Indian Penal Code 1860
7th Sep, 2019
The Hon’ble Supreme Court vide its order dated 21.08.2019 in Pramod Suryabhan Pawar vs. the State of Maharashtra and Anr. bearing Criminal Appeal No.1165 of 2019, explained the difference between consent given pursuant to a […]
5th Sep, 2019
The Hon’ble Supreme Court vide its order dated 08.08.2019 in Dev Karan @ Lambu vs. State of Haryana bearing Criminal Appeal No.299 of 2010, held that merely because Section 141 IPC which defines ‘unlawful assembly’ […]
14th Apr, 2018
In a landmark judgment on law relating to Defamation, the Supreme Court, closed criminal proceedings against chief spokesperson of Indian National Congress for having made defamatory allegations against the Chief Minister. The reason for closure […]
7th Apr, 2018
The Supreme Court in a landmark case has directed that in all pending cases where stay against proceedings of a civil or criminal trial is operating, the same will come to an end on expiry […]
7th Apr, 2018
The Delhi High Court has said the trial court cannot order an accused to undergo life imprisonment for a certain number of years beyond 14 years without being considered for remission. In the matter of […]
22nd Feb, 2018
It was held by the Hon’ble Supreme Court that a person cannot be convicted for causing disappearance of evidence merely because he failed to inform the police about the crime. It was so decided […]
10th Aug, 2017
The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in the matter of Rajesh Sharma Vs. State of UP, Criminal appeal no. 1265 of 2017, decided on 27th July, 2017 inter-alia gave the following guidelines in regard to […]
20th May, 2016
A conviction cannot be based on the only circumstance of last seen together. Normally, last seen theory comes into play where the time gap, between the point of time when the accused and the deceased […]
9th Dec, 2015
To attract the provisions of Section 304B, one of the main ingredients of the offence which is required to be established is that “soon before her death” she was subjected to cruelty or harassment […]
6th Sep, 2015
In a writ before the Supreme Court,a declaration was sought that Section 364A inserted in the Indian Penal Code (IPC) by Act 42 of 1993 was ultra vires the Constitution to the extent of prescribing […]
1st Aug, 2015
To constitute an offence punishable under Section 406 IPC, the essential ingredient is the “entrustment” of the property. It is only after entrustment is shown, it can be said that there was criminal breach of […]
21st Jun, 2015
The condemned prisoners also have a right to dignity and execution of death sentence cannot be carried out in an arbitrary, hurried and secret manner without allowing the convicts to exhaust all legal remedies.