The “two-finger test” followed in rape cases was prohibited by the Supreme Court which held that any person conducting the test shall be held guilty of misconduct. Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and Hima Kohli while restoring a rape convictio ..
The Supreme Court in a Ballistic Report forwarded by the Director/ Deputy Director/ Assistant Director of a lab under the seal observed that it complies with the statutory requirement under Section 293 CrPC. Section 293 CrPC provides for reports of ..
Case Name- S. Rajeev Kumar v. The Director, Central Bureau of Investigation [2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 572] Bench- Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P. Chaly The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is not required to provide any information re ..
Case Name- Janhit Abhiyan v. Union Of India with 32 connected matters [W.P.(C)NO.55/2019] Bench- Dinesh Maheshwari, Bela Trivedi, JB Pardiwala, Justice S Ravindra Bhat and Chief Justice of India Uday Umesh Lalit Ratio- 3:2 Majority (Justice S Ravi ..
Case- State of Maharashtra vs Dr. Maroti s/o Kashinath Pimpalkar [2022 LiveLaw (SC) 898] Bench- Justice Ajay Rastogi and Justice C.T. Ravikumar On Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled that under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) ..
Case Name- Naveen vs State of Haryana [SLP(Crl) 3746 of 2022] Bench- Justices Ajay Rastogi and C.T. Ravikumar In this judgement the Supreme Court reaffirmed that the power granted to a court by Section 319 of the CrPC is an extraordinary and discret ..
A three-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court in a recent judgment adjudged a case concerning the issue of applicability of the time frame contemplated under Section 11 A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 to acquisition initiated by invoking urgency prov ..
The High Court of Karnataka said that the courts must consider the hardships that might be caused to the parties at the time of deciding an application under Section 24 of CPC for transfer of proceedings from one court to another, rather than lookin ..
The Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme was launched in 2020 to settle pending tax disputes in the area of Direct Taxes. It is an effort to unblock 9.32 trillion rupees (as of November 30, 2019) that has been blocked by over 483,000 appeals that are pending i ..
In July 2022, an order issued by the General Education Department along with a prospectus issued by the Directorate was passed. It was put in place to regulate the admission to plus one Private Aided Higher Secondary Schools for the Academic year 20 ..