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MP HC rejects application for compounding of offences under Sections 307, 498A IPC based on compromise between parties

While sending a firm, full and final rebuff to an application for compounding of offences, the single Judge Gwalior Bench…

3 years ago

Exclusion Of Female Dependents From Consideration For Compassionate Appointment Violative Of Article 14: Chhattisgarh HC

While fully, finally and firmly endorsing gender equality, the Chhattisgarh High Court recently on January 25 in Mamni Pradhan vs…

3 years ago

SUPREME COURT GRANTS INTERIM PROTECTION FROM ARREST TO MAJITHIA IN NDPS CASE

Sr. Advocates Rohatgi, Cheema, Karanjawala & Co appear for Majithia.

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

High Court, while exercising revisional jurisdiction under Section 401 CRPC, cannot convert acquittal into conviction: SC

It is quite significant from all angles to note that the Apex Court has as recently as on January 25,…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

A Kazi can act as mediator to settle disputes but cannot adjudicate them and pass orders like a decree: MP HC

While drawing the red line on what a Kazi can do in his role to settle dispute, the Indore Bench…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago