Police Investigation Archives

Minor girl kidnapped, 20-year-old boy in jail for more than a year; Punjab and Haryana HC pulls Punjab Police for callous approach

Punjab and Haryana High Court pointed towards the irresponsible and callous approach of senior police officer who were also the members of SIT.

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras High Court issues guidelines for police investigation to restrict ‘harassment’ of persons in criminal complaints

The Court made it clear that it would not usually interfere with police investigation under Section 482 of CrPC, but it would not turn a blind eye to instances of harassment by the police under the guise of investigation.

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court expunges extra judicial remarks passed against police officials and investigating agencies while hearing a bail application

Departmental action is a serious issue that can affect the career of police personnel or any other public official for that matter and to make observations/directions in a cursory and casual manner is unwarranted.

Case Briefs High Courts

Extraordinary writ jurisdiction is to be exercised only in rare cases or certain contingencies in the interest of justice, including exceptional cases: Del HC

Delhi High Court: Chandra Dhari Singh, J., expressed that it is settled law that the power to issue writ has its own

Case Briefs District Court

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

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCDRC | In a case of death insurance claim, can police investigation be replaced by private agency investigation engaged by insurance company? Commission spells out

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): Dinesh Singh (Presiding Member) addresses matter regarding claiming of insurance cover. Instant appeal was filed under

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Anil Deshmukh ‘prima facie’ committed cognizable offence, but No immediate FIR by CBI. Credibility of State machinery at stake: HC directs CBI to conclude preliminary investigation preferably within 15 days

“It is said that none can see time, but many a time, time makes us see many things hitherto before unseen. So true.”

─ Bombay High Court

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC finds investigation in Ram Nath Chaubey murder case involving BJP MLA Sushil Singh a sham “designed to conceal more than to investigate”. SIT to takeover

“To say that further investigation was not possible as the informant had not supplied adequate materials to investigate, to our mind, is a preposterous statement, coming from the police.”