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“It is not the case of the prosecution that trial is being delayed because of the conduct of the accused but it is a case where the victim is avoiding stepping into the witness box.”
Trial Court is not barred from granting maintenance from the date of the order if there are circumstances and reasons for doing the same
Allahabad High Court observed that the technical and scientific report of the Archaeological Survey of India has opened ways for carrying out scientific investigation of the site / Shivlingam without causing any damage to the structure in question
The Patna High Court held that the trial in the POCSO case was vitiated as it was commenced, conducted, and concluded in just one working day, in violation of principles of natural justice and in disregard to the provisions of CrPC. Thus, the matter was remanded to the Trial Court for fresh trial.
To identify whether the case of an accused under S. 302, IPC falls in the category of ‘rarest of the rare’ case, for the purpose of modification of sentence, it is no consideration by itself that the accused is a first-time offender and has no antecedents.
The Delhi High Court opined that passing comments like “negligent” and “insensitive” might impair a person’s confidence, work, and reputation, thus, the Court deleted remarks in the orders passed by Trial Court against police officers.
The observation of the Supreme Court came in a case where the deposition of the prosecutrix was recorded by the trial court in English language though she had deposed in her vernacular language.
The Delhi High Court dismissed Dabur's plea of passing an interim direction to stay the order of Advertising Standards Council of India and held that Dabur's product ‘Dabur Vita' was violating advertisement code.
Judicial Officers were given a show-cause notice by the Gujarat High Court for not following the Court’s orders and directions
Karnataka High Court: While deciding the instant appeal for restoration assailing the order passed by the Trial Court wherein the
“Every order that is passed by a superior court, is liable to be followed by the lower court. Even assuming the case of the petitioners is to be accepted of certain misapplication of the law, that does not amount to contempt.”
Bombay High Court: While deliberating upon the instant appeal challenging the conviction and sentence under Section 376, IPC [rape], the Division Bench
Gujarat High Court: The Division Bench of S.H. Vora and Rajendra M. Sareen, JJ. dismissed a criminal appeal which was
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Manjari Nehru Kaul, J., while dealing with a revision petition for setting aside the order passed by
Madras High Court: In a case where a mother administered poison to her daughters and she survived but the daughters died, D.
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Ultimately, upon appreciation of the entire evidence on record at the end of the trial, the trial court may take one view or the other i.e. whether it is a case of murder or case of culpable homicide. But at the stage of framing of the charge, the trial court could not have reached to such a conclusion merely relying upon the port mortem report on record.
Rajasthan High Court: Dinesh Mehta, J. considered the stamp vendor and Sub Registrar as relevant witnesses in a case where
“In a tradition-bound society like ours, particularly in rural areas, it would be quite unsafe to throw out the prosecution case merely on the ground that there was a delay in lodging the FIR.”
Karnataka High Court: HP Sandesh J. dismissed the petition and upheld the judgment by the Appellate Court and further directed the complainant