What is the Office of Profit?- In Brief
Article 102 of Indian Constitution provides the conditions of disqualification of Members of Parliament. Clause (1) of Article 102 provides that a member of parliament shall be disqualified from membership…
Jaya Bachchan v. UOI (2006)- A Case on Office of Profit
Article 102 of Indian Constitution provides the conditions of disqualification of Members of Parliament. Clause (1) of Article 102 provides that a member of parliament shall be disqualified from membership…
Difference between material collected during the process of taking cognizance and during trial
Chapter XV Chapter XV of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 deals with complaints made to Magistrates. Section 200 which appears in the said Chapter inter alia provides that…
Scott v. Scott (1913)- Case on Trial in Camera
Scott v. Scott [1913] is an important decision of English court on Trial in Camera and Open Court. Indian Supreme Court referred this case in its judgments regarding open…
Open Courts and Trial in Camera
“The principle underlying the insistence on hearing causes in open court is to protect and assist fair, impartial and objective administration of justice; but if the requirement of justice…
Can a writ of Certiorari be issued to High Court by Supreme Court?
Certiorari is a writ, and it is issued to an inferior court. The origin of this writ is from England. The inferior court conceived in English law in this context…
Why Open Courts are Necessary? – Jurisprudential Aspects
India has inherited the English tradition of holding trials in public. It has always been the glory of the English system as opposed to the Continental that all trials…
Does Trial under Camera Violate Article 19?
The question was considered in the case of “Naresh Shridhar Mirjakar v. State of Maharashtra (1966)’. While considering the question, the Court analysed the question as follows- It…
Can a court give protection to witness against publishing his evidence in press?
The question came before the court in the case of ‘Naresh Shridhar Mirjakar v. State of Maharashtra (1966). Facts of the Case Facts of the case, are that, …
Torture in Police Custody and the Importance of Human Dignity
Albert Schweitzer, highlighting on Glory of Life, pronounced with conviction and humility, “the reverence of life offers me my fundamental principle on morality”. The aforesaid expression may appear to be…