A widow's decade-long legal battle ends with the Court holding that "unauthorized absence" is not the same as "willful ...

Under the CrPC regime, the informant's statutory journey effectively paused the moment the FIR was registered. There was no ...

Prosecution under Section 4 of the Arms Act is maintainable only when there is a notification thereby banning possession of the certain weapons. It is not produced on record. Even though one witness P ...

Now let us examine whether what was heard by prosecution witnesses viz., PW2 Nandkumar Pol, PW3 Sunita Pol and PW4 Duryodhan Kadam allegedly from the victim minor child aged about 3 1/2 years ...

In the present case, the claimant himself impleaded the insurer as a party to the claim application and it raised an objection to territorial jurisdiction before the Tribunal itself. As the claim ...

A panchnama is a contemporaneous memorandum recording the observations of independent witnesses ("panchas") during a search, seizure, recovery, discovery or scene inspection. It is not a witness ...

PW2 and PW9 had lifted Rajesh, their clothes also ought to have blood stains but their clothes were not seized by the Police. Reliance can be placed on the judgment reported in 2003 SCC (Cri) 1825 in ...

The Bench—headed by Chief Justice Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud—offered a now widely quoted description of the doctrine’s two ...

It is observed that the Trial Court had considered the answers given by P.W. 7 Dr. Joshi, during his cross-examination that the injuries sustained by P.W. 1 and 2 could have been possible by fall on ...

Ratio: A formal order under Section 299 Cr.P.C. conclusively finding two jurisdictional facts—that the accused is absconding and there is no immediate prospect of arresting them—is mandatory. Without ...

Gat No.28 admeasuring 28.3 R as his share in the ancestral properties. the Plaintiff either in respect of Gat No.28 or in respect of Gat No.27. Interim Application and the same is disposed of.

Although learned APP has pointed out that there are allegations in the FIR itself which shows that this applicant has allowed her office to be used for the purpose of meeting, it has to be noted that ...