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Tel HC remarks several writ petitions are filed complaining about police negligence and delays during investigation; Such issues cannot be decided by invoking jurisdiction under Art. 226 of the Constitution

Telangana High Court: Lalitha Kanneganti, J., disposed of the petition with liberty to the petitioner to avail appropriate remedy. The instant writ

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Court appointed IRP Anuj Jain’s arrest over Yamuna Expressway accident killing 7 appalling; SC directs immediate release; issues notice to Investigating Officer

Supreme Court: Appalled with the arrest of Anuj Jain, the Interim Resolution Professional of the company managing the Yamuna Expressway, in connection

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NHRC issues notice to Uttar Pradesh Government over reported missing children of a couple exonerated on false charges of murder

The National Human Rights Commission, India has taken suo-motu cognizance of a media report that after 5 years in jail in Agra

Case Briefs Supreme Court (Constitution/Larger Benches)

Accused under NDPS Act not entitled to acquittal as a blanket rule merely because the complainant is the investigating officer: 5-Judge Bench

Supreme Court: The 5-judge Constitution bench of Arun Mishra, Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran, MR Shah and S. Ravindra Bhat, JJ has held

Case Briefs High Courts

[Delhi Riots] Del HC | News should be clear after verifying facts so that no prejudice is caused to anyone or hatred is spread among communities in the country

Delhi High Court: Suresh Kumar Kait, J., while addressing a matter with regard to the Order issued by Delhi Police on 8-07-2020

Case Briefs High Courts

[COVID-19] Tri HC | Doctor “spat at and abused” by patients; Court orders for test identification parade to identify the accused person

Tripura High Court: Arindam Lodh, J., while terming the doctors as “frontline warriors”, directed the Investigating officer to conduct Test identification parade

Case Briefs High Courts

TN Custodial Deaths | Madras HC appeals to Print, Visual and Social Media not to misinterpret observations made during hearings & not to conduct media trial; CBCID to file a status report in a sealed cover

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of M. Sathyanarayanan and P. Rajamanickam, JJ., while addressing the matter of Custodial Death of “Jayaraj &

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Ker HC | Bail granted to applicants because of delay in filing final report after completion of investigation

Kerala High Court: Raja Vijayaraghavan V., J. allowed this application of bail filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Evidences gathered by Investigating Officer cannot be looked under Inherent powers; Consent for sexual intercourse on promise to marry, held to be subject matter of evidence

Allahabad High Court: Applicant filed an application under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code which was contemplated by Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Investigating Officer pulled up for disregarding NALSA judgment, and lodging petitioner’s rape complaint as an unnatural offence under S. 377 IPC

Uttarakhand High Court: Ravindra Maithani, J. has asked the State of Uttarakhand whether an Investigating Officer, by conducting DNA tests, has the

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | If no purpose is served by detaining an old aged accused, it is just and proper to grant bail with stringent conditions imposed

Kerela High Court: The Bench of N. Anil Kumar, J., allowed the bail application of a seventy years old man, filed under

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Applicability of ‘Mohan Lal’ verdict ordering acquittal in case of informant and IO being the same person, revisited

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and Navin Sinha and KM Joseph, JJ has clarified that all pending criminal prosecutions, trials and appeals prior to the law laid down in Mohan Lal vs. State of Punjab, (2018)

Case Briefs High Courts

Guj HC | Various aspects like age, gender and dependants taken into consideration while granting anticipatory bail

Gujarat High Court: The Bench of Vipul M. Pancholi, J., allowed the application made for granting an anticipatory bail on the grounds

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K HC | Further investigation under Section 173(8) CrPC allowed on ground that relevant evidences were left out

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: A Bench of Sanjay Kumar Gupta, J. allowed this petition seeking a direction to the official respondents

Case Briefs High Courts

Solemn duty of Court to protect life and liberty of citizens; Judicial Magistrate cautioned for issuing warrant without perusing chargesheet

Tripura High Court: A Bench of Arindam Lodh, J. allowed a petition for quashing of criminal proceedings pending against the petitioner. The petitioner

Case Briefs High Courts

Testimony of investigating officer in absence of supporting evidence is not enough to convict under NDPS Act

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of S.P Garg, J held that the sole testimony of the investigating officer cannot