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Containing Bureaucratic Zeal For Litigation: Reimagining National Litigation Policy

INTRODUCTION Just one year of the Pandemic, and the impact of COVID-19 on the Indian Judiciary was very apparent, and now, almost two years later from the initial ‘hit of the pandemic’,... Read more »

No Embargo On Treating Testimony Of A Child Witness As The Sole Basis For Conviction: P&H HC

While stating that statutorily there exists no prohibition on child witnesses to depose in criminal or civil cases, except w.hen the child does not understand the questions put to them, the Punjab... Read more »

A SAFETY-VALVE FOR DEATH: SECTION 46 OF CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND INADEQUATE ACCOUNTABILITY

The notional aspect of an arrest has time and again been subjected to judicial scrutiny and deliberation because of the very fact that the rights of an individual arrested are often put... Read more »

Corrective rape: Obstacle to a new dawn

Societies generally go through a series of seismic cultural changes that force individuals to come to terms with their regressive attitudes and biases. One of these changes has been the gradual positive... Read more »

Further investigation under Section 173(8) CRPC must always relate to incidents of crime for which charge sheet is filed: Karnataka HC

While spelling out the correct legal position, the Karnataka High Court has in a learned, laudable, landmark and latest judgment titled Virendra Khanna vs State of Karnataka in Writ Petition No. 1983... Read more »

FROM FANTASY TO REALITY: VIEWING AND SPREADING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO MOLESTING CHILDREN, A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD

The phenomenal growth in the accessibility of child pornography on social media has created a strange opportunity for individuals to have an anonymised, free of cost, and unrestrained approach to a virtually... Read more »

PRISONERS SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE: TIME TO AMEND THE RPA ACT

INTRODUCTION India is considered as the world’s “largest democracy” country. Election is celebrated as a festival in India, which can be evident from the recent incidents where the election rallies were conducted... Read more »

Breaching Promise to Marry Will Not Amount to Offence of Cheating Under IPC: Karnataka HC

In a significant development, we saw how the Karnataka High Court in a learned, laudable, landmark and latest judgment titled Sri Venkatesh and others vs State of Karnataka and Smt Gulzar GP... Read more »

The doctrine of anticipatory bail and judicial discretion under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure

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Permitting use of illegally intercepted conversations in court would violate citizens’ fundamental rights: Delhi HC

While according the highest priority to the fundamental rights of the citizens, the Delhi High Court has in an extremely commendable, cogent, courageous, composed and convincing judgment titled Jatinder Pal Singh vs... Read more »
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