What is the legal evidentiary value of a Google Review? Karnataka High Court elucidates
Karnataka High Court: While deciding the instant petition for anticipatory bail, the Bench of Rajendra Badamikar, J., observed that google
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Time of court and investigation agency both has been consumed; Delhi High Court directs Rs 25,000 as compensation towards “Green Highways Fund”
Delhi High Court: In a case pending for 5 years before Court, the parties finally reached compromise and sought quashing
Madras High Court directs State Police to alter FIR and add Ss. 417 and 420 IPC on alleged concealment of impotency by husband pre-marriage
Madras High Court: V Sivagnanam J. directed the State police to add the offences under Sections 417 and 420 Penal
Supreme Court grants interim bail to SP Leader Azam Khan; Directs him to seek regular bail within two weeks
Supreme Court: In a major relief to Samajwadi Party Leader Azam Khan, the 3-judge bench of L. Nageswara Rao, BR Gavai and
Forum Shopping and Power of High Court u/s 482 CrPC; Supreme Court tells when to convert a civil complaint into criminal case
“Forum shopping has been termed as disreputable practice by the courts and has no sanction and paramountcy in law.”
Man allegedly cheats woman by suppressing material fact of him being homosexual: Will Thane Court grant him bail? Read
Court of Additional Sessions Judge, Thane: Noting the fact that a man suppressed the material fact of his private life before marriage
Whether a natural guardian having executed sale-deed of property of a minor in favour of a third party and thereafter repurchased part of it, can be prosecuted for offences under Ss. 420, 467, 468, 471 of IPC that too, after more than 35 years from date of attaining majority by minor? Bom HC discusses
Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of V.M. Deshpande and Amit Borkar, JJ., expressed that a transaction by a natural guardian of
Woman alleges sexual harassment by man whom she met through matrimonial column – Pattern seen of filing similar complaints. Read whether trial court pronounced guilt of accused
Court of XXXII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Bengaluru: Padmakar Vanakudre, XXXII Addl. CMM, in a case wherein a woman, alleged that she
Law on Bail | Investigation complete, charge sheet filed, accused in jail since 6 months: Read whether Del HC grants bail
Delhi High Court: Chandra Dhari Singh, J., granted bail while referring to a catena of Supreme Court decisions with regard to the
Can gravity of offence be the sole ground to deny bail? Del HC decides in a multi-person scam involving Rs 200 Crores
Delhi High Court: Subramonium Prasad, J., addressed whether the magnitude of offence can be the only criterion for granting bail and further
False promise of marriage to satisfy lust, leading to offence of cheating and rape?: Bom HC refuses to quash FIR for offences under Ss. 376, 417 IPC
Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of A.S. Chandurkar and G.A. Sanap, JJ., refused to exercise jurisdiction under Section 482 CrPC for
Bank not a trustee of money deposited by Customers; Supreme Court holds the relationship between customer and Bank is one of a creditor and a debtor and not of a trustee
Supreme Court: The 3-Judge Bench of N.V. Ramana, CJ., Surya Kant* and Hima Kohli, JJ., held that the Bank is not the
If two people have consensual sexual relationship but boy later refuses to marry, Will that attract offence of cheating under S. 417 IPC? Bom HC explains
Bombay High Court: Anuja Prabhudessai, J., examines whether on mere refusal to marry the offence of cheating be constituted under Section 417
Virtual Currency | Dealing in virtual currency and duping people of Rs 2.5 Crores: Can bail be granted for such alleged economic offences? Read full report to know
Delhi High Court: Getting indulged in Virtual Currencies even after receiving public notices not to deal in the same and further duping
Bom HC | Tendency of guaranteeing decision to come in favour of one party or other, amounts to maligning a particular Judge and at large, institution itself by giving an impression that justice can be bought
Bombay High Court: Bharati Dangre, J., addressed a matter wherein a mother was cheated of an amount Rs 16,50,000 by a man
[Fake Lawyer] Ker HC | “If leniency is taken, just considering the fact that she is a young lady, it will be a shame for the whole judicial system”; HC dismisses bail application of infamous fake lawyer
Kerala High Court: Shircy V., J., dismissed the bail application of one Sessy Xavier, the infamous fake lawyer. The Bench stated, “The
No preventive detention on ground of a possible apprehension of breach of law and order; Supreme Court explains true import of ‘public order’
Supreme Court: In a case where the detenu was accused of committing a series of criminal offences from October, 2017 to December,
Bom HC | For the offence of cheating under Penal Code, 1860, is intention of cheating important from inception? Read on
Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of V.K. Jadhav and Shrikant D. Kulkarni, JJ., observed that, “…in the case of cheating, the
Crypto Frauds | Allegations of cheating in Bitcoin transactions: Magistrate, Tis Hazari Courts directs Delhi Police to register FIR and investigate
Abhinav Pandey, MM, Tis Hazari Court directs Delhi Police to lodge FIR and investigate allegations of fraud in crypto transactions. Complainant sought
In what circumstances can a criminal proceeding be quashed? Supreme Court yet again answers the “hotly debated” question on scope of exercise of HCs’ power under Section 482 CrPC
“The exercise of inherent power of the High Court is an extraordinary power which has to be exercised with great care and circumspection before embarking to scrutinise the complaint/FIR/charge-sheet in deciding whether the case is the rarest of rare case, to scuttle the prosecution at its inception.”