State of U.P., that if a person has a grievance that his FIR has not been registered by the police, or having been registered, proper investigation is not being done, then the remedy of the aggrieved ...

If such an application Under Section 156 (3) is filed before the Magistrate, the Magistrate can direct the FIR to be registered and also can direct a proper investigation to be made, in a case where, ...

such contract by any other evidence. Consequently, the exception must be strictly construed.

The suit ended in a Lok Adalat compromise decree (30 Nov 2013) acknowledging the appellant’s possession and permitting his name to be recorded in revenue records, after which the Tehsildar referred ...

The accused in his examination under Section 313 Cr.P.C. had admitted that he was in the house and on hearing a sound had rushed to find his wife hanging by neck. His defence that his wife committed ...

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By erecting a barrier at the inception of the investigative process, Section 17A frustrates the effective enforcement of the PC Act. It thereby violates Article 14 (due to invidious classification and ...

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. 3. The Special Leave Petition is, accordingly, dismissed. 5. Pending application (s), if any, shall stand disposed of.

Police officers can record dying declarations in emergency situations, but with stricter identification requirements. The Supreme Court has clarified that "dying declaration does not become ...

In essence, the 2019 amendment reinforced the legislative intent that the POCSO Act protects all children, and the gender of the perpetrator is immaterial to the crime.

The amended Rules first broaden and clarify what “audio, visual or audio-visual information” covers—ranging from audio and sound recordings to images, photographs, graphics, videos and moving visual ...

Maharashtra has formally operationalised “community service” as a court-imposed punishment for a defined set of minor offences by notifying the Maharashtra (Community Services as Punishment for ...