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Mere Exclusion Of Sibling From Will Not A Ground To Suspect Its Genuineness The case was of V Prabhakara v. Basavaraj K (Dead) by LR and Another. The decision was given by Justices SK Kaul and MM Sundresh. The Court held that a testamentary court is not a "court of suspicion" but a "court of conscience". M..

Key takeaways An accused cannot be held in police custody for more than 24 hours after the arrest is made. The accused needs to appear before the concerned Magistrate within 24 hours of his arrest. The concerned Magistrate has the power to pass the order and to transfer the accu..

KEY TAKEAWAYS The Supreme Court verbally stated on Friday that virtual hearings cannot become the norm, as they were implemented in response to the extreme crisis caused by the COVID outbreak. The Court further stated that it is one thing to assert that the public has the right ..

KEY TAKEAWAYS The Supreme Court has ruled that in matters of corruption a preliminary investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation is not required before registering an FIR under CrPC, PC Act, or even CBI manual. The observation was made by a bench of Justices DY Chandra..

Preliminary Enquiry By CBI In Corruption Cases Not Mandatory  The Court held that an FIR will not stand vitiated because a Preliminary Enquiry has not been conducted. The decision was given by Justices DY Chandrachud, Vikram Nath and BV Nagarathna. The case was of Central Bureau of Investigation v.Thommandru Hannah Vijay..

KEY TAKEAWAYS Civil proceedings are initiated against civil wrongs that are private in nature, whereas criminal cases are registered against crimes that affect the society. The procedure of filing a civil case is different from that of a criminal case, and even while initiating ..

KEY TAKEAWAYS The Supreme Court has issued guidelines on the question of granting bail to defendants who are not detained while the charge sheet is being filed. The suggestions given by Additional Solicitor General SV Raja and Senior Advocate SidharthLuthra in this regard were a..

SC Permits Girls To Appear For Military School Entrance For 2022 Team The Supreme Court directed the Centre to make arrangements for the induction of girls into the Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC). The decision was given by Justice SK Kaul and Justice MM Sundresh. The case was of Kailas Udhavrao More v. Union of Indi..

Key Takeaways A legal representative, as defined by section 2(11) of the C.P.C., is a person in law who represents the estate of a deceased person. The representative who can be sued for executing the decree in a suit is defined in Section 50 of the Civil Procedure Code of 1908...

INTRODUCTION This article provides section wise detailed analysis of the Specific Relief Act. This Act is considered to be in a branch of the Indian Contracts Act, 1872 that deals with the reliefs and recovery of damages of an injured person. The suit under Specific Relief Act may be brought to compel the performance of the contract by the person in def..

Background The term "geographic indication" (GI) refers to a designation given to a product that is unique to a specific region or area and is produced there. The quality of these goods is well-known. Simply by having the tag of belonging to that region, they are associated with a sense of legitimacy and trust. ..

Background The Indian Patents and Designs Act, 1911, was enacted in 1911, marking the beginning of the country's patent law. The current Patents Act, 1970, came into effect in 1972, amending and consolidating the existing patent law in India. The Patents Act, 1970 was amended again in 2005 by the Patents (Amendment) Act, ..

KEY TAKEAWAYS On Thursday, a Mumbai court decided to hear bail applications filed by Aryan Khan, the son of actor Shahrukh Khan, Arbaaz Merchant, and Munmun Dhamecha in connection with the seizure of drugs on a luxury cruise ship off the coast of Mumbai. The Court today denied A..

Purpose And Object At the outset, let me begin by stating most unambiguously that the test identification parade is always conducted immediately after a criminal offence takes place so that the eye witness who does not know the accused identifies him/her and thereby the eyewitness credibility and reliability is also tested op..

KEY TAKEAWAYS “Unlawfully purchased forest products, such as sandalwood, rosewood, or other rare species, and then worked upon, resulting in a product primarily based on the important forest produce, would escape the Kerala Forest Act's rigours, the differentiation sought defies the Act's purpose” ..