Constitutional concerns regarding the alleged police brutality: Punjab and Haryana High Court Order
Introduction The recent order passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in CRM-M-16421-2025 highlights significant legal and constitutional concerns ...
Judicial Sensitivity and Accountability: Supreme Court’s Suo Moto Intervention on Allahabad High Court’s Judgment
Introduction On March 26, 2025, the Supreme Court of India, through Suo Moto Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 1/2025, intervened in ...
The Discretion of the Court while Granting Decree of Specific Performance
Section 20(1) of the Specific Relief Act, 1963 provides that the jurisdiction to decree specific performance is discretionary, and the ...
Are Unregistered Awards binding?
Section 17 of the Registration Act, talks about the compulsory registration, it reads thus: "17. Documents of which registration is ...
The Definition of ‘Compelling Reasons’ in Acquittal of the Accused
The Supreme Court said in Sanwat Singh v. State of Rajasthan (1960), that in recent years the words "compelling reasons" ...
Restoration of Employment and Natural Justice: Supreme Court’s Verdict in Basudev Dutta v. State of West Bengal
Introduction The Supreme Court of India, in Basudev Dutta v. The State of West Bengal & Ors., Civil Appeal No ...
The Prosecution in Criminal Conspiracy and Section 10 of the Evidence Act
To prove the charge of criminal conspiracy the prosecution is required to establish that two or more persons had agreed ...
Whether Confession should be necessarily communicated to another person? – Supreme Court Law
The soliloquy of the accused admitting his guilt is not an extra-judicial confession as the Courts held in Sahoo v ...
Private Pornography and Masturbation does not constitute as cruelty: Madras High Court Judgment
Introduction: The recent judgment in C.M.A(MD) Nos.460 & 1515 of 2024, delivered by the Hon’ble Justices G.R. Swaminathan and R ...
Quashing of Criminal Proceedings in Light of Subsequent Marriage: Mahesh Mukund Patel v. State of U.P.
Introduction The Supreme Court of India, in Mahesh Mukund Patel v. State of U.P. & Ors., Criminal Appeal No. 001005/2025, ...
Excessive Media Prejudicial Publicity? – When can Court Restrain Press from Reporting
The principle of open justice is not absolute. There can be exceptions in the interest of administration of justice. In ...
Report of a Judicial Proceeding- The Extent of Pre-Restraint Orders against Reporting
Section 2 of Contempt of Court Act, 1971, defines “contempt”, “civil contempt” and “criminal contempt”. In the context of contempt ...
Prior Restraint and Freedom of Speech
Supreme Court is not only the sentinel of the fundamental rights but also a balancing wheel between the rights, subject ...
Jurisprudence related to child victims of sexual offences: Supreme Court Judgment in State of Rajasthan v. Chatra (2025)
Introduction The Supreme Court of India, in the landmark case State of Rajasthan v. Chatra (2025 INSC 360), revisited the ...
Granting bail in cases involving small quantities of narcotic substances: Punjab and Haryana High Court
For the Petitioner: Mr. Sudhir Rana, Advocate For the Respondent (State of Haryana): Mr. Aashish Bishnoi, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana ...
Whether the applicant was entitled to default bail due to the alleged incompleteness of the chargesheet: Delhi High Court
Introduction: On March 10, 2025, the Delhi High Court delivered a significant ruling in Ashish Pathak v. Central Bureau of ...
Inappropriate Conversations with other men is Mental Cruelty against Husband: Madhya Pradesh High Court
Introduction: The Madhya Pradesh High Court in the case of Smt. Radha v. Sudhanshu (FA No. 1605 of 2023) delivered ...
Principles Governing the invocation of Section 319 CrPC: Punjab & Haryana High Court Decision
Advocate for the petitioner: Adv. Aman Pal, Adv. Rajender Kumar and Adv. Manav Bajaj. Advocate for the complainant: Adv. Y ...
When Extra-Judicial Confession may be accepted and relied upon? – Supreme Court Rulings
It is a settled principle of criminal jurisprudence that extra-judicial confession is a weak piece of evidence. In the case ...
The Last Seen Theory in Evidence
With the development of law, the theory of last seen has become a definite tool in the hands of the ...