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KEY TAKEAWAYS Forgery is a type of white-collar crime that involves the fabrication or material alteration of a legal document with the goal of deceiving someone. Section 464 of the IPC applies to the forgery offense established in section 463. li style="text-align: just..

KEY TAKEAWAYS Mistake of law and facts are defences that the defendant misunderstood or was ignorant of the law or facts as they existed at the time. A mistake of fact is a factual error. Mistake of law is misunderstanding the law, which i..

Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 Passed By Parliament; Opposition Calls It Dangerous  The Rajya Sabha has passed the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 which would enable investigating officers to collect the biometric details of prisoners. The Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on 4th Apr..

In the case of Ravindra Prasad Munneshwar Prasad vs Union of India the Bombay HC has held that if a government servant is suspended on account of charges for a serious crime, and is acquitted because of a benefit of doubt, he is not entitled to the regularisation of the period of suspension by being treated as ‘on duty’. li style="text-al..

In the case of Yogendra Kumar Mishra vs State of UP and anr the Allahabad HC has denied bail to a POCSO accused who had allegedly raped a minor girl and her mother, and has also observed that an absconder or a proclaimed offender is not entitled to the relief of anticipatory bail.  In the present case, the accused..

The Rajya Sabha has passed the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 which would enable investigating officers to collect the biometric details of prisoners. The Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on 4th April.  The Bill proposes to allow police to collect fingerprints, palm print impressions, photographs, ..

Apex Court Seeks Centre’s Response To Plea Challenging Section 15 Of Hindu Succession Act As Discriminatory Against Women The Hon’ble Supreme Court has on Wednesday sought Centre’s response in a plea challenging section 15 of the Hindu Succession Act (HSA) on the grounds on gender discrimination./li..

Key Takeaways Section 28 of the Partnership Act provides the provisions relating to the ‘Doctrine of Holding Out’. Doctrine of Holding Out is a special application of the Law of Estoppel. This Doctrine is not applicable in case..

Justice Oka, while delivering a talk on Saturday on the topic of ‘Vision of Independent  India: Ranade, Tilak and Gokhale’ in a virtual event organised by “The Leaflet” said that the views expressed by Bal Gangadhar Tilak on free speech and sedition continue to be relevant now. He also said that Justice Ranade and Gopal Krishna G..

The Hon’ble Supreme Court has on Wednesday sought Centre’s response in a plea challenging section 15 of the Hindu Succession Act (HSA) on the grounds on gender discrimination.  The plea had reached the Apex Court via a Special Leave Petition filed in the year 2018 against the order of the Bombay HC in ..

In V. Vasanthakumar v. The Union of India (2018), a bench of CJ. Munishwar Nath Bhandari and J. D Bharatha Chakravarthy were dealing with a writ petition, which challenged the validity of Section 9 and Section 32(2)(a) of the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988. While ruling Section 32(2) of the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions A..

For Claiming Reservation U/A 16(4), Marriage To Another Caste Not Relevant: Kerala HC In the case of Beksy A vs. District Collector and ors. the Kerala HC has once again reiterated that marriage of an individual of a particular caste to another as is permissible under law is of no relevance for the purpose of claiming..

Key Takeaways The Constitution of India has been amended several times to nullify the judgments of the courts and to enforce reservation policies according to the will of the legislature. Criteria adopted by the state for the classification of citizens for providing reservations..

In the case of Dadhibal Prasad Jaiswal vs Smt. Sunita Jaiswal the Madhya Pradesh HC has observed that an order rejecting an application under section 91 of CrPC is an interlocutory order against which no revision lies. Section 91 of CrPC provides for summons for the production of documents or other things which are in ..

In the case of Beksy A vs. District Collector and ors. the Kerala HC has once again reiterated that marriage of an individual of a particular caste to another as is permissible under law is of no relevance for the purpose of claiming maintenance under Article 16(4) of the Constitution. In the instant case, the petition..