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Joginder Kumar Vs. State of U. P
Title of the Case: Joginder Kumar Vs. State of U. P Citation: 1994 AIR 1349, 1994 SCC (4) 260 Case No.: WRIT PETITION (CRL) NO. 9/1994 Court: Supreme Court of Read more
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Jayendra Vishnu Thakur vs State of Maharashtra
Jayendra Vishnu Thakur vs State of Maharashtra DATE OF THE CASE: 11 May 2009 APPELLANT: Jayendra Vishnu Thakur RESPONDENT: The state of Maharashtra and another BENCH/JUDGES: S.B. Sinha, Mukundakam Sharma LEGAL PROVISIONS: Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Sections 82 & 299 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Read more
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SHIV SHANKAR SINGH VS STATE OF BIHAR
CASE NAME : SHIV SHANKAR SINGH VS STATE OF BIHAR DATE OF JUDGEMENT : 22 NOVEMBER 2011 COURT : SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CASE NO. : CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 2160 0F 2011 PETITIONER : SHIV SHANKAR SINGH RESPONDENT : STATE OF BIHAR BENCH : B.S. CHAUHAN T.S. THAKUR FACTS OF THE Read more
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SATYAPAL SINGH VS STATE OF MP
CASE NAME : SATYAPAL SINGH VS STATE OF MP DATE OF JUDGEMENT : 6 OCTOBER , 2015 COURT : SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CASE NO. : CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1315 OF 2015 PETITIONER : SATYAPAL SINGH RESPONDENT : STATE OF MP BENCH : T.S. THAKURV.GOPALA GOWDA FACTS OF THE CASE Read more
LEGAL NEWS
Supreme Court has Discretion over Issuing Public Interest Litigations
The Supreme Court ruled that too many extraneous parties had been added to the PIL at a plea hearing. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court (SC) rejected a petition that contested an interim ruling from the Uttarakhand High Court (HC), claiming that there were too many respondents and that the court Read more
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Gokulraj murder case : Madras High Court life upholds life sentence of 8 conflicts
Keywords: Madras High Court. The Gokulraj murder case refers to the unfortunate incident involving the murder of Gokulraj, a Dalit engineering student, in Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, in 2015. The case garnered significant attention due to its caste-based nature and the subsequent legal proceedings that followed. In the latest development, the Read more
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Rape on promise of marriage: Supreme Court stays Allahabad High Court direction seeking woman’s kundali to contention her manglik status.
Keywords – Rape , marriage , manglik In a special sitting which held on Saturday (03/06/2023), the Supreme Court stayed an order of the Allahabad High Court that had directed the astrology department of Lucknow University to determine if an alleged rape victim is a manglik by examining her kundali( Read more
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LAW COMMISSION’S RECOMMENDATION ON ADVERSE POSSESSION
Keywords – Adverse possession, Law Commission, Limitation Act. Adverse possession is a legal concept that allows a person who has unlawfully detained someone’s else’s land for a certain period of time and later he claims legal ownership of that land. In India, this concept has been part of the set Read more
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The Madras High Court issues guidelines for police investigations in order to limit the ‘harassment’ of people in criminal cases.
KEYWORDS: Madras High Court, Police Harassment, Justice Sathi Kumar Sukumara Kurup, section 482 CrPC Section 160 CrPC, Section 41-A CrPC The Madras High Court recently issued guidelines for police investigations to protect individuals from intentional police harassment of those in custody. While hearing a criminal original petition under section 482 Read more
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Same-Sex Marriage Should be an Association, Not Marriage : Said Retired Justice Kurian Joseph
Keywords-Same-sex marriage, association, marriage, opposition Former Supreme Court Judge Justice Kurian Joseph has expressed his strong opposition to the concept of same-sex marriage. During the India Today Conclave South 2023, Justice Joseph, along with retired Supreme Court Judge Justice Jasti Chelameswar, shared his views on the same-sex marriage case. Justice Read more
