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28 years later, Supreme Court sets aside death penalty of man, after finding him juvenile during the commission of multiple murders

Supreme Court said that the degree or dimension of the offence should not be the direct approach of the Court in its inquiry into juvenility of an accused or convict.

Case Briefs High Courts

“S. 12 is heart and soul of Domestic Violence Act”; Karnataka High Court directs Magistrates to decide applications within the mandated period of 60 days

In a clinical dissection of the Domestic Violence Act, 2005, the Karnataka High Court stated that the victims’ grievances such as maintenance or shelter etc., must be addressed with immediacy, which is why the legislation has mandated a specific time frame.

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“Definition of ‘victim’ as found in CrPC cannot be rendered a restrictive meaning”; Karnataka HC holds that legal heir has locus to continue the case initiated by the deceased complainant

Karnataka High Court: In the instant petition for quashment, the issue arose that whether a legal heir should be permitted to come

Case Briefs High Courts

Karnataka HC | Simply in order to dispose of cases, Courts should not dismiss complaints where the presence/attendance of the complainant is not an essential requirement

Karnataka High Court: While deciding the instant appeal for restoration assailing the order passed by the Trial Court wherein the

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[Public Trust Doctrine] Kar HC | State largesse should not be marred by any arbitrariness while dealing with alienation of natural resources

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Satish Chandra Sharma CJ and Sachin Shankar Magadum J allowed the petition, quashed the initial

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J&K and Ladakh HC | Appeal filed without annexing decree sheet passes admission stage due to lapse on the part of Court Registry; Will the appeal survive? HC decides

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: Ali Mohammad Magrey, J., held that once an appeal is duly entertained without the production

Legislation Updates Notifications

[Notice] | Procedure of filing application for “Anticipatory Bail” notified by Allahabad HC

Allahabad High Court issued a notice requesting learned counsels to refer to the Code of Criminal Procedure (Uttar Pradesh Amendment) Act 2018

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Directions regarding the registration of FIR, arrest and bail in cases under Section 498-A IPC reiterated and modified: SC

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of CJ Dipak Misra and A.M. Khanwilkar and Dr D.Y. Chandrachud, JJ., while disposing of a writ

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Arrest under SC & ST Act, 1989 must be made with prior approval of SSP concerned, and only after recording reasons of arrest in writing

Madhya Pradesh High Court: While disposing off the present appeal wherein the appellant was charged under Section 3(2)(va) and 3(1)(d) of Scheduled