CBI Court
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The Special Judge of CBI Court reiterated that it is not necessary for the IO to seek prior permission of the Court for adding or deleting Sections , on the basis of material collected by him, and can intimate about it to the Court.

bail
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“The Courts have the power to cancel the bail and to examine the merits of the case in a case where the accused is released on default bail and released not on merits earlier. Such an interpretation would be in furtherance to the administration of justice.”

Allahabad High Court
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Allahabad High Court said that police personnel are not above the law and the application of law and legal provisions should be one and the same for all and no special treatment shall be given to them.

Delhi High Court
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Absence of cross-examination of witnesses resulted in gross miscarriage of justice. The omission of fair and proper trial is not only a violation of fundamental principles of judicial procedure and constitutional mandate but is also a violation of mandatory provisions of Section 304 CrPC

Delhi High Court
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The Delhi High Court granted four weeks parole to a rape convict and held that right of a citizen to avail a legal remedy in the final court of country cannot be denied.

Delhi High Court
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The Delhi High Court held that the law did not permit even the husband to take household articles including the jewellery without the consent and knowledge of his wife.

Gujarat High Court
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Gujarat High Court while deciding the bail application strikes the balance between personal liberty of accused and seriousness of offences committed.

High Court Round UpLegal RoundUp

A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts in December 2022

Allahabad High Court
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The legislation in its own wisdom have planned to use the state machinery to investigate into all those offences, in which the women are poor victims of the atrocities committed by male.

Allahabad High Court
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Allahabad High Court said that even if it is believed that part of proceeds of crime was transferred in the bank account of Atikur Rahman, that itself may not be sufficient to prove that Siddique Kappan has dealt with the proceeds of crime which had been allegedly received by K.A. Rauf Sherif. Thus, granted him bail.

raw unmanufactured Tobacco
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The petitioner had undergone incarceration for more than 4 months and completion of trial would take some time, thus, the Court enlarged him on bail

Delhi High Court
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In this case, the Delhi High Court held that the right to investigation cannot be taken away from the investigating officer only because the conduct of Test Identification Parade (TIP) was ordered after the release of articles to the person who was in lawful custody of the articles.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court granting bail to the petitioner emphasised that the NDPS cases can only survive in case the prosecution is able to establish that the article recovered is indeed a contraband and which can only be established on the basis of its chemical examination, which is normally done through FSL.

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    Bombay High Court: In a case where simultaneous maintenance claims were under different enactments, S.G. Mehare, J., held that mere

Case BriefsSupreme Court

The accused had argued that the complainant and her family, out of ill will, had orchestrated the complaint and were extorting the petitioner for their own means and benefits. Rajasthan High Court, however, did not appreciate the fact that the previous complaints filed by the prosecutrix was closed on account of being frivolous and a closure report was also filed in the matter.

Allahabad High Court
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Allahabad High Court: In an application filed under Section 439, Criminal Procedure Code seeking bail in FIR No. 317 of 2022, registered

Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Supreme Court, while allowing the special leave petition filed by the petitioner, set aside the order passed by the Rajasthan High Court which had dismissed the anticipatory bail application without considering the facts and circumstances of the case.

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Madras High Court
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    Madras High Court: The full bench of P.N. Prakash, Teekaa Raman and A.D Jagadish Chandira, JJ. held that the jurisdiction

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    Uttaranchal High Court: While allowing the revision petitions, the single judge bench of Ravindra Maithani, J. has held that Sessions