The soliloquy of the accused admitting his guilt is not an extra-judicial confession as the Courts held in Sahoo v. State of UP (1965). It was argued that it is…
The principle of open justice is not absolute. There can be exceptions in the interest of administration of justice. In Naresh Shridhar Mirajkar v. State of Maharashtra ,, the High…
Section 2 of Contempt of Court Act, 1971, defines “contempt”, “civil contempt” and “criminal contempt”. In the context of contempt on account of publications which are not fair and accurate…
Supreme Court is not only the sentinel of the fundamental rights but also a balancing wheel between the rights, subject to social control. Freedom of expression is one of the…
It is a settled principle of criminal jurisprudence that extra-judicial confession is a weak piece of evidence. In the case of Sahadevan and Others v. State of Tamilnadu (2012), the…
With the development of law, the theory of last seen has become a definite tool in the hands of the prosecution to establish the guilt of the accused. This concept…
Under the Indian criminal jurisprudence, an accused is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty and his liberty can be curtailed by putting him under imprisonment by due process of…
Service Law Matters The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the state department to reconsider the claims of petitioners and grant them seniority and other consequential benefits from 2006—the…
Section 6 of the Specific Relief Act, provides legal provisions for the legal remedy to the person who was dispossessed forcibly from his possession. Section 6 reads as thus: “6.-…
Parliamentary democracy generally envisages (i) representation of the people, (ii) responsible government and (iii) accountability of the Council of Ministers to the Legislature. The essence of this is to draw…
