A, section 376B, ..
It is certain that if nothing had been found on him, he could not have been ordered to give security under Section 109(a). A person cannot be bound down under this clause merely because he is afraid of arrest or because he is making a nuisance of him..
The case came up for hearing before a bench comprising Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice S. Muralidhar, and the judgment was delivered on 2 July 2009. The Court located the rights to dignity and privacy within the right to life and liberty ..
The court issued a list of 11 guidelines in addition to the Constitutional and Statutory safeguards which were to be followed in all cases of arrest and detention...
The Lordship had brought forward the differences between Section 299 and 300 of the IPC.The court had stated that there was absence of intention. In both, Section 299 and 300, the key element is that there should be an intention of causing the death...
The judgement given by CJI Deepak Mishra started with the statements proving that wives are not the property of the husbands and husbands are not their masters...
On 6 September 2018, the court delivered its unanimous verdict, declaring portions of the law relating to consensual sexual acts between adults unconstitutional. ..
On considering all the matters in detail the court observed for this case, it should be accepted that it was an unnatural death. Though the case rests on circumstantial evidence, the presumption under Section 113-B of the Evidence Act has rightly bee..
On considering all the matters in detail the court took into consideration the circumstances in which the appellant and Mohini came close to each other and how he started to have given her presents and tried to be intimate with her. These circumstanc..
In a well-analysed, well-worded, well-framed, well-articulated and well-reasoned judgment titled Satish @ Sabbe vs. The State of Uttar Pradesh with Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No. 8326 of 2019 delivered as recently as on 30 September 2020, a thre..
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