Supreme Court: How to appreciate material on record in an offence U/S 498A of IPC?Instances of a husband’s family members filing a petition to quash criminal proceedings launched against them by his wife in the midst of matrimonial disputes are neither a rarity nor of recent origin. Precedents aplenty abound on this score. We may […]

Rules for production, use and recording of the Tape-Recorded Evidence in Court incorporated in Criminal Manual issued by the Bombay HC“24. The Honourable the Chief Justice and Judges, with the previous approval of the Governor under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, are pleased to make the following rules regarding recording of the tape-recorded

ZERO FIR Zero FIR is an First Information Report (FIR), which can be registered by any police station, irrespective of jurisdiction, upon receiving a complaint related to a cognizable offence.o No regular FIR number is assigned at this stage.o The concerned police station registers a fresh FIR and starts the investigation on receipt of the

“Supreme Court orders reinstatement of colour-blind driver with alternate job” The Supreme Court ruled that the termination of a colour-blind driver without offering alternate employment violated binding settlements and constitutional rights. The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) was directed to reinstate the appellant in a suitable non-driving role with full pay protection and 25%

“तलाक के मामले में पत्नी द्वारा पति पर नपुंसकता का आरोप लगाना मानहानि नहीं है: बॉम्बे हाईकोर्ट का महत्वपूर्ण फैसला” प्रस्तावनाभारतीय दंड संहिता (Indian Penal Code) की धारा 499 और 500 मानहानि (Defamation) के अपराध को परिभाषित और दंडित करती हैं। किंतु इन धाराओं में कुछ विशिष्ट “अपवाद” (Exceptions) दिए गए हैं, जो कुछ स्थितियों

Limitation Periods

भारतीय दण्ड संहिता, 1860—धारा 302 सहपठित धारा 34—आर्म्स अधिनियम, 1959—धारा 25(1)(a)—दोषसिद्धि के विरुद्ध अपील—बरामदगी पंचनामा—देशी तमंचा एवं कारतूस की बरामदगी—दोष-सिद्धि निरस्त—बरामदगी पंचनामा की साक्ष्यात्मक प्रामाणिकता—जब तक अन्वेषण अधिकारी द्वारा बरामदगी की परिस्थितियों के संबंध में सुसंगत साक्ष्यात्मक बयान नहीं दिया जाता केवल बरामदगी पंचनामा को एग्ज़िबिट कर न्यायालय में प्रदर्शित कर देने मात्र सेउसे साक्ष्य

Whether the appellate court should remand a case because the trial court has not properly appreciated the evidence?A conjoint reading of Rules 23, 23A and 24 of Order XLI brings forth the scope as also contours of the powers of remand that when the available evidence is sufficient to dispose of the matter, the proper

Power of attorney. Omission on the part of an agent to describe that he is acting as such is not material. Where an agent is given power to execute deeds of transfer in his own name and he executes a deed relating to the property of his principal without describing himself as the latter’s agent

Cancellation of sale deed If the signature of one of the executants of a document is forged, the entire document is vitiated. Chandreshwar Singh and others vs. Ramchandra Singh and others: AIR 1973 Patna 215,