SC: Liberty Cannot Be Granted For Amending Plaint While Rejecting It Under Order VII Rule 11(d) CPCThe case was of Sayyed Ayaz Ali V. Prakash G Goyal. The case was heard by a Bench composed of Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice M R Shah. The Supreme ..
BACKGROUND OF THE CASE CJI, NV Ramana was leading a Bench which was hearing a case on the issue relating to the delay in the release of prisoners after the bail is granted. N V Ramana was disappointed to know that the prisoners were still not release ..
BACKGROUND OF THE CASE The applicant, Niha Khan, was an ANM at Primary Health Centre, Jamalpur, Alighar. She was prima facie found of being involved in the alleged criminal wastage of COVID vaccine. Thus a departmental injury was initiated against he ..
Who filed the appeal A 33- year old man was held guilty of rape of an intellectually-challenged woman. He was awarded 10 years of rigorous imprisonment by the Trial Court. He appealed on the ground of no penile intercourse with the victim. The appeal ..
BACKGROUND OF THE CASE A PIL was filed seeking issuance of directions to the Centre and the Delhi Government for safeguarding the interests of the children who lost their parents due to COVID 19 and who do not have anyone to take care of them. The Mi ..
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seeking directions to the Centre to draft a comprehensive and strict penal code which would replace the ‘existing and outdated’ laws relating to crime and corruption.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 ..