2nd CCI-CUSB National Moot Court Competition, 2025
CUSB, The Central University of South Bihar, with NAAC accreditation grade A++ and categorised in Category 1 by UGC
criminal law
1st Dr. S.S. Tantia Moot Court Competition, 2025
The Faculty of Law, Tantia University, Sri Ganganagar was established in the Year 2015
‘Use of lethal weapon and precise targeting of vital organs establish intent for murder’; SC upholds UDF sympathizer’s life term in 2006 LDF worker murder case
“The nature and location of the injuries inflicted, the choice of weapon, and the circumstances of the attack unequivocally establish the liability of the convict for causing the death of the deceased.”
Does the right to default bail accrues upon the expiry of the statutory period if an investigation extension application is pending? Madras HC answers
“It is needless to say that the decision in the bail application would be dependent on the decision in the extension application”
Refusal to marry in a relationship does not amount to criminal liability for abetment of suicide: Supreme Court
“To convict a person for abetment of suicide under Section 306 IPC, there has to be a clear mens rea on the part of the accused to abet such a crime and it requires an active act or a direct act leading to the commission of suicide.
Criminal Law Roundup | A quick recap of top criminal law cases from October 2024
Read about the significant criminal law matters heard and decided by the Supreme Court and High Courts in October 2024
Surety can only be waived if circumstances so warrant; Delhi High Court modifies bail conditions for Nigerian Nationals charged under NDPS Act
Any waiver of a bail condition must not compromise the one most important legal requirement that a prisoner must make himself available for trial and for compliance with a sentence imposed.
DSNLU | 5th Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam National IPR Online Quiz Competition [20th Oct]
The government of Andhra Pradesh established Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University (DSNLU)vide DSNLU Act, 2008
Surana & Surana and NUSRL National Criminal Law Moot Court Competition, 2024
The Surana & Surana and National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi
Need to Revisit the Doli Incapax Doctrine in India
by Arjun V. Harihar*
[POCSO] Delhi High Court quashes charges against mother accused of failing to report daughter’s sexual assault by father
A mother is sought to be prosecuted for delay in reporting of sexual offences on a child by her own husband, despite the fact that the mother herself was allegedly subject to severe abuse, sexual and otherwise, in her matrimonial home.
MNLU Mumbai | One-Year Post-Graduate Diploma in Crime Investigation, Medical Jurisprudence, and Forensic Science [2024-25]
The Centre for Research in Criminal Justice (CRCJ) at Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai is offering a one-year Post-Graduate Diploma in Crime Investigation
Institute of Forensic Science Lucknow: Few seats available for BSc- LLB Hons and LLM Criminal Law
Uttar Pradesh State Institute of Forensic Science Lucknow is a flagship education institution set up by the Government of Uttar Pradesh
Dr. MVVS Murthi 5th National Virtual Moot Court Competition 2024 by GITAM School of Law, Visakhapatnam [19th to 22nd Sep]
School of Law, GITAM (Deemed to be) University is hosting its flagship event — India’s prestigious Criminal Moot – Dr. MVVS Murthi National Virtual Moot Court Competition 2024, from 19th to 22nd of September 2024.
[Breach of promise to marry v. False promise to marry] Bombay HC refuses to quash FIR against rape accused, for extracting sexual relations on pretext of marriage
“The promise of marriage must have been a false promise, given in bad faith and with no intention of being adhered to at the time it was given”- Supreme Court in Pramod Suryabhan Pawar v. State of Maharashtra, (2019) 9 SCC 608
Read why Bombay HC changed husband’s conviction u/S. 307 to S. 308 for forcibly poisoning wife amidst a quarrel
“There was no premeditation, no pre-planning and no design on the part of the convict, in such a case, if that act had led to the death of the victim, it would not have been murder, but only the culpable homicide, not amounting to murder”.
Bombay HC quashes FIR and chargesheet against members of WhatsApp group chat accused of outraging religious feelings
“Now-a-days people have become more sensitive about their religions may be than before and everybody wants to impress as to how his religion/God is supreme. Everybody should respect the religion, caste, creed etc. of another. But at the same time, if the person says that his religion is supreme, then the other person may not immediately react. There are ways and means to react on such sensitive issues.”
‘FIR was filed with an ulterior motive of wreaking vengeance on the husband’s family’: Bombay HC quashes woman’s FIR against in-laws alleging cruelty
The instant FIR was nothing, but a shot fired by the husband from his wife’s shoulders to espouse his own interest in the father’s property.
Call for Papers | International Conference on Reforms in Criminal Laws [Submit by Sept 15, 2024]
The conference’s main goals is to expand the use of alternative dispute resolution in criminal trials and highlight how crucial it is in light of recent changes to the law.
‘Consent derived in fear of injury or misconception of fact is no consent’: Bombay HC refuses to quash proceedings against accused for offences including rape
The Court noted that Section 90 of IPC does not define the term “consent”, but the law does not see “consent derived from a fear of injury and misconception of fact” as consent.