The right of accused under section 207 of CrPC
The parameters governing the process of investigation of a criminal charge; the duties of the investigating agency and the role of the courts after the process of investigation is over…
M. Nagraj v. Union of India (2007) – A Brief
In M. Nagraj v. Union of India (2007), the Constitution Bench validated- the Constitution (Seventy-seventh Amendment) Act, 1995 which inserted Article 16(4-A); the Constitution (Eighty-first Amendment) Act, 2000 which inserted…
Section 167 and Section 344- In brief
Sec. 167 appears in Ch. XIV which deals with information and investigation. As its language shows, it deals with the stage when a person is arrested by the police on…
If evidence is relevant the Court is not concerned with the method by which it was obtained.
If evidence is relevant the Court is not concerned with the method by which it was obtained. In Barindra Kumar Ghose & Ors. v. Emperor, ILR (1910) 37 Cal. 467…
Passing of law is not enough, law should also be reasonable
Article 21 is the foundation of the constitutional scheme. It grants to every person the right to life and personal liberty. This Article prescribes a negative mandate that no person…
Effect of delay in lodging an FIR
First information report is a report relating to the commission. of an offence given to the police and recorded by it under s. 154, Cr. P.C. As observed by the…
Police investigation and court’s instructions on Investigation
If any information disclosing a cognizable offence is laid before an officer-in-charge of a police station satisfying the requirements of Section 154(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code, the said police…
The concept of the living wage
The concept of the living wage which has influenced the fixation of wages, statutorily or otherwise, in all economically advanced countries is an old and well- established one, but most…
Restraint on Personal Liberty
Blackstone in his “Commentaries on the Laws of England” (4th Edition, volume 1, page 134) states that “personal liberty consists in the power of locomotion, of changing. ‘situation or moving…
Evaluation of magnitude of health hazards in Bhopal Gas Tragedy by Supreme Court
Early in the morning of December 3, 1984, one of the greatest industrial tragedies that history has recorded got clamped down on the otherwise quiet township of Bhopal, the capital…