INTRODUCTION A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre to draft a comprehensive and strict penal code which would replace the ‘existing and outdated’ laws relating to crime and corruption. It has been fil ..
WHO WAS STAN SWAMY Stan Swamy was the last person out of the 16accused to be arrested and falsely accused in Bhima Koregaon case and sent to jail. He was aged 84 years and was suffering from Parkinson’s disease. He was the eldest among all thos ..
Who is the accused Christian Michel is a British national who was arrested in 2018 after he was extradited from Dubai. He acted as a middleman in the illegal transactions of the Augusta Westland VVIP Chopper scam.Background An estimated 2666 Crore lo ..
Andhra Pradesh HC: Girlfriend/Concubine Not Liable For Prosecution Under S.498A IPC Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code criminalises cruelty to women. The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that only a relative of the husband by blood or marriage ..
BACKGROUND The petitioner had faced criminal proceedings for the offence under Sections 417 and 376 of the I.P.C and was sentenced guilty by the Trial Court. The petitioner filed an appeal before the Madras High Court challenging the judgment of the ..
BACKGROUND The Bench headed by Justice RF Nariman took suo motu cognizance of the decision of the UP Government to allow Kanwar Yatra with strict norms of social distancing. The yatra attracts around 30 million people from north and north-western sta ..
BACKGROUND OF THE CASE The trial of the case had already been completed before a long time and the summoning document was moved only after the accused was examined under Section 313 of Criminal Procedure Code. When the matter was taken up in the Tele ..
INTRODUCTION Any aircraft that can be operated autonomously or that can be operated in a remote way without a pilot on board can be classified under the definition of drone. The Unmanned Aircraft System Rules 2021 came into force on 12th March, 2021. ..
Who is the Petitioner The name of the case is Devika Soniraj v. The Zonal Manager, Bank of India. The petitioner is a student at the Bachelor of Ayurveda Medicine and Surgery. Her father has a small-time business; the shop had to be closed down due t ..
Plea Filed In SC Seeking One Nation, One Penal CodeA plea has been filed in the Supreme Court which seeks that the Centre be directed to draft a comprehensive penal code to replace the current, 161 year old, colonial penal code. The plea has been fil ..