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On what basis the court can take cognizance under section 319 of CrPC?

Section 319 Cr.P.C. springs out of the doctrine judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur (Judge is condemned when guilty is acquitted) ...
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What is the degree of satisfaction required for invoking the power under Section 319 Cr.P.C.?

Section 319 Cr.P.C. springs out of the doctrine judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur (Judge is condemned when guilty is acquitted) ...
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At which stage Power under Section 319 of CrPC can be exercised by Court?

Section 319 Cr.P.C. springs out of the doctrine judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur (Judge is condemned when guilty is acquitted) ...
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The court cannot re-write, recast or reframe the legislation, it has no power to legislate- Supreme Court

The court cannot proceed with an assumption that the legislature enacting the statute has committed a mistake and where the ...
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What are the stages of Inquiry and when Trial starts?

Inquiry The stage of inquiry commences, insofar as the court is concerned, with the filing of the charge-sheet and the ...
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The Power under Section 319 Cr.P.C

Section 319 Cr.P.C. springs out of the doctrine judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur (Judge is condemned when guilty is acquitted) ...
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Why Section 319 was introduced in Criminal Procedure Code- A History

Section 319 Cr.P.C. springs out of the doctrine judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur (Judge is condemned when guilty is acquitted) ...
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The Story of Legal Battle of Jessica Lal Case

There are some cases which imprint on the mind of people forever. Jessical lal’s case was such type of case ...
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What Supreme Court thinks on Trial by Media?

Cardozo, one of the great Judges of American Supreme Court in his “Nature of the Judicial Process” observed that the ...
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Should Higher Court make adverse remarks against trial court judge?

“Alas! we are “all the common growth of the Mother Earth’ – even those of us who wear the long ...
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Does Photo Identification constitute substantive evidence?

Substantive evidence is the evidence of the witness in the court on oath, which can never be rendered inadmissible. Sec ...
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The significance of requiring an investigating officer to maintain a diary

Section 172 of the Code has a meaningful bearing on the entire investigation by a police officer. It is mandatory ...
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The proper way of Police Investigation- Supreme Court’s View

Historically but consistently the view of Supreme Court has been that an investigation must be fair and effective, must proceed ...
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Nature of the Duty of Disclosure on the Public Prosecutor

In ordinary cases of criminal trial, the Cr.P.C. imposes a statutory obligation on the public prosecutor to disclose certain evidence ...
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Does a telephonic call amount to registration of an FIR?

The information about the commission of a cognizable offence given “in person at the Police Station” and the information about ...
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The scope of the Appellate Court in reversing the order of acquittal by the Trial Court

In ‘Siddhartha Vashisht @ Manu Sharma v. NCT of Delhi (2010)’, the Supreme Court laid down some principles to be ...
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Right to Hawk – Supreme court’s Decisions

Hawking on the streets of Delhi, whose municipal limits have expanded over the years, has been the subject matter of ...
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Ajay Makan v. Union of India (2019) – An Analysis

“A simple vote, without food, shelter and health care is to use first generation rights as a smokescreen to obscure ...
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Sudama Singh v. Government of Delhi (2010)- An analysis

Sudama Singh case[1] is an important case in relation to demolition of jhuggis in Delhi. The decision was delivered by ...
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Right to housing under Indian Constitution

In the Constitution of India, there is no specific right to housing spelt out separately. The Preamble highlights the guarantee ...
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