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IPC S 228 A – Disclosure of identity of Rape victim – No person can print or publish in print, electronic, social media, etc. the name of the victim or even in a remote manner disclose any facts which can lead to the victim being identified and which should make her identity known to the public at large.

Jan 24, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH MS. X — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M. R.…

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Second Complaint—There is no provision in the Criminal Procedure Code or any other statute which debars a complainant from making a second complaint on the same allegations, when the first complaint did not lead to conviction, acquittal or discharge

Jan 17, 2021 sclaw

2019(1) Law Herald (SC) 134 : 2018 LawHerald.Org 2049 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before Hon’ble Mrs. Justice R. Banumathi Hon’ble Mrs. Justice Indira Banerjee Criminal Appeal No. Ill…

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Criminal Law–Rape–Kidnapping and Rape–Consent – Acquittal –

Jan 17, 2021 sclaw

Stats of H.P. v. Suresh Kumar @ Chhotu 2009(2) LAW HERALD (SC) 731 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Arijit Pasayat The Hon’ble Mr. Justice…

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Common intention is evident from the accused persons coming to the lands of PW1 armed and intimidating him to return the lands followed by assault upon him and those who came to his rescue HELD Number and nature of hard blunt injuries on the two deceased make it apparent that the assailants were more than one

Jan 17, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH ASHARAM TIWARI — Appellant Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH — Respondent ( Before : R.F. Nariman and Navin Sinha, JJ. ) Criminal Appeal No…….of…

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Kidnapping – Consensual Affair – Defence of – HELD the consent of the minor would be no defence to a charge of kidnapping

Jan 17, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH ANVERSINH @ KIRANSINH FATESINH ZALA — Appellant Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT — Respondent ( Before : N.V. Ramana, S. Abdul Nazeer and Surya Kant,…

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Injuries were simple in nature caused by hard blunt object – Accused persons guilty of committing offence under Section 324 of the Code – This Court impose sentence of three years rigorous imprisonment – Conviction and sentence under sections 341, 307, 325, and 302 read with 34 set aside –

Jan 17, 2021 sclaw

1/8 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH MIHIR GOPE ETC. — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND — Respondent ( Before : N.V. Ramana, Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose, JJ.…

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Triple Talaq- Relatives Of Husband Cannot Be Accused Of Offence Under Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act – Anticipatory bail application maintainable

Jan 1, 2021 sclaw

On a preliminary analysis, it is clear that the appellant as the mother-in-law of the second respondent cannot be accused of the offence of pronouncem The provisions of Section 7(c)…

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Argument of the accused that he has only one hand, as a result of which it would be physically impossible to have committed an act of rape – Petition dismissed

Dec 17, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH SEELAN @ JEYASEELAN — Appellant Vs. THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE — Respondent ( Before : Rohinton Fali Nariman, Navin Sinha and K.M. Joseph, JJ.…

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Since the appeal arises out of conviction of Accused No. 2, the applicant herein who was accused No. 3 and was acquitted, is not a necessary party. Hence, the application for deletion of respondent no. 2 is allowed.

Dec 16, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA SINGLE BENCH GOPI RAM — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : V. Ramasubramanian, J. ) I.A. No. 124145 of…

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(IPC) – Sections 148 and 307 – ideal that independent witnesses come forward to substantiate the prosecution case but it would be unfair to expect the presence of third parties in every case at the time of incident, for most violent crimes are seldom anticipated. Any adverse inference against the non – examination of independent witnesses thus needs to be assessed upon the facts and circumstances of each case

Dec 15, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH ROHTAS AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. STATE OF HARYANA — Respondent ( Before : N.V. Ramana, Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose, JJ. ) Criminal…

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Anticipatory Bail Cr P C

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Anticipatory Bail — Power of Court to Direct Surrender — When an anticipatory bail application is rejected, the court does not have the jurisdiction to direct the petitioner to surrender — The rejection of anticipatory bail means that an application for pre-arrest bail has been denied, and the subsequent steps regarding arrest and regular bail should follow the normal procedure as per law.

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Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Sections 7, 3(10), 5(7), 5(8) — Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) — Admission of petition — Appeal against NCLAT order setting aside NCLT order and directing admission of Section 7 petition — Held, IBC is not a debt recovery legislation but for reorganisation and insolvency resolution — Initiation of CIRP as a substitute for execution of a civil court decree is an abuse of process.

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Arbitration

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 9 — Petition under Section 9 at post-award stage by unsuccessful party — Maintainability — Bombay, Delhi, Madras and Karnataka High Courts held such petitions not maintainable — Telangana, Gujarat and Punjab & Haryana High Courts held such petitions maintainable — Supreme Court held that any party to an arbitration agreement, including an unsuccessful party, can invoke Section 9 at the post-award stage, overruling the former judgments.

Apr 27, 2026 sclaw

C P C Rent

Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of pleadings — Permissibility while considering grant of leave to amend a plaint — Court can examine the merits/demerits of the case — Landlord filed suit for eviction based on bonafide need and other grounds — During appeal, landlord died — Legal heirs sought to amend plaint to incorporate their bonafide need, including that of appellant’s wife and son — Trial Court dismissed the suit — Appellate Bench allowed amendment, directing issue of bonafide requirement to be sent back to Trial Court for evidence — High Court, in writ petition, set aside amendment allowing fresh suit — Supreme Court held that High Court erred in interfering with the discretion of Appellate Bench under Article 227, as amendment was permissible.

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