Allahabad High Court rejects BJP MLA Vikram Saini’s plea to suspend conviction in Muzaffarnagar Riots case
Allahabad High Court: In an appeal filed by Bharatiya Janata party MLA Vikram Singh Saini against the judgment passed by the
Crime
Karnataka HC dismisses quashment petition concerning allegations of forcible sex change operation; says matter should be strictly left open for trial
Karnataka High Court: While deciding the instant petition for quashment of complaint, the Bench of Suraj Govindaraj, J., held that in the
Manipulated laboratory report, broken links of evidence; Supreme Court reverses concurrent findings of Courts below to acquit a murder accused
Supreme Court: The Division Bench of Hemant Gupta and Vikram Nath*, JJ., reversed the impugned judgments of the Punjab and Haryana High
‘Parole a part of reformative process’; Punjab and Haryana High Court grants parole to murder convict
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Division Bench of G.S. Sandhawalia, J., and Vikas Puri, J., allowed this criminal writ petition
Merely exhorting others to come out and indulge in criminal activities, would amount to committing a crime? Court answers while emphasizing elements of criminal conspiracy
Karkardooma Courts, Delhi: While addressing a case of alleged criminal conspiracy, Virender Bhat, ASJ-03, expressed that, “The circumstances in a case, when
“A team effort akin to a game of football…”; Supreme Court’s interesting analogy explaining Section 34 of IPC
Supreme Court: Drawing an interesting analogy to explain the scope of Section 34 of IPC, the bench of Sanjay Kishan Kaul and
Examination of a ballistic expert is not an inflexible rule in every case involving use of a lethal weapon: SC
Supreme Court: In a case where deceased had sustained a gun-shot injury with a point of entry and exit, the 3-judge bench
Ecocide: Will it be the Fifth International Crime
by Kerti Sharma*
Ker HC | Presence at a Police Station while being under influence of alcohol; will it attract any offence? HC decides
Kerala High Court: Sophy Thomas, J., quashed proceedings against the petitioner who was charge sheeted for being under the influence of alcohol
Pat HC | Can a person be convicted for murder solely on the evidence gathered by the police sniffer dog? Court answers
Patna High Court: Noticing discrepancies in the Trial the Division Bench of Ashwani Kumar Singh and Anil Kumar Sinha, JJ., acquitted a
More than a prima facie case! Read Supreme Court’s test for invoking power under Section 319 Cr.P.C.
“The power cannot be exercised in a casual and cavalier manner.”
Imprisonment for life is equivalent to rigorous imprisonment for life: Supreme Court
Supreme Court: In a case where a man was convicted for killing his wife on the suspicion of her infidelity and was
Manual Scavenging and Partial Implementation
by Areeb Uddin Ahmed†
Ecology of Crime
by Dhruv S. Patel†
Rules and Principles of Identification under Criminal Justice System
by Sarvesh Kumar Shahi*
Press Council of India takes Suo motu Cognizance on the alleged attack on Journalist Arnab Goswami – Calls for a Report from Government of Maharashtra
The Press Council of India is distressed to know about the alleged attack on Mr Arnab Goswami purportedly for his views as
SC | Thrust of JJ Act is that even if a “Juvenile” is convicted, same should be obliterated as a normal person, without any stigma
Supreme Court: The Division Bench of Uday Umesh Lalit and Vineet Saran, JJ., dismissed an appeal with respect to the denial of