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Mere recovery of tainted currency not sufficient for conviction under prevention of Corruption Act when substantive evidence not reliable: Bombay HC

In a significant development, we have seen how the Bombay High Court in a remarkable, robust, rational and recent judgment titled The State of Maharashtra v Ajay Ratansingh Parmar in Criminal Appeal... Read more »

Ensure That All Police Stations Have Lawyers’ Panel To Aid Sexual Assault Victims: Gujarat HC Directs DGP

In a recent, remarkable, refreshing, rational and robust judgment titled J v. State of Gujarat (name concealed intentionally) in R/Special Criminal Application No. 632 of 2022 delivered as recently as on February... Read more »

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 High Court in an extremely commendable, courageous, cogent, composed and convincing judgment... Read more »

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 of Madhya Pradesh High Court in a learned, laudable, landmark and latest... Read more »

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 South Eastern Coalfields Ltd & Ors in 2022 LiveLaw (Chh) 8 :... Read more »

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, 2022 in a brief, brilliant and balanced judgment titled Joseph Stephen vs... Read more »

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 of Madhya Pradesh High Court on January 12, 2022 has in a... Read more »

Section 5 limitation act cannot be invoked to condone delay beyond period prescribed under section 34(3) of arbitration act: SC

Section 34(3): An application for setting aside may not be made after three months have elapsed from the date on which the party making that application had received the arbitral award or,... Read more »

NEED TO SCRAP THE COLLEGIUM SYSTEM OF APPOINTING JUDGES

Many years ago, Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer, a celebrated jurist, had criticized the collegium system in one of his articles published in The Hindu on 18 August 2012. This is what... Read more »

RECORDING WIFE’S PHONE SECRETLY IS A VIOLATION OF HER RIGHT TO PRIVACY AND CANNOT BE ACCEPTED AS EVIDENCE: P&H HC

In a clear, cogent, commendable, composed and convincing judgment titled Neha vs Vibhor Garg in CR No. 1616 of 2020 and CR No. 2538 of 2020 (O&M) that was delivered finally on... Read more »
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