criminal law

That the credibility of a cheque has eroded over the last few years is no secret. The Law Commission’s 213th report on the Fast Track Magisterial Courts for Dishonoured Cheque Cases reports over 38 lakh (3.8 million) cases relating to the dishonour of cheques pending in trial courts across the country. The report goes on to observe that the increased instan..

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The criminal justice system is founded on a slew of jurisprudential principles that protect the rights of suspects and accused. These include the right against self-incrimination, the right to remain silent, and the right against providing information under physical or mental pressure. Despite this, invasive procedures such as narcoanalysis, brain-mapping, and polygraph tests have been routi..

AJMAL Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist from Pakistan responsible for the 26/11 strikes, has been sentenced to death. Special judge M L Tahilyani, referring to the Kandahar experience — where the NDA government had to release dreaded terrorist Azhar Masood in exchange for passengers of a hijacked plane — said a similar danger should not be left hanging over the government. &ldq..

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The Supreme Court has held that pre-marital sex is not a statutory offence and criminal law cannot punish individuals merely for expressing "unpopular views" justifying such acts as it would violate freedom of speech and expression."While it is true that the mainstream view in our society is that sexual contact should take place only between marital partners, there is no statu..

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 The Quattrocchi component of the Bofors pay-off case in Supreme Court was given a burial on Tuesday with the court asking an advocate to withdraw his PIL questioning defreezing of the Italian businessman's bank account in London. The PIL filed by advocate Ajay Agrawal had begun its journey in the apex court four years ago, questioning the surreptitious ..

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  Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi failed to show up before the Supreme Court appoi..

  A designated court in Chandigarh on Saturday adjourned the hearing in the Cash-at-Jud..

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Wednesday ruled that a divorced Muslim woman's right to claim maintenance under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code did not stand "extinguished" if payment under Section 3 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act 1986 had not been made by her former husband. The Bench comprising Justice R. Bas..

Pakistani-American David Coleman Headley, accused of plotting the 26/11 Mumbai attacks at the behest of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and conspiring to target a Danish newspaper, on Thursday pleaded guilty to all terror charges before a US court in Chicago. In a plea bargain, Headley has been assured of no extradition to India in return. Also there wil..