Category - Latest Judgments

 Constitution of India — Art. 136 — Powers of Court — Increasing pendency of cases in Apex Court — Interpretation of Art. 136 so as to restrict its scope, possibly with an intention to see that if the Court restricts its...

Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 376, 302 or S. 304 Pt. II and 454 — Rape and murder — Conviction — Appreciation of evidence — Case of consensual sexual intercourse — If established — Accused persons allegedly entered the house of victim...

Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Or. 22 R.10 — Substitution of legal representatives — Application for — Delay/laches in filling — It was contended that no period of limitation is prescribed under Or. 22 R. 10 of CPC and that said...

A. Criminal Law — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — S. 408 — Transfer — After commencement of trial — If permissible — Held, transfer petition preferred under S. 408 CrPC before the learned Principal Sessions Judge, after...

Issue notice limited to the question whether marriage of the petitioner with Meenu Sangha can be recognised for purposes of grant of post-retirement benefits, medical facilities and family pension etc.

It is seen that recovery proceedings had earlier been initiated against the petitioners under the Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993 and the matter is now pending before the the Debts Recovery...

Family and Personal Laws — Divorce proceedings — Decree — Settlement — Appellant and respondent were duly married on 26-4-2007 — After a couple of years, differences started between them which culminated in a decree of divorce...

A. Practice and Procedure — Review — Error apparent on face of record — Reiterated that error which has to be established by a long-drawn process of reasoning on points where there may conceivably be two opinions can hardly be...

A. Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 302 and 34 — Murder — Conviction based on testimony of single witness — Appreciation of evidence — Emphasis on value, weight and quality of evidence, rather than on quantity, multiplicity or plurality of...

Criminal Law — Criminal procedure code, 1973 — S. 154 — FIR — Second FIR — Permissibility — Settled law that there can be no second FIR in the event of any further information being received by the investigating agency in respect...