Time-Limit of ITC under RCM: A Dousing Flame Reignited
by Harshith Sharma†
Section 164
Confessional statement, not signed or proved by the Magistrate who recorded it, cannot be treated as true u/s 164 CrPC: Gauhati High Court
The Gauhati High Court noted that after completion of the investigation, the petitioner was not examined under Section 313 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, to enable him to personally explain circumstances appearing in the evidence against him, nor was his statement recorded.
‘Not violative of Articles 19(1)(g), 300-A of Constitution’; Patna High Court upholds constitutionality of Section 16(4) of CGST Act, 2017 and BGST Act, 2017
“Fiscal legislation having uniform application to all registered persons, cannot be said to be violative of Article 19(1)(g) of the Constitution and the question of such statutory provision being violative of Article 302 of the Constitution and in teeth of Article 13 of the Constitution of India does not arise at all.”
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Meghalaya High Court: In a criminal appeal filed by the convict/appellant, convicted under Section 5(m) of the Protection of Children
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“In such matters utmost confidentiality is required to be maintained. In our view, the High Court completely failed in that behalf.”