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No distinction between bailable and non-bailable offence while granting bail to a juvenile U/S 12 of JJ Act: Uttarakhand HC

In a very significant judgment titled Ayaan Ali Vs The State of Uttarakhand in Criminal Revision No. 226 of 2021…

3 years ago

S.195 CrPC: No FIR can be registered for forgery/conspiracy committed before court on the basis of private complaint, says Chhattisgarh High Court

In a notable judgment titled Nand Kumar Verma v. State of Chhattisgarh & Anr. in CRMP No. 424 of 2018…

3 years ago

Statement of co-accused U/S 25 evidence act inadmissible in court, but significant for investigation: Gujarat HC

While clarifying the evidentiary value of co-accused and its utility, the Gujarat High Court has in a learned, laudable, landmark…

3 years ago

L.N. Mishra assassination case: A political and legal conundrum that never ends

The famous saying of ‘Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied’ could not have a better applicability than the assassination case of…

3 years ago

Dying Declaration Recorded By Police Officer Is Admissible: Allahabad HC

It must be stated right at the outset that the Allahabad High Court as recently as on January 6, 2022…

3 years ago

Can’t dictate filmmakers to use only decent language in films, they have artistic discretion, limited only by Article 19(2): Kerala HC

While vindicating the liberty of filmmakers to make films as per their own choice, the Kerala High Court as recently…

3 years ago

Encroachment on public land cannot be retained citing right to shelter: Gujarat High Court

While dismissing a PIL that was seeking to restrain the Railway authority from evicting slum dwellers until rehabilitation, the Gujarat…

3 years ago

Tolerance should be shown towards other religious practices; this country takes pride in unity in diversity: Madras HC

At a time when hate speeches are becoming very common in our country and intolerance has been peaking high, it…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago