On 7 October,2021 the Hon’ble SC issued guidelines on the grant of bail to those accused who are not arrested during investigation on the chargesheet being filed. The court clarified that the twin conditions imposed on the grant of bail by sec ..
The Hon’ble SC on 15 December, 2021 in The Bordeuri Samaj Of Sri Sri Maa Kamakhya vs. Riju Prasad and Ors. said that “contempt jurisdiction is always discretionary which should be exercised sparingly and with circumspection”. The S ..
A bench of the Hon’ble SC comprising Justices LN Rao and BV Nagarathna on Tuesday in the case of Budhadev Karmasker vs. State of West Bengal held that “Right to dignity is a Fundamental Right that is guaranteed to every citizen of this c ..
The Gauhati HC on Friday held that a mere promise to marry will not be a misconception of fact under Section 90 IPC. The petitioner was accused by the girl’s family of kidnapping and raping her on the pretext of marriage. The accused was booke ..
On 12 December, 2021 the Hon’ble Punjab and Haryana HC in the case of Neha vs. Vibhor Garg hasrefused to allow the husband to prove the cruelty of his wife by producing a CD of recorded conversations between him and his wife. These conversatio ..
The Hon’ble Bombay High Court on 14 December, while hearing an anticipatory bail application (Alnesh Akil Somji vs. State of Maharashtra) has ruled that an accused can be granted anticipatory bail even if he is already in custody for another o ..
While cancelling the bail order of the Sessions Judge, Hon’ble Justice W. Diengdoh of the Meghalaya HC on 10 December, 2021 in State of Meghalaya vs. Heibormi Dkhar said that “it is obvious that the impugned order is passed without due a ..
In an appeal filed by the husband in a dowry case (Vishnu R. Vs State of Kerala), Justice M.R.Anitha of the Hon’ble Kerala HC has held that the gifts given to the bride for her welfare are outside the scope of Dowry Prohibition Act. The petiti ..
While denying bail claimed on the ground of parity in the case of Suraj vs. State, the Hon’ble Delhi HC said that “the purpose of the POCSO Act is to treat minors as a class by itself and to treat them separately so that an attempt to se ..
Right To Dignity A Fundamental Right: SC A bench of the Hon’ble SC comprising Justices LN Rao and BV Nagarathna on Tuesday in the case of Budhadev Karmasker vs. State of West Bengal held that “Right to dignity is a Fundamental Right that ..