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…
Introduction The Supreme Court of India, in the landmark case State of Rajasthan v. Chatra (2025 INSC 360), revisited the issue of child sexual assault and the evidentiary principles guiding…
Introduction: On March 10, 2025, the Delhi High Court delivered a significant ruling in Ashish Pathak v. Central Bureau of Investigation (Bail Appln. 3836/2024), addressing the issue of default bail…
Introduction: The Madhya Pradesh High Court in the case of Smt. Radha v. Sudhanshu (FA No. 1605 of 2023) delivered an important ruling on March 5, 2025, addressing the issue…
Advocate for the petitioner: Adv. Aman Pal, Adv. Rajender Kumar and Adv. Manav Bajaj. Advocate for the complainant: Adv. Y. S. Rathore, Advocate, Adv. Sudha Singh Introduction: The Punjab &…
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…
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…
Introduction: The Delhi High Court, in its judgment dated March 3, 2025, in Bharat Bhushan Bansal v. State (NCT of Delhi) (Bail Application No. 124/2025), dismissed the bail application of…
The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently ordered the eviction of a man, the adopted son of the respondent mother, from premises owned by his mother after he failed to…
