In a well-written, well-worded, well-analysed, well-reasoned, well-substantiated, well-articulated and well-concluded 517-page judgment titled Abdul Sathar vs The Principal Secretary to Government and 5 others in W.P. No. 41791 of 2006 delivered as... Read more »
This is a judicial principle that was laid down by the Supreme Court during a landmark judgement of State of Rajasthan v. Balchand alias Baliya in 1978. The judgement was based upon... Read more »
Imprisonment is not an end in itself, but a means to an end... Punishment should be means to improve, not the means to alienate... Read more »
In a recent, righteous and remarkable judgment titled D. Aswin Rao v. State & Ors. in W.P.No.1664 of 2021 and WMP No.1871 of 2021 delivered on February 4, 2021, the Madras High... Read more »
On 4th February, 2021, Delhi Police lodged an FIR against the creator of the ‘toolkit’ which contained the steps and instructions on how to back the farmers’ protests. Though, the FIR has... Read more »
Bombay High Court directs the Railways to pay Rs 8 lakh to a victim’s mother. Read more »
Exclusive stores of Tihar Haat and Tihar Emporia which were closed during the nationwide lockdown due to spread of pandemic COVID-19 have now reopened. A wide range of products made by prison... Read more »
The situs of the agitation, as opposed to the issue, perhaps explains the kind of attention that is being showered on it. The absence of similar agitations in other parts of the... Read more »
Section 320 of code provides for compounding of certain offences, as mentioned therein, on account of compromise between the parties and is somehow similar to the concept of plea bargaining except for... Read more »
The Orissa HC directs the state to pay Rs 5 lakh as compensation to parents of deceased. Read more »