On Wednesday, the Supreme Court upheld the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 that relate to the Enforcement Directorate's power of arrest, attachment, search, and seizure. The Court upheld the constitutionality of Secti ..
According to the Supreme Court, there is no requirement to formally register an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) before initiating penal action or prosecution against a person involved in a process or activity involving proceeds of crime u ..
The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a mother who remarries after her biological father's death can choose her child's surname and include it in her new family. An Andhra Pradesh High Court decision ordering a mother to change her child& ..
The Delhi High Court has ruled that an order issued by the Facilitation Council under Section 18 of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (MSMED Act) following the termination of conciliation proceedings, without referring th ..
When it came to joint proceedings, Vinod S. Bhardwaj, J., ruled that if there is a 'Juvenile in conflict with law' with an adult, the proceedings cannot be done jointly. The petition was filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Proce ..
The Supreme Court stated that a trial court could not absolve an accused of murder based solely on a post mortem report indicating the cause of death as "cardio respiratory failure." "The post-mortem report does not constitute substa ..
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently ruled that the JJ Board is not required to consider the social investigation report prior to considering a bail petition under section 12 of the Juvenile Justice Care and Protection Act because th ..
The Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled that recovering any incriminating article from a public or visible location taints the evidence under Section 27 of the Evidence Act. It should be noted that the following conditions must be met for Section 27 o ..
In the case of State of Uttar Pradesh vs Anand Engineering College, the Supreme Court observed that the Forest Department cannot inflict damages under section 33 of the Wild Life Protection Act of 1972. The bench comprising Justices MR Shah and BV N ..
The Delhi High Court has recently held in the case of Jindal Kumar v. The State (govt of Delhi) that subjecting a citizen to police scrutiny such as verification of personal documents without any good reason would entail a serious invasion of his ri ..
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