vital facts in FIR
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“A written complaint by a public servant before the Court takes cognizance is sine qua non, absence of which would vitiate such cognizance being taken for any offence punishable under Section 186 of the IPC.”

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Even a single day’s delay in grant of bail to a person who is otherwise entitled to it amounts to violation of his fundamental right to life and liberty.”

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Kerala High Court
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“It is a well-accepted principle that bail is the rule and jail is the exception.”

Kerala High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“If the ‘State function’ or ‘public function’ is discharged under a legal obligation or by a governmental or statutory direction, such ‘State function’ is treated as ‘public duty’.”

Karnataka High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“It is the application of mind that is necessary in law and not application of ink; it is not the flow of ink on the paper that is necessary in law, but flow of content depicting such application of mind.”

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Karnataka High Court
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The bail application of the Founder-Chairman has been denied for the fourth time. Earlier, his bail was denied twice by the Court and once by the Supreme Court.

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Rajasthan High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court held that the petition was effectively a review in disguise, which is barred under Section 362 CrPC and cannot be entertained.

Bombay High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Trial Court is trying its best to conclude the trial at the earliest, but, many times, many things are not under the control of the presiding officer and all parties concerned shall support the Court in concluding the trial within a reasonable period.

Delhi High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

‘The wife was a victim of domestic violence because she had been subjected to physical as well as mental abuse from her husband and no woman can tolerate that her husband is cohabiting with another lady.’

Delhi High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

‘Reputation is an essential attribute of personality, and the violation of this right is actionable both as a tort as well as a crime.’

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Calcutta High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

To constitute an offence under Section 306 of the Penal Code, there should be instances of abetment under Section 107.

Delhi High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The word ‘he’ in Section 3 of the POCSO Act could not be given a restrictive meaning to say that it referred only to a ‘male’.

Bombay High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

By a saving clause, which is construed to be an internal aid for the purpose of construction of a statute, saves the provisions of the old Code/repealed Code, i.e, in the present case, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, for certain categories of investigation, inquiry, appeals, application, etc.