Explained| Grant of Leave to Defend: The best approach
Supreme Court: The bench of Vineet Saran and Dinesh Maheshwari*, JJ has explained the law relating to grant of unconditional leave to
Practice and procedure
Trial Courts have freedom of mind to decide sensitive cases on merit; Appellate courts must refrain from reversing acquittal just for the sake of it: SC
Supreme Court: Reminding the Courts of the importance of hierarchy of Courts, the bench of Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundresh*, JJ
Parties can’t play fraud with the Court by suppressing details of related previous or ongoing legal proceedings: SC
Supreme Court: In a case where the party, in a subsequent petition seeking same relief, had not disclosed the filing of the
Deficiencies in Criminal Trials and pendency of cases| Supreme Court directs all High Courts to adopt the Draft Rules of Criminal Practice, 2021
Supreme Court: After noticing common deficiencies which occur in the course of criminal trials and certain practices adopted by trial courts in
Explained: What happens to a petition filed under wrong nomenclature?
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ashok Bhushan, SA Nazeer and Hemant Gupta*, JJ has reiterated that the nomenclature under which the
‘Reasoned Judgment must be passed alongwith the operative order’; SC asks NCDRC President to discontinue the upsetting trend of delayed reasoned orders
“The rights of the aggrieved parties are being prejudiced if the reasons are not available to them to avail of the legal remedy of approaching the Court where the reasons can be scrutinized.”
Activist with “an urge to positively contribute to the society” files plea u/s 482 CrPC seeking expedition of a criminal trial. ‘You have no locus standi’, holds SC
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ashok Bhushan*, R. Subhash Reddy and MR Shah, JJ has reiterated that an application by a
Impressed with Convenience Note filed by Chhattisgarh’s Standing Counsel, SC asks all Standing Counsels to take it as Standard Format. Here’s the Note
Supreme Court: Appreciating the presentation made by State of Chhattisgarh’s Standing Counsel Sumeer Sodhi by filing a Convenience Note, the 3-judge bench
You don’t have a right to walk in here as and when you please: SC to Govt seeking condonation of 1697 days’ delay
Supreme Court: In a case where, for the enormous delay of 1697 days in filing, the Government said that there was a
Practice and Procedure Relating to Proof of Documents
by Karl Shroff*
‘Conditional’ leave to defend may be granted in case of doubt regarding the genuineness of defence in summary suits
Supreme Court: On the question relating to the power of the court to grant leave to defend in case of sham or
Court cannot quash criminal proceedings under Section 482 CrPC relying on assumptions
Orissa High Court: While deciding the issue that whether it would be proper to quash the criminal proceedings against the petitioner in
Once FIR is quashed under Section 482 CrPC, no inference should be drawn to impute any adverse antecedents thus depriving an individual from seeking public employment
Tripura High Court: While deciding upon the present writ petition wherein the petitioner’s appointment in Group- D post was cancelled by the
While dealing with a prayer for rejection of counter-claim, Court must examine whether rejection would have the effect of striking off the defence
Hyderabad High Court: In the instant appeal, the question arose that whether a counter-claim can be rejected in terms of Order
Principles governing exercise of inherent power under Section 482 CrPC summarised
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Dipak Misra, CJ and AM Khanwilkar and Dr. DY Chandrachud, JJ, explaining the principles governing the
Guidelines issued for amending the Criminal Manuals for removing inadequacies and deficiencies in criminal trials
Supreme Court: Taking Suo Motu cognizance in respect of inadequacies and deficiencies in criminal trials, the bench of S.A. Bobde and L.
In dowry cases, general & vague allegations cannot be treated as sufficient material to prosecute husband’s relatives
Madhya Pradesh High Court: In the instant case filed for the quashment of criminal proceedings initiated against the applicants under Sections 498-A
A review application, regard being had to its limited scope, has to be disposed of as expeditiously as possible
Supreme Court: In the case where the review petition preferred in 2012, was kept pending for almost four years and, thereafter, the
High Courts to issue directions to subordinate Courts providing timelines for speedy disposal of trials
Supreme Court: Taking note of the problem of delay in disposal of trials, the bench of A.K. Goel and U.U. Lalit, JJ
Technological advancement should be utilised to combat hardships of the litigants seeking transfer of proceedings
Supreme Court: With a view to provide an alternative to seeking transfer of proceedings on account of inability of a party to