The right to further investigation is granted to the Allahabad High Court by Section 173(8) CrPC, and only the investigating agency may file an application before the magistrate for further investigation. The Bench of Justices Anjani Kumar Mishra a ..
The Supreme Court noted that the phrase "reasonable grounds" used in Section 37(1)(b) of the NDPS Act meant credible, plausible grounds for the Court to believe that the accused person was not guilty of the alleged offence. The court also ..
The Supreme Court has stated that a defendant cannot enjoy the property during the pendency of the suit without depositing the amount of rent/damages by simply denying the landlord-tenant/lessor-lessee relationship. The Court was deciding whether O ..
The Supreme Court stated that statements made under Section 161 of the Code of Criminal Procedure are relevant in determining the prima facie case against an accused in a bail application in the case of a serious offence. "Except for the alleg ..
The Karnataka High Court has held that a trial court cannot reject an application made by legal representatives that are seeking to come on record following the death of the singular plaintiff to a suit, without considering whether the 'right to ..
In the case of Pardeep Chaudhary and another V Birwati and Ors., the issue was whether a succeeding sale deed executed by an allottee of the house in favour of the agent's children after the agent's demise would be in consonance with the pre ..
The Supreme Court of India clarified the parameters of criminal appeals by special leave under Article 136 of the Indian Constitution in a decision dismissing a criminal appeal. According to the court, the power granted by Article 136 can only be us ..
On Friday, the Delhi High Court refused interim relief to a 25 year old unwed woman who was seeking permission to terminate her pregnancy of 23 weeks and 5 days. As per the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Rules 2021, there are certain &l ..
In a critical judgment, the Andhra Pradesh High Court held that the opening of rowdy sheets to brand persons as "rowdies", collection and show of their photographs,, domiciliary visits and summoning to police station according to the exist ..
The bench observed thus while considering an appeal filed by a homicide convict, whose conviction under Section 302 IPC was maintained by the Bombay High Court. The Supreme Court observed that merely because the revelation of the weapon was at the i ..