Opportunity of Hearing
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by Amir Suhail*

Lawyers at the Police Station
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by Gautam Khazanchi* and Vinayak Chawla**

Andhra Pradesh High Court
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“In the present day, vulgar, hate filled and abusive posts in social media have become the new age norm. The “trolls” as they are called, attract lightning responses all over and this is all the when the point of reference is a celebrity or a political leader of stature and the following.”

Omissions and Contradictions
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by T.A.S.S.R.A. Rishik*

Delhi High Court
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“Every case of suicide does not amount to abetment and therefore, the Court has to see whether the conduct of the accused was such that a normal person, not merely a hypersensitive one, would have been driven to suicide.”

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by C. George Thomas* and Ansh Mittal**

Delhi High Court
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The Court observed that accused prima facie seems to be involved in organized narcotic network and has been frequently in touch with the main supplier of the contraband and with the receiver of the contraband.

Delhi BNSS (FIR) Rules
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FIR filed electronically has to be signed by the informant within 3 days.

Identification of Case Property
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These rules promote transparency in handling of case properties by maintaining detailed records.

Service of Summons
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Summons can be served electronically if ordered by Court.

Non-Cognizable Offences Report
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Any non-cognizable offence will be converted into NCR forwarded to Magistrate fortnightly.

Delhi BNSS (Arrest Information) Rules 2025
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Delhi BNSS (Arrest Information) Rules, 2025 have been notified to ensure swift and transparent communication of arrest to the relatives or any other person nominated by the arrested person, of his arrest.

Delhi High Court
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While this court does not fault the Trial Court for attempting to proceed with the trial expeditiously, but, denying to the petitioner (‘accused’) the right to cross-examine the Head Constable on an issue which is critical to his defence appears to have been a disproportionate sense of expedition.

Punjab and Haryana High Court
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The issue is that the demise of appellants (‘convicts’) have rendered the power of attorney legally inoperative and invalid. As a fundamental principle of law, only a living person possesses the capacity to confer authority upon another to act on their behalf.

Punjab and Haryana High Court
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The book is a legitimate personal account or homage to Sidhu Moosewala, written by someone who knew him personally, and it is not a case of intellectual property theft.

Orissa High Court
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“If the allegations made in the complaint are simple, where the Court can straight away proceed to conduct the trial, the Magistrate is expected to record evidence and proceed further in the matter, instead of passing the buck to the police under Section 156(3) of the CrPC.”

High Court Weekly Roundup
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A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.

Delhi High Court
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There was no compelling material or evidence placed on record to establish that the continuation of criminal proceedings in the present case amounts to an abuse of the process of law

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Top criminal cases on quashing of proceedings, arrest, bail, acquittal, and more.

Procedure for investigation
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General Diary Report will be maintained on Crime & Criminal Tracking Networks & Systems.