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Bom HC | Departmental enquiry and criminal proceedings can go on simultaneously: Court refuses to quash departmental enquiry

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of R.D. Dhanuka and R.I. Chagla, JJ., refused to quash departmental enquiry against the petitioner even

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Kar HC | IO filed common charge-sheet for various crimes registered in different Police Stations; Amalgamation of final reports in respect of different FIRs held to be impermissible

Karnataka High Court: K. Natarajan, J., allowed the petition and quashed the impugned order. The facts of the case are such that

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All HC | A question of fact cannot be adjudicated by High Court under S. 482 CrPC; application dismissed denying relief to applicant

Allahabad High Court: While deciding an application for quashing the charge sheet, Om Prakash-VII, J., disposed of the same finding it difficult

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Utt HC | Activity promoting mutual hate and tension based on religion, race, caste, community or language can never result in fair elections; Court dismisses application to quash Charge-Sheet

Uttaranchal High Court: Alok Kumar Verma, J., dismissed an application which was filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,

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Utt HC | Sentence of convict case under Ss. 3 and 7 of Essential Commodities Act reduced considering the period already served by him; Court partly allows revision

Uttaranchal High Court: N.S. Dhanik, J., partly allowed a criminal revision which was preferred against the Judgment and order passed by the

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COVID-19| SC’s March 23 order on extension of limitation not applicable to the period of filing charge sheet under Section 167(2) CrPC

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ashok Bhushan, SK Kaul and MR Shah, JJ has held that it’s order dated 23.03.2020, wherein

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CBI | Imprisonment & Fine of Rs 2.50 lakh to then police official of RPF in a Bribery Case 

The Special Judge, CBI Cases, Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) has convicted Sh. Bhola Nath Singh Yadav, then Sub Inspector. Railway Protection Force &

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Raj HC | Order of compulsory retirement cannot be passed as shortcut to departmental enquiry

Rajasthan High Court: Arun Bhansali, J. dismissed a writ petition filed by the petitioners against an order passed by Rajasthan Non-Government Educational

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All HC | Bail refused as it could not be said that a case was not made out against the applicant

Allahabad High Court: This application was addressed by Ajit Singh, J. which was filed under Section 482 Criminal Procedure Code for quashing

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Bhima-Koregaon Case: Bomaby HC order refusing more time to file charge-sheet set aside [Full Report]

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and L. Nageswara Rao and Sanjay Kishan Kaul, JJ has set aside the

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All HC | Investigation is an independent area of operation not be interfered with except in rarest of rare cases

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Karuna Nand Bajpayee and Ifaqat Ali Khan, JJ., dismissed a petition on the ground

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Relatives of husband acquitted of charge under Section 498-A IPC on finding allegations to be omnibus and unspecific: SC

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of S.A. Bobde and L. Nageswara Rao, JJ. allowed a criminal petition filed against the judgment of

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Delay in filing of charge sheet is a ground for grant of bail to accused: Kerala HC

Kerala High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Raja Vijayaraghavan, J.,  decided a bail application filed under Section 239 of the CrPC

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“High court cannot hold a parallel trial while exercising power under Section 482 CrPC”, reiterates Gauhati HC

Gauhati High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Mir Alfaz Ali, J., dismissed a criminal petition filed under Section 482 CrPC

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Conviction based on informant’s inference as to the presence of accused is not permissible in law

Patna High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Aditya Kumar Trivedi, J. allowed a criminal appeal and set aside the conviction

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‘Competent Court’ under MCOCA is not restricted to Courts in Delhi; Charge sheets filed in other States can be taken into account

Supreme Court: The bench of SA Bobde and L Nageswara Rao, JJ defined the scope of the words ‘competent Court’ in Section