The court has very rightly expressed its grave concerns pertaining to the inordinate delay in the disposal of the appeals. What is most pleasing to see is that the two-judge bench of... Read more »
The issue of foremost importance is up to what extent the test of legitimacy as laid down in Section 112 is justifiable in today’s times having several modern scientific developments such as... Read more »
In a latest, landmark, learned and laudable judgment titled District Collector Alappuzha v. District Legal Service Authority, Alappuzha and others in WP (C) No. 7250 of 2014 (E) delivered just recently on... Read more »
In the last piece, I had discussed in brief the nature of Section 295A of the IPC, also known as the Blasphemy provision, based on two judgements of the Supreme Court and... Read more »
The primary consideration that one must keep in mind while analysing departmental and criminal proceedings, which are investigating the accused on the same set of facts and allegations, is that the two... Read more »
It is really great, good and genuine that the Aurangabad Bench of Bombay High Court in Arun and Shailendra vs The State of Maharashtra and 4 others in Criminal Writ Petition No.... Read more »
In a well-written, well-articulated, well-analysed and well-reasoned judgment titled State of J & K V/s Md. Imran Khan in SLA No. 38/2018 delivered as recently as on 24 December 2020, the Jammu... Read more »
It was contended on behalf of the petitioner that in order for Section 295A to pass muster on the anvils of Article 19(2), the only limb of the Article that could be... Read more »
The Delhi High Court has set the record straight on the ambit of the Internal Complaints Committee. Justice Pratibha M. Singh has clearly laid down that ICC should refrain from indulging in... Read more »
The roots of the principle can be traced to the English law. It is also an international human right under the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The ‘golden thread’ which binds... Read more »