Legal Articles Police Presence During Test Identification Makes Statements By Identifiers Fall Within The Ban Of Section 162 CrPC: SC November 2, 2020 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment It must be stated right at the outset that in a latest, landmark and laudable judgment titled Chunthuram vs. State of Chhattisgarh in Criminal Appeal No. 1392 of 2011 delivered as recently as on October 29, 2020, a three-Judge Bench of the Apex Court comprising of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Krishna Murari and Hrishikesh Roy […] Read more » Ban Of Section 162 CrPC Chunthuram vs. State of Chhattisgarh in Criminal Appeal No. 1392 of 2011 Justice Hrishikesh Roy Justice Krishna Murari Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul Police Presence During Test Identification
Legal Articles Power U/s 41A CrPC Cannot Be Used To Intimidate, Threaten Or Harass: SC November 2, 2020 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment It is most heartening to see that the Supreme Court most recently in a latest, landmark and laudable judgment titled Roshni Biswas vs State of West Bengal in SLP (Cri) 4937/2020 delivered as recently as on October 28, 2020 has laid down in clear, categorical and convincing terms that power under Section 41A CrPC cannot […] Read more » Power U/s 41A CrPC Power U/s 41A CrPC Cannot Be Used To Intimidate Threaten Or Harass
Legal Articles Slapping Complainant By Police Isn’t Due Discharge Of His Duty : Not Entitled To Protection Under S. 197 CrPC: Kerala HC October 28, 2020 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment In a latest, landmark and extremely laudable judgment titled CR Raju vs 1. The State of Kerala, 2. Satheeshkumar in Crl. Rev. Pet. No. 3368 of 2007 delivered on October 14, 2020, the Kerala High Court minced no words to observe explicitly, effectively and elegantly that in order to get protection under Section 197 of […] Read more » Kerala High Court Not Entitled To Protection Under S. 197 CrPC Slapping Complainant By Police Slapping Complainant By Police Isn’t Due Discharge Of His Duty
Legal Articles Delhi Court Rejects Bail Plea of Tahir Hussain’s Associate In IB Official Ankit Sharma Murder Case October 26, 2020 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment In a latest and significant development, Justice Vinod Yadav who is the Additional Sessions Judge of the Karkardooma Court in Delhi in State V/s Sameer Khan (Ankit Sharma murder case) in Bail Application No. 1282/2020 decided on October 22, 2020 to dismiss the bail plea of a man named Sameer Khan who is an alleged […] Read more » IB Official Ankit Sharma Murder Case
Legal Articles Tahir Hussain Bail Plea Junked By A Delhi Court In Delhi Riots Case October 24, 2020 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment In a big jolt to Tahir Hussain who was accused of masterminding the Delhi riots, a Delhi Court of Karkardooma in State V/s Tahir Hussain in FIRs No. 80/2020, 117/2020 & 120/2020 Bail Applications No. 1197/2020, 1196/2020 and 1153/2020 has dismissed an application for bail by suspended Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain in […] Read more » Delhi Riots Case Tahir Hussain Bail Plea
Legal Articles Madras HC Takes Serious Note Of Doctors Not Even Going Near Dead Bodies As Such Shabby Unscientific Reports Will Collapse Criminal Justice System In Country October 23, 2020 / November 16, 2023 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment While noting that in most of the medico-legal cases, the sentence in most of the medico-legal cases, the outcome of the criminal case depends upon the findings in the autopsy certificate and also the doctor’s evidence, the Madras High Court in a latest, landmark and laudable judgment titled RM Arun Swaminathan Vs The Principal Secretary […] Read more » Doctors Not Even Going Near Dead Bodies Justice N Kirubakaran Justice SS Sundar Madras HC RM Arun Swaminathan Vs The Principal Secretary to the Government Unscientific Reports Will Collapse Criminal Justice System In Country
Legal Articles Established Status Quo Brought About By Judgments Interpreting Local/State Laws Should Not Be Lightly Departed From: SC October 21, 2020 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment In an interesting, fresh and significant development, the Supreme Court in a latest, landmark and laudable judgment titled Navin Chandra Dhoundiyal vs. State of Uttarakhand in Civil Appeal No. 3493/2020 (Arising out of SLP (C) No. 10943/2020) along with four other appeals has cogently, categorically and convincingly observed that long standing or established status quo […] Read more » Civil Appeal No. 3493/2020 Dr. Indu Singh v. State of Uttarakhand 2017 SCC Online 1527 Established Status Quo Brought About By Judgments Interpreting Local/State Laws Should Not Be Lightly Departed From Judgments Interpreting Local/State Laws Should Not Be Lightly Departed Justice S Ravindra Bhat Navin Chandra Dhoundiyal vs. State of Uttarakhand SC
Legal Articles Conviction Can Be Based On Sole Testimony Of Victim If Reliable And Trustworthy: SC October 20, 2020 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment In a bold, brilliant and blunt judgment titled Ganesan vs State Represented by its Inspector of Police in Criminal Appeal No. 680 of 2020 (Arising from S.L.P.(Criminal) No. 4976/2020), a three Judge Bench of the Supreme Court comprising of Justices Ashok Bhushan, MR Shah and R Subhash Reddy has clearly and convincingly held that there […] Read more » Conviction Can Be Based On Sole Testimony Sole Testimony Of Victim
Legal Articles Wife Entitled To Claim Right Of Residence Which Belongs To Relatives Of Husband Also: SC While Overruling Its 2006 ‘SR Batra’ Judgment October 20, 2020 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment In a well-written, well-balanced, well-analysed, well-articulated and well-reasoned judgment under the Domestic Violence Act, a three Judge Bench of the Apex Court comprising of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and MR Shah have ruled in no uncertain terms that wife can’t be thrown out of house. In this commendable, courageous and conscious judgment titled […] Read more » Domestic Violence Act' Justice Sabyasachi Mukharji Justices Ashok Bhushan MR Shah R Subhash Reddy Satish Chander Ahuja vs. Sneha Ahuja
Legal Articles Supreme Court Of India Cannot Be A Place For The Governments To Walk In When They Choose Ignoring The Period Of Limitation: SC October 20, 2020 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment In a hard hitting and strong judgment titled The State Of Madhya Pradesh & Ors vs. Bherulal in Special Leave Petition (C) Diary No. 9217 of 2020 delivered on October 15, 2020, the Apex Court took strong exception to the governments taking for granted the period of limitation prescribed. In other words, it is high […] Read more » Supreme Court Of India Cannot Be A Place For The Governments
