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Delhi Court| Compelling accused to give his system password to IO/Police violates Article 20(3) and S 161(2) CrPC

Rouse Avenue District Courts, Delhi: In a case filed by Central Bureau of Investigation questioning the power of investigating agency

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Sessions Court rejects Siddique Kappan’s Bail plea in Money Laundering Case

Sessions Court (Lucknow): In a bail application filed by Siddique Kappan for offences under Section 3 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act,

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Delhi Court convicts accused for disreputing advocate by filing a false complaint before the Delhi Bar Council

“Questioning the honesty of a person is the worst form of accusation and the same can have a serious detrimental effect on the reputation of a person. It would harm the reputation of any person, and especially an advocate, in the estimation of the right-thinking members of society. There is no doubt that such a statement is per se defamatory.”

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[POCSO] Eve teasing and roadside romeos need to be dealt with heavy hand; Bombay Sessions Court convicts man for 1.5 years for calling a minor girl an “item”

Sessions Court, Borivali Division, Mumbai: In a case filed by a minor girl against the accused for offences under Sections 354, 354-D,

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Pulling the dupatta of a girl amounts to offence under S. 354 IPC; Bombay Special Court directs compensation of Rs 15000 to the minor victim

POCSO Special Court, at Fort, Gr. Bombay: In a case where charge sheet is filed against the accused for offences

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Mere phrase ‘abused me in a very filthy language’ does not suffice; Required to prove the nature of abuses to make a case under S. 509 IPC: Delhi Court

West, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi: In a case wherein it is alleged that the accused committed the offence punishable under

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[CAA-NRC Protest] Delhi Court denies bail to Saleem Malik due to sufficient incriminating material against him in North-East Delhi Riot case

Karkardooma Court, Delhi: In a bail application moved on behalf of applicant/accused Saleem Malik @ Munna under Section 437 Code

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Tag line ‘PEHLE CHECK KAREN PHIR VISHWAS KAREN’ is identical and deceptively similar to tag line ‘PEHLE ISTEMAL KAREN PHIR VISHWAS KAREN’; Delhi Court restrains GTM Jewelry Mart

While determining whether there is infringement of trademark, one is not required to see dissimilarity, but one is required to see similarity and there is similarity of all words except one word, in the present case.

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Delhi Court grants bail to JNU student Sharjeel Imam charged for sedition during Anti CAA protests

Saket Court, Delhi: In an application filed seeking bail for Sharjeel Imam, (‘bail-applicant’) who is a JNU student alleged for

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[Elgar Parishad Case] Bombay Court refuses to permit activist Varavara Rao to travel to Hyderabad for 3 months to undergo cataract surgery

City Civil and Sessions Court, Bombay: In an application filed by Dr. P V Varavara Rao ‘applicant-accused’ seeking permission to

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Delhi Court transfers case of AAP leader Satyender Jain on the request of Enforcement Directorate due to likelihood of probable bias

Rouse Avenue Courts Complex, Delhi: In a case filed by Enforcement Directorate (‘petitioner') seeking transfer of the case titled ‘Directorate

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Incorrect Media Reporting on FIR registration allowed by Delhi Court against Kerala MLA KT Jaleel; Media assures to issue corrigendum

Rouse Avenue District Court, Delhi: In a case filed by the counsel for accused ‘KT Jaleel’ alleging wrong reporting in various daily

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Delhi Court acquits two accused persons in Ashok Nagar Riots case as prosecution fails to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt

Karkardooma Court, Delhi: In a case filed by the State against the two accused Yogender Singh and Suraj under Section 147/148/149/427/436 Penal

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Sale of Unauthorised/Counterfeit copies of EBC Books: FIR filed against Amazon, Flipkart and Mackhingee Publisher; Police files status report

Tis Hazari Court, Delhi: In a case relating to the unauthorized printing/binding/manufacturing/storing/advertising for sale and selling of counterfeit books published by Eastern

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Delhi Court denies bail to Chitra Ramakrishna former MD NSE, for alleged active involvement in illegal interception of telephone calls of NSE employees

Rouse Avenue District Courts, Delhi: In a case relating to illegal interception/monitoring of telephone calls of National Stock Exchange ‘NSE'

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Delhi Court acquits Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Yogender Yadav in a 2013 defamation case filed by former MLA of Shahdara constituency

Quality and relevancy; and not quantity of evidence, is what determines the fate of a case.

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Unexplained delay in filing FIR; Accused’s old age and physical disability; Victim’s “sexually provocative” dress, inter alia, lead to Kerala Court granting bail to Malayali writer Civic Chandran

Court of Sessions, Kozhikode: In an interesting case, S. Krishna Kumar, Sessions Judge granted bail to 74 years old Malayali

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Alleged leak of FIR details in Hindustan Times containing sensitive information regarding high profile individual; Delhi Court issues notice to SHO seeking explanation

Saket Court (South), Delhi: In a case of alleged leak of details of FIR containing sensitive information, Shilpi Singh J., issued notice

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Conviction established under Section 2 of Prevention of Insults to National Honours Act, 1971; Delhi Court fines Rs 2000 and directs distribution of 20 national flags

Patiala House Courts, Delhi: Nabeela Wali, J. took lenient view and sentenced a convict under Section 2 of Prevention of Insults to

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Eastern Book Company sues Amazon, Flipkart etc. for selling counterfeit/unauthorized copies of its books; Delhi Court directs Police to file an action taken report

Tis Hazari Court, Delhi: In a case relating to the unauthorized printing/binding/manufacturing/storing/advertising for sale and selling of counterfeit books published by EBC,