When it came to joint proceedings, Vinod S. Bhardwaj, J., ruled that if there is a 'Juvenile in conflict with law' with an adult, the proceedings cannot be done jointly. The petition was filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Proce ..
The Supreme Court stated that a trial court could not absolve an accused of murder based solely on a post mortem report indicating the cause of death as "cardio respiratory failure." "The post-mortem report does not constitute substa ..
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently ruled that the JJ Board is not required to consider the social investigation report prior to considering a bail petition under section 12 of the Juvenile Justice Care and Protection Act because th ..
The Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled that recovering any incriminating article from a public or visible location taints the evidence under Section 27 of the Evidence Act. It should be noted that the following conditions must be met for Section 27 o ..
In the case of State of Uttar Pradesh vs Anand Engineering College, the Supreme Court observed that the Forest Department cannot inflict damages under section 33 of the Wild Life Protection Act of 1972. The bench comprising Justices MR Shah and BV N ..
The Delhi High Court has recently held in the case of Jindal Kumar v. The State (govt of Delhi) that subjecting a citizen to police scrutiny such as verification of personal documents without any good reason would entail a serious invasion of his ri ..
The Delhi High Court has ruled that the Commercial Courts (Amendment) Act, 2018, cannot be retroactively applied. A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad held that there is no lack of clarity or ambigu ..
The Supreme Court stated that when considering a transfer petition under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the wife's convenience must be considered. In this case, the husband petitioned the Family Court in Vellore for annulment of marr ..
According to the Supreme Court, trust property cannot be alienated unless it is for the benefit of the Trust and/or its beneficiaries. When a Trust property is transferred without the prior sanction of the Registrar under Section 14 [of the Madhya ..
The Delhi High Court ruled that in the case of a short deduction of TDS, no disallowance under Section 40 (a)(ia) of the Income Tax Act is required, and that the correct course of action would have been to invoke Section 201 of the Income Tax Act. ..