Oral Evidence Archives

Suggestions to witness by defence and reply to the same forms part of evidence to determine guilt of accused; SC upholds conviction in murder case

Supreme Court was quick to clarify that if prosecution was unable to prove its case on its own legs, then it won’t be able to derive advantage from the weakness of the defence and the Court would not be able to convict the accused on the strength of the evidence in the form of reply to the suggestions made by the defence counsel to a witness.

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay High Court upholds acquittal of a driver being accused of negligent driving and death of a bicycle driver for lack of evidence

Strange state of affairs; Neither investigating authority prepared rough map nor Trial Court took pain in recording correct directions for want of evidence

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court quashes summons issued to “The Wire” editors in a criminal defamation case filed by a former JNU Professor

The Delhi High Court quashes and sets aside summons issued to the editor and deputy editor of “The Wire” in a criminal defamation case filed by the former Professor of Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Property exclusively in the possession of a person whether to be considered joint family property?: Supreme Court answers

Supreme Court: In a case where an appeal was filed against the decree of the trial Judge holding that the

Case Briefs District Court

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

Case Briefs High Courts

A suit cannot be summarily decreed until the claim stands duly proved; Mad HC analyses Rules of Evidence Vis a Vis Order XIII A CPC

Madras High Court: Senthil Kumar Ramamoorthy, J. remarked that a suit cannot be summarily decreed at the instance of a plaintiff unless

Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | Medical examination necessary for proving charge of inebriation; order of removal from service on basis of oral evidence set aside

Chhattisgarh High Court: Prashant Kumar Mishra, J. while allowing a writ petition, quashed the order of removal from service passed against the petitioner.