Author: Advocate Raji Nathani

The scope and ambit of Section 319 CrPC has been well­ settled by the Constitution Bench of this Court in Hardeep Singh v. State of Punjab and others1 and paras 105 and 106 which…

Exercise of inherent powers of High Court under, to quash criminal proceedings in view of compromise arrived at between parties in case of matrimonial disputes, when warranted, explained. Since the…

Crime was committed in State of Gujarat, but case pending before trial court there was transferred by Supreme Court to competent court in State of Maharashtra for trial and disposal.…

Supreme Court judgment directing all trial courts and Magistrates to act independently of interim/interlocutory orders, even of High Court, in circumstances specified in the said Supreme Court judgment. In such…

Person/body to whom maintenance charges of a flat to be paid, ascertained. Maintenance is to be paid to Person/ body liable to carry out maintenance and/or actually carrying out such…

Solely on account of defects or shortcomings in investigation an accused is not entitled to get acquitted and, thus, lapse or omission (purposeful or otherwise) to carry out DNA profiling,…

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In this case, deceased was assaulted by three accused including appellant (A-2) who attacked deceased with wooden log on his head and pushed him down. The cause of death of…

Legality of refusal of application to file suit as indigent person, on ground of res judicata and lack of cause of action, determined. When having prima facie found that the…

Instead of depositing entire decretal amount as directed by High court, the deposit as directed by State Government of Rs 45,00,000 can be taken as sufficient compliance of direction issued…