In a recent ruling, the Supreme Court of India held that an accused person’s criminal antecedents cannot be the sole consideration for declining to quash criminal proceedings. The judgment was delivered by a bench comprising Justices B.R. Gavai and J.B. Pardiwala. The case, Mohammad Wajid v. State of U.P., involved Read more
Indian Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code and The Evidence Act are the milestone Acts which plays an important role in knowing about the provisions and the punishments regarding the various crimes. Thus Union Ministers on Friday said about the replacement of Indian Penal Code. And this replacement will also repeal Read more
Key words :- Lok Sabha , Parliament , IPC , Mob Lynching , Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita . According to Section 101(b) of the proposed legislation, every individual within a mob engaged in lynching could be subjected to the death penalty, life imprisonment, or imprisonment for a period of seven years Read more
Being one of the prominent advocates who has completed his undergrad degree from symbiosis law school, Pune holds 17 years of experience in his field where he has experience in joint ventures, M&A, white-collar crimes, and general corporate and commercial transactions. He also holds experience in private equity and venture Read more
The Gujarat High Court bench of Justice AS Supehia and Justice MR Mengedey Acquitted Mumbai based businessman birju kishore salla who was convicted by the NIA court in 2019. He was sentenced of a life imprisonment for the rest of his life. The court quashed the conviction by the NIA Read more
During the hearing of article 370 case before Supreme Courts five judge constitutional bench comprising the Chief Justice of India- DYChandrachud and judges BR Gavai, Surya Kant, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Sanjeev Khanna, the senior advocate Kapil Sibal questioned the constitutionality of the bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu Read more
Keywords: Mental and emotional health of prisoners, right of prisoners to dignity. The Delhi High Court recently ruled in [Sartaj @ Allaharakha v State of NCT of Delhi] that mental health issues of long-term inmates must be handled with sensitivity. The court issued a number of directives for the mental Read more
The Supreme Court has highlighted that the protection offered by Section 197 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) does not extend to individuals employed in Nationalized Banks. Section 197 CrPC comes into play only when the public servant occupies a position that is exclusively terminable upon governmental authorization. This point Read more
The Allahabad High Court fined a woman Rs. 10,000 for filing a First Information Report (FIR) against four men, alleging falsely that they had engaged in rape and unnatural intercourse with her. The court was addressing a writ petition submitted by accused individuals who claimed the FIR against them was Read more
Bollywood industry’s well-known actor in the name of Shiney Ahuja’s passport renewal has been kept on hold by the Passport Authority based on an order given by the Bombay High Court on 9th August, 2023. The High Court on Tuesday directed the Passport Authority of India not to withhold the Read more
