New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court has held that high courts should not quash criminal proceedings against accused unless the allegations, even if taken on face value, disclose no cognisable offence.Citing a number of earlier judicial rulings, a benc ..
New Delhi: Expressing serious concern over the increasing incidents of encounter deaths in the country, the Supreme Court has said it proposed to frame guidelines to be followed by all the States and Union territories whenever encounter deaths take p ..
In an important judgment, the Allahabad High Court has said that application under Section 156(3) of Cr.P.C. could not be rejected on the ground that the sanction of appropriate Government or Authority would be required at the time of taking cognizan ..
VIGILANCE CASE AGAINST KERALA CRICKET ASSOCIATIONTHRISSUR: In a criminal miscellaneous petition filed by Balaji Iyyengar a former Kerala junior Cricketer and two others the vigilance special judge has ordered investigation u/s 156(3) Cr.P.C against t ..
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed initiation of criminal proceedings against Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sashank Manohar, former Board President Sharad Pawar and four top officials for filing false affidavits in ..
Chief Justice of India Justice K G Balakrishnan on Wednesday expressed concern over the large number of pending cheque bounce cases in the Capital and hoped that the concept of evening courts would help address the problem."It is disappointing to hav ..
SC: Convicting a person on the basis of belated FIR is dangerousIn a significant ruling, the Supreme court has held that it is unsafe to convict a person on the basis of an FIR lodged belatedly without explaining the delay.A bench comprising Justices ..
A special tribunal headed by a Delhi High Court judge on Monday upheld the Centre's notification for extending the ban on LTTE for another two years.The notification extending the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, declaring it as an unlawf ..
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the CBI not to arrest industrialist Ashok Todi till 17th November in connection with the Rizwanur Rehman murder case in which a trial court has issued a non-bailable warrant against him.A Bench headed by Chief Justic ..
Soft drink giant, Coca Cola, received a setback on Monday with the Supreme Court dismissing a petition filed by the company's local arm challenging criminal proceedings initiated against it by the Rajasthan Government in an alleged "adulteration case ..
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