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The Supreme Court on Monday (February 12), taking note of the response of the Election Commission of India, closed the proceedings relating to the issue of duplication of names in electoral rolls. The bench noted that there exist adequate measures for the aggrieved voters to approach the Registration Officer in the event of any…
In a Muslim man’s plea against direction to pay interim maintenance to his divorced wife, the Supreme Court is set to consider the question whether a Muslim woman is entitled to maintain a petition under Section 125 CrPC. The Bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Augustine George Masih recently heard a case emanating from…
While denying bail to a man charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (“UAPA”) for allegedly promoting Khalistani terror movement, the Supreme Court on Wednesday (February 7) held that mere delay in trial is no ground to grant bail in grave offences. To quote the Bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Aravind Kumar, “…material…
The Supreme Court recently, while affirming the life imprisonment of three accused/appellants for murder, modified the sentence of another accused (A3) to culpable homicide and sentenced him to ten years. The Division Bench of Justices BR Gavai and PS Narasimha opined that the Trial and the High Court convicted A3 based on Section 34…
Recently, the Supreme Court reiterated that Courts should normally suspend sentences and grant bail in cases where an appeal challenging the conviction is unlikely to be heard before the completion of the entire sentence. “Before parting with order, we must note here that notwithstanding several decisions of this Court holding that when there is…
The Supreme Court recently upheld the conviction in a murder case observing that the ocular evidence given by the eye witness can’t be discredited merely because the expert opinion supplied by the doctor suggests the use of different weapons in causing injuries. Setting aside the concurrent findings of the High Court and Trial Court, the…
In a horrifying incident where a 40-year-old man raped a seven-year-old Child (victim), the Supreme Court imposed the sentence of 30 years of rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Rupees One Lakh. In the instant case, the victim’s grandmother lodged an FIR against the accused/ petitioner for kidnapping and raping. Per the case successfully established…
The Supreme Court, in a recent judgment, observed that if a plain reading of a clause fulfills the object and purpose of the statute, then the rule of ‘Reading Down’ the clause would not be applied just because the clause imposes harsher consequences. Read More: https://www.livelaw.in/supreme-court/a-perfectly-valid-provision-cant-be-read-down-just-because-it-imposes-harsher-consequences-supreme-court-248427?infinitescroll=1
The Supreme Court recently reiterated that in proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (NI Act), the question of whether the underlying debt is time-barred is based on the evidence. Thus, the High Court should not decide the same in a petition under Section 482 (quashing of FIR) of the CrPC.…
The Supreme Court recently, in a case where the status quo order qua possession of the suit premises was wilfully violated, held that the same amounts to civil contempt. Thus, instead of vacating the stay of execution proceedings, the Court held that contempt proceedings should have been initiated. A Bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and…
